Redwood-R-Us
"Toys"

Toys at Redwood-R-Us :

We have a nice variety of wooden toys that are made primarily with beautiful California redwood. From rolling trucks to wooden ball and string toys, wooden train whistles and unique wooden toys like out treasure map holder.


Trucks
Train Whistles
Ball on a String Toys
Treasure Map Holder





  • Small logging Truck
  • Medium Logging Truck
  • Small Train Whistles
  • Deluxe Train Whistles
  • Ball Flip
  • Flip Cup
  • Humboldt Hummer
  • Treasure Map Holder


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A Brief History of Toys:

Greek & Roman children played with balls, clay rattles, clay dolls, hand carts, hobby horses, hoops and spinning tops.

Between the Dark Ages & the middle Ages, when children were old enough to play they also learnt to work and use weapons and tools. They would play outdoor games using pebbles, knucklebones and barrel hoops. Some would have hand made wooden toys such as tops, hobby horses and puppets.

The 18th century saw mass produced toys which were cheaper to make and buy. Wealthy parents spent their money on printed instructional toys that would aid learning and morality, such as pictorial alphabet cards, dissected map puzzles, books and board games.

In the 19th century the main retailers of technical toys were opticians who sold steam engines, magic lanterns, building blocks and optical toys such as the kaleidoscope and zoetrope.

In the 20th century, the cinema and later TV, has had a major influence on the retail of toys. Buck Rogers and cowboys and indians to Thomas the Tank Engine and My Little Pony

For years, educational toys meant blocks, beads, puzzles, and balls. These toys help kids learn about colour, shape, and number by allowing children to explore the concepts of bigger and smaller, more and fewer, and round and square. Now, scientists at MIT are developing new kinds of educational toys, made not of wood and rubber but of motors, computer chips, and software. Scientists at MIT’s Toys of Tomorrow program use technology as a tool to help children learn about concepts like communication, behaviour, design, and invention.

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