Green Options

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:  Natural Pod is one of my favorite natural toy vendors!  Natural Pod gets it, they really get it.  Only the highest quality, sustainable products are featured, and you can shop freely without having to scrutinize each product for greenwashing.  Recently, my children and I had the pleasure of playing with two Natural Pod products:  Tree Branch Blocks and Felting Kit.

Every child deserves a good set of Standard Unit Blocks! Blocks are perhaps the quintessential toy for child development. Creative play and imagination abound when playing with natural toy blocks. If you buy your child a toy car, the toy car is always a car. If you give your child blocks, a block can be a car, a train, a telephone, a bed, etc. The only limits are your child’s [...]

One morning, I recently filmed my children playing with A Maze and Marbles available through Young Explorers. The description of this awesome natural toy from Young Explorers is:
“When children make a marble maze with A Maze and Marbles, it’s a different creation every time. As they design chutes, bridges, and drops, they’ll be developing organization, visualization, coordination, and spatial skills. What’s more, it’s an activity all ages can enjoy together. 100-piece set is made of quality, [...]

This is an all time favorite toy in our home! Both of my children love to play with these blocks. My daughter builds high towers using the largest block as the foundation all the way up to the tiniest block. My son loves to place the blocks within each other in the correct order, which is a tidy way of storing them nested together. The farm [...]

A Maze and Marbles is an amazing toy made of ecologically harvested hardwood grown on plantations. This toy fascinates young and old alike. Available for about $60.00, A Maze and Marbles comes with 100 pieces to build fantastic creations. If you decided to purchase this toy, you will need a basket to keep all the parts in. The cardboard box it comes in will not be sturdy enough for storage. [...]