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Here are my
son and my father on an airport on the Island Krk in Croatia, waiting for our
flight back home to Switzerland. Since my boy is passionate about everything
that has an engine and is moving, they spend some time observing the planes
taking off and landing.
In an earlier post I mentioned that I have a very talented father who is building guitars
together with my brother. Well, there is another person who benefits from my
father’s talent: my son. Here are some of the great wooden toys built by my
father for his grandson.
I am convinced
that children should play as much as possible with toys made of natural
materials. Toys made of wool and wood are likely to have no hazardous
substances that can harm the health of a child. Moreover, this way you can keep
the children more connected with the nature. After all, isn’t that what the planet
of ours is crying for?
I am aware
that the time we are living in, makes it impossible to raise a kid in a vacuum
of perfect environmental conditions and I am trying not to be fanatical about
this subject. Well, we also have a bunch of plastic Lego bricks. But I think we
should give our children a chance to play with toys made of natural materials,
like wood, wool or ….. clay.
