| Wooden trains are a great gift any time of the year | | | | play is critical to a child's development. For example, |
| and has a way of transforming a child's play in a way | | | | watch your son play with his new toy. His fine motor |
| that few other toys can. A classic interactive toy, | | | | skills develop as he manipulates the track and moves |
| wooden train sets encourage open-ended play, a | | | | the train cars. His speech develops as he talks to each |
| feature missing from many of today's | | | | train and decides the job for each piece. His social skills |
| battery-operated toys. Kids respond to their own | | | | develop as he plays cooperatively with others. |
| creativity and thought rather than following the prompts | | | | Nuchi is quickly gaining a solid reputation for quality and |
| of a computer chip. | | | | design. While most wooden train sets are designed for |
| Another key feature of wooden trains is that play can | | | | children aged 3 and up, Nuchi has several sets and |
| be either cooperative or independent. If a child plays | | | | pieces designed for children 2 and up. |
| alone, he is instantly in charge of the train yard. He | | | | First Jungle Train Set: |
| assigns duties to each train car, decides how to layout | | | | The Nuchi Baby's First Jungle Train Set is designed for |
| the track, and makes the whole operation go. If he is | | | | children 2 years and older. The jungle train cars are |
| playing with siblings or friends, play becomes a team | | | | larger than train cars in traditional starter sets. And the |
| activity. | | | | Jungle Train Set contains just a few pieces of track |
| The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget noted that kids | | | | so as not to frustrate. The set includes: Elephant car, |
| learn through play. Trains are exceptional learning toys. | | | | Tiger car and Alligator car; Soft forest tunnel and 10 |
| Playing with a wooden train set is not just a fun | | | | pieces of track. |
| activity or a way to pass the time. The time spent at | | | | |