Cars & Garages

For developing a child’s fine motor skills and dexterity, as well as logical thinking, there’s little better than a toy car. Play vehicles and wooden cars also offer plenty of structured play opportunities and open ended scenarios.

Learning to grasp and manipulate figures, especially those with complex moving parts like wheels that need to interact with other objects to function properly, is a key part of human development. While it sounds like hard work, children learn to do this best through pleasurable exploration rather than rote learning. Young children can use a toy car to practice and develop motor skills and muscle strength that will help them dress and feed themselves among many other basic life necessities.

Toy vehicles and wooden cars are also great tools for storytelling and imaginative group play. Learning to navigate spatial relationships with others is a key element of empathy and cooperation, and doing so through the magic of a toy car is a great way to bond with your child.