This didactic toy is designed for toddlers. During the play, child is developing visual perception and the ability to distinct various geometrical shapes, also attention and observation, stimulating development of logical thinking. Manipulating with this educational toy child have the opportunity to observe, evaluate and compare various objects while inserting them into the openings on the stack toy and learns to count and distinguish different colors. Except being one of the greatest educational toys, it is also a developmental toy because when playing children are developing hands and fingers muscles. So, if you decide to make this beautiful wooden toy, you can use various types of wood, but we recommend birch, beech, maple or alder. At the end, you should paint the toddler toys parts in various vivid colors and then protect the surface with child safe finish.