Kinderfeets Wooden Balance Board Waldorf Kinderboard - Children's Balance Toy | Wobble, Spin, Rock, Slide (Natural)

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This multi-use toy was originally used in Waldorf early childhood classrooms. It was created to help children develop a sense of balance, stimulate their vestibular system, and gain a deep sense of awareness of their body and body parts.
Measures 32 inches long, 11.75 inches wide, and 7 inches tall at the highest point. It is 5/8 inches thick, allowing it to support 220kg/485lbs!
The Kinderboard is made of durable German beechwood and water-based lacquer. Can safely be used both indoors and out, perfect for rainy and sunny days at home or in a school environment.
Watch the child's imagination take over once their Kinderboard arrives. It becomes a seesaw, a balance board, a slide, a step stool, a boat, a resting place, a doll bed, a puppet stage, a tunnel and much more! The possibilities are endless-and truly up to them!
Kinderfeets uses ecologically friendly stains and lacquers, timber that is also FSC certified, and meets Australian standards, EU standards and US standards

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The making of a Kinderboard

Kinderboards look deceptively simple. Developed for use in Waldorf early childhood classrooms they're a simple but rather clever concept for developing a child's balance, stimulating their vestibular system and helping them gain a deeper awareness of their body and body parts. However, as is often the case with many of the world's most enduring toys things are never quite what they seem.

Each board is made using Beech plywood; a heavier, denser timber than other cheaper options. This ensures it's both strong and durable and thus will endure plenty of energetic play. The timber used is also FSC certified. This means it's often more expensive than untraceable non-sustainability harvested alternatives.

Creating their elegant shape is the first step, not all planks survive the shaping process and must be discarded. Raw planks that made through the shaping process are then sanded and shaped by hand to ensure a smooth finish. This includes the addition of each board's deceptively simple corner curves. Adding these finishing touches is a surprisingly time-consuming task.

A final quality review identifies and removes any boards which have developed significant cosmetic blemishes before packing and export.