Playmobil Farm Set

Playmobil Pony Ranch Horse Farm

Educational value of the Playmobil Farm is enormous. It's not just the effort that goes into feeding animals or planting grain. It's the interplay of the animals, the compost made on the farm that's used to restore soil fertility, the feed grown in the fields that goes to feed the animals - the interdependence and interplay of the man-animal-plant world. The value of this knowledge cannot be underestimated.

If you choose to go beyond the basic playset, you could get the Playmobil Rabbit Pen, or Playmobil Chicken Coop or the Cows and a Calf. Even Playmobil guinea pig pen is available. Though I would suggest starting with the Cow Pasture - kids can fill the trailer with water and let the cows drink to their hearts content. There are even little toy cow pies. This really illustrates the attention to detail and quality that is the hallmark of Playmobil toys. Made in the EU, they sport very thoughtful design and high quality manufacturing. No wonder there are many collectors, who collect Playmobil toys just as others collect baseball cards or postage stamps.

Playmobil Forest Lodge

The real gift of the Playmobil Farm comes from it's ability to spur children's imagination and understanding of the world around them. Most kids in the cities have no clue how complex farming can be - different farm animals require different types of shelter and food. Different crops require different treatment of the soil. These can all become lessons that broaden child's understanding of the world - and let the parents or grandparents sit around for an hour or two, play with the kids, and provide them the kind of knowledge they are not likely to get in school.

As a matter of fact, if parents or grandparents play with the kids, that's the greatest gift - the gift of love and attention that children always crave, and that the kids will remember for a lifetime. Thus a toy can become a vehicle for parents to shower their kids with love and knowledge - two greatest gifts that parents can give to a child. Such play with grownups is very important to the child - for it helps with development and acquiring more mature view of the world. If they do it while playing - it comes effortlessly, and parents usually have fun too, and get to relax and forget the daily grind.

So even if you don't want your child to become a farmer - though in this era of blue and white collar jobs all going overseas, this may not be a bad idea - consider getting your child as a Christmas gift or a birthday gift a Playmobil Farm - so that you kid's world can be expanded, and so that she or he can experience the delight f mastering a new and complex environment.

Everyone is working busily on the Playmobil Animal Farm.The stables have to be cleaned and the animals have to be fed. The family gets to work. The farmer picks up one bale of hay after another with his pitchfork and throws it onto the wheelbarrow. Then he takes the muck out into the yard and takes it off to the manure heap. Now he has to get a bale of straw from the hayloft so they can put fresh straw into the stables. The farmer`s wife can lower the heavy bale quickly and almost effortlessly with the ingenious load lift. Ages 4 and up.

Playmobil Farm

Playmobil Farm

Playmobil Tractor with Hay Trailer

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