Pull-Along Toy Telephone on Wheels
A chunky pull-along toy telephone with a round dial sits on big wheels beside a simple building block.
A4 format (portrait), black outlines on a white background · for home and classroom use
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Pull-Along Telephone with a Rotary Dial
The toy telephone has a smooth, rounded body that rests on large wheels with round hubs, so a toddler can roll it across the floor. A curved handset lies on two raised cradle hooks on top. The front is taken up by a big dial with eight round finger holes arranged around a plain center disc. A cube-shaped building block stands at the lower right, and the thick outlines and wide open spaces make this an easy picture for the youngest children.
How a Rotary Dial Works
Rotary dials appeared in the 1890s together with the first automatic telephone exchanges, which let callers connect without the help of an operator. To dial, you put a finger in the hole for a number, turn the dial clockwise until your finger reaches the metal stop and let go. As the dial springs back, it sends a series of electrical pulses, one for the digit 1, two for 2 and so on, with ten pulses for 0, and the exchange counts them to connect the call.
Push-button telephones began replacing dials in the 1960s, so many children today have never used a rotary phone. Pull-along toy telephones with a dial and a handset, however, have remained a classic toddler toy since the early 1960s. Pretend phone calls encourage little ones to take turns, try out new words and copy the way adults talk.
Cheerful Colors for the Toy Telephone
- Telephone body: bright red, sunny yellow or cherry pink
- Handset: white, cream or matching red
- Dial: white with a different color for each finger hole
- Wheels: blue or green with yellow hubs
- Building block: primary blue, green or natural wood