I am not a fan of battle. First of all, I’m a girl. Secondly, it is scary. Thirdly, I’m a girl! I would rather everyone just get along and be happy with one another. However, I am a grown up and I realize that it’s not that easy and battle has occurred and will continue to occur. I also have a husband and 2 boys who have fighting in their DNA. I know that it’s on the boy gene. I’ve read Bringing Up Boys! So, if they are going to fight – we might as well give them accurate toys! I am a home school mom too and anytime we can throw a little history into the mix, we should.
I have not found any knights better than
Schleich. They are hand painted models that are 1:20 in scale. They have knights with different colors so that one boy can be the
fleur knights and one can be the lion knights. The horses coordinate in color as well. You could also go with crusader versus black knights. These could be introduced right along with a history unit on medieval times and battle techniques. There are other battle machines like
battering rams,
catapults and
quintain. My kids have a huge bucket of
Schleich knights and horses and they love setting up elaborate battles. And, since it’s done in miniature form, this cuts down on the plastic sword and light saber fighting in real life…so it’s a win win!
Watch out boys. Girls, the wait is over! Wedgits has a cool 15 piece Pink Junior Set. Girls can now build in their favorite color. Now, I am not saying that boys cannot build in pink, I am just saying that pink is the most popular color amongst the little girls in our family. 
