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A toddler is a young being with an eagerness to learn what his or her surrounding world is made of as well as how it works. At this tender age formal education can’t be implemented as they are yet to fully grasp their senses.
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A toddler is a young being with an eagerness to learn what his or her surrounding world is made of as well as how it works. At this tender age formal education can’t be implemented as they are yet to fully grasp their senses.
Since a child uses their senses to learn, it is important for them to have toys that aid in the harnessing of their skills in the use of these senses. The type of toys they are exposed to have a direct impact on the level of awareness they will have on their senses at an early age. Hence it is important to know what you should consider when choosing a toy for your child.
One thing to consider should be the age of the child. Different kinds of toys apply for different age groups and this is an important factor to remember. Many people tend to buy toys for their children because they are trending without considering whether the toy is appropriate for their child’s age.
For toddlers who are getting to know their surroundings toys that they can taste, smell, squeeze and hear are the best. For much older kids you can buy them more advanced toys such as toy cars.
The next consideration to make is the kind of interests your child has. For instance, toddlers are very attracted to color. This means that the child should have multi colored toys. Good examples of toys for such are building blocks and interlocking blocks, cup and so much more.
This is also beneficial because toddlers have a tendency to want to break apart everything they come across. For much older kids you may opt to get crayons and paper to draw on.
The kinds of toys you buy should also spark an interest in learning for the child. This is meant to bring out their creative skills as they grasp more knowledge. Such toys will also enable them to exercise their problem solving skills as well as give them the motivation to explore more of their world.
Such toys are beneficial because they provide the child with a chance to develop hand-eye coordination as well as an understanding of how things fit together. Examples of such toys are puzzles, play dough and interlocking blocks.
You should also consider buying toys that can grow together with the child as opposed to buying toys that are for only a given period of time. This is advantageous because the toy will be used for a long time as opposed to being used in one developmental stage.
Good examples of such toys are action figure for boys and dolls for girls. These toys can be used in doll houses by toddlers and as they grow older they can be used as characters for telling a story.
As the baby grows older, they will gain more confidence in the physical abilities of their bodies and hence, at this point it should be considerable to buy toys that will motive more physical abilities. This entails to toys that will assist in the enhancement of learned physical skills as well as an opportunity to learn new ones.
