Babies, Toddlers, and Kids: Do They Really Need Educational Toys?

This is a million dollar question. The answer to this is both yes and no. There are millions of poor people out there whose children don’t have the luxury of toys, they are expensive to begin with and most parents prefer to feed their children when it comes to crisis. As guilty as a parent may feel choosing food over toys for his offspring, it is the right choice, as food feeds the mind in a more practical way than any other toy on the market.

Most middle class children are born with a large collection of toys, many of these toys are just for fun, while some have educational value, a parent may find that the child prefers the box the educational toy came in .

Children don’t need toys to learn, [though in some cases it does assist them to mature [motor skills, talking etc] faster]as the environment they live in has many developmental and educational objects waiting to be explored. A child can enhance her imagination simply by playing with a couple of loose bricks that he has found in the yard. [not to mention improving the motor skills while building with these] Going to the park and doing jungle gym can improve their motor and social skills.

So the question is: are educational toys necessary?

There are hundreds of toy manufacturers out there, and they are more than willing to feed the ‘educational toy’ frenzy, many parents and grandparents prefer to buy so called educational toys as this makes them feel good about their purchase and they hope so. be. help educate and entertain the child they bought it for. Many child development experts say there’s nothing wrong with buying children’s educational toys, but they could reap the same educational and developmental benefits by playing with a variety of simple objects found in the backyard. So the answer is yes and again no!

Toys for stimulation and imagination

While all kids love the age of electronic toys, electronic toys aren’t designed to encourage independent thinking. The simplest toys like building blocks, pencils, puppets, etc. they play a very important role in cognitive development because these toys encourage the child to use their own imagination and to think and create

interactive toys

All parents should encourage their children to go play in a group or to play with the neighborhood children. By having fun and just playing cops and robbers, these kids are stimulating their minds with pretend play and learning social skills needed for later in life. Allowing children to dress up, go to puppet shows, play with craft supplies, and play board games is also a good way to stimulate their busy minds.

Imitation

Children are the world’s great imitators, so let them into the kitchen, have them measure some ingredients, count the cutlery needed to set the table, etc. This is a great way for parents to spend time with the child and combine learning with play. Why not try to find a miniature stove, pots, pans, etc. for the girl in her life, will she cook for you forever? [here’s hoping you like mud pies:-)]

Remember, above all else, keep the learning curve fun, don’t force the problem, a child forced to do something they don’t want to do will mentally block and you would have lost the battle of the child having fun while you were dissembling. polite.