Toys for Toddler: How to Open Your Child’s Mind
If you have enough imagination, you can make a toy out of anything. Open your child’s mind to the world outside the home. Nature itself will stimulate your child. Let him take in the colors, the textures and the sounds.
Toys for toddler – How to open your child’s mind
Resist the temptation to rush into the nearest toy shop and clear its shelves of the most expensive and in – fashion toys for toddler. Your children don’t need them. If you have imagination, you can make a toy out of anything. Open your child’s mind to the world outside the home. Nature itself will stimulate your child. Let him take in the colors, the textures and the sounds.
Nothing beats book for both education and stimulation
Expensive doesn’t mean better. A child can be creative with a spoon. Get inside your child’s mind and try to see the world from his point of view. Don’t under estimate estimates your powers of creativity, either. You’re the best toy in the toy box. Find the cardboard box; find things outside, use things not attractive to adults. Nothing beats book for both education and stimulation.
A one – year old needs board books with picture of shapes, colors and sizes. Start reading to your child early, for about five or ten minutes a day, to build up his interest. If you demonstrate reading is important; your child will want to emulate you. Make books available, place them strategically.
A tricycle or small bicycle is very important to enhance motor development
Then there’s physical activity to consider. At the age of three or four, a tricycle or small bicycle is very important to enhance motor development. These are nature’s toys, not imported from somewhere else. Some children are so closeted they’re scared to walk barefoot on the grass. Take them to the beach, put them in the garden and shoe them the zoo.
But although we may have this romantic notion of a childhood similar to the simple and carefree existence we enjoyed in our early years, the world has changed. As your toddler grows, the latest electrical and interactive gadgets will inevitably attract.
This is a reality in today’s world. The benefit is that in today’s world. The benefit is that many games can actually teach skills like logical problem solving. When you are buying toys, the most important thing is to make sure they are age appropriate.
Conclusion
Never forget the safety of toys. Inspect them for small pieces that may come loose or be swallowed. If your child enjoys soft toys, clean them regularly so accumulated dust doesn’t lead to allergic reactions.
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Jasin | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
Great idea’s mate.
Christine Ramsay | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
Wise words. I watched my seventeen month old grandson in Japan on the webcam at Christmas. After opening his presents he spent ages tearing the wrapping paper into minute pieces. He then climbed in and out of the boxes and his favourite present was the least expensive, a ball.
Christine
Dee Gold | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
good tips
Inna Tysoe | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
Good tips.
Inna
Yovita Siswati | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
I like your tips. I intend to give my daughter a bicycle. Hope she likes it.
Paula Mitchell Bentley | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
You’ve got some really great ideas in there. I totally agree with you that toys need not be expensive, the latest fad or even necessarily a toy to be a great learning experience. My son used to love pots, wooden spoons and oddly enough, potatoes to play with.
nobert soloria bermosa | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
well-balanced tips,thanks
Emma J Kerry | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
These are really good tips! I have a 9 month old son who is at the crawling/trying to walk stage and these will come in handy as I try to keep him occupied! Thank you!
Darla Smith | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
Very helpful tips! Thanks for sharing them.
monica55 | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
Very good tips on choosing toys 4 our children. You are right young children enjoy the toys that are more stimulating to them. They could care less about the price. Thanks for sharing.
Monica.
Bren Parks | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
A very well written piece about a very important topic.
A. L. Monsees | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
This is a very important piece of raising our children I think many people forget. We get to wrapped up in life. Well done.
tutor1235 | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
You can’t go wrong with the classics: balls, blocks, paints, paper, and other classic (and inexpensive!~) toys. Thanks for the reminder.
Matt John | Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
Good tips! Thanks for sharing
cardy | Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
good all round.
OhSugar | Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
The child’s mind is a blank canvas, just waiting to be life to come forth. I operated a daycare for several years, and I saw the opportunity to tap into their mind. I tried to make everything around them educational. Good piece.
Carolyn Ann Aish | Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
Great article – I really agree – If you have imagination, you can make a toy out of anything. Well presented.
Debra. | Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
I agree totally. I wrote an article on this very thing with my son called, “No More Books.” Books are very important in a child’s life.
Excellent article, truly.
Betty Carew | Jan 10, 2009 | Reply
Excellent article and so true. It’s not the amount you buy for a child but how the toys they have are used. I’ve seen it numerous timees after Xmas especially when all the new toys are put aside and you find your child palying with something simple- something they have ahd long before.
Anne Lyken Garner | Jan 11, 2009 | Reply
A fine article, though it could’ve done with some pictures and a slight bit more information.
Well written and precise, though.
The Quail | Mar 14, 2009 | Reply
yet another great article.
nutuba | Mar 14, 2009 | Reply
Great tips! Well written article.
Susan | Oct 31, 2009 | Reply
Excellent. I think the toys my babies liked the best were the pan lids and stirring spoons. Paper. Me.
hollynoel001 | Oct 31, 2009 | Reply
this is so true remember what our grandparents use to say?? they couldn’t afford store bought presents so toys and presents were made out of things they could find and their imagination!!! and they grew up smart and just fine.
Johanna | Mar 24, 2011 | Reply
Wow, thanks for this!
as a first-time mom, I’m inspired to help my child learn more through creative play 
suhadi | May 23, 2011 | Reply
Great post. Thanks.
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