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How Important are Educational Toys to your Child's Development?
How Important are Educational Toys to your Child's Development?
Playing can be seen as a formative experience for kids that starts at home. Introducing your child to the world of play at an early age can help them develop new skills and interests.
The best toys for children are educational, but how important are they to your child's development? In this blog post, we will talk about what educational toys are and how these toys can help your children in the future.
What are Educational Toys?
Educational toys are objects of play that have the potential to stimulate learning. They are designed for children, particularly for the younger age group, and intended on helping them develop motor, language, and other skills. They often simplify complex adult activities and teach kids about subjects such as languages, science, or math in a fun new way.
What are the benefits of Educational Toys for kids?
The first benefit is that these toys help develop a child's cognitive skills such as problem-solving, reasoning, creativity, and more. These skills can help with everything from making friends to succeeding in school in the future.
Second, these types of toys also teach children new information which helps them grow their vocabulary and learn new words.
And lastly, research says that having fun while learning improves retention rates so much better than dry teaching methods.
What are some of the skills gained in playing with Educational Toys?
1. Sensory Skills - Playtime is the best time to help your child develop their senses such as hearing, sight, and touch. From crib mobiles to interactive toys with sounds, these toys provide tactile sensations for babies that are stimulating from all angles.
2. Motor Skills - Fine motor skill development is integral for babies, toddlers, and older kids as they grow to learn about the world around them. Motor skills such as walking, crawling, grasping, balancing, and others are essential for improving a little one's physical strength and movement development.
3. Language Skills - Help build and develop your child's communication skills with toys that promote language development. Toys teaching the alphabet and pronunciation of words help toddlers as they discover more words day by day.
4. Problem-solving Skills - This set of skills is important as little ones grow and explore the world around them. Toys aimed at problem-solving teach children how to figure out what's wrong when something doesn't work. It would open their young minds to explore and learn different possibilities.
5. Creativity and Imagination Skills - Whether they love making things or just want in on the action of discovering something new for themselves, toys promoting creative thinking and imaginative play help in expanding your child's imagination.
Now that you know what educational toys are and what skills your little one can gain from them, it's time to dive in on different educational toys that you can purchase at KidsCompanyPH.
Educational Toys for Babies (0-6 months)
Fisher-Price Tiny Take-Alongs Gift Set
Introducing a new generation of baby-sized, fun, and interactive toys! This gift set includes 6 iconic Fisher-Price favorites that have been miniaturized for your teeny-tiny one. They're made with baby in mind - so they'll fit right into little hands or even use teeth as starters to explore their world more fully: shaking rattle soft objects while holding onto it tightly (great way to get them used to control something!), clacking pearly whites together and more.
The perfect gift for the little one in your life. This set includes a rattle, a key, a clock, and a brush. All toys are safe for babies and great for stimulating touch and hand coordination skills as well as visual coordination.
Meet the fun and colorful Zebra by Vtech! This furry friend is perfect for any baby. The silky and colorful fabrics provide a visually stimulating experience for your little one with its crinkly paper hooves and colorful patterns. Alongside these textures are 15 melodies that can help stimulate both auditory developments as well as language skills.
You can check other available baby toys here.
Educational Toys for Growing Babies (6 months++)
Fisher-Price Baby’s First Blocks
Your baby will be wiggling with joy as you open the bucket of fun for them! Fisher-Price's Baby's First Blocks are a great way to teach colors and shapes through problem-solving skills. With chunky, colorful blocks that little ones sort through slots in a lid on top, these make an excellent starter toy or activity when introducing your baby to colors and shapes.
This playtime puppy from VTech is always ready for an adventure, and this interactive toy will keep your baby on his or her toes. Pull the puppy by its cord to activate music and sounds and see the puppy's legs move! There are also colorful buttons that help develop language skills and introduce numbers, colors, and parts of the body. The buttons also play songs, playful phrases, melodies, and cute puppy sounds.
Stack ‘em up for fun playtime with your little one! This set includes stacking cups, puzzle base, and balls that your child can play in 3 game modes: stack the six colored cups, compose the puzzle and roll the balls inside the tower to the base. Perfect for refining your little one's motor skills.
You can check other available toys here.
Educational Toys for Toddlers (1 year old++)
What a happy, fun way to hone motor and language skills! Push the shape sorter pieces through windows and hear cheerful tunes. Press the piano keys for sounds effects or change the tempo of the music. When a melody plays, your child can insert shapes to hear fun sound effects played over it! Pull the car along to hear fun phrases and a sing-along song.
Fisher-Price Linkimals Smooth Moves Sloth
This adorable sloth from Fisher-Price has playful songs and phrases to introduce your baby to counting, colors, opposites, and the alphabet. Improve your little one's gross motor skills as the sloth encourages your child to move and groove. The bright, colorful lights, fun music, and soft arms engage your baby's visual, auditory, and tactile skills.
Let your child's creativity and imagination soar with these toddler-friendly blocks from Mega Bloks. These bright primary-colored blocks encourage hands-on exploration and motor skills. First Builders blocks are big, safe for kids, and easy for little fingers to assemble.
You can check other available toddler toys here.
Educational Toys for Pre-School(3 years old++)
Introduce your growing child to various sounds, letters, shapes, spelling, and more with the My Zone Laptop. It offers 30 interactive activities with progressive learning levels that teach a variety of subjects that gradually increase in difficulty. Children can also customize it with their name, age, avatar, favorite tunes, and more! It will also help strengthen problem-solving skills through puzzles and logic games.
Kinetic Sand Wacky-tivities Sand Box & Molds
Wackytivities Kinetic Sand is the squeezable sand where you can feel every little bit of fun! It feels so amazing that it's hard to put down. Its kinetic nature means it sticks together and not on your hands, making this a perfect toy for children who love interactive and creative play with their surroundings or even adults looking for some casual relaxation time at home.
VTech Touch and Learn Activity Desk
The Touch & Learn Activity Desk by VTech your child's all-in-one learning partner! It's a four-in-one desk that serves as a writing pad, a desk, a blackboard, and an art station! The desk includes an interactive desktop, stylus, and 4 double-sided touch pages filled with engaging content including letters, numbers, music, colors, and much more. It also transforms from a desk into an easel and blackboard with plenty of storage space for art supplies to encourage play and discovery. The interactive LED display teaches letter and number stroke order.
You can check other available pre-school toys here.
Some people believe playtime is only a distraction time for children but the truth of the matter is, it can be beneficial to their development. And we're hoping that this article has shown you how important it is to incorporate educational toys in your child's playtime.
From our list, what can you say is your favorite educational toy for your child? Does it help with language, motor, or problem-solving skills? We want to know!
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