How to choose educational toys for children according to their age?
Every child grows differently, and some parents often overlook the nuances of growing up, such as how to choose the right
educational toys to help your child grow at different ages? Let's explore this issue and hopefully, it will help you.
Newborn
The initial characteristic of newborn babies is that they learn and develop colors and sounds, so during this period, you can consider toys that promote visual and auditory development, remembering that auditory toys should be decibel controlled.
3 Months
Often around March, you will find that your child likes to grasp objects and will clench his fist and slap them, so we can work on this with toys such as small balls and rattles.
4 Months
This time baby likes to make new sounds, will distinguish the smell, show a strong interest in the things around, the curious baby was born, so we can choose to use not to fall, sound toys, etc. to develop the baby's interest.
5 months
Can do larger whole-body activities, hands and flexible, this time the little baby but know how to protest and reject people who try to take away her toys, sensitive and sensitive coexist, so we need to develop their sense of sight, hearing and touch, then the
picture toys, eight boxes,
plush toys are a good choice.
6 months
Can move at will, eye and hand coordination gradually developed. Cultivate the coordination of baby's hands and feet and promote visual development, which is our preferred purpose, then wind chimes and leather balls, mirrors are good. Her parents must pay attention to the mirror toys to the side.
7 months
Growth characteristics: willingness, preferences show obvious, strong interest in the surrounding things. Suitable toys: small balls/sound toys / push and pull toys role: to develop the baby's limbs and the ability to move the whole body, motivate the baby to crawl.
8 Months
When the baby's eyes and hands and feet are more coordinated, we can use toys to encourage the baby to stand up, and toy cars are a good choice. At this time, the baby can also pronounce clearly, we can use toy phones, cartoon books to encourage the baby to talk.
9 months
Growth characteristics: start standing activities, will simply imitate.
Suitable toys: play table/small box to stimulate standing and walking Role of toys: encourage baby to express their will and exercise manual dexterity.
10 months
Can distinguish the use of hands, begins to learn more recognition, enjoys games such as hide-and-seek and rolling on the floor. Motor skills are clearly increasing. We can motivate the baby to walk at this time. Suitable toys: small balls/blocks/stacking toys.
11-12 months
Basically, they can move freely, their preferences and emotions are obvious, and they usually like to imitate and respond to your words, which means they can understand a lot of words. At this time, you will need toys that promote thinking and perception, such as play puzzles and assembly toys.
1-2 years old
Growth characteristics: freedom of movement, motor-sensory ability to improve, learn to walk. Suitable toys: toy phones, leather balls, drawing boards, writing boards, slightly closer to 2 years old, suitable for playing with intellectual blocks, small animals, vehicles, books, etc. The role of toys: improve cognitive and language skills.
2-3 years old
Growth characteristics: intellectual growth, interest in playing with intellectual toys. Suitable toys: jigsaw, puzzle-type toys, letters, words, writing board The role of toys: to improve the baby's intelligence.
3-8 years old
At this time children are very independent, the role of toys is mainly for how to add fun, the development of hobbies of this kind, so you can choose toy cars, ball toys, skates.
Above 8 years old
As long as it is to develop the child's independent learning ability, develop thinking ability, hands-on ability, so most of the choices, craft sets, electric toys, assembly models, etc.
Not enough detail, and not necessarily accurate, but I hope parents can be more carefully combined with the child's growth process, according to the material. Let their children grow up happier and healthier.