Archive for the ‘Games and Toys’ Category
Toys for toddlers – at two years
Two-year-olds have a lot of energy to burn. You can help your toddler focus some of that energy by providing the appropriate toys and games. Be sure to select toys that will stimulate the wide range of talents – both physical and intellectual – your child is developing. Look for those that develop your child’s interest in learning about what grown-ups do (cooking, housekeeping, child care, driving, work, play); those that teach about the physical world (how things work; cause and effect; numbers, shapes, and patters; how to manipulate dials, knobs, and buttons); for those that stimulate creativity and imagination; and for those that encourage intellectual growth. Limit playthings that stifle imagination (such as coloring books and dolls that can talk) and those that require no interaction (such as battery-operated toys that are just for watching). Read the rest of this entry »
Toys For Toddlers at one year
Focus on variety when purchasing and borrowing toys for your toddle, selecting one or more lists; these are particularly good choices. Many of these toys will be if interest to your child trough this year and even into the next, though the way they are approached may mature as your child does. Read the rest of this entry »
Safe Play For Toddler
Swings, slides, jungle gyms – such are the stuff of a young child’s dreams. But dreams can turn into nightmares – in the form of blackened eyes, broken limbs, and worse – if playground equipment isn’t as safe as it should be. To ensure the safety of the equipment your toddler plays on at home or away:
Be sure it is age appropriate. For home use, find adjustable units that can be changed as your toddler grows.
Be sure that it is safe. Pay attention to the play (or toys) system, included it’s construction; assembling; soft padding cover; installation; small instruments such as hooks, screws, bolts, and nails (should be capped and well protected); materials; measurements such as high, weight, strength, and size; finishing touch such as metal should be painted to prevent rust, or wood should be weather treated to prevent rotting. Read the rest of this entry »
Buy Suitable Toys For Toddlers
There’s something about shopping for toys that brings out the kid in every grown-up. And when the kid comes out, it’s tough for some grown-up to keep in mind who they’re shopping for. Instead of buying what’s appropriate for the chilled in their lives, they tend to buy what appeals to the child in themselves: an intricate train set for the infant still in the cradle, a computerized alphabet game for the child who hasn’t yet spoken his first word, a tricycle for the tot who hasn’t taken her first step. Premature purchase that aren’t just uninteresting for the young recipients, but often completely unusable, and sometimes even unsafe. Read the rest of this entry »