Being in the water is not only physically pleasant, but also very interesting. Water - absolutely different from the air environment, has unique properties that kids with ecstasy learn in the game. Adults of these "miracles" no longer notice or simply cease to be surprised, but if you recall the famous story about the creation of Archimedes' law, then adults have something to ponder on! Toys are designed to stimulate the process of cognition and make it fun and exciting. And they do not have to be expensive or complicated technically - in most cases you can do with simple items of use: a ladle, a mug, a colander. Probably the first thing a young bather looks at from one to two years is the water temperature. No wonder, because of this depends the comfort of his sensations: someone prefers coolness, and some like it hotter. To experience the action of cold and hot air at the same time is quite difficult (except that only with a hair dryer), but with water it's much easier: you can type several containers of water of different temperatures and try to guess where, with delight and squeal, checking the correctness of guesses on yourself . The same containers of different sizes can be used to learn how to relate objects not only in size, but also in shape and volume. The child very quickly learns simple truths: for example, he understands that you can not pour all the water from a 1 liter saucepan into a glass.
Simple and cool
To play in the bath the child needs, among others, transparent containers, preferably, in addition, different colors. In such bright vessels you can observe interesting effects of refraction of light: objects change color, outlines, as if they become larger or blur. If you have a small mill, you can play in a "water carrier", which must constantly add water, so that the motion of the blades does not stop. And you can put the mill under a stream of water - it will spin itself. If there is no mill, you can observe the same effect of movement, if you substitute a small ball under the stream, which will start spinning under the pressure of water.
Marine History
Fine story games in the water can be arranged with the help of figures of people or animals. To play a classic story about a fisherman and a fish is possible with any small human figure and rubber fish, and if the child is already addicted to watching cartoons, he can easily reproduce in detail the history of the brave fish Nemo. Boats provide an opportunity to play in the seafarers - and the complexity of the ship's design does not have much significance, it is more important that his "team" be selected with due regard for the interests of the child and his knowledge in the field of fairy tales and other stories. You can just play a trip of your favorite toy on the seas or oceans, or repeat the adventures of your favorite heroes of adventure stories - Captain Vrungel or the pirate Flint. If the kit includes not only the ship, but also human figures, this toy has additional advantages. It not only provides an opportunity for thematic "sea" games (with the help of characters: captain, sailor, pirate), but often can combine the properties of the game-designer (for example, each figure correlates in shape with a special groove in the deck of the ship) or Approach the size and shape of pupae for finger surgery.
Types of toys for swimming
The simplest toys for playing in the bath for children from one year to two are various rubber animals: ducks, fish, dolphins, frogs and other pretty waterfowl. Games with them depend only on your imagination. When choosing, one should be guided by one's own preferences, without neglecting quality issues, especially if the child is quite small and his toys are still interested in as objects for biting and licking. "Rubber" toys are made, basically, from PVC (polyvinylchloride) with addition of such ingredient, as phenol. The name scares, but this substance is actually found in household items quite often. Phenol is dangerous only in very high concentrations, however, if the toy is of high quality, it should be indicated that it is manufactured with a minimum percentage of the content of this ingredient.
Duck, still a favorite and relevant, is by no means the only waterfowl for babies. The toy industry, striving to keep pace with technological progress, constantly creates increasingly complex designs - even for the smallest. Choosing water friends for the child, you can find, for example, a hungry pelican, which with its huge beak can scoop water along with the small fishes swimming in it. Or, for example, a game for young gardeners, which includes a special "flower pot", which is attached to the wall of the bathroom on the suckers, and a watering can. When, after "watering", the water level in the pot rises, bright plastic flowers "grow out of it" to everyone's delight. A variety of rubber toys - "sprays" - not only an excellent opportunity to play pranks, but also an excellent tool for training the muscles of the hands and coordination of movements. If you do not regret the walls of the bathroom and install a target on one of them, you can arrange real competitions in the accuracy of shooting water.
We work wonders
Air and water are a magic combination. To see how air and water interact is very simple: just take a few plastic tubes of different calibers and, poduv in them, watch the fountains of bubbles invariably pleasing to the child's soul. You can dilute a little shampoo or shower gel in the scoop (provided that the child does not taste the mixture for a year to two years) and get a cloud of foam made "by own strength" with the help of the same tube.
The greatest craftsmen can arrange competitions "games on the pipes", blowing into the water any simple rhythms. You can start with simple tasks, like: now blow two long, three short, etc. Such fun activities develop not only the breathing apparatus, but also fantasy and discipline, as the kid needs to constantly monitor himself so as not to swallow the water. Children who do not like to wash themselves, and even more so do not feel any ecstasy before soap bubbles or washing their heads, it is worthwhile to teach all these miracles. And you can buy colorful sponges in the shape of little animals. With such a soft friend, the process of gaining purity will go much more fun!