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When you look at a toy, you understand what its purpose is and accurately determine how to proceed with it. All toys can be divided into three categories.
♦ Toys that encourage action
All sorts of board games, balls, designers, cubes, dolls, sets for creativity, children's play furniture.
♦ Toys for the soul
Teddy bears and bunnies, music boxes and other things that do not serve anything for anything, but they kind of cheer up their appearance.
♦ Souvenirs
Plaster figurines, piggy banks, magnets, wooden figurines, which generally do not have to play. They just want to look at and remember something pleasant. It is important to decide which toy you would like to buy this time. When you set a goal, the choice of a gift is simplified. However, if everything is clear with toys from the second and third categories, then it is more difficult with developing ones. Most parents, walking around the shop floor, are wondering whether it's too early to buy one or this set for a child, will he be interested in him?
The choice is ours
Let's try to understand specific examples.
Up to 1 year
The most suitable at this age are toys, which are aimed at the development of all types of perception (visual, auditory, tactile), large and small motor skills, as well as attention and thinking. The infancy (from birth to the year) is a very active knowledge of the world around us. And let the karapuza not yet be able to perform complex actions with objects, play "interesting" (from the point of view of the parents) games, he daily makes tremendous work, shifting rattles, looking at the patterns on the carpet or building the pyramid. To help the crumb more actively master this world, please its bright plastic or soft fabric (but not nap) toys.
♦ Game mats
The beauty of them is that they are multifunctional and are able to activate the baby's various sensations, prompting him to different activities. Bright, with beautiful large pictures and a lot of built-in game objects, mats can for a long time captivate the attention of even the smallest child.
♦ Rattles & Co
They are designed in such a way that they are convenient to take in a small handle, and products are usually characterized by high impact resistance and uncomplicated design. The newborn does not need small decorative elements. It is enough that a toy-rattle, a rubber dog or a tissue "stuffed" sun have a bright color, a suitable size and a pleasant texture. Rattles teach the student to concentrate on the subject, drawing attention to himself, prompting for the first actions - "capture" and "jolting", make you make the first choice among other toys.
♦ Mobile or suspension above a cot
This garland of toys, which with the help of a simple mechanism rotates under a pleasant melody - is truly a godsend for babies. On the one hand, toys that slowly move over a crumb, make him watch them, peer, listen and stretch their pens. On the other - a melodic chime calms the baby.
♦ Toys with simple mechanisms
These are all kinds of plastic animals, cars, men with additional devices in the form of a large button (its pressing provokes a single sound or melody), etc. Toys of this kind perfectly train the child's program of actions and introduce the first rules of the game, develop not only a large but also a small motor skills, thinking, help to concentrate attention and give a lot of positive emotions.
♦ Pyramids and cubes
Bright colors and pictures on cubes and pyramids stimulate visual perception, including perception of form. The size and shape of the rings of the pyramid and the cubes are convenient for the child's handle, and later, when the baby grows a bit, he will be able to implement the first design ideas, building all kinds of turrets and houses. Pyramid is an indispensable simulator for the development of spatial and constructive thinking and the ability to manipulate the subject in several stages. Cubes help the young builder to work out spatial coordination and accuracy of movements with handles. And on the pyramids and cubes it is easy to get acquainted with the concepts of color, quantity and master the score.
From 1 year to 2 years
At this age, multifunctional toys and games, which help the karapuza to develop comprehensively, come to replace the unpretentious "baby" games, when the crumb turns a year old, he can consider himself quite large, because he already knows so much!
♦ Sorter
A toy that helps the kid to hone the motor skills of the handles, to get acquainted with the diverse colors and shapes and practice his logical tasks. It is a container (box, ball, car, house) with windows of different shapes. In these windows it is necessary to select and lower the figures suitable for the shape (or size). The most common are simple (circle, square, triangle) and complex (diamond, star, polygon) geometric shapes. Figures have a handy size for a child's hand and are safe if the crumb suddenly decides to try them on the teeth. You can offer such a thing already from 9-11 months. First, the little one will simply learn the figures, and then figure out what's what.
♦ Compound pictures Small children are hard to perceive a picture as a whole, if it consists of pieces - to this they have not yet formed a perception, memory, thinking, or attention. However, if you start offering simple cuts to a crumb, for example, a two-piece doggie or a tomato cut in half, the baby will gradually train and it will be possible to move on. After learning a 2-part picture, offer figures of 3 and 4 pieces. them, the crumb will get acquainted not only with the concept of "the whole and part", but also in groups and types of objects.
♦ Mosaic
Large plastic chips and a "field" with holes will help crumb hone skills of fine motor skills and will train the imagination.
♦ Inlay frames
An excellent simulator for attention, memory, thinking and perception. In fact, the same sorter, only flat. In the frames, which differ in shape, it is necessary to choose suitable inserts.
♦ Dolls, typewriters ... The adolescents most like to copy adults, and for this, such toys fit perfectly well. Figures of people and animals develop an emotional sphere for the baby, teach them to communicate and learn the first skills of adulthood.
♦ Rocking horse, big car for riding, fitball and children's playroom furniture
Help crumb itself to organize a space for the game. Swaying, jumping on a big ball, the kid develops muscles, coordination and just has a great time with himself.
2 years and older
These neposedam already want real "adult" games. We will help them in this .For such children it will be necessary to select something more serious.
♦ Baby dominoes
The child is already ready to learn the game according to certain rules. This perfectly develops assiduity, motivation for result and self-control. To begin with, simplify the rules and suggest simply building a domino like a snake's tail - strictly a picture to the picture. Lay out the cards in turn. Once a young player is comfortable with these rules of the task can be complicated.
♦ "The Adventures"
Board games, where on the dense sheet of cardboard are depicted a field and tracks, on which it is necessary to make moves of chips. The game is small in volume and lasts just enough so that the child is not tired and was at the peak of interest. Traveling with your favorite fairy-tale characters will teach your child to follow the game closely and follow the rules exactly.
♦ Football, hockey, croquet Especially those children who can not sit still for a minute will especially like it. The set includes a "reduced version" of real adult counterparts - balls, clubs, collars.When playing the game, the child learns to own his body and develops the ability to keep worthy competition.
♦ Puzzles
To begin with, offer the child a puzzle piece of 8-10 details. If the baby is good and quickly coped with it, then it's time to increase the number of elements to 30-50. The main thing that you need to pay attention to is bright colors in the picture, clear images and an understandable plot.
♦ Constructors
In stores you can see the designers of a wide variety of species. To choose the right one for your child, remember what it most gravitates to. During construction, the crumb learns to navigate in space, brings to perfection small movements with his hands and develops thinking.
♦ "Adult" sets
Objects that mimic everyday life are small kitchens, vacuum cleaners, irons, drills and other tool kits. During such a game, the child is formed not only a household skill, but also the necessary social roles that help the correct mental and social development. However, you should not dissuade your daughter if she likes the "Young carpenter" set, or the boy from the toy plate.The more duties and roles the child "tries on" in childhood, the wider his views, abilities and interests will be in adulthood. The main rule - a toy should be a crumb of joy! Play health and develop!