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Educational
Toys for Babies
Educational toys
are fun for babies and provide another tool to stimulate learning and brain
development in your infant. There are many ways to teach a child and tens of
thousands of educational toys on the market to help parents in the endeavor. The
challenge for parents, child care providers and educators is to choose from the
vast array of educational toys available in a way that creates a balance of
learning techniques, is age appropriate, and most of all fun. This article will
provide basic facts about; how babies learn, types of educational toys available
and examples of each.
How Babies Learn
It is quite surprising the rate at which babies learn and develop. Learning
begins in the womb and continues throughout childhood. In early life how a child
learns centers largely around the relationship with the parents. At least until
the child starts preschool, the job of stimulating and satisfying baby's desire
to learn falls primarily to the parents.
While babies respond to their parents voice there are many other sounds they
find interesting. When parents are choosing educational toys for babies they
should look for toys that have sound, colors that are bright and contrasted like
red, black and white, and have interesting textures that babies like to touch.
Sounds
Babies respond to sound and some of the best educational toys include rattles
and musical toys. Soothing music such as lullabies is usually best. Auditory and
musical toys are known to stimulate logical thinking and imagery in babies and
in adults for that matter.
One good educational auditory toy is the Electronic Metal Keys. These keys are
good for a child 6 months and up. The Electronic Metal Keys are an imitation of
the parents car keys. However, the Electronic Metal Key toy is safe for the
child to chew on and has a push button that emits sounds like a car horn,
doorbell, ignition, and remote control door.
Sight
Bright colors in educational toys stimulate babys vision. Look for toys with
strong color contrast and patterns. A good one to look for is a colorful crib
mobile that emits music, has different textures, curves and symmetry.
One such educational toy is the Bath Time Fishing toy. This item is appropriate
for babies 12 months and up. Its a great prop to use during a baby bath. Making
the bath as fun as possible can also help overcome any resistance or fear your
child may have during the bathing process. The toy is bright in color, has a rod
and reel, and the strong magnets attached to its tails allow for easy catching.
Bath Time Fishing is priced at around 16.00 dollars.
Fine Motor Play
Fine motor play educational toys are used to stimulate coordination in babys
finger and eye movements. One such toy aimed at developing the hand-eye
coordination is Counting Pals, which is aimed at babies 6 months and up.
Counting Pals are 10 soft and squishy colored blocks. They can be stacked,
tossed, chewed by the baby. Counting pals also provides animal illustrations
that will enchant the baby. Counting Pals educational toy is priced at around
12.00.
Cognitive Skills
There are some educational toys that promote cognitive skills in babies, which
is to say they stimulate the childs memory, how they picture things and their
problem solving skills. Educational toys like building blocks, activity boxes or
puzzles are a good purchase for your child. The puzzles can deal with numbers,
letters or pictures; it does not matter, but they should be fairly easy for a
baby to grasp and manipulate.
*Tim Lawrence is a
father of two and co-founder of Colic Calm Gripe Water for Babies -
http://www.coliccalm.com/ , Tim has written and been published on several topics
related to parenting, education and family. His website is Gripe Water for
Infant Colic -
http://www.coliccalm.com/
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