The role and importance of toys in the development of a child

Toys for children's development: shaping the psyche

During gaming activity, several important mental mechanisms develop at once:

perception and sensation;
attention;
memory;
thinking;
imagination;
feelings and emotions;
speech.

The history of development begins with a rattle. She flashes before her eyes, making sounds, which attracts the baby. Looking at the first interesting thing in his life, the baby learns to concentrate his attention, he has a desire to touch it, pick it up, shake it. This encourages the child to work with his hands, turn towards the sound, recognize the object and smile when it approaches.

Pyramids, construction sets, and sorters teach the baby to recognize shapes, sizes, and colors. These are excellent simulators for the development of fine motor skills, thinking, and imagination. Toys that imitate adult objects are very useful in terms of mental development: doll dishes, furniture, medical supplies. The child remembers the name of each object and learns to handle them.

To develop emotionality, it is important for children to have a doll or soft toy as a friend. In the eyes of a child, she becomes alive, she needs to be fed, put to bed, cured. Thus, during the game, the preschooler begins to show the first signs of empathy: care, love, he experiences the events of his and adult life, and grows both emotionally and morally.

Functional toys have a huge impact on the development of thinking and imagination. You have probably observed more than once how a one-year-old child fiddles with a jar, lock or switch for a long time. There can be many such things; for convenience, they are fixed on one board - a busy board. It encourages thought and arouses interest in the unknown.

Adults must be aware of the role of toys in the mental development of a child and the process of his socialization. Therefore, before purchasing, you need to determine what benefits it will bring to your baby. After all, among the variety, it is very easy to acquire a thing that, instead of helping in development, can lead to the destruction of the psyche and moral disorientation. For example, scary cyborgs, dolls with distorted faces, ugly monsters with detailed scars and warts, corpse dolls, plush feces.

In addition to mental development, take care of your child's physical fitness. In this case, toys will also be good helpers.

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Toys accompany children from the first days of life and are usually considered as means of fun and entertainment. However, we must not forget that they also have a great influence on the physical, mental, communicative and creative development of children. Toys in a child’s life As a rule, the first toys for a child are rattles, rubber rings, various pendants, etc. They are primarily aimed at developing vision, hearing and finger motor skills. Therefore, such toys should be different in shape, texture, color (preferably bright), so that the baby has a desire to look at them, touch them, and pick them up. In the first month after birth, the child develops auditory reactions, so it is important to provide him with several musical toys with different sounds. Thanks to such toys, the baby gradually begins to understand cause-and-effect relationships: when the toy is shaken, it makes sounds. It is important that toys for babies are made of safe and soft materials (preferably rubber, plastic), because the baby will in any case pull them into his mouth and bite. One-year-old babies will be interested in multi-colored plastic cubes, pyramids consisting of several elements, boxes, glasses or bowls of different sizes, which are nested into each other like nesting dolls. Such toys bring joy to children and have a great effect on the early development of intelligence. Also buy a large, lightweight ball that won’t roll under the bed or closet, and your baby can play with it in the room, pushing it with his foot or throwing it up. Children from 2 years old can be introduced to soft toys. Firstly, a child at this age no longer puts them in his mouth, and secondly, such a toy will become a friend for the baby, with whom he will fall asleep faster and eat more willingly. Also, the presence of a “soft” friend will make the child more confident and help him adapt to a new environment, for example, in kindergarten. Children begin to feel an emotional attachment to their favorite soft toys and take care of them. Thus, they develop such qualities as caring, responsibility and a humane attitude towards others. Children need soft toys and dolls for role-playing games. By playing out various situations from life or seen in cartoons, children develop their thinking, memory and imagination well. Almost all children are attracted to musical toys in the form of a pipe, drum, accordion, and mini-piano. If a baby is curious about the sound itself coming from a rattle, then older children are already beginning to be interested in melodies that can be reproduced through children's musical instruments. To teach your child to be neat and independent, provide him with a large box or other container where he can put his blocks, cars, balls and other toys after playing. Little children are often interested in objects of living nature, so for games they often collect all kinds of twigs, sticks, leaves, cones, pebbles and shells. Children's toys in the form of various animals will also help your baby get to know the world around him better. Children from 3 years old begin to actively engage in the world of social relationships and understand that each person does some kind of work, that everyone has a certain profession. Therefore, toys for children of this age category are, first of all, accessories for role-playing games (for example, children's dishes, sets for a doctor or hairdresser). This also includes toys-tools (buckets, spatulas, scoops, various molds). By the age of 5, children do not lose interest in role-playing games, but they begin to get involved in more complex toys: various construction sets, puzzles, which develops their logic, patience and perseverance. At this age, children learn to use the same toys for different games. This contributes to the development of the child’s imagination, imaginative thinking, and enrichment of his inner world. Technical toys with simple and complex mechanisms introduce the child to the world of technology, encourage experimentation and stimulate logic. At 6-7 years old, children begin to be attracted to board games, as well as toys made with their own hands. Fortunately, today you can purchase special kits for children's crafts. For example, a set of items for sewing, a set of spare parts for constructing an airplane, kits for modeling, drawing or appliques. Sports toys not only help the development of muscles, coordination of movements, motor skills and the respiratory system, but also form such useful qualities in a little person as willpower, endurance and perseverance. Among other things, children's toys and games have a huge impact on social adaptation and communicative development, since children, by playing together, learn to communicate and interact effectively with each other. Why does a child break toys? According to psychologists, a child breaks toys not because he is too spoiled or does not appreciate what he has. There are other reasons that explain this behavior: • Kids learn about the world every day, they are interested and curious about everything. Accordingly, they have a strong desire to see how the inside of a plane works or what a doll is made of. • During role-playing games, children often divide toys into good and bad characters. And they want to defeat, punish, and destroy the latter. And the easiest way to do this is to break a “bad” toy. • Sometimes children spoil toys when they feel the need to throw out negative emotions (anger, resentment, jealousy). The emergence of a toy, changes in its appearance, and use in the process of preparing a child for future life have a long history. The toy, as an object of children's amusement, over time became a means of mental, moral, physical and aesthetic development. The first Russian toys were not of good quality and were made from second-class raw materials. In May 1932, in Russia, for the first time in the world, the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Toys was created in the city of Zagorsk. Toys have many classifications, types, groups, but not one of them mentions toy weapons and toys depicting monsters and vampires. This is explained by the fact that this type of toy appeared in large quantities and became available to literally every child only in recent decades. According to A.V. Lontionova, toys include several of the most important groups: - defenders-calmers - toys-comforters - symbolic toys - toys-intermediaries - ephemera toys - toys-collections Currently, another group of toys has appeared - these are heroes modern cartoons and horror stories toys. How to choose the most necessary and useful toy from all this variety? In modern toy stores, adults, and sometimes even children themselves, get lost in choosing the right toy. The assortment is so diverse that your eyes just run wild. But often adults do not think about what feelings toys can cultivate in children: kindness, attention, care, curiosity or aggression, anger, ruthlessness and irritability. It’s not for nothing that experts say that toys shape a child’s character and influence his future destiny. How does this happen and how do you understand what is beneficial for the child’s body and what will only bring harm? Every parent, trying to keep up with the times, buys their child a lot of toys, buys what they didn’t have in their childhood, what they think is very modern and fashionable, but also, of course, what their child wants, and children always want want more, more and more. Scientists once calculated the approximate number of toys in children's rooms. This was, in their opinion, simply a huge number. The average number was close to four hundred for one child. With such abundance, he cannot love or master any of them, and many simply become unnecessary and, in the end, depreciate. Everyone should understand that a toy is a means for playing , and play is of great importance for children's development. Play is a form of life for a small child; he lives by playing, expresses his inner world, desires, events, interests. In play, a child learns the features of the surrounding reality, expresses himself, learns to think and invent. A game is a complex process where a child creates his own imaginary world. He puts into the speech of the toy his experiences, thoughts, his idea of the world. Children who play are more independent, because when adults teach a child, they simply assimilate what is offered to them, and while playing, he comes up with something himself, takes initiative, and creates. These children are more creative, independent, and organized. An important and pressing question in the modern world: what is more important is play or learning for a child at an early stage of development? Parents for the most part devalue the game, considering it entertainment. This is a huge misconception. After all, learning involves not only knowledge of letters and numbers, but also the cognitive activity of the child, his readiness to learn. The child acquires all this only through play. Psychologists say that play has a great advantage over early learning; everything is effective only in combination. Those children who did not finish playing in preschool age move the game to a later period (7–8 years), when it is time to study. You need to play at a certain age. Having looked at children's modern toys, adults wonder if they have any use, and few of them try to look at them through the eyes of small children. Modern toys are often accompanied by well-known TV series and cartoons among children. They want to play in familiar situations that they have seen, so they ask to buy the hero they like so much. If you remember, toys for mothers and grandmothers were also created based on fairy tales of that time, and carried the same idea of good and evil. Children, unlike adults, are able to see a completely different content behind the appearance of toys. An ugly toy is not always evil and vice versa. The usefulness of a toy is not always related to its price; sometimes, the simpler the toy, the better and more convenient it is . The most important thing is that you want to play it. And for a game to arise, there must be a person with the child who teaches and introduces him to the game. And for the most part, parents must take on this role. To summarize, I would like to think about why you should not throw toys at your child. Probably because he should appreciate each of them, and parents should not just pay off the baby. A toy will not replace the attention and care of mom and dad. A toy should function, teach and develop a child. And if you have doubts about buying this or that toy, then the best option is to make it yourself. The child will appreciate the time spent with you, will be able to fantasize and understand that not everything valuable can be bought with money. For a child, a toy is an integral part of his life and therefore requires the most serious attention. Anything can become a toy . It is the child who turns an object into a true toy in the process of playing with it. A toy can have enormous power and ability to teach. And the future of children depends on how we approach the choice of toys for our child, whether we know how to properly organize the game, direct his actions, and develop the plot. A toy is a child’s companion from the first days of his birth. This is not only joy and fun, but also an excellent teacher who prepares the child for life in society. For a child, the variety of toys should be important, not their quantity. After all, sometimes children take their first example from toys. The appearance of a new toy sometimes not only reflects the existing level of technical equipment, but can also, to a certain extent, contribute to the birth of a new technology. Thus, at the end of the 19th century, the idea of the world was expressed in the widespread distribution of optical toys (binoculars, telescopes, microscopes, etc.), which is believed to have prepared the invention of cinema in a certain way. A mass-produced toy, which, unfortunately, a modern child most often deals with, is essentially an anti-toy: it contains the idea of possession, rather than joyful comprehension of the world; it creates a tendency to crowd out educational play and genuine creativity. Mass production profanes individual emotional relationships with a toy as with “another self.” The external attractiveness of a toy-product becomes more important than its playful use, hence the emergence of new forms and materials that are not typical of a traditional toy. Today, children's toys, as part of modern mass culture, contribute to the child's construction of a very gloomy and joyless picture of the world, as evidenced by children's drawings. Consider modern toys . For girls, of course, Barbie. The dolls come with an instructional program: how many girlfriends Barbie should have (it turns out, at least 8), clothes, furniture, cosmetics, “boyfriends,” etc. This creates the need and prospects for life—to be “like a good American girl.” . What life orientation do these curvaceous beauties symbolize for any little girl? Who are they, daughters? Girlfriends? Neither one nor the other. Having such a doll, the girl imagines herself not as a mother rocking a child, but, for example, as a maid caring for her mistress, cleaning her house and bringing her boyfriend to her. Before our eyes, the archetype of motherhood was quietly replaced by the archetype of fornication. The children themselves feel this very well, although the youngest ones often give Barbie a “bad” rating, refuse to play with her, and even break her. Naked dolls that need to be sewn, treated, fed and nursed have disappeared from sale. Instead, in the store there are eerily real newborn babies made of plastic, absolutely natural - like a manual for midwives. The most important advantage of a soft toy is to give tenderness to the baby . This feature is used by psychotherapists and simply good pediatricians; and, as practice shows, a cute bear, a fluffy elephant or a shaggy dog can “cure” a child from fears and even from bedwetting. The soft toy embodies some very deep needs of a small creature. And now you can very often see creatures of unknown species and breeds, of unimaginably garish coloring; you don’t want to pick up or stroke any of them. Having given their beloved child miniature handcuffs and a rubber truncheon, parents should understand that they are orienting the child not towards the profession of a police officer, but towards deeply hidden aggressive tendencies, when violence is the shortest way to solve problems. This does not mean that all weapons provoke violence. A toy sword can turn out to be a formidable weapon for a boy against the fear of the dark, a means of mastering his own behavior: a four-year-old child, having received a plastic sword as a gift, immediately went with it into a dark room and after a while came out of it smiling happily: “He ran away, Barmaley!” Of course, we need to instill courage, bravery and masculinity in our sons. But maybe the toy warriors that parents make together with their son will be more acceptable for educational purposes? A serial toy in its spirit is opposed to a creative (developmental) toy, one that promotes the development of a child’s creative potential and his personal, moral and spiritual growth, which does not require a unique way of handling it, but, on the contrary, provokes a variety of behavior strategies. These are all so-called archetypal toys - constructive, indefinite, multifunctional: a ball, a hoop, a stick, etc. In essence, a creative toy has its roots in folk toys. The traditional folk toy contains the simple-minded love of an adult for a child and recognition of his right to a special play space. A modern industrial toy often forms and fixes in a person (and above all in a child) such personal qualities as relaxation of the will, indifference of feelings, lack of inquisitiveness of mind, and consumerism.

Developing physical fitness

The goal of all mothers, and especially fathers, is to raise their children to be strong, agile, and tough. Jump ropes, bowling alleys, tiny dumbbells and hula hoops will all come in handy. But physical development begins earlier, when the baby tries to turn on his tummy, sit up, crawl or take the first step. His movements are chaotic and imprecise, coordination is impaired, and his sense of balance is still dormant. In order for your child to develop normally physically, you will be helped by:

Balls. Small round balls made of wool or cotton with a bell inside will help the baby learn to grasp and hold an object, and after 5 months encourage him to crawl.
Jumpers. They strengthen your legs well and lift your spirits.
Rocking horse. Allows you to develop the sense of balance necessary for walking.
Horizontal bar. You can use it to teach your baby to do pull-ups. You can also hang various objects here, stimulating people to reach for them.

Gurneys. The child focuses on the toy and is distracted from the process of walking itself, which allows him to achieve automaticity in this matter and develop coordination of movements.

By working with your baby for a few minutes a day, you will help him quickly master the simplest movements and before you know it, your child will be running, jumping and practicing on the wall bars on his own. In order for the baby to develop harmoniously, it is necessary to alternate active games and educational ones. Child psychologists recommend conducting educational sessions in a playful way.

Educational games for children. How to help your child grow up cheerful and happy

The baby experiences special pleasure from moving in space - crawling or walking. He likes the process itself, although the process is not without certain difficulties and troubles; the child may get tired, fall and hurt himself.

Therefore, the baby perceives with particular pleasure such educational games in which crawling, or walking, or some important elements of these actions are reproduced in a lighter and safer, but accelerated or intensified form.

Place a towel or folded blanket under the belly of the child lying on the carpet. Lift him up so that he is in a crawling position and rock him back and forth a little. Hold him so that he can crawl easily, and from time to time lift him into the air and carry him forward a short distance. The main ability that a child must develop when learning to walk is the ability to maintain balance. You can help him with this. Place your baby on your lap, spread his arms to the sides and hold them. Alternately raise one or the other knee, so that the child leans first to the right, then to the left. Help your child maintain balance by holding his hands. Raise and lower your knees to the beat of the music. You can put on a record, or turn on a tape recorder, or sing yourself, the main thing is that the music is cheerful. Place the child in front of you, facing you, and take his hands. Begin to slightly tilt it to the right, then to the left, moving its center of gravity from one leg to the other. Sing a song so that the child sways to the rhythm of the song. Keep your child's arms at shoulder level or even lower. Gradually reduce your support so that your baby continues to rock on his own. Let him then hold only your index fingers with his hands. Make his arms drop down and be positioned almost vertically on his sides. Try swaying to the rhythm of the song yourself. This will stimulate the child - he will try to imitate you. Place your baby's feet on your legs with his back to you. Hold him by the shoulders. Say, “Come on, let's go,” and walk a short distance. Look how he reacts to this game. If he likes it, repeat it on different days. Let other family members, including older children, do this for you. Such a game helps strengthen contact between a child and an adult and is useful from this point of view. If the baby does not express pleasure in the game, put it aside and try again after some time.

Teach your child to “sing” to the music. Turn on the tape recorder, or player, or radio. Sing yourself, using those syllables (“mama” or “dada”) that the child can easily pronounce. Invite him to join you. Repeat this game many times until he begins to sing to the music on his own. Continue playing “Peek-a-boo, where am I?” with your child. First, cover the child’s eyes with your hands and exclaim: “Where is Misha, where did he go?” Having removed his hands, rejoice: “Misha is here!” Then teach the child to cover his eyes with his hands and wait for your exclamations: “Where has Misha disappeared?” Express delight when he removes his hands from his face. You can also teach him to cover his face with a napkin or diaper, and then pull it off

Your joy when the napkin is pulled off or the hands are removed from the eyes will contribute to the emotional development of the child. At this age, the child begins to understand how to attract or maintain the attention of an adult - and begins to repeat actions that made others laugh. You can support and develop this behavior in him by participating in a variety of games with him.

For example, play with your child “A horned goat is coming for the little guys, gores, gores, gores, gores,” where first you portray this goat, and then he. Be scared when the child reaches out his hand in your direction, and then start laughing.

Learning with toys

Educational toys play one of the key roles in the early development of a child. With their help, kids can easily master counting, learn letters, learn to understand the seasons, determine the time on a clock and play the first musical notes. To do this you will need:

Calendar. This game guide will make the theme of the seasons easy and fun.
Watch. By taking out and inserting numbers and rotating the hands, the child begins to understand what minutes and hours are and learns to determine them correctly.
Counting material. It can be in the form of simple bright sticks, figurines, or even entire plot compositions in the form of a clothesline with doll clothes and clothespins.
Children's musical instruments. By making sounds by hitting sticks on a xylophone or glockenspiel, children can learn to recognize notes.

By coming up with interesting stories and using manuals, it is easy to teach a child important things and prepare him for school. Don’t forget that toys are an excellent tool for raising children.

Consumer rights

The buyer has the right to exchange a non-food product of proper quality for a similar product from the seller from whom this product was purchased, if the product does not suit the shape, dimensions, style, color, size or configuration. This requirement also applies to children's toys, according to Art. 25 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On the Protection of Consumer Rights”. You can change a non-food product of good quality within 14 days, not counting the day of purchase.

But it is worth remembering that the exception is electronic toys and non-periodical publications for children, such as books, brochures, albums, cartographic and musical publications, sheet art publications, calendars, booklets, publications reproduced on technical media of appropriate quality. These types of goods are not subject to return or exchange.

If, after purchase, you discover shortcomings in the toy you have chosen, then you, as a consumer, have the right:

demand that the toy be replaced with a similar one (of the same model or article);
demand replacement with the same product of another brand (model, article) with a corresponding recalculation of the purchase price;
demand a proportionate reduction in price (cost of the toy);
demand immediate and free elimination of defects in the goods or reimbursement of costs for their correction by the consumer or a third party;
refuse to fulfill the purchase and sale agreement and demand the return of the amount paid for the goods, that is, at the request of the seller and at his expense, the consumer must return the goods with defects, and the consumer has the right to demand full compensation for losses.

What is the importance of toys for raising children?

A bunny, a bear cub or a doll can become real helpers in regulating a child’s behavior. This will become possible if adults manage to form a relationship with them as living friends. Children develop positive emotional relationships with such toys - this is an important educational moment that cannot be ignored.

It’s one thing when a mother or father asks a child to calm down, another thing when a favorite doll is involved in the process, which “doesn’t like” that the baby doesn’t listen to adults. The fact that the doll will go to an obedient girl and take her beloved teddy bear with her can become a weighty argument. Thus, in education you can use behavior assessment and regulation through a toy to form:

initial ideas about good and evil;
kindness, compassion, empathy;
the ability to overcome fears and whims;
thrift, accuracy, organization.

By and large, toy “friends” help shape a child’s personality and raise him to be a worthy person. The task of parents is to select toys in accordance with the age and level of development of their baby.

Playing with rattles

In general, everyone knows about the usefulness of rattles. Therefore, I will mention only a few important points that are useful to know.

In order for a newborn baby to learn to focus his gaze on a rattle, it is important to show it at a distance of approximately 25-30 centimeters from the baby’s eyes. In the 1st and 2nd months of life, this distance is optimal both for communicating with the baby and for showing him toys

This is explained by the fact that due to the immaturity of the eye muscles, the baby sees blurredly at a further distance, and it is still difficult for him to focus on a distant object.

While showing the rattle and making sound from it, smoothly move it to the right and then to the left. In this way, you will improve your baby’s visual and auditory orientation. And already at the age of 10 days you will notice that the baby has begun to follow the moving rattle with his eyes.

Starting at about 3 months, you can begin to work on the grasping movement of the hand. And here rattles on a stick will come in handy, which will be convenient for the baby to hold with one hand. First, you will need to help the baby and put the toy in his hand, and closer to 4 months, he will learn to independently take the rattle from your hands and hold it.

Selection of toys depending on age

In the development of a newborn baby's abilities, rattles, pendants, and black and white pictures hung on the sides of the crib play an important role. But when buying toys, you need to take into account the rapid growth and maturation of the child.

Already at three months, the baby not only lies in the crib, but learns to roll over, grabs objects with his hands and tries to taste them. When choosing toys, you need to take into account his age characteristics. For children aged 3 months, the following are suitable: a musical carousel (mobile), an educational mat, arcs and streamers with toys hanging on them, sound bracelets. We talked in detail about what exactly is needed between the ages of 1 and 7 months in the article “Toys for newborns: what they are.”
From 9 months to a year, when the child already confidently sits, crawls and even walks, the time comes for more complex educational toys. These are all sorts of sorters, construction kits, large puzzles. It is recommended at this age to introduce your child to finger painting and playing musical instruments. However, the main attention should be paid to the development of the musculoskeletal system, offering him jumpers, gurneys, and rocking horses.
At 2-3 years old, the baby begins to understand the purpose of surrounding objects, so he will probably like a set of furniture, doll dishes, a suitcase with medical instruments, and construction sets. At this age, children begin to show interest in educational board games. Also in the arsenal of a three-year-old child there should be multifunctional substitute toys: scraps, boxes, jars. With their help, he fantasizes, and at the same time learns to speak. After all, imagining the box as a magic chest, and the wand as a sharp sword, the child pronounces their new purpose.
A 5-year-old child is already a personality, with his own interests and preferences. He has access to many types of toys with which he plays out various stories. At this age, boys prefer to play with cars and soldiers, and girls prefer to play with dolls and their accessories. However, tabletop gaming aids: lotto, puzzles, dominoes are interesting for children of both sexes.

What toys does a 3-6 month old baby need?

, with replaceable sets of toys. The playpen should have such walls that the child can clearly see the objects around him, and you too. In our opinion, the playpen should be used only where it is necessary (for example, in the kitchen). It is better not to “lock” the child, put him on a bed, on a sofa, in a chair, etc.
. The benefits and pleasure of this toy can hardly be overestimated. The baby reaches out to toys with his arms and legs, handles them, pushes them, and swings them. It is better to have replaceable sets of hanging toys and change them every 5-6 days. Wash toys regularly. Make sure that the set of toys hanging together consists of different toys. Different colors, different textures, with different sounds. So that the toys rustle, crackle, and sing. So that some toys need to be pulled, for example, while others need to be twisted or pushed. Be sure to attach a mirror, your baby will love it. It is not necessary to attach toys to the arcs of the mat, which are included specifically with the mat. You can attach rattles, rings, favorite teethers, soft toys, etc.
Soft bracelets for legs and arms do not lose their relevance. They can have bells, rustling elements, different colors and textures.
Toys in which one object rolls (as if down a slide) from another. These can be large wooden parts on metal spirals (when the parts need to be pushed with a finger) and other varieties. For example, a large plastic transparent container (jar) with small balls inside will also bring a lot of fun to the baby.
, easy to grab and throw.
Toys - tumblers. These can be ordinary, traditional tumblers (a doll made of balls with a face), or they can also return to their place after a push.
Large pieces of rustling paper, foil, maybe old magazines. The child will crush and tear them. Be sure to keep an eye on your baby, he will taste what is offered.
Be sure to stock up on different items to make it easier. These are rings, special rattles. The main requirement is a material that is pleasant to “chew.”
. These can be cars or toy animals, such as caterpillars. The main thing is that you can pull the toy towards you by the string.
Any toys that are fun to throw. These can be balls (soft and rubber). Better different colors and different textures. There may be Velcro balls (so that you can then tear them off the mat cover “with sound”). If the toy makes sounds when thrown, great.
You can introduce toys that, for example, when you click on a cow figurine, it moos, the dog barks, etc.
You can already give it to your child. The pages should be thick, the drawings should be large and contrasting (without small or nuanced details). You can buy books for the bathroom with waterproof pages.
(which you need to press or push to get sound). Be sure to check that the sounds are pleasant.
Small (with edges of 3-4 cm) cubes, blocks, and other figures. They can be of different colors, different textures, and made of different materials. The baby will have to "correct" and develop the skill of grasping with his hands to grasp these objects, and this is very useful.
. Swimming animals, with and without sound. Bathing books. Balls and figures for the bath.
Rubber squeaky toys.
, arranged in such a way as to place objects in a container. For example, different geometric figures in a wide box. Preferably with musical backing. You can easily invent this kind of sorter yourself by offering your child a large bowl or bucket and showing how to put objects there.

It is very important that the baby does not have many toys at once. It is better to change sets (even during the day)

Tips and tricks

Often parents are faced with the question of how to choose a toy for their child so that they like it, captivate it and at the same time turn out to be useful? This is where advice from child psychologists will come to the rescue. Here are some recommendations:

Buy toys that are appropriate for your baby's age and developmental level.
The younger the children, the larger the construction kit parts should be.
Periodically remove objects from visibility. After some time they will be perceived as new.
Offer your child play aids of different types. Every child should have balls, jump ropes, jumping ropes, as well as toys that require concentration and attentiveness: puzzles, mosaics, construction sets.
Help organize the game. Tell me, or better yet, take part in the construction of a garage, be a client in a children's hairdresser or a patient at a doctor's appointment.
There shouldn't be a lot of toys. It is difficult for a baby to choose from a huge variety, as a result he will stop noticing them.
Pay attention to which benefits arouse increased interest in your baby. Even in early childhood, one can identify the inclinations or even talents of future artists, sculptors or stylists.

Play helps children develop the abilities and skills needed to live in the complex adult world. The importance of a toy in a child’s life is very great, but even more important for him is the attention, care and love of loved ones. Only by being close to the baby, guiding and teaching, will you be able to raise a comprehensively developed person with a capital “P” from a little person.

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Developing physical fitness

Educational games for children. How to help your child grow up cheerful and happy

Learning with toys

Consumer rights

What is the importance of toys for raising children?

Playing with rattles

Selection of toys depending on age

What toys does a 3-6 month old baby need?

Tips and tricks

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Recommend good educational toys

I’ll also ask, what toys have become hits with your 2-3 year old child?

Gets nervous when playing with toys

Games and toys for girls 9-10 years old

DEVELOPMENTAL toys for 1.6-2 years

Do you wash new toys?

educational toys

what toys?

Toys for a seven month old baby

Educational toys

What toys did you really need for the first 6 months?

Do your children play with small toys?