Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Skills and Emotional Development thu Toddler Toys
This is an MP3 audio file on the value of toddler toys. It is the audio from the video found below on this blog for those who want to download to their Ipod. Spend time with your toddlers and play with their toys with them - just don't buy the toys.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
The Value of Toddler Toys
Go to Toddler Toys
Is the purpose of a toddler toy to have fun? Of course, that’s a purpose among many other reasons for toddler toys. Just seeing the joy in your toddler’s eyes when they hug their stuffed animal or push a baby walker across the floor for the first time is purpose enough for me. However let’s cover the many other reasons or benefits of toddler toys.
Develop physical skills
A child develops muscles, dexterity, and hand-eye coordination through reaching, crawling, running and climbing while playing with the various toys.
Social skills
While playing with others, the child learns to share, cooperate, take turns and play by certain rules. Parents should involve themselves with the children when they play with toddler toys and not just buy the toys. The parent should play at the child’s level and remember it is all about having fun (and not pushing them beyond what is fun to develop their skills). The parent is helping the child develop these social skills as well as how to be imaginative and creative when playing with the toys.
Emotional
A child learns about their self and the environment around them while playing with their toys. When they succeed in pushing the baby walker and learning how to walk or putting the puzzle pieces in the right place, they experience success and the emotional well-being that goes along with it. These learned skills will go along way toward a happy adulthood.
Educational
As a child is stimulated with various and challenging toys, the child continues to learn and reach higher levels of thought and problem solving. Does this match that? How to balance the blocks? How to pretend play with dishes?
Don’t just sit your toddler in front of the TV. Buy the toddler toys. Sit down and play with them. Help them to be creative and imaginative and your child will learn the skills that will serve him/her for the rest of their lives!
Is the purpose of a toddler toy to have fun? Of course, that’s a purpose among many other reasons for toddler toys. Just seeing the joy in your toddler’s eyes when they hug their stuffed animal or push a baby walker across the floor for the first time is purpose enough for me. However let’s cover the many other reasons or benefits of toddler toys.
Develop physical skills
A child develops muscles, dexterity, and hand-eye coordination through reaching, crawling, running and climbing while playing with the various toys.
Social skills
While playing with others, the child learns to share, cooperate, take turns and play by certain rules. Parents should involve themselves with the children when they play with toddler toys and not just buy the toys. The parent should play at the child’s level and remember it is all about having fun (and not pushing them beyond what is fun to develop their skills). The parent is helping the child develop these social skills as well as how to be imaginative and creative when playing with the toys.
Emotional
A child learns about their self and the environment around them while playing with their toys. When they succeed in pushing the baby walker and learning how to walk or putting the puzzle pieces in the right place, they experience success and the emotional well-being that goes along with it. These learned skills will go along way toward a happy adulthood.
Educational
As a child is stimulated with various and challenging toys, the child continues to learn and reach higher levels of thought and problem solving. Does this match that? How to balance the blocks? How to pretend play with dishes?
Don’t just sit your toddler in front of the TV. Buy the toddler toys. Sit down and play with them. Help them to be creative and imaginative and your child will learn the skills that will serve him/her for the rest of their lives!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Toy Buying Guide
Again, from the The Toy Manufacturers of America Guide to Toys and Play
Toy Buying Guide Go to Toddler Toys
Birth to 1
Interests and Abilities
A baby learns about his or her environment by using all five senses--sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. A child this age is also learning the concept of cause and effect and loves repetition.
Toy Suggestions
mobiles and safety mirrors
musical and chime toys
rattles and squeak toys
crib gyms and busy boxes
nesting and stacking toys
simple pop-up toys
tub toys
push-pull toys
picture books
1 to 3
Interests and Abilities
A toddler moves busily within his or her environment-- walking, climbing, pushing and riding. Imaginative play begins during this period, as does a strong interest in manipulating and problem solving with objects.
Toy Suggestions
push-pull and ride-on toys
small tricycle and wagon
balls over 1.75" in diameter
wading pool and sandbox--and toys to use in them
play appliances, food and utensils
dolls, stuffed animals and doll furniture
simple puzzles, shape sorters, pegboards and rings on pegs
blocks
crayons, markers and modeling dough
rhythm instruments
tape player
picture books
3 to 5
Interests and Abilities
A preschooler loves to be around other children and enjoys sharing many kinds of activities, particularly imaginative play and simple games.
Toy Suggestions
dress-ups and accessories
props for housekeeping, store and medical play
puppets
farm, village, house and other play sets
small vehicles
construction toys
simple board games
puzzles
bead threading and lacing sets
wheeled toys
backyard gym sets
art supplies: crayons, markers, modeling dough, paper
tape player and tapes
storybooks
6 to 9
Interests and Abilities
A school-age child seeks out new information, experiences and challenges in play. Extremely social with a clear sense of fairness, a child in this age group is influenced by peers and has a strong gender identity.
Toy Suggestions
board games
sports equipment
model and craft kits
science kits
jigsaw puzzles
construction toys
fashion and career dolls
doll house
action and hero figures
puppets, marionettes and theaters
video games
bicycle and helmet
stilts, pogo stick
magic set
roller and ice skates plus protective gear
tape player/radiobooks
Toy Buying Guide Go to Toddler Toys
Birth to 1
Interests and Abilities
A baby learns about his or her environment by using all five senses--sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. A child this age is also learning the concept of cause and effect and loves repetition.
Toy Suggestions
mobiles and safety mirrors
musical and chime toys
rattles and squeak toys
crib gyms and busy boxes
nesting and stacking toys
simple pop-up toys
tub toys
push-pull toys
picture books
1 to 3
Interests and Abilities
A toddler moves busily within his or her environment-- walking, climbing, pushing and riding. Imaginative play begins during this period, as does a strong interest in manipulating and problem solving with objects.
Toy Suggestions
push-pull and ride-on toys
small tricycle and wagon
balls over 1.75" in diameter
wading pool and sandbox--and toys to use in them
play appliances, food and utensils
dolls, stuffed animals and doll furniture
simple puzzles, shape sorters, pegboards and rings on pegs
blocks
crayons, markers and modeling dough
rhythm instruments
tape player
picture books
3 to 5
Interests and Abilities
A preschooler loves to be around other children and enjoys sharing many kinds of activities, particularly imaginative play and simple games.
Toy Suggestions
dress-ups and accessories
props for housekeeping, store and medical play
puppets
farm, village, house and other play sets
small vehicles
construction toys
simple board games
puzzles
bead threading and lacing sets
wheeled toys
backyard gym sets
art supplies: crayons, markers, modeling dough, paper
tape player and tapes
storybooks
6 to 9
Interests and Abilities
A school-age child seeks out new information, experiences and challenges in play. Extremely social with a clear sense of fairness, a child in this age group is influenced by peers and has a strong gender identity.
Toy Suggestions
board games
sports equipment
model and craft kits
science kits
jigsaw puzzles
construction toys
fashion and career dolls
doll house
action and hero figures
puppets, marionettes and theaters
video games
bicycle and helmet
stilts, pogo stick
magic set
roller and ice skates plus protective gear
tape player/radiobooks
Toy Selection
From The Toy Manufacturers of America Guide to Toys and Play
Toy Selection Go to Toddler toys
The following are some suggestions for suitable toys for children of various ages. They are offered as a guide to help in your selection, but remember that all children are different. Study your child and get to know his or her interests, abilities and limitations. Not all children enjoy the same kinds of play: one child will be interested in building with blocks or doing puzzles; another may prefer riding bikes or playing ball; your child may enjoy pretending with a dollhouse or playing board games. Try to match the toy to your child and keep in mind that his or her interest in a toy will often carry through more than one age group.
Babies: Birth to One Year
Experts agree that even babies need an assortment of toys. Since infants respond to smell, taste, sound, touch and sight, properly selected toys provide a small baby with opportunities to learn about size, shape, sound, texture and how things work.
Choose toys that:
have pieces that are too large to swallow
are lightweight for handling and grasping
have no sharp edges or points
are brightly colored
are non-toxic
Brightly colored, lightweight toys of various textures stimulate a baby's senses. For young infants, toys to look at and listen to are best. Rattles, squeaky toys and crib gyms are ideal for grasping when the baby is ready to hold objects.
Soft dolls or stuffed animals made of non-toxic materials are fun to touch and hug but are not designed for sucking and chewing. Make sure the seams cannot be easily torn or bitten open and that eyes and noses are securely fastened.
A baby who is sitting up is ready for blocks with pictures or bright colors. Nesting cups or boxes and stacking rings are also favorites. Babies at this age enjoy their first sturdy picture books showing familiar objects. Balls and push-pull toys are good choices when a baby can crawl and walk.
Toddlers: One to Three Years
A busy toddler needs toys for active physical play-- especially things to ride and climb on, such as a low tricycle or a wagon to ride in and pull. Outdoor toys such as large balls, inflatable toys, a wading pool and an sandbox with digging tools are all good choices.
Toddlers begin to enjoy make-believe play just before their second birthdays. To imitate the adult world around them, they use play food, appliances and utensils, child- sized play furniture, simple dress-up clothes and dolls. Children in this age group are particularly interested in sorting and fitting toys, all kinds of blocks and simple puzzles. Toddlers also enjoy musical instruments such as tambourines, toy pianos, horns and drums, as well as listening to tapes.
Pre-Schoolers: Three to Five Years
Pre-schoolers are masters of make-believe. They like to act out grown-up roles and create imaginary situations. Costumes and equipment that help them in their pretend worlds are important at this stage. Some of the many possibilities include pretend money, play food, a toy cash register or telephone, a make-believe village, fort, circus, farm, gas station or restaurant, a puppet theater and play with dolls and doll furniture.
In a child's private world, a favorite toy is both a companion and protector. Dolls and teddy bears, for example, have helped countless children to cope with difficult moments. Children will sometimes express their feelings to toy "confidants" and share emotions with them that they might otherwise keep to themselves.
Transportation is fascinating to young children. Trucks, cars, planes, trains, boats and tractors are all fun at this age and beyond. Larger outdoor toys, including gym equipment, wheeled vehicles and a first two-wheeled bicycle with helmet and training wheels, are appropriate now.
Visualization and memory skills can be sharpened by play that requires use of imagination or mental computation, with the introduction of board games, electronic toys and word and matching games geared specifically for this group. Construction sets, books and tapes, coloring sets, pains, crayons, puzzles, stuffed toys and dolls continue to be favorites.
School Age: Six to Nine Years
Board games, table-top sports games and classics like marbles and model or craft kits help develop skills for social and solitary play. In experimenting with different kinds of grownup worlds, fashion and career dolls and all kinds of action figures appeal to girls and boys. Printing sets, science and craft kits, electric trains, racing cars, construction sets and hobby equipment are important to children for examining and experimenting with the world around them.
For active physical play, a larger bicycle, ice and roller skates, a pogo stick, scooter, sled and other sports equipment, along with protective gear, are appropriate. Even though group play is enjoyed, children at this stage also play well by themselves. Paints, crayons and clay are still good selections, as are costumes, doll houses, play villages, miniature figures and vehicles, all of which help children to develop their imaginations and creativity.
Many games and electronic toys geared to children in this age group are labeled "educational" because they have been designed to help children learn specific skills and concepts, such as games which require forming words, matching letters of the alphabet with various objects or learning about money through handling play coins and currency.
Video games appeal to children, teenages and adults. Many games offer increasingly challenging levels of play, as well as opportunities to develop coordination skills and a sense of the meaning of strategies in relationships, usually through competition against an opponent.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE, EVER, FOR SENSIBLE ADULT SUPERVISION
Toy Selection Go to Toddler toys
The following are some suggestions for suitable toys for children of various ages. They are offered as a guide to help in your selection, but remember that all children are different. Study your child and get to know his or her interests, abilities and limitations. Not all children enjoy the same kinds of play: one child will be interested in building with blocks or doing puzzles; another may prefer riding bikes or playing ball; your child may enjoy pretending with a dollhouse or playing board games. Try to match the toy to your child and keep in mind that his or her interest in a toy will often carry through more than one age group.
Babies: Birth to One Year
Experts agree that even babies need an assortment of toys. Since infants respond to smell, taste, sound, touch and sight, properly selected toys provide a small baby with opportunities to learn about size, shape, sound, texture and how things work.
Choose toys that:
have pieces that are too large to swallow
are lightweight for handling and grasping
have no sharp edges or points
are brightly colored
are non-toxic
Brightly colored, lightweight toys of various textures stimulate a baby's senses. For young infants, toys to look at and listen to are best. Rattles, squeaky toys and crib gyms are ideal for grasping when the baby is ready to hold objects.
Soft dolls or stuffed animals made of non-toxic materials are fun to touch and hug but are not designed for sucking and chewing. Make sure the seams cannot be easily torn or bitten open and that eyes and noses are securely fastened.
A baby who is sitting up is ready for blocks with pictures or bright colors. Nesting cups or boxes and stacking rings are also favorites. Babies at this age enjoy their first sturdy picture books showing familiar objects. Balls and push-pull toys are good choices when a baby can crawl and walk.
Toddlers: One to Three Years
A busy toddler needs toys for active physical play-- especially things to ride and climb on, such as a low tricycle or a wagon to ride in and pull. Outdoor toys such as large balls, inflatable toys, a wading pool and an sandbox with digging tools are all good choices.
Toddlers begin to enjoy make-believe play just before their second birthdays. To imitate the adult world around them, they use play food, appliances and utensils, child- sized play furniture, simple dress-up clothes and dolls. Children in this age group are particularly interested in sorting and fitting toys, all kinds of blocks and simple puzzles. Toddlers also enjoy musical instruments such as tambourines, toy pianos, horns and drums, as well as listening to tapes.
Pre-Schoolers: Three to Five Years
Pre-schoolers are masters of make-believe. They like to act out grown-up roles and create imaginary situations. Costumes and equipment that help them in their pretend worlds are important at this stage. Some of the many possibilities include pretend money, play food, a toy cash register or telephone, a make-believe village, fort, circus, farm, gas station or restaurant, a puppet theater and play with dolls and doll furniture.
In a child's private world, a favorite toy is both a companion and protector. Dolls and teddy bears, for example, have helped countless children to cope with difficult moments. Children will sometimes express their feelings to toy "confidants" and share emotions with them that they might otherwise keep to themselves.
Transportation is fascinating to young children. Trucks, cars, planes, trains, boats and tractors are all fun at this age and beyond. Larger outdoor toys, including gym equipment, wheeled vehicles and a first two-wheeled bicycle with helmet and training wheels, are appropriate now.
Visualization and memory skills can be sharpened by play that requires use of imagination or mental computation, with the introduction of board games, electronic toys and word and matching games geared specifically for this group. Construction sets, books and tapes, coloring sets, pains, crayons, puzzles, stuffed toys and dolls continue to be favorites.
School Age: Six to Nine Years
Board games, table-top sports games and classics like marbles and model or craft kits help develop skills for social and solitary play. In experimenting with different kinds of grownup worlds, fashion and career dolls and all kinds of action figures appeal to girls and boys. Printing sets, science and craft kits, electric trains, racing cars, construction sets and hobby equipment are important to children for examining and experimenting with the world around them.
For active physical play, a larger bicycle, ice and roller skates, a pogo stick, scooter, sled and other sports equipment, along with protective gear, are appropriate. Even though group play is enjoyed, children at this stage also play well by themselves. Paints, crayons and clay are still good selections, as are costumes, doll houses, play villages, miniature figures and vehicles, all of which help children to develop their imaginations and creativity.
Many games and electronic toys geared to children in this age group are labeled "educational" because they have been designed to help children learn specific skills and concepts, such as games which require forming words, matching letters of the alphabet with various objects or learning about money through handling play coins and currency.
Video games appeal to children, teenages and adults. Many games offer increasingly challenging levels of play, as well as opportunities to develop coordination skills and a sense of the meaning of strategies in relationships, usually through competition against an opponent.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE, EVER, FOR SENSIBLE ADULT SUPERVISION
Friday, July 10, 2009
Testimonial from Babiesgottahaveit.com
This dinner set above and the casserole set below are offered at http://www.playandbounce.com/ and are featured in the testimonial video below from www.BabiesGottaHaveIt.com
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Guitar Superstar
Classic wooden guitar with 6 strings, tunable, plectrum, music method made by Bontempi. A quality innovative toy, perfect for the young musician.Watch this video
Can you see your tot playing? Get on over to http://www.playandbounce.com/discoverykidsmusic/ and buy your guitar!
Shop at PlayandBounce for all your child's toy needs. There are toddler toys, puppets, marble run, kids games, and sandbox toys. All the toys are durable, safe and reasonably priced.
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