Do you know what is the right toy for your child?
Toys are a serious matter. Through play, children develop motor and cognitive skills, and exercise with their peers and promote connection with the world around them. Therefore, it is advisable that toys stimulate the child's imagination and creativity. Action and movement; besides stimulating the coexistence with the others.
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Let's make a list
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Before going shopping, let's make a list of the right toys for a boy or girl, without neglecting their interests and preferences. Consider your personality when making the choice, maybe a very shy child we can offer a game that promotes teamwork or a very active children's toys that stimulate concentration. In addition to age and personality, it is interesting to keep in mind, especially when it is not our children, but family or friends, that most children are attracted to big toys; while the girls like the details, the ornaments or the smaller toys.
Safe toys
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It is important that our gifts do not present risks when playing. We try to provide our children with products that clearly specify: the name or brand of the manufacturer, importer or responsible for the sale, the form of use of the product and the guarantee. In the same way, we must verify the existence of dangerous or flammable parts. Pay special attention to toys that have very small pieces that are easy to detach or that have edges or tips, which constitute a potential danger of cuts and injuries in children.
Not necessarily the most expensive toy
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It is not always the most expensive toy, it is a guarantee of safety and enjoyment for children. It is important, as in any purchase, to value the price-quality ratio, as well as the comparison of prices in different establishments, trying to benefit from the offers that the trade can make available to its customers. Try not to get carried away by the advertising or fashion of the moment, or by its presentation, since not necessarily the most extended toys or with colorful packaging are better than others.
Let's ask when buying.
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Once we are about to choose the toy, let's ask ourselves:
- Is this toy appropriate for the child's age?
- Would you be interested enough to play with him?
- It's well done? Is it durable?
- Will he use his imagination to play with him?
- Will you feel happy playing?
- Can you use it in different ways?
- Will it help you to share with other children in a cooperative way and look for solutions?
- Will not you encourage violence?
How many toys
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It is important to keep in mind that many gifts should not be excessive, because we must take care not to generate wasteful attitudes in the smallest of them.
In addition, too many gifts will not allow you to value what they have or enjoy the gifts and possibilities offered by each of them.
Sense of belonging
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The game is one of the most effective ways to learn. Take advantage of the affection that children feel for their toys to develop a sense of responsibility. Treating toys as valuable belongings can be part of the game, be a pleasant activity and form the habit of caring for and protecting children to keep their toys. It is important to create the habit of giving value to things, combating the waste and abuse of toys; as well as everything that surrounds us.
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https://www.bebesymas.com/momentoschicco/7-actividades-de-mayores-que-le-encantaran-a-tu-peque
https://www.minikidz.es/juguetes-de-2-a-3_anos
http://www.abc.es/familia-padres-hijos/20130104/abci-demasiados-regalos-ninos-201301041049.html
https://www.webconsultas.com/bebes-y-ninos/juegos-y-ocio-infantil/consejos-a-los-padres-para-elegir-juguetes
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I will take it into account friend deisi, the truth that sometimes we are infatuated with the toys of our children because we simply want to buy it because we never had it, thanks for recommending us to study the toys before buying.
Yes, that's how sometimes we buy unnecessary toys and fill the rooms with all the toys that go on sale in the market, without thinking about the child, we buy toys for ourselves and not for them.
Thanks for the advice, I thought a lot about toys for my daughter and had not taken into account her personality. Now I have to rethink what to buy.
Hola, @manuelalejandro, It is very important that we think about the usefulness of educational toys for children because, at the same time they entertain them, they help them develop their psychomotor skills and make them more creative.
Toys are really important indeed, the should be to increase the kids ways of reasoning.
Hello @afifa, that must be the goal of the toys, but sometimes we lose money buying unnecessary toys or psychologically hurt the child as weapons, inciting them to violence. Thanks for comment
Your publication is very good, we really have to choose toys for our children that help them in their learning and encourage them to be creative.
Hi @angels075, thanks for comment, if we make many mistakes when buying toys, sometimes just to please the child or ourselves.
Tienes mucha razón con respecto a las preguntas que debemos hacernos antes de decidir comprar un juguete, es importante ayudarlos a estimular su imaginación y los juguetes son la mejor opción, excelente publicación.
Thanks @nicomax, for reading and commenting on this publication. I hope many parents read it.
Great post, toys are very important towards the development of a child. After reading your post I have gathered enough knowledge on how to get the right toys for my child. Thanks for sharing.
Hello, @blinks You should also take into account the size of the toys, they can put at risk the lives of children. Thanks for reading and commenting.
I always think hard about the toys I buy my daughter. I try to pick toys that will be educational since she is very young. Safety is also important because my daughter is a toddler and could choke on small parts or hurt herself in a different way.
Hello @marxrab, thanks for stopping by and reading my post, you are absolutely right that there are many toys that put children's lives at risk by putting them in their mouths.