As well as work for adults, play is work for children. Through play, your child will learn about the world .. He has a chance to explore the environment and develop skills, values, attitudes, tolerance, and understanding. Playing is a way to express feelings and emotions faster than delivering verbal expression.
As a tool to play, the selection of toys and materials play are also essential for optimal benefits. Toys overflow is useless if the toy has no educational value. It's mean, these toys provide enjoyment to play once the benefits of learning or skill. However, it does not mean you have to cram all the little with too much educational toys . Toys is just one contributing factor to optimize the child's brain development.
The first three years is the golden period of children brain development . At that time, he needs a lot of stimulation. More and more stimulation is given, then the relationship between neural connections will be more and more. Mean, the child will be more intelligent. One form of stimulation is a toy. You can give toys early on, but it does not mean from a baby. ? Parents? is actually a natural play thing for the baby. That is, the baby is better to play with her parents. You may introduce educational toys from children aged 1 to 1.5 years. At that age, your baby is able to understand a concept of the game even though his speaking ability is unclear.
All you need to consider when choosing a toy is a toy fit with the age of the child. Age showed little developmental stage, both physically and mentally. Toys that are too difficult to make a child's frustration. Conversely, if too easy, it is no longer interesting toy for the little guy. To ease you select toys, some toy manufacturers to include age categories in each box of toys.
Here are the characteristics of a toy that is instructive:
1. Created to stimulate the basic skills in preschoolers
2. Has many functions. That is, there are several variations of toys in the toy so that one obtained by stimulation of children also varied
3. Encourage problem-solving abilities. For example apart pairs toys or puzzles
4. Train child care and diligence. Not just to enjoy, but little precision is also required during play
5. Train the basic concept. That is, the child can recognize and develop basic skills such as shape, color, texture, scale. In addition, educational toys can train the fine motor nerve
6. Stimulate the creativity of children. Children are more creative toy made by variation
