Choose Educational Toys For Children Diligently

Called educational toys that stimulate children's cognitive. These include improving the ability to concentrate and solve problems. But anyway, how to distinguish these types of toys other toys? Consider the responses of educational toys delivered Dra. Mayke S. Tedjasaputra, M.Sc. , Developmental psychologist from the Faculty of Psychology UI, which also play therapist.

WHAT THE SIGN CATEGORY educational toys?

* Intended for children under five

Ie toys that are deliberately designed to stimulate a variety of basic skills in toddlers.

* Versatility

Can be obtained from a toy variety of toys that stimulate children also gained more diverse.

* Practicing problem solving

In play children are asked to perform problem-solving. In the game pasel for example, children are asked to arrange the pieces to be intact.

* Train the basic concepts

Through this game, children are trained to develop basic skills such as knowing the shape, color, scale, also train fine motor skills.

* Train the thoroughness and diligence

With educational toys, children do not just enjoy but are also required for the thorough and diligent when working on it.

* Stimulate creativity

This game invites children to always be creative through a variety of toys that do. When children are accustomed since childhood to produce work, the passing game design for example, she would be more innovation to create a work, not just followed it.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

* Training of motor skills

Stimulation for fine motor toys obtained when the child, grabbing, holding the fifth finger, and so on. Meanwhile, gross motor stimulation obtained when children move their toys, throwing, lifting, and so on.

* Train the concentration

Educational toys designed to explore the ability of the child, including the ability to concentrate. While developing puzzle, say, children are required to focus on the picture or shape that is in front of him - he was not running around or doing other physical activities so that its concentration could be unearthed. Without concentration, could be the result is not satisfactory.

* Introduce the concept of cause and effect

For example, by inserting a small object into a large object that the child will understand that smaller objects can be loaded in a larger object. While larger objects can not enter into smaller objects. It is the understanding of the concept of cause and effect are very basic.

* Train the language and insights

Educational games very well when coupled with the storytelling. This will provide additional benefits for children, namely improving language skills is also the level of insight.

* Introduce colors and shapes

Of educational toys, children can recognize diversity / variety of shapes and colors. There is a box-shaped objects, rectangles, rounded with a variety of colors: blue, red, green, and others.

WHEN CHILDREN invited to educational games?

Despite its abundant benefits, it does not mean children can be packed with educational toys constantly. Educational toys is only one factor supporting a child's brain development in order to get more leverage. So no need to force child to engage in educational games at any time.

In addition to educational toys, children also need to be introduced to toys in general, such as dolls, toy cars, and toys that are not to be dismantled other pairs. Although not include educational toys, but toys like that can still contribute to the educational benefits the child. With the concept of multiple intelligence education can include a variety of things. Not always lead to the basic concepts.

For example like this, when your child engrossed in playing with dolls, in fact he is trained to interact with others through these dolls. How he must "treat" the doll with affection; fed, cuddled, fed, and not slam or trampled underfoot. Fine and gross motor child can still be stimulated also indirectly when she dresses her in her dolls. Children also can recognize the color as well as social roles as mother, sister, and so on.

WHEN educational toys began to be introduced?

Certainly as early as possible. Since the age of toddlers, sodori children with various types of games either with or instead of educational toys. Just to remind alone, brain development of children in this age included in the phase of gold (the golden age) or a child's brain is undergoing rapid growth. Therefore, the stimulation would be required. The more stimulation the more and more connected between nerve connections.

Children who are already familiar with educational toys early on, the development of intelligence will look more leverage. He is more able to concentrate, be creative, and diligent. While that is not, normally would be left in an intellectual problem. Children who are not introduced with educational toys will be more difficult to learn about shapes and colors.

They are also not accustomed to sitting quietly and diligently. This can make children become harder directed to concentrate on completing tasks that are given later. "Many of the cases I handled, the children who frequent physical play and watch too much TV, at school age are less able to concentrate, less painstaking, not diligent, and easy to give up, because they are not accustomed to sitting quietly and diligently."

OPTIMIZING BENEFITS HOW?

Before offering an educational toy in your child, first demonstrated how to play. Just so you know, different educational toys from toys in general are easier to understand children. Cars, for example, only a slide-slide, pushed or pulled, your child may already be fun to play. However, in some way educational toys need to be able to get fun. Puzzle for example be arranged and tailored pieces. For that there needs to be direction from adults. Similarly, the hammer game that seems simple for adults but not necessarily for the little guy. Need explanation on how embarrassing first to put "nails" and took it off again.

Some children may be able to play without a need instruction first. But do not forget, the ability of each child is different. There are fast understand his mistake and quickly analyze, but there are also the usual-could have been even slower. If your baby including slow and do not get direction, then the can-can educational toys will only be thrown because it was considered unattractive.

One important thing, while directing the child, do not require that he do exactly the same as we have demonstrated. Give him the freedom to do as they wish. For example, when we build a house of toy blocks, let him make the cars of the same toy.

EXAMPLE GAME FOR CHILDREN 1 YEAR:

Games · insert objects into a container or stacking objects (such as a plastic cup of mineral water), ideal for children one year.

• Once the baby can be offered a single puzzle toy, toy of the lid is given a geometric-shaped holes, such as triangles, rectangles and circles. Then the child asked for the objects corresponding to the hole. However, we can not require it to include any forms to complete, but should one by one. Give it a triangular shape first and then point the hand to enter into a similarly shaped hole in the right direction, for example.

Encourage your child to do the pour-pour water from the smaller containers into larger containers. That way the child knows that the water from the smaller containers can be accommodated in a larger container. Similar game by showing that smaller objects can enter into a larger container can also be done.

EXAMPLE GAME FOR CHILDREN 2 YEARS:

Pasel shaped playhouse, fruit or animal with 2-3 fractions. To sort puzzle is certainly necessary skills so that children will be stimulated to develop his abilities.

EXAMPLE GAME FOR CHILDREN 2.5 to 3 YEARS:

· When puzzle given previously consisted of only a few copies only, now improved by puzzle who has more pieces.

· Game design can also be given to stimulate motor coordination. Children can make arrangements for her to imagine the building to form what is being made although it is still not clearly established. When children are able to design play, praise what has been produced. Although its shape only in the form of an irregular arrangement of beams, we still have to give an appreciation for the child to feel appreciated. Avoid mocking attitude that will debase his motivation in creating.

WHAT TO BE WHEN BUYING?

Buy educational toys need to be selective indeed. We must adjust to the child's age and abilities they have. Here's a guide:

TOYS CHILDREN 1 YEAR:

In the early toddler age children do not have good motor skills. So here's the basic skills that need to be trained. But the game for him to be simple and not too time-consuming. Always accompany your child during play.

TOY CHILD 2 YEARS:

Degree of difficulty educational toys for children aged two years has to be higher than the child of one year. If previously granted is single puzzle, then at this age children can be invited to play pasel with more complex shapes.

CHILDREN TOYS 2.5 to 3 YEARS:

Educative game that we should give higher levels of complexity. At this age children need to learn to organize the separate parts into one again, children are also required to begin to learn to persevere to use a variety of its ability to solve problems.

WHAT IS AFFORDABLE PRICE WILL educational toys?

Of course. Educational toys do not necessarily come with exorbitant prices. We can use the objects that surround the house as a means of educational games. For example, plastic cups can be used for child piled. This is an exciting game for him. Plastic cups can also be incorporated into a larger container, such as boxes of the former. Shower activity can also be used as educational games. Let your child put water into a bucket using a dipper. All of that will train a variety of basic skills of children.