Toys and their impact on the development of a child

Toys and their impact on the development of a child

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  Toys and theirimpact on the development of a child ERASMUS + PROJECT “PLAY TO LEARN, LEARN TO PLAY“ 2018-1-LT01-KA229-047004_1 Silutes r. Katyciu pagrindine mokykla
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  Toys • One ofthe best ways to mix fun and learning is through toys. • Playing with toys can be a great way for children to develop various skills. The best toys to purchase are the ones that involve a child’s senses, stimulate children’s imaginations, and inspire them to interact with others.
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  What Toys Do •Through toys, children learn about their world, themselves, and others. • Toys can teach children to: • 1. Figure out how things work. 2. Pick up new ideas. 3. Build muscle control and strength. 4. Use their imagination. 5. Solve problems. 6. Learn to cooperate with others.
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  What Toys Do •When children are babies, toys can help them learn about different colors, shapes, sizes and sounds. • Rattles , toys that make music as well as toys with contrasting colors and toys that move through the use of batteries, these can help babies develop their attention spans in addition to their visual and listening skills.
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  What Toys Do •As babies grow into toddlers, certain toys can help in furthering their motor skills while they play, like blocks. • Shape sorters teach them how to match similar items and provide parents the opportunity to teach them the names of the shapes. Lego blocks provide an opportunity to learn more about colors and symmetry while they develop their motor skills. • Play dough can help children develop their constructing skills in addition to pushing their creativity.
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  What Toys Do •As kids get into their pre-school and kindergarten years, toys that incorporate numbers, language and even science skills. There are different toys out there that can cater to these learning objectives, for example, alphabet puzzles, electronic toys, and toy pets that speak back to the child.
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  What Toys Do •Hands-on toys build eye-hand coordination, encourage ideas about how things work, and foster cooperation and problem-solving. • E.g., kinetic sand, Legos, sticky mosaic, road rug and cars, etc.
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  What Toys Do •Books and recordings help children appreciate words, literature, and music. • Art materials foster creativity and build skills that lead to reading, writing, and seeing beauty in life. • Few toys are as durable as hardwood unit blocks, and they teach children about geometry and gravity, shapes and balance. • Construction items contribute to muscle strength and help children learn about science and number ideas.
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  What Toys Do •Musical instruments and experimental materials such as sand, water, and clay offer children control while appealing to their senses. • Active play equipment builds strong muscles and confidence to meet physical challenges. • Pretend play objects such as dolls, stuffed animals, and dramatic figures give children a chance to try new behaviors and use their imaginations.
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  Dolls, puppets, stuffedanimals and plush toys • These kinds of toys take a special place among others. • Playing with the dolls and stuffed animals children learn self reflection and emotional identification. Children interact with the toys talking with them, taking care of them in the various situations designed after their experience and imagination.
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  Dolls, puppets, stuffedanimals and plush toys • These toys are very important for the emotional development of a child. Dolls and animal reflect the behaviour, feelings, wishes and intentions of their hosts – children. They can be happy and angry, smart and naughty depending on the situation a child is at that moment. • These toys are a kind of an ideal friend getting everything without envy and revange.
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  Choosing Toys • Goodtoys are not necessarily expensive, and children do not need very many of them. The more a child can do with a toy, the more likely it is to be educational.
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  Choosing Toys • Goodtoys are: • Appealing and interesting to the child • Proper for the child's physical capacities • Appropriate for the child's mental and social development • Suitable for use in groups of children • Well-constructed, durable, and safe for the ages of the children in the group
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  Get Involved inYour Child's Play • Each child grows and develops at a different pace. • Parents and teachers should match toys to fit child's thinking, language, physical skills, feelings, and friendships. • Watching child's play and playing together will enable parents and teachers to choose appropriate toys and worthwhile activities for a child.
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  Get Involved inYour Child's Play • Parents who take part in pretend play with their one- to three-year-old children help them to develop more varied and complex play patterns. These children, in turn, engage in more pretend play with other children and tend to be more advanced intellectually, better able to understand others' feelings, and considered more socially competent by their teachers.
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  • Children canabsorb and learn so much just from playing. Providing children with educational toys and making time to play with them, adults give children an opportunity to connect with them, while learning and, having fun. • The objective of making children love learning can be achieved by the use of educational toys. Not only can it help them learn, it can even help them retain all that they learned, not to mention the precious memories they will have of their childhood.