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To help you make a good investment in choosing toys for your child, keep in mind the importance and benefits of play that a carefully selected toy can improve. Toys are tools to play, and when you provide your child with the best tools to play, their play experience will fuel essential skills. Many toys are not good tools to play at all. Any toy that is unsafe, that your child doesn’t care about, that breaks easily, and that has no developmental value with use is not a good tool to play with. The best toys are interesting and fun for your baby to play with and are successfully designed to promote essential growth and development.
Finding the best toys requires general knowledge, selective buying, and an appreciation for the old saying “you get what you pay for”. In the long run, paying more for a toy that is well designed and made from better materials is also much better value. Look for award-winning toys that have been shown to promote skills such as sequencing, matching, sorting, counting, hand-eye coordination, memory, visual recognition, touch, problem solving, emotions, recognition of patterns and motor skills. As children grow, they advance towards toys that improve skills such as math, science, construction, and basic introductory engineering.
The right toy for the right play experience will also help to grow your child’s imagination which can be stimulated through storytelling, drama, themes, role-playing and fiction. Some of these same toys and activities that help develop your child’s imagination can also help them recognize, understand, and process emotions better. Children actually learn to express their feelings through healthy play before they are able to express them in words. The joy and laughter of children playing alone are worth the price of a quality toy that fosters such joy.
A well-chosen toy can also help children learn to interact better with others as they play with other children and develop social skills. Some toys are designed specifically for group play for just this purpose. It is good that children enjoy playing alone, and it is equally important that children learn to play well with others and have fun doing it.
The right toys can work wonders by helping to turn all these skills and developments into reality through constructive and fun play. Now, let’s ask the question once again, “What are children’s toys for?” The answer is simple: a carefully selected, well-designed and carefully crafted toy can be a whole new world of good for your baby as an excellent tool for beneficial play that helps your baby grow in many important ways.
Choosing the right toys for your child should be important to you because play is important to your child’s growth and development. Keep in mind that not all toys are created equal. Beware of junk toys that don’t last and have no development advantage built into their design. You will rarely find the best toys in the customs clearance hall or at a garage sale. Toys that are a good investment for your child are high quality toys made for years of use. These are the toys that create cherished childhood memories and are often passed down to the next generation.
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