Why Do We Sell Educational Toys?
Language
Fostering a child's language and communication skills at a young age is essential in preparing them for the life they'll lead as an adult. The extent to which a child masters things like spelling, vocabulary, grammar and elocution, will be important factors in determining socialization, career paths, earning potential and more. One of the simplest and best ways to do this is by reading to a child regularly.
- Toys that promote language skills include:
- Books
- Alphabet blocks
- Board games
- Drama and storytelling toys
- themed playsets
- action figures
- animal and fairy-tale figurines
Independent Play
Some children are born with the ability to play by themselves. Others need to be taught this skill. Independent play is an important developmental step. Independent play teaches children the importance of their role as an individual in group settings. Children who can entertain themselves tend to become self-starters in their adult life.
- Toys that promote independent play include:
- Puzzle and word-game books
- Building blocks and stacking toys
Problem Solving
Learning About Logic, Math and Science - the fun way! As adults, we engage in problem solving on a variety of levels and magnitudes in our everyday lives. From simple tasks, like coordinating picking the kids up from school to more complex and involved situations, such as planning for our retirement. Problem solving benefits greatly from basic math skills, as well as the ability to identify hierarchies and invoke logic and reason. It's also a tenet for basic survival and can help us in emergency situations, as well as managing events in potentially dangerous situations, like traffic accidents.
- Toys that promote problem solving skills include:
- Books - all types!
- Train sets
- Puzzles
- Shape sorters
- Cards and card games
- Strategy-based board games, like checkers and chess
- Board games that involve rolling dice and/or play money
Imaginative Play
Instilling a sense of curiosity, discovery and exploration in a child helps foster a healthy imagination which will serve them throughout their entire life. By tearing down the boundaries and defying convention, children are able to discover and learn more, thereby expanding a child's experiences via thought-provoking play. Additionally, imaginative play can help with social skills, exposing a child to a variety of perspectives through simple activities, like dress-up and make-believe.
- Toys that promote imaginative play include:
- Books - all types!
- Toy trainsets, airports, etc.
- Action and adventure figurines
- Toy trucks, bulldozers, cars, etc.
- Portable playsets
- Dolls, doll houses
- Play food, toy dish sets
Motor Skills - Fine and Gross
Mastering motor skills at a young age opens up a world of learning possibilities for children. While nurturing gross motor skills, or those that enable us to control large groups of muscles in our bodies, is clearly important, we shouldn't overlook the more delicate, or fine motor skills, that enable us to engage in the most dexterously demanding and intricately involved activities.
- Toys that promote the development of Gross motor skills include:
- Toys that promote the development of Fine Motor Skills:
- Peg puzzles, lacing boards
- Assembly and construction toys
- Modeling clay, finger-painting
Musical Creativity
Music is the primary gateway to learning, and is typically the medium by which a child first becomes exposed to language, through nursery rhymes and sing-alongs. Music and sound also enable children to develop more refined listening skills, discerning good noises from bad. It also helps develop sensory skills.
- Fun musical toys that stimulate development include:
- Rattles, shakers, tambourines
- Toy music instruments
Cognitive Development
Nurturing healthy cognitive development is arguably the equivalent of laying a solid foundation -- everything a child learns and does revolves around basic mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning. It's often discussed in seemingly complex terms, like Sensorimotor and pre-operational, but at its core cognitive development is both simple yet all-encompassing, and includes such things as intelligence, physical interactions , the use of symbols, language, memory, imagination, ego and logic to name a few.
- Toys that promote the development of cognitive skills include:
- Books - all types!
- Alphabet blocks
- Building and construction toys
- Crayons, paint and art supplies
- Role-playing games
Science
Scientific endeavors have enabled us to live fuller, happier lives on a number of fronts. From high-speed jet travel and computers to fighting infectious diseases, space exploration and countless accomplishments and milestones in between. Encouraging experimentation with science based concepts enables children to understand causal relationships, explore the "what ifs", discover new frontiers, patent new inventions and so much more.
- Toys that promote the development of scientific skills and experimentation include:
- Microscopes and telescopes
- Toy planes and rockets
- Chemistry kits
- Models, like dinosaurs, animals, buildings, etc.
- Books - all types!
Memory
One of the most important skills to nurture is memory. Children and adults learn through memorization, and the key to developing a good memory as an adult is learning how to memorize as a child.
- Toys that promote the development of memory include:
- Flash cards
- Trivia,quiz and quest based games
- Magic sets
- Building and assembly projects
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