Monday, August 12, 2013

8 Factors to Consider Before Buying Educational Toys

1.Age
Every age comes with a right toy. When yours is a toddler (12 to 36 months of age), you will have a choice of the usual kinds - stuffed toys, puzzles, balls, blocks, and toys with audio/enhanced visual features. If your child is older, there are more toys at range - electronic gadgets, coloring books, and more challenging puzzles. In general, toys have an age indicator on its packaging.
2.Level of Thinking
Although toddlers are usually at a common thought of level, we cannot say that there will be children with a more advanced level of thinking. You must compliment your child's level of thinking with the toys of choice. This way, his physical, emotional, and mental skills will be honed and integrated with the educational toys.
3.Safety
Every parent is always after the safety of his/her child. Usually, toys come with a warning, as to the packaging it comes in. Any child likes to put things in his/her mouth, so make sure you keep hazardous objects such as plastic away from your child.
4.Gender
It is common for us to not give our sons dolls and our daughters toy guns. Toys usually have a gender indicator. One wants to give his/her child the proper concept of sexual category to avoid gender confusion in the future.
5.Price
If we can get a certain toy at a cheaper price, but with the same function with one that is more expensive, we will usually purchase the former. Do not invest in very expensive toys, especially if your child's stage is at a rapid state of change - there is a possibility he will lose interest in the toys in very little time.
6.Quality
Although we want to opt for a lower-priced toy, what about the quality? You must be able to weigh the two. We are used to the notion that quality comes with a price, and that is right. Our responsibility, as always, is to be practical.
7.Accessibility
Get the toys with ease. If the toys come with a warranty, and you acquired them from another country or state, you will have a problem. Try to keep the toys at a reachable level.
8. Nature of Toy
When you purchase an educational toy, are you confident that it will indeed suit your child - that it is educational in a non-violent way? If your child insists on playing with something didactic but has negative effects on your child's intellectual and emotional behavior, you must stick to your judgment and try to look for alternatives - toys that will provide your child with education at a positively safe level.
Once you have thought these factors through, you will be able to choose the right educational toys for your child. It is imperative that you listen to what your child needs, weighing that with his wants, but never forgetting to add in, as a caring and responsible parent, on what you think is best.

1 comment:

  1. So well tips for buy a toys for our children and i know so many parents didn't know about this. To make us so more happy such kind of toys is more useful for them.

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