Tranquil Toddlers Through Mixing Learning and Play

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Mixing learning and play has excellent benefits for toddlers, children, and even teens. At a young age, certain activities can help your children develop fine motor skills, language abilities, and social advancement. From color-based learning to puzzles, here are some suggestions.

Focusing on a Letter

Learning the alphabet is one of the fundamentals of early-age education. There are numerous ways this is done, and schools and educational establishments choose specific methods. However, there have been reports of failing children based on methods that don’t use phonics. Phonics helps kids understand how the sound of a letter fits its function. Letter f plush toys for example, will help children understand how to read it, where the letter should be used and how

Color-Based Learning

There are tons of learning and play toys you can buy for your children. They are almost always bright red, blue, green, or yellow. This is because bright colors help your baby or toddler’s eyes develop. Additionally, bright colors are used to hold a child’s attention. Their little eyes are more likely to catch the colors and ensure they focus on them. This has the bonus of encouraging them to explore what the toy is and helps their vision improve while doing so.

Mixing Learning and Play with Devices

You may or may not agree with children using screen devices. However, with controlled exposure they can be a massive help. There are math activities and apps designed for toddlers and children, and even adults to develop skills and memory. Today, around 48% of toddlers use smart devices and apps to learn and play online. There is nothing wrong with this. It is, of course, up to you as a parent to control how much your children are exposed to the internet.

Simple Puzzle Games and Toys

Some of the best ways for kids to learn and play at the same time is to play puzzle games. Good examples and slot-based toys, shape sorters and simple puzzles. Any of these will help develop various skills and features such as logic, visual development and emotional control. You can buy these pretty cheap and almost all nurseries, schools and daycare centers will have these for your kids to play with. Wooden versions are available if you don’t like plastic toys!

Pushing, Pulling, and Riding

Any learn-and-play nursery will have to push and pull toys and even toys for kids to ride. These are fun alone. But they also encourage children to play and learn together. Without even realizing it, your toddlers will >>develop essential social skills This includes sharing toys, interacting with others, and being patient. As an added bonus, the physical activity involved with playing with these toys means your kids will also be getting the mild exercises they need.

Summary

Focusing on letters with phonics will help your kids develop language skills with learning and play scenarios. Smart devices like phones and tablets also have apps developed for kids to learn. Traditional pushing and pulling toys offer exercise while developing essential social skills.

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