Patricia Findlay asked:




When buying gifts for a child, give some thought to what would bring long-term benefit to him or her and consequently to the rest of the family. A well-chosen Christmas or birthday present will not only give initial delight, but can amuse that child for months or years to come and at the same time, help them learn skills that will stand them in good stead as they mature.

Because children can be extremely compliant at times and quite inflexible at others, it is necessary to adopt different techniques to hold their interest. From a very young age, children can differentiate between what they find interesting and what bores them and often what they find appealing at one moment will have completely lost its attraction at another. Educational games can prove to be a success under such circumstances.

It is a well known fact that games and toys help the overall development of a child. Toddlers are given games that teach basic concepts like sequencing, counting, arranging, and coordinating, which help them develop hand-eye coordination and develop memory. Shapes, colours, alphabet and numbers can also easily be taught through games.

Older children learn numeracy, literacy and social studies in graded lessons as they get older. Maths concepts, starting with whole numbers, then fractions, money etc, though to algebra, geometry & trigonometry can be incorporated into games to suit the various learning levels.

In the same way, language development starts with reading and writing, expanding vocabulary, then comprehension of what is read, responding to meaning in text by relating to prior experience all the way up writing essays and assignments. More learning material is presented online nowadays and less in text books so it is just as essential as ever that children can read fluently. The medium has changed, that’s all.

Kids will happily play learning games if there is enough variety and challenge to keep them interested. Electronic games fill a niche here because it is so easy to include appealing graphics and interesting sounds into a game, but also have different levels of difficulty.

Many producers even boast that they will never present exactly the same game to a child twice and they can safely say this because of the numerous combinations of variables. When done well, the challenge presented keeps kids from becoming bored and they will play for hours developing skills such as coordination, decision-making, creative thinking and responsibility for choices among many others.

There are two ways you can live life. You can have a victim mentality and blame others for your problems or you can take action in any situation you are faced with and do something to make it better.

A good toy or game will help a child to think about any situation presented and think what action they could take, rather than just blindly accept whatever comes up. This skill alone, once it becomes a habit, will go a long way towards helping them become successful in later life. Isn’t this a very good reason to give educational toys as gifts?

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Ujwala Bapat asked:




All children love their games and toys. Both these are the simplest ways how your child can learn better, faster and still enjoy the learning process. Games, like the card games or the computer games, often make it simpler for the child to grasp what is being taught and remember it just because there is a picture shown along with the word.

Every child is born with inherent creativity. With some children this aspect is strong enough; you do not require doing much to enhance it because it is at its height all the time. However, some children do not have the high level creativity, but they do have the potential to be creative enough that the amount of talent they are born with. Toys can often provide this opportunity. Parents need to bring in toys which will encourage thinking and concentrating process in the child.

Toys like the Lego are uniquely the best. What boy would not want to create the Star Wars ship, and who would not want to make the gorgeous Taj Mahal from Lego (this is supposed to be the latest introduction other than the Star Wars space ships). These blocks can help your child in concentration. Intense thinking and trying till the time they succeed happens automatically with the children.

Little aspects of planning and designing are very well developed when your child plays with such innovative toys. Parents often need to identify toys that can enhance child’s quality of thought and concentration.

Encouragement is often very necessary for those who are trying their level best. At times help and reasoning would be beneficial too. Your child trying to create something out of the new set you have bought him would not be without failures. You can be encouraging and helpful. In fact it is necessary that parents pitch in when the child feels totally lost and show him the way out.

Trying and remaining hopeful in case of failure is the best thing your child can learn through the games and toys. These also bring about a welcome break in boredom; this is great for parents during those long vacations. Creative toys are a must of hyperactive children. It will encourage them to sit down and do something different. There are creative as well as educational toys available for children and even toddlers.

Creative games and toys almost always bring in parental participation. This alone makes it a very pleasurable exercise for the children. This also gives the parent to discover a little more about the child and vice versa.

Creating something provides great satisfaction to the soul of the creator, help you children feel the thrill with games and toys.

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