Toddlers are little explorers who learn by doing. Play gives your child a great opportunity to develop and practice new skills at her own pace by following her unique interests. The toys and playthings your child has available to her can shape her development in important ways.
While it may seem like choosing toys for toddlers should be easy, as you walk into a toy store today, the only thing that’s easy is feeling overwhelmed. There is a huge array of toys that have been developed for the toddler market. How do you choose which are right for your child? How can you tell which are high quality and which will last? Which will engage your child’s interest for more than a few days or weeks? Below are some ideas for choosing toys that will grow with your child, challenge her, and nurture her overall development (her thinking, physical, language and social-emotional skills).
Guidelines for Choosing Toys for Toddlers
Choose toys that can be used in a variety of ways
Toddlers love to take apart, put back together, pull out, put in, add on, and build up. Choose toys that are “open-ended” in the sense that your child can play many different games with them. For example, wooden blocks or chunky plastic interlocking blocks can be used to make a road, a zoo, a bridge, or a spaceship. Toys like this spark your child's imagination and help him develop problem-solving and logical thinking skills.
Look for toys that will grow with your child.
We all have had the experience of buying a toy that our child plays with for two days and never touches again. You can guard against that by looking for toys that can be fun at different developmental stages. For example, small plastic animals are fun for a young toddler who may make a shoebox house for them, while an older toddler can use them to act out a story she makes up.
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Select toys that encourage exploration and problem-solving.
Play gives children the chance to practice new skills over and over again. Toys that give kids a chance to figure something out on their own—or with a little coaching—build their logical thinking skills and help them become persistent problem-solvers. They also help children develop spatial relations skills (understanding how things fit together), hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills (using the small muscles in the hands and fingers).
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Look for toys that spark your child’s imagination.
During your child's third year, his creativity is really taking off as he is now able to take on the role of someone else (like a king) and imagine that something (like a block) is actually something else (like a piece of cake). Look for toys that your child can use as he develops and acts out stories. Pretend play builds language and literacy skills, problem-solving skills, and the ability to sequence (put events in a logical order).
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Common Questions on Choosing Toys for Toddlers
toys are bought for many reasons: – holidays – birthdays – child requests
Americans spend approximately $22 BILLION on toys each year
American toy purchases make up approximately 25% of global toy sales
Educational toys are designed to help grow not just to entertain
Benefits of Educational Toys
Improve problem solving skills
Expand language and vocabulary skills
Increase fine and gross motor skills
Develop creativity and imagination
Encourage socialization and cooperation
Build confidence
What to Look for in an Educational Toy
Multiple Uses: Some toys, like blocks, can grow with a child. infants can gain muscle development and coordination, older children can use them to learn about spatial relationships, language, ingenuity, resourcefulness and more!
Manipulative Toys: Shape Sorters and Puzzles build cognitive and perceptual skills.
True Toys: Dolls and blocks allow children to use their imagination and creativitythere is no predetermined outcome…the sky’s the limit!
Age Appropriate: Labels are important.
Exploratory Toys: Children learn about senses, cause and effect.
