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The Importance of Toddler Toys in Brain Development
The first three years of a child are crucial to brain development. During this period, the brain triples in weight and establishes billions of nerve connections. At the age of three, kids have twice as many nerve connections than a lot of adults. This is the reason why toddlers are very curious and inquisitive.
Their brains absorb thousands of information all at once, constructing new connections and associations, and making sense out of all the new and unfamiliar sights and sounds that bombard their senses. This is also the reason why toddler toys are designed the way that they are: colorful, bright, loud, with many different textures, shapes, sizes, and are made of different materials. These are all designed to stimulate and develop a child’s mind.
Differentiation and classification
In the early phase of development, one of the crucial things that a child learns is differentiation and classification. Toddler toys such as building blocks, stuffed animals, padded play gyms, rubber balls, and spiky mats, help a child recognize the different textures and shapes of different objects. Having toddler toys in different colors and in different hues and shades, also allows a child to perceive the nuances and basic principles of color, developing their creativity and imagination. Exposing the child to as many colors, shapes, and textures as possible can help expand their perceptions and sensory experience, and help them have a wider picture of the world.
Emotional intelligence and imagination
There are also toys for toddlers that nurture emotional intelligence and imagination. The popular ones are musical toys for toddlers. Musical toys help kids learn balance and harmony, and stimulate their creative minds with interesting melodies and artistic rhythms. Classical music, particularly Mozart’s Violin Concertos, is also a big help in developing a child’s brain and imagination.
Logic and reasoning
While infants already have most of the neurons they need for their lifetime, their neurons are not yet wired together to form the compound networks required for complex thought processes. In the early years of a child, the neurons rapidly link together and form connections or synapses. Toys such as puzzles, mind games, mixing and matching, play cards, and mind maps can help toddlers make complex associations and rapidly develop their logic and reasoning.
Memory and concentration
These days, with numerous technological advances and a bombardment of media messages and information, from home theaters to 3D video games, all-day cartoon channels to internet access and online entertainment, and from billboards to interactive LCD screens, ubiquitous advertisements, and sophisticated gadgets, kids and toddlers have shorter attention span and concentration. They are easily distracted and bored. Traditional toys for kids can help them be more patient, increase focus and concentration, improve their listening skills, filter out distractions, and enhance their memory.
Traditional toys that require kids to sit down, think, and tinker for a couple of minutes or even an hour will help a child form good habits and acquire discipline-two important traits for excelling in school and the adult world.
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My toddler’s stomach is Huge..Why??
This is going to be a little lengthy, so plz bear with me. My little girl is 19 months old, weighs about 18 lbs and is about 27 and 3/4 in tall. She’s always been a small baby as she was born a month early and only weighed 5lb 4oz. She has a healthy appetite but the only thing getting big on her is her stomach. I am not over exaggerating when I say that it looks like she swallowed a ball whole!! Could it be possible that I am overfeeding her?? Her ped. says that she is small for her age, but because I’m small she will probably be small as well. I’ve never asked him about this stomach thing though. Am I over reacting??? BTW…she is a very active baby.
ha, my daughter is the exact same. She is 18 months, and 17lbs! She was 2lb 9oz when she was born, so she’s always been small…and so am I. She is not one of those cute chubby babies, she is not skinny…just not fat, but her stomach, omg..like a ball! And the only time she doesn’t eat, is when she’s sleeping, haha. So I don’t think there is anything wrong with your baby. It’s nice to meet someone else with a “smaller” baby!
