How do creative toys affect a child's development?

We recall with nostalgia the days when a puddle, mud or a handful of sticks were enough for great play. Children love to play creatively with whatever they can find at hand, but the prospect of carrying home pebbles of sand and sticks does not thrill. Fortunately, there are many cleaner and more manageable alternatives on the market that will contribute equally to a child's creativity.

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  How do puzzles and jigsaw puzzles affect child development?

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Puzzles are a toy that has been with successive generations of children for years. Thanks to the different degrees of sophistication, from puzzles with a few pieces, suitable for the youngest children, to sets with tens of thousands of pieces suitable even for adults, puzzles can keep a child's interest for a long time. And very well, because in addition to entertainment they have many educational qualities.

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  Puzzles develop concentration, patience and attention development

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Playing puzzles is a challenge for the child, which requires patience and consistency, as well as planning the actions and completing them for a certain time.

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  Develop manual skills

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This feature is especially important for the smallest children, who are just learning to grasp and manipulate small pieces. Putting together the puzzle develops areas in the child's brain that process tactile stimuli. In addition, the puzzle pieces teach the child to recognize different shapes.

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  Puzzles are a calming entertainment at the end of the day

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Suggest to a stimulated child to put together puzzles when you want them to calm down and calm down after a busy day. Such an end to the day will pay off when putting the child to sleep.

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  Puzzles develop cognitive curiosity

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While putting together a picture, a child pays more attention to details and details than with normal viewing. Putting the puzzle together can provoke conversations on a variety of topics. In this way, depending on the theme of the picture being put together, we can awaken the child's interest in art architecture or nature.

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  Plastic masses - hand muscle development

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Plastic masses are the modern heir to the legendary backyard mud. Children love sticking, cutting, kneading and sculpting. There are many ready-made plastic masses of different consistency and color to choose from. Masses made on their own at home, such as non-Newtonian liquid, salt mass or homemade dougholine, are also great for play.

Kneading the mass, the child strengthens the hand muscles, so important in learning to write. Playing with plastic mass develops imagination, but it can also support the learning of school subjects, such as math. By dividing the mass into any number of elements, it can be incorporated into the learning of counting.

The invaluable value of these types of games is also their calming and therapeutic effect in children with hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders. They work well to calm an agitated child.

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  Blocks develop spatial imagination

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Blocks are another toy that grows with your child. As his manual skills grow, we can replace the sets of blocks with more and more complex ones. The biggest advantage of blocks is their versatility. The child is free to plan the stacked objects, add and rebuild structures. In this way he develops his creativity, spatial imagination, foresight and logical thinking skills and, of course, manual skills.

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  Toys to support musical development

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At an early age, it is worthwhile to ensure that a child is in contact with music. Toy manufacturers meet this by offering a host of interactive devices that with melodies, songs and sound effects compete for the child's attention.

When choosing toys, however, it is worth paying attention to those that actually interact with the toddler and allow him a wide range of activities. An example would be, for example, an interactive toy-orchestra, in which the child himself can choose more instruments that join the game.

Also worthy of consideration are various children's versions of instruments or toys with a recording function, so that the child can record his own voice.

Toys with which a child can make sounds and create music influence the development of intelligence. From an early age, they strengthen memory, develop manual skills and dexterity of small hands, and teach perseverance. They are also an excellent natural introduction of the child to the world of art by developing his sensitivity to beauty. The child also learns to express his own emotions and overcome his barriers, for example, during his first performances in front of his family

Even if we dream of our child learning to play a real instrument in the future, let's not put too much pressure. Childhood should be a time of free experimentation and searching for one's own interests.