The most stimulating toys for each age

Toys are essential to accompany the development of children since they are very young. In addition to entertaining them, the little ones learn through them.

But not all toys are suitable for all ages, but each stage of the child's evolution requires certain toys that serve as a tool to stimulate them in the best way, those that contribute to the integral development of the child, both cognitive and emotional.

At each stage of their development, children have the capacity and skills necessary to receive and take advantage of the stimuli around them. Therefore, it is not the same to offer them a toy than another and it is very important to buy them the most appropriate according to their age.

0 to 6 months: begin to discover the world through the senses. Therefore, we must provide toys that capture their attention through touch, sight and hearing such as cot mobiles, lamps with lights and moving shapes, rattles of bright colors, musical chimes, toy mirrors, gyms with activities, activity blankets, toys to install in the crib (such as piano kicks), soft toys to squeeze, bite and suck, soft books, teethers, toys that emit sounds and melodies and toys with textures.

6 to 12 months: The baby starts to sit and at this stage he will probably start crawling and standing up. The most stimulating toys for this age are the soft building blocks of different sizes, toys with buttons to tighten, with sound and movement, cubes and hoops to stack, simple insert toys, balls, sturdy books, stuffed animals, soft dolls and toys bathroom

12 to 18 months: At this stage the baby begins to walk, so the most suitable are the toys that can improve your motor capacity such as runners, walkers and drag toys. For fine motor skills, toys such as shovels, rakes, thick-leaf books, toys to fit into each other and to chain, the first waxes to paint and water books.

18 to 24 months: the child says his first words and the toys that stimulate him the most are the stories, the simple puzzles, the dolls and the strollers, the rockers, tricycles without pedals, the puppets and the figures that can start them in the symbolic game as well as a stuffed animal or character that becomes the baby's first pet.

2 to 3 years old: begin to develop the sense of balance and improve manual dexterity, so the most appropriate are plastic or wood constructions, modeling clay, puzzles, paintings and musical instruments. They begin to be interested in toys that mimic everyday situations, such as kitchens, baby dolls, toys that represent trades, etc.

3 to 5 years: it is the age of imagination to power, so all toys that imitate everyday objects allow them to develop the symbolic game. Story books, costumes, shops, more complex constructions, assembly games, trains, puppet theaters as well as the first board games, cranes, shops, small houses, garages, etc., and of course, the bicycle and the Preportive toys

5 to 7 years: the most stimulating toys are those that involve movement such as skates, scooters, stilts, hula hoops, jump ropes, as well as those in which logic such as board games, memory games, cards, computer games and the experiments. Also balls and beads to embed, lace, mosaics, games to mold, make soaps, perfumes, etc.

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