Sunday, December 16, 2007

Playing And Learning With Educational Baby Toy

Want to develop your child’s basic skills? Gift your child with an educational baby toy and witness the development of your baby. The baby educational toys can be great tools for encouraging your baby to learn and at the same time play and have fun.

The educational baby toys are for the children who fall in the age group of 0 to 3 years old. It is necessary to stimulate the senses of the babies when they are playing, and the educational baby toys just do that. Gradually this will help the baby to be smarter when they grow up.

Some vital factors you must know when selecting an educational baby toy

Fisher-Price and Leapfrog are famous manufacturers for baby toys. Always give your child toys that make noise of some sort and are brightly colored. It is a great joy to personally choose toys that will make your baby happy and at the same time help your baby to develop. Remember, well-chosen toys can help your baby in their total maturity and overall growth.

Speaking about the color of the toy, it is worth mentioning that your baby will find the colors red, white and black more interesting and appealing. So, give your baby toys with such colors – it will easily get their attention and also stimulate their sight. Furthermore, it also creates among the babies an urge to grab the toy. Good educational baby toys must always appear to be attractive to sense of sight, touch and hearing.

The babies have a tendency of putting the toys in their mouth. So, beware, do not buy toys that have sharp edges or are small enough to be swallowed.

The best learning and educational toys

· Ocean Wonders Aquarium: This educational baby toy has a range of soothing sounds and motions that will put the baby to sleep. The calm sounds will include the falling rain, ocean waves and the soft brook sounds. It is attachable to the crib and the baby press the blue button at the base to begin the lights and sounds. It is for the just-born babies and upwards.

· Learning Drum: A great cause and effect toy, which enables your baby to keep banging on the drum and the drum in turn either plays music or recites numbers or alphabets. The baby hits the drum encouraged by the interactive voice.

· Peek-A-Blocks Incrediblock: This baby educational toy has lights, sounds and lots of entertaining action that your baby will simply love. Your baby will pile the blocks, put the blocks through the holes and watch them vanish or enjoy seeing the blocks spin to the lights and music. It is for the babies above 9 months old.

· Brilliant Basics Rock-A-Stack: For developing the problem solving skills and eye-hand co-ordination of the baby, this educational toy is ideal. The toy also helps the baby learn about sizes and colors. The toy is inexpensive and appropriate for babies above six months old.

· Lamaze Octotunes: This toy has eight legs, which make eight different musical sounds when squeezed or pulled. It enables your child to make some music. It is appropriate for the babies above 6 months old.

· Lamaze Grip n Grab Rattle: This is a bright-colored rattle that is capable of making interesting sounds. This educational baby toy entertains the baby greatly during long trips. It is good for the babies above 3 months old.

Len Jacob is a successful writer and publisher of Educational Toy

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