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What Are Educational Toys?

educational toysPlaying is important to children. It is the way they practice growing up. Toys are the tools children use in play. Toys can be purchased, or they may be as simple as kitchen pan lids or paper sack puppets. Anything children can play with safely can be educational toys. In fact, you may have watched infants open presents and noticed that they spent more time playing with the ribbon and wrapping than with the toy inside.

Try to remember two or three of your favorite toys. Were they ones you created yourself or ones someone made for you? Read More→

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Toys For Infants

TOYS FOR INFANTS

Toys For InfantsThe best toys for infants are brightly-colored with many textures. They should be washable, non-breakable, and have no sharp edges that might cut or scratch. Infant toys should be large enough so they cannot be swallowed and they should have no small attached pieces (like eyes on a stuffed animal or bells on a shaker) that could be pulled off and swallowed.

At this age, babies put everything into their mouths as part of exploring their worlds. Any toy that infants are given must be safe when used in this way. Infants are interested in looking at toys, touching them with their hands and mouth, fitting pieces of things together and making sense of their worlds. Read More→

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