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My son is 18 months old and I am not sure what to get him other than what I already have. I wanted to get him something specifically aimed at learning, not just fun time.
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It may sound weird, but at this age - EVERYTHING is a learning toy. Your child will be able to learn from anything. Kids are sponges at this age and absorb everything from how something feels, to the noise it makes, to the way it moves, etc.
My son always loved things with wheels. He would flip cars over just to play with the wheels - especially ones that you could pull back, and then they'd go forward on their own. You could see the excitement in his face when he figured out how to do this on his own. =)
I've read articles that said constantly giving your baby toys that are teaching, and learning things can actually be detrimental. They say it limits a child's imagination. If a toy is telling your child that something is a bear.. then it's a bear. Nothing more. It's not a magical bear with super powers.. or a bear that loves to eat vanilla pudding.. it's just a bear.
My son does have some learning toys, but I've found he doesn't like them that much. (He likes cause and effect toys like keyboards/pianos.. those pop a shape things, etc where you have to do something to make something happen)
Here's a list of the top 5 educational toddler toys :
http://toys.about.com/od/learningtoysbyage/tp/learningtots.htm
*monkey*
It may sound weird, but at this age - EVERYTHING is a learning toy. Your child will be able to learn from anything. Kids are sponges at this age and absorb everything from how something feels, to the noise it makes, to the way it moves, etc.
My son always loved things with wheels. He would flip cars over just to play with the wheels - especially ones that you could pull back, and then they'd go forward on their own. You could see the excitement in his face when he figured out how to do this on his own. =)
I've read articles that said constantly giving your baby toys that are teaching, and learning things can actually be detrimental. They say it limits a child's imagination. If a toy is telling your child that something is a bear.. then it's a bear. Nothing more. It's not a magical bear with super powers.. or a bear that loves to eat vanilla pudding.. it's just a bear.
My son does have some learning toys, but I've found he doesn't like them that much. (He likes cause and effect toys like keyboards/pianos.. those pop a shape things, etc where you have to do something to make something happen)
Here's a list of the top 5 educational toddler toys :
http://toys.about.com/od/learningtoysbyage/tp/learningtots.htm
*monkey*
Toddler learning resources?
My little girl just turned 2. She is extremely intersted in learning her colors, numbers and shapes. She is recognizing letters on newspapers, t-shirts and pointing out certain shapes to me. I have never really sat down and taught her any of this, but I would love to help her along as she truly loves learning. I wanted to see if any other parents of toddlers had suggestions for specific flashcards and learning tools that I could purchase for her that she would enjoy. I have looked around, but most of the resources seemed geared towards older children.
Thank you!
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I have worked with children about the same age as your little one for years. There are tons of things you can do with her. Books are a wonsderful way to teach things. You can buy books on numbers, alphabet, shapes, and colors. You can do crafts with her that work around anything. For letters, you can have a letter for everyday, and do things that day that start with that or eat things that start with that letter. I would be creative and make up your own stuff!
Here are some books that might help you:
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin and Roz Chast
Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss
Eric Carle's ABC (The World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (Beginner Books(R)) by Dr. Seuss
Those are just a few, or you can go online to amazon.com and search for books, here a link to directly what you need or go to your look book store
http://amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_1/002-6458349-1337635?ie=UTF8&rs=2752&rh=n%3A4%2Cn%3A2752%2Cn%3A2753
www.kinderart.com is a good sit eto go to for arty and craft ideas or google what you are looking for and you will have tons of results.
If you have a teaching store in your area, they might have stuff too!
They also have tons of learning toys out, like leap frog, check your local walmart or target for them.
If you have any other questions, email me! Good luck and hope i have helped!
I have worked with children about the same age as your little one for years. There are tons of things you can do with her. Books are a wonsderful way to teach things. You can buy books on numbers, alphabet, shapes, and colors. You can do crafts with her that work around anything. For letters, you can have a letter for everyday, and do things that day that start with that or eat things that start with that letter. I would be creative and make up your own stuff!
Here are some books that might help you:
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin and Roz Chast
Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss
Eric Carle's ABC (The World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (Beginner Books(R)) by Dr. Seuss
Those are just a few, or you can go online to amazon.com and search for books, here a link to directly what you need or go to your look book store
http://amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_1/002-6458349-1337635?ie=UTF8&rs=2752&rh=n%3A4%2Cn%3A2752%2Cn%3A2753
www.kinderart.com is a good sit eto go to for arty and craft ideas or google what you are looking for and you will have tons of results.
If you have a teaching store in your area, they might have stuff too!
They also have tons of learning toys out, like leap frog, check your local walmart or target for them.
If you have any other questions, email me! Good luck and hope i have helped!
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