The More Baby Play, The Smarter Baby Become

Painting tools

How old to play: about 1

Drawing can not only exercise the flexibility of baby's small muscles, but also help develop imagination and creativity.

At this stage, babies do not need to learn painting skills, but need to express their ideas through painting and other ways.

Here's how you can play with your baby:

Just hand the brush to your baby and let him feel free to doodle.

Choose safe and non-toxic paintbrush, paint and other painting tools to avoid the baby out of curiosity into the mouth, or accidentally eat.

Set of tower

How old to play: about 1

"Set" movement, can exercise the baby's hand-eye coordination; Help build a sense of space; Improves body control and movement accuracy.

The process of completing the tower in a certain order allows the baby to learn to compare sizes.

Here's how you can play with your baby:

In the primary stage, let the baby hold a trap on the base; For advanced stages, race the rings in order of size.

When the exercise is relatively large, from less to more, first compare which of the two rings is bigger and which is smaller. After the baby grasps the key points, gradually increase the number of rings and improve the difficulty.

Drag and drop

How old to play: about 1

Toddlers are great for dragging toys, not only to make walking fun, but also to promote physical coordination and improve their motor planning skills.

Here's how you can play with your baby:

Let the baby drag and pull the toy.

Once you're comfortable with it, try setting some "obstacles" that allow your baby to turn around and around the chair with the toy (be careful!).

Wooden blocks

How old to play: about a year and a half

Building blocks are classic toys that enhance the sense of space and improve hand-eye coordination.

When your baby's hand movements are more precise and he is able to build a larger number of blocks, soft blocks may not be enough for him. Try wooden blocks.

Here's how you can play with your baby:

Different months have different playing methods,

The basic method has, build height, color, and so on.

Some difficult can let the baby imitate your work to build, test the baby's observation.

Lacing

How old to play: about a year and a half

Rope-pulling toys can improve the baby's hand-eye coordination and the ability to cooperate with both hands and develop small muscle flexibility.

In this kind of toy, stick piercing bead operation is relatively simple, easy to succeed, can help the baby to build confidence, is the entry-level choice of wearing bead toys.

Here's how you can play with your baby:

Hold a stick (or string) in one hand and a toy in the other. Match your hands. Complete the "wear" movement.

The baby needs to gradually improve the control ability of the hands in continuous practice, parents should do more demonstration. The baby tries to succeed, also must encourage in time.

Role play

How old to play: about 2

Babies like to imitate the daily activities of adults, such as coaxing their mothers, shopping at the supermarket cashier, and examining their patients. So at this time, mini kitchen and doctor toys will be very popular. Role-playing games not only help babies develop social skills, but also improve their language skills.

Here's how you can play with your baby:

Play role-playing games together, play different roles with your baby, talk about what your role is to do, and create various "scenarios" to experience the fun of cooperation.

What happens when the baby plays the "little doctor" and the father plays the "little patient" who cries and refuses to take his medicine?

If a toy is good or not, what criteria should be used to evaluate it?

First, it must be safe.

In addition to the normal use of toys, babies will also chew, fall, with a variety of ways to explore, so whether toys can remain safe and firm under various circumstances, parents need to close well in advance.

Second, accord with the baby's ability.

The toy is too simple, the gameplay is too single, the baby may not have a sense of achievement; If the toy is too difficult, the baby's current ability is not up to it, and he is easily frustrated and loses interest.