Educational Toys
For Quality Family Time Have a Game Night
The History of Games Playing games seems to be a basic human instinct. From Senet in ancient Egypt to Monopoly in modern America, every culture and every age has games that are taught to children and enjoyed by people of all ages.
Helping Young Children Develop Fine Motor Skills
What are Fine Motor Skills? Fine motor skills have to do with using the hands to do tasks. A baby has a whole-hand grasping reflex at birth but can’t flex individual fingers until about six months. When a baby starts picking up peas with her thumb and forefinger, she has just made a giant [...]
The Best Educational Toys are Open-Ended
What are Open-Ended Toys? According to Dr. Dimitri Christakis, professor of pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the University of Washington, open-ended toys are those “that have the potential to be different every time [children] play with them.” In other words, open-ended toys get children’s creative juices flowing. Fixed toys, on the other [...]
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