A child between the ages of a baby and a kindergartner can often be a tricky one to second-guess. By this time they are walking, and talking a little bit too, but they are too young to be left for more than a minute or two without being under the supervision of a parent.
A child’s thirst for exploration and boundless energy is a wonderful thing to behold, but looking after them can be quite tiring for an adult. Everything seems so interesting to them that they have to keep checking things out.
Toys mean a great deal to children at this age and sometimes they can be hard to separate from them. They normally have a favorite, cute, soft toy, which in their eyes is as real as another human. In a child’s imagination, their dialogue with the toy is both very real and the most important thing in the world. As a result they want to take them everywhere with them.
This, coupled with the chances that a toddler will fall over (always high!), means that it is suitable to make sure they have quite safe toys to carry around with them. This is one of the qualities that makes teddy bears and other stuffed animals so popular, along with being cute and fun looking, they are soft and harmless for a child to interact with.
The fact that soft toys have remained popular throughout the generations says a lot. Whether the toy be lifelike, an animal, or resemble something from another world, a child will love it and respond to it like a friend.
At this point they are more intuitive than they were as babies, and better able to understand things that you say and that they see. During this stage of their development, educational toys like an alphabet game or a “Farmyard Noises” toy can be absolutely perfect for a child, and give them a start in the educational sphere, so that when they get to kindergarten they hit the ground running.
Of course the most important thing is that their toys are fun, so this should be prioritised, even in educational toys – after all, it makes them more likely to pay attention.
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