Learning Toys For Toddlers Help Children Grow

Every toy is a learning toy to a toddler.  Babies and toddlers are still learning basic ideas about the world, and concepts like opposites, numbers, left and right, behind and in front, are still in the early stage of development. Toys that keep their attention and that make them work with new ideas will help them learn important skills that later can lead to good motor skills, hand eye coordination, arithmetic and reading.

Many toddler toys are designed with special learning functions in mind. For instance, they may feature a wheel that behaves differently when turned to the right or the left, which teaches the toddler that there is a difference between left and right and that moving the toy wheel can affect the world. These toddler games often feature numbers that display or light up, with each number corresponding to some part of the play, to help the kids learn that a bigger number means something bigger in the play of the toy.

Other toys for toddlers have parts that the child puts together. These toys may be as simple as a set of soft pegs onto which the toddler must place various shapes. The classic square peg and round hole come to mind, and these toys can teach not only about numbers but about more abstract ideas like space and shape. Other toddler toys will have parts that must fit together in certain ways to make a bigger toy. One example of such a kids toy is a play car or truck with bare axels to which the toddler must attach the wheels. Not only does the toddler learn about fitting one shape to another, but that these shapes build into an entirely new object that may behave differently from any of its toy parts.

Now is a wonderful time to be shopping for learning toys for toddlers. All of the toy builders have lines of toys that are specialized just for kids of a certain age, and the variety of toddler learning toys is amazing. You can shop for toys that develop very specific skills in your child, and you can find so many toys that there will be one for your toddler no matter what he or she likes or dislikes. Help your child learn these important skills by playing with their own learning toys.