1.) Kids Educational Toy: Pattern Block set
Target Lesson:
Target Lesson:
This educational toy is a great way to introduce color and shape recognition. It also helps to build eye-hand coordination.
Fun Activity:
Mommy must prepare a pattern that your toddler will follow. Start with simple patterns. You can start with 5 piece shapes to form a pattern then gradually add more. Please note that your toddler must feel great after this activity. This will encourage her to do more difficult patterns on her next play. It is recommended that you time your toddler while doing the activity then record it. It is a great way to gauge your toddler skill.
Toy Description:
Brightly colored geometric shapes and simple child friendly designs will attract and engage the attention of very young children. Some made of plastic but most are made of sturdy wooden pieces which are easy to hold, just the right size for little hands. Each piece is brightly painted which is ideal for children ages two and up.
Safety Tips:
The toy should be painted with non-toxic paint and sanded for a smooth surface.
2.) Kids Educational Toy: Baby Doll
Target Lesson:
This educational toy is a great way to enhance children’s receptive language skill and motor imitation skill. It also encourages young children to care for others the way toddlers care, cradle, dress their baby dolls.
Fun Activity:
Mommy can introduce to their children imaginative play. You can do a lot of fun activities using a doll. Some dolls come with dresses and bottles. Children love to do to their doll what their mommies do to them. Here are sample activities:
Ask your toddler to act out action words using her doll. For instance, tell your child to dress their baby doll. Encourage your child to talk to her baby doll. This way she can practice to apply action words. When I ask my toddler to dress her baby, she get two dresses and said: baby want red or blue? I smiled when I heard her. Giving our child choices will enhance their decision making capabilities.
We also use the doll to review the body parts. As your toddler to point her baby doll’s head, hair, mouth etc….Another way is that Mommy points the part of the body and ask you toddler what is the body part.
Receptive Language improvement: your child’s compliance to do motor task becomes natural playing with a doll.
Motor Imitation improvement: Using a doll your child can imitate motor movements simultaneously
Toy Description:
Baby dolls are usually soft cloth body and a head, limbs, hands, and feet made of pliable soft plastic. Huggable and squeezable, and the softness of their body allows to bend freely at the arms, legs, and neck. Baby Cuddles also has eyes that open and shut with long eyelashes -- a nostalgic touch on a modern doll.
Some dolls can be fed, changed, rocked, and cuddled -- just don't give her a real bath.
Baby Cuddles doll with removable clothing, bib, and toy baby dishes including a spoon, plate, bowl, and sippy cup.
Moreover, some doll can really talk it up! It has electronic voice box located in the doll's back that produces over 50 phrases and sounds to keep your child guessing what she'll say next. Movements such as bouncing, rolling, dancing, flipping, and hanging upside down trigger the doll to respond verbally, encouraging active, nurturing play that helps to develop important motor skills.
Safety Tips:
The toy should be painted with non-toxic paint and with no small or loose parts,
