And really, if this learned dog should teachsing and dance, why does she always end up in the corner behind the curtains? And if these cards with words are in fact so progressive, why are they then forever lying in a solid carpet, but do you still have to read books aloud to your son? And why, pray tell, Vanya does not build from Lego, if he already bought three branded books with fantasy models? Probably, it was worth not to fill our dvushku with all this developing trash, but to confine ourselves to cubes and pyramids, which once served us well. “Now it is very fashionable to talk about the early development of the child, about the creation of a developing environment for the baby,” says the teacher of early development, Lyudmila Rabatyagova. - Mommies spend a lot of time in various forums, making lists of must have super-developing toys. And here we need to figure out: what do we want from a toy, are simple teddy bears so useless, and why is the advertised game for developing intellect gathering dust on a shelf from 6 months, and the baby doesn't look in her direction?
How to play with toys
So that toys are interesting and servedevelopment of intelligence, the child needs to be shown how to play with them. - Let's start with the fact that with a creative approach, any toy can become educational, - says our expert. - You gave your child a soft bunny, but he doesn't play with it, it just lies on the shelf. But now it's time for us to go to the clinic for a vaccination. How to prepare the baby? We take out our bunny, teddy bear, doll, robot, "give" them vaccinations, calm them down, treat them with carrots, honey, candy, machine oil. Let the baby tell the bunny himself why he needs a vaccination. Now it's not so scary to go to the hospital, and we take the bunny with us - the baby will be calmer with him, he is already a loyal friend. Plush toys are invented to be participants in a role-playing game, and its educational role is difficult to overestimate. This game becomes the main one by the age of three or four. - Take out toys, fantasize, involve the child - "shop", "hospital", "school", "bus", even a trip to the center of the earth! - advises Lyudmila Rabotyagova.
Toys for mom
We need to approach this with similar enthusiasm.all other games of the baby. Even if he seems amazingly, unusually smart from birth, he himself will hardly figure out how to play dominoes or checkers. - You need to understand that even the "smartest" educational toy will not be effective if you do not put in some effort, - the specialist assures. - Again, you need to interest the child in the game, show how to complete tasks if it is difficult for him, guide, praise, support. It is not enough to simply buy educational toys and wait for the child to get busy with them. The mother's task is to make the game useful and interesting. And do not complain that you do not have time for this. Consider that you were put on maternity leave for this purpose.
A photo: Getty Images Separately, it’s worth talking about toys that are claimed to be educational: all these music tables, interactive dolls, singing microphones, talking posters. - They are not bad themselves, but the child will not expect to read he learns colors and English himself, - mum Lyudmila Rabotyagova disappoints. - It is interesting to play with them, the child can memorize several poems and songs (which is, of course, wonderful), but they should not be confused with educational aids and games. Educational game requires methodicalness, effort from the mother and baby.
How many toys should be
The answer is, of course, individual, but in any caseIt is important to place them correctly. It is tempting to stuff cars into boxes to make the room look neat, but is that what they were bought for? — A child should be able to independently get the toys he is interested in and then put them back in their place, — the teacher believes. — Therefore, ideally, toys should be placed on open shelves, in full view of the baby. If a child sees a toy, he understands that there is no need to shake everything out of the drawers to remember what is hidden there. And if the drawers are not turned upside down, it will be easier for mom to clean up! Sooner or later, it becomes obvious that a small child is not able to properly tidy up, even if he is interested in it. This means that the entire burden falls on you. So keep at home exactly as many toys as you are ready to clean up! But, of course, you should not store toys that should only be played with with mom, for example, construction sets with small parts, in places accessible to children. A child will always find something to do, even if he has very few toys. But if it is the other way around, then most of them will remain unclaimed – the child will not physically have time to play with all of them. “It is better to take fewer toys, but fully realize their potential,” the expert believes. “After all, many educational toys have options for complicating tasks and levels.
Difficulties of choice
A photo: Getty Images On the shelves of an educational toy store, so much so that the attention of parents is dissipated. But we already know that buying everything is not worth it, and that means that one should not lose vigilance. So, speaking of sound posters, the teacher advises to avoid those that are taught the alphabet. Like other similar toys (phones, tablets), they help to remember the correct name of the letters, and not sounds. Knowing the sounds of the child is much easier to learn to read than what he learned the alphabet, and now wonders about the non-existent word MEAMA. Not with simple and entertaining musical toys. Even if this is a trivial singing bear, it’s worth checking what he sings. I will never forget the pirate mouse, of course, made in China, which sang a couple of lines from a once popular song three times: "It will not be easier for me, and you will not but that's not the point! ”That's it. And so three times! - Ludmila Rabotyagova is sharing. Even before buying, she advises asking the seller to insert batteries in order to find out whether the bear emits an annoying hiss or peep, to listen to what he says, whether this sounds clear, whether there are any speech errors in his templates and whether everything is correctly recorded phrases and songs. - Whatever the toy, the main developing force is you! - Calls the teacher. Source video: Getty Images
