Educational toys for children from 1 year
The shelves of children's stores are filled with goods, it is difficult to choose a suitable toy for your child. Modern toys are multifunctional, they help in development and bring joy at the same time.
Development tasks
For comfortable development at this age requires special care and attention from parents.
Remember that you can set the child only the age-appropriate tasks: development of speech, small motorboat, movement coordination and development of auditory memory.
How does speech develop at the age of one year?
At this age, the child is just beginning to pronounce the syllables and words that are clear to him. He is aware of the relationship between action and sound. For example, when he sees a dog, he utters an “aw” or other sound that relates specifically to a dog.
When playing with a baby, be sure to speak to him every action. For example: “What is mom doing? Mom takes a cube and puts it here. ” By showing and pronouncing your actions, you help your child master the skills of auditory memory, develop his speech, and coordinate movement. After this simple exercise, offer the child to repeat your actions, praise after completing the task. It is through the auditory memory and simple actions that the baby develops at this stage of his life.
Speak sounds and words clearly. It is better to stretch them a bit and speak in accordance with the spelling, for example, “milk”, instead of the usual “small”. The kid learns to reproduce the speech heard from close people faster.
The mistake of many in the parents is that they speak with the child in the so-called “children's language”, in other words they distort sounds and syllables, for example, “my good”. Communicate with him on an equal footing, as with an adult, and then the child will be able to quickly pick up sounds and words, learn to speak them correctly.
How is the development of fine motor skills?
Fine motor skills - This is a coordinated movement of the hands when the brain sends a signal. The task of the parents is to show that the movements of the handles and fingers must be conscious. Games with small objects, such as buttons or beads, should be held only under the supervision of adults. The kid tastes everything, so he can easily swallow a small object.
Applications from pieces of paper - a good solution! Have the child tear the sheets to pieces by sticking them one by one in a specific order. Note that the paper should be thin to avoid cuts on the handles.
Special joy bring children coloring from plasticine - it can be rolled up into a ball or smeared on the surface of the sheet.
Such coloring can be created by yourself. Take a thick sheet of paper or cardboard and apply a simple drawing with a felt-tip pen. It can be a tree, a flower or a house. Drawing must be large, without small elements!
There are many ways to develop fine motor skills in children's hands, your task is to choose an option that is interesting for your child.
How is the development of coordination of movement in age from year?
The tender age of one year requires special attention from parents.If you do not develop the coordination of movement at a young age, then in adult life your child will not be easy.
Traffic coordination - This is the interrelation of brain signals and the work of muscle tissue or major motor skills. Therefore, its development at an early age is so important.
Coordination of movement is trained with the help of active loads and static exercises for the development of the cerebellum. The most commonly used equipment such as balls, balls and special mats. Simple exercises should last no more than 5 minutes, otherwise the child will quickly get tired and the next time he will have to persuade him to play ball.
Special mats can be bought in the store or create yourself. They have lines and circles, other geometric shapes. The task of the child - to learn to move on them in accordance with the task. Such mat easy to make at home, based on the playing field "Twister". Show your child how to act on this rug: step on each object or step over the elements.
How does the development of auditory memory in a child of a year?
Auditory memory - is the ability to process the heard information for its further reproduction. The sound enters through the ear to the brain, is recognized and processed. The brain then commands the neurons to perform a specific action that activates with the help of muscle tissue.
It is easy to understand that a baby has problems with auditory memory. Most often, these kids are called "inattentive", that is, they can not concentrate on one action, they are distracted by extraneous sounds when performing tasks.
The auditory memory develops through the joint reading of fairy tales and poems. Frequently ask the child to repeat the word or sound after you and do not be discouraged if the baby does not immediately succeed. He just came to this world, his support in failures is important to him.
What toys are suitable?
Your child will be delighted with multi-colored cubesfrom which you can build small turrets or lay them out one by one in a straight line, distributing by color. From cubes it is easy to put houses or locks.
In the shops you can find educational wooden cubes on certain subjects with bright images of objects. It is easy and interesting to play with such cubes, they can be sorted by size, color or picture.
Baby will be interesting and soft velcro cubes, of which it is also fun to build houses, populate various animals and people, simply connecting them with each other.
Puzzles - This is an exciting experience, and when they look like familiar pictures, it is even more fun to play. For kids, puzzles can be made of wood, plastic, or cardboard. There are no more than 6 elements in them, so that the child could independently create a picture.
Multicolored developing sorters can also be an exciting activity for kids. They are designed to develop fine motor skills and coordinate movement. In addition, the sorters help to acquire the first knowledge about the shape of the object and color. Sorter can be ordinary or interactive, make sounds with the right choice of figures.
Educational toy in the form of counting table (abacus) helps kids cope with the development of movement coordination, teach them to sort objects by color, as well as to give the primary concepts of "quantity", "color".
Mobil - It is a universal educational toy that can be taken for a walk, on the road.
Different in shape, color and texture toys help the kid to develop coordination, auditory memory, speech and physical activity, because in order to play, you need to reach out to the toy! They can be mechanical or interactive.
What to buy as a gift?
It is not easy to choose a gift for a child who has not yet formed interests. We have compiled a review of some educational toys that can be not only joyful, but also a useful gift.
- An amazing gift that develops memory, fine motor skills, movement coordination and speech will be books Matthew Van Fleet. One thing unites them all - they bring joy, both to adults and children! For example, Matthew Van Fleet's book “Oink” in hardcover is a whole journey to the village, where the secrets of its inhabitants are revealed to the kid. Large images of animals are soft, which does not allow the baby to get tired. A child can stroke a horse's mane, fleece or chicken fluff. Easy to remember poems allow you to develop auditory memory. This is an amazing birthday present!
- Umka training caterpillar - This is a bright interactive toy for kids. The caterpillar reads poetry and sings songs, utters sounds and words: just press a button, each of which has its own color, on its foot. It can also be used as a gurney, a rope is already attached in front.
- Foldable sorter Hasbro It has only 5 colors: yellow, white, orange, blue and red. The sorter is compact in size, so you can take it with you for a walk or a trip. Large figures with the image of animals and 4 holes for them help the child to focus on the game independently.
- Pyramid Hap-P-Kid Bee has three colors: red, yellow, blue. Plastic sorter in the form of a bee will be an interesting gift. The bee makes sounds when removing or putting on rings, which delights kids.
- Set of wooden cubes Bondibon only at first glance it seems a simple toy. In fact, this is one of the best educational gifts for children by the year. It helps to improve fine motor skills, coordination of movement, and most importantly - fantasy! The child himself decides what to build: a tower or a house. The cubes have a different geometric shape and color, some of them have a pattern in the form of circles and stripes. 60 bright cubes of various shapes will bring joy to your child.
- For boys, a joyful gift will be musical tolokar. She does not just roll, but also makes sounds when moving. Some tolokars have light elements on the steering wheel or headlamps. Parents can themselves carry the child behind the handle. Some toddlers try to independently bring the tolokar into motion, pushing with their feet.
- For girls will be useful baby doll or doll. Interactive dolls, which emit exactly the same sounds as your child: “Agu”, “Mom”, “Ua”, are of particular joy.
How to do it yourself?
Most mothers prefer to make educational toys with their own hands. In the course are any means at hand: the remnants of fabrics, beads, laces, buttons, yarn and much more that can be found in any hostess.
Developing rug
Developing rug - This is the best didactic manual for a child, on which various elements are located. For example, at production You can use pieces of fabric of various textures, rattles, special children's mirrors (they are made of special plastic and safe for babies), lacing and other household items. The more you use rustling and booming parts, the more interesting your baby will be.
Touch box
This is a simple and interesting toy. Take a few cardboard boxes and connect them together. You can take plastic boxes with cells inside. Fill the box with sand or any grains, decorate colorfully and plant a “garden”, breed animals “in the fields”. The theme of your box depends on your mother's fantasy. You can plant toy carrots in it or search for treasure.
Slingbus
This toy is easy to create for those who own a crochet. Large wooden beads are tied with threads of different colors and strung on a string. They can be disassembled and reassembled. They help the child to distinguish colors, improve fine motor skills. This toy is best practiced in the presence of adults.
Bizybord
A board with various cognitive elements was invented by Maria Montessori. For its manufacture will need a wooden board. It can be covered with linseed oil, put a different pattern or stickers.
Making bizyborda - male occupation. With the help of bolts and screws, locks, sockets, bells or bells, latches, buttons, laces, zippers, rattles and much more are attached to it.
Bizibord can be of any shape and size, stationary or static. There are slight differences in the trademark for boys and girls. First of all, it is a color scheme, as well as content.
For girls, the colors are golden, peach, green or pink. The board can be filled with combs, beads, hairpins, pigtails of yarn.
For boys, a bizybord in the form of a roadbed with different types of transport or a board with various mechanisms, such as locks, sockets and dials from a telephone, door bells, switches and buttons, will become ideal. Various toggle switches and dials will also be the perfect fill for the board.
It is important that all parts are securely attached in order to avoid the ingress of small elements into the airways of the baby.
Manufacturing procedure
Byzibord can be made by parents themselves:
- Decide on the size. It is best to make 50 * 50 cm, then the baby can easily reach out with his hand to any object.
- Treat the surface and edges of the board so that it is smooth to avoid splinters in the handles during the game.
- Select items for the future board of the relevant topics. About this you can read above.
- Select the right paint. It should be eco-friendly and not bright. If you decide to decorate the board with stickers, choose any, except paper ones, so that they cannot be easily peeled off.
- Attach your selected parts, paying attention to the back surface of the board. It should not be protruding, protruding objects.
Now your business board is ready completely. Enjoy your own hand crafted product.
Touch Pad
Pretty easy to perform and interesting thing. Buttons of various shapes and sizes are attached to the pillow in a specific order. This toy develops fine motor skills of hands and movement coordination, as well as helps to navigate in space.
The pillow can be any shape or size. In addition to buttons, bows, zippers, and lacing of various lengths can be attached to the pillow.
Be sure to check that all elements are firmly held. If the kid wants to pull the part in his mouth, he should not tear it off!
Sorters
Simple and interesting toy. It can be created from a cardboard box or a bath for freezing ice. In each cell, attach your figurine cut out of paper. Separately, prepare the same pieces of cardboard. Help the baby, show me how to play, and then he will cope on his own.
Tactile pouches
The easy-to-make toy helps develop fine motor skills. Fill the sock with beans or peas, tightly sew the gum, the toy is ready!
From socks you can sew a bag-bunny. To do this, cut the sock into two parts and sew them. Filler choose what you want. Decorate the bunny with your eyes and spout, tightly sew the gum in order to avoid a breakthrough and rash of the grits.
Recommendations to parents
The toy must comply with sanitary standards, be odorless.
Specify the recommended age for this toy. Too complicated toys will be unhealthy for your baby.
Toys must be easily disassembled and assembled so that they can be easily cleaned.