Designers for kids from a year to 3 years

In recent decades, child development experts have reached a complete consensus that the designer for kids can be considered one of the most useful toys. In principle, without this decision, designers were sold en masse, but today without them it is completely impossible to imagine a set of children's toys - such a set, and not one, should be at home for every child.

The age of 3-4 years in the life of a child can be safely called one of the most difficult, because a small curious little man is trying his best to understand the world, but due to a banal misunderstanding of the simplest threats to his health, such attempts can be dangerous. Naturally, this does not stop the baby, because all that remains for parents is to carefully choose the set.

Most kits say that they are not suitable for children under 3 years of age. This figure is somewhat arbitrary, because the development of the baby is gradual, and it cannot be that yesterday this designer was not recommended to him, but literally today he can be used without any cautions. However, it is imperative that you follow this recommendation if it is on the package. There are clear criteria why most kits are not suitable for the smallest ones, and parents, when choosing a constructor for such children, should make sure that the intended purchase does not meet such objectionable criteria.

These criteria should be considered in more detail.

The worst thing that can happen to a child while playing with a constructor is swallowing the part. Due to the natural desire to know the world, every child pulls into his mouth literally everything he sees, and in fact a part of a complex shape can easily get stuck in the narrow esophagus of a child or cause him suffering when he reaches the stomach.

Almost any designer contains small details, but the kit for kids should consist only of large elements so that a large piece cannot be swallowed. At the same time, attention should be paid to large parts of complex shape - It is unacceptable that a small part could detach from the base, otherwise the magnitude of the details will have no meaning. In the end, due to poorly developed fine motor skills, the child is still unable to tinker with the designer of too small sizes, and this should also be taken into account.

As the kid tries to taste everything around, parents will have to think about how to ensure that the designer is always clean, because the owner himself has not thought about such things at all. First of all, one should be sure that the manufacturer did not use harmful additives in the production process, otherwise their ingress into the children's organism is almost guaranteed.

When a child grows up and becomes an engineer, then let him collect his adult crafts from anything, but for now he is small and rather clumsy, so even minor defects or an ill-conceived form of parts can be dangerous for him. Elements with sharp edges are not welcome in designers for any age, and even in sets for the smallest, even details of a thin oblong shape are undesirable in principle - such can be shoved not only in the mouth, but also in the nose or ear.

Each person can have their own idea of ​​which designer is difficult to consider and which is not, but a child up to 3 years of complexity will cause the assembly of almost anything, since he is still at the starting stage of learning such tricks. Even if we are talking about the simplest dice, it can be difficult for a child in 2 years to assemble a complete structure of 20 elements, by 2.5 years the number of parts may increase to 30, but 100 fragments of a child of this age will not be used for sure - not enough assiduity, no fantasy.

Besides, the parts must be easy to assemble into a whole and just as easy to sort back into separate fragmentsotherwise the game will turn into flour for the baby, and he will quickly lose interest in it.

Actually, ordinary cubes, which are considered the simplest constructor, can be considered the most obvious solution. They do not connect at all - they just need to be set on each other, while they look rather naive, representing simple geometric shapes. Such a decision would not have liked older children, but for children of 1-3 years old this choice is optimal, since it is perfect for both boys and girls.

The main choice now is to determine the best material. Hollow plastic cubes are considered to be the ideal (provided that the plastic is high-quality and eco-friendly), because such details are light, they are difficult to injure, and they also look very bright.

Wooden cubes are distinguished by high strength and naturalness of the raw materials used, but they are relatively heavy, moreover, they are a good breeding ground for bacteria and do not wash well. Sometimes for kids they also make felt cubes - they are light and pleasant to the touch, but they are quite easy to tear.

This solution allows you to see three-dimensional figures as if in a section, but it also does not require any effort to connect the parts, because they are connected by the force of magnetic attraction.

Externally, the parts look like ordinary plastic fragments, which in some cases are limited by the contour of a simple geometric shape. Through the use of plastic, it is possible to achieve a significant brightness of the toy and its relatively small weight, but the most interesting thing is hidden inside - the magnet.

Such a gift is very interesting for children because they do not understand, due to which the parts are kept together, because often the work can even be lifted above the floor, holding the top, and it will not crumble. You will not collect anything particularly meaningful from such a designer, but experts praise him for demonstrating the three-dimensionality of various objects - thanks to the game with shaped magnets, the child improves spatial imagination and fantasy.

It is block constructors that are usually not recommended for children under 3 years old, but exceptions can be found from each rule. First you need to choose a set with large parts that can not be swallowed, then you should pay attention to the ease of connection.You do not need to buy sets with a huge amount of parts yet: the kid will not be able to assemble even a very interesting craft. Perhaps it is worth playing with such constructors at least two years old, and then with the active participation of parents.

In recent years, the release of block designers for the youngest has increased markedly - in particular, the special Lego Duplo series is gaining popularity in our country. This manufacturer hardly needs any ideas, because most modern people associate the sets of this brand with the designers as a whole. The choice in favor of the block constructor is always a contribution to the development of fine motor skills of the child.

Another equally important advantage is the development of fantasy, because the same Lego proposes to assemble a beautiful and interesting playground for any games with little people, who, as a rule, are also included in the set.

Not to mention the popular alternative - designers Mega Bloks. In this case, the manufacturing company is focused almost entirely on children younger than adolescence, because its series for the youngest have a deep understanding of the needs of the child.

The theme of the sets usually concerns transport and small toy towns, which can be built on a special gaming table, which, if necessary, turns into a small suitcase from under the designer. The grooves and spikes of such kits are mutually compatible with the Lego series described above, which further expands the possibilities for using fantasy.

In fact, for babies up to 3 years, almost any set will be suitable, as long as it meets the criteria described at the beginning of the article. It is necessary to highlight several original solutions that are in demand among the kids and their parents, to show that you should not limit yourself in gaming opportunities:

• colored counting sticks, reminiscent of beautiful bright matches, will be a wonderful solution for flat design and will help to make memorization of numbers and colors more interesting;
• rubber constructor with bending parts will help the child to create the most unexpected crafts and ensures that they do not break when falling from a height;

• the designer “Road” is practically a puzzle, but the boys who can “ride” cars with it will really like it;
• Zolo set allows you to collect strange creatures in any order.

In the next video, see the review of the wooden constructor "Engine".