Our Brain – The Sponge

posted by gbowen
December 1, 2010

A child’s brain is likened to a sponge and absorbs enormous amounts of a variety of information. Because the brain continues to expand as it grows it is important to expose your children to a variety of open-ended educational toys.

Not only are children exposed to a variety of toddler learning toys at home, there are wooden toys and toy blocks in their daycare, Sunday school and many waiting rooms. Where ever your children are becomes an opportunity for teaching opportunities.

You can help your children learn colors, for example, while sitting in the doctor’s office.  If you put down your magazine and observe the toddler toys available you could point out to your child a chair and say to him “this is a chair.  The color of the chair is blue”.

Quality education is most important to the mental health and growth of all young children and it is because of this that you will find it beneficial to surround your children with play sets, wood puzzles and other toys that have a variety of shapes and colors to keep your children interested in play and learning.

Visit our website and see a variety of large cardboard block toys.  Our 40pc set of ImgiBRICKS is a good starting point and will provide your children with 8 large red 12 x 6 x 3 inch blocks, 8 medium yellow 6 x 6 x 3 and 24 small blue 6 x 3 x 3 inch toy blocks.


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Engaging Your Kids with Educational Toys

posted by Fun4MyChild
June 25, 2009

snail number counting 3d puzzle

When kids are engaged and interested with their toys, they simply learn better. After all, just look into a classroom when something is being taught through rote memorization. The children are generally distracted, bored, and uninterested. But when an educational game is being played, the children are excited and happy to be involved. And when tested, games usually show a higher general retention rate.

That’s why parents should always incorporate educational kids toys into their children’s arsenal of products. Whether you’re trying to teach them their numbers, the alphabet, or just basic spatial skills, jigsaw puzzles are a great way to go. Many of these rudimentary puzzles are labeled with numbers or letters, so all your kid has to do is follow the sequence, and they’ll be rewarded with a completed puzzle.


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