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Tips for Choosing Appropriate Toys for the 0 to 2 Year Olds   by Danica

The 0 to 2 year olds of the age are the period of the most rapid growth and development of the baby. Therefore, it is important to choose the appropriate toys for the baby 0 to 2 years old.

0 – 6 months

The newborns mainly depend on the visual and auditory sense to understand the world around. After a month, the baby’s eye becomes more flexible and will stare at the movement things in sight and also will actively look for visual and auditory target.

The infants at this stage will turn heard, turn over body and sit still, but in any case, their big motor skill and feeling perception is not yet mature. Therefore, parents should promote the baby’s perception development and provide the baby with rich visual-audio stimulation. Meanwhile, parents need to choose appropriate toys to exercise the baby’s small muscles ability, eye-hand coordination and coordination of large movements.

Appropriate toys at this stage include: hanging music box, rattle bells, discs, colorful balloons as well as small dolls or animals of various shapes; toys that are easy for the baby to grip and shake like rattle bells, inflatable plastic toys and rubber animals, as well as some beating toys to train the baby’s griping ability and hand-eye coordination.

6 – 12 months

6 months old to one year old is the course for the baby to learn to sit, crawl and stand. The baby is busy developing the whole body coordination and muscle strength. Exercising the large motor skills is very important for the baby at this stage.

Toys recommended: stacking cups, colored set of cups; bubble toys, toddler toys, most baby learn to walk in the 9 to 12 months.

1 – 2 years

The baby at this stage is become more and more independent and has his own ideas. Therefore, parents should give the baby enough wide space, and let them control their games.

When babies are playing toys, parents should not limit them to play in the “right” ways, and let them give full play to their imagination and creativity.

Toys appropriate the children at this stage include: toy daily necessities such as pots, pans, spoons and bowl; refrigerator, chairs, bed; cars, trains, planes, and boats; pictures, shapes of puzzles or various assembly pictures that can express the meaning of size, height, and speed; building blocks, modeling clay and beading etc. operable toys; outdoor toys such as ball games, small tricycle and so on; picture books, colorful and elegant, having reasonable composition and story plot.

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Copyright by Danica. EVToys online toy shop tends to focus on the high quality Kids Toys like stuffed animals, Wooden Toys and so on. Products like plush monkey bouquet with first-class service standards and first-class quality can all be found on EVToys.
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