| Choosing a toy for a baby or child can be
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| | small people happy so depending how much
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| a difficult decision, particularly if you
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| | noise you can bear why not try a
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| are not sure which toy is relevant for
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| | children's toolkit or for the more
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| which age. This brief guide explains
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| | musical types, a wooden xylophone?
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| which toys are best suited to which age
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| | Find out more about educational toys for
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| group taking into consideration the
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| | toddlers aged 1 to 2
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| development stages of the baby and child.
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| | Three to four:
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| Newborn to one:
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| | At this age speech becomes a much bigger
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| This is a magical year in which so much
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| | part of a small person's life and role
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| happens. Babies go from being able to do
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| | playing games start to take over from
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| little other than be amazed with this
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| | straight forward exploration games.
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| world to sitting up, crawling, possibly
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| | Also, this is the time when toddlers
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| even standing up or even taking their
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| | begin to play with rather then just
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| first steps. In the early months they
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| | alongside one another. A wooden garage or
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| will not be able to hold a toy but will
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| | a castle are perfect to share with small
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| love colourful things which move and play
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| | friends. Bring in the mini trucks, fire
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| music such as a traditional music box.
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| | engines or police cars and watch them
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| These are really useful for just before
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| | immerse themselves in a little world of
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| bedtime or when changing a nappy and will
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| | their own.
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| stay a favourite for years.
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| | Little girls will love a Vanity Case,
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| Once babies perfect their grip,
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| | with combs, powder puffs, lipstick and
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| everything they come into contact with
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| | mirrors and for the budding DIY
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| will be picked up and stuck into their
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| | specialist or gardener try a tool box or
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| inquisitive little mouths. Any toy that
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| | garden bag. Kitchen games are another
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| can be easily held, safely chewed on, and
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| | favourite - you can even get wooden cakes
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| preferably makes a noise, will totally
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| | with pieces that Velcro back together.
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| delight them. Jingle bells and maracas
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| | Pretend fruit and vegetables and kitchen
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| are ideal.
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| | items such as toasters are equally loved
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| When they come close to walking they will
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| | by both little girls and boys.
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| love toys like the small Wheely Bug,
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| | For the active toddler you can never go
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| although they may need help staying on. A
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| | wrong with a pedaless wooden bike or a
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| good all-round educational toy for this
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| | Wheely Bug - they come as a colourful
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| age is a set of colourful, and preferably
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| | ladybird, a bumble bee or a cow.
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| musical, stacking blocks - initially the
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| | Find out more about educational toys for
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| blocks will be played with only for their
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| | toddlers aged 3 to 4
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| sound and the colour attractions, but in
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| | Four to five:
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| the second year they will come into their
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| | Preschoolers absorb information like
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| own as a stacking toy.
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| | little sponges and frequently remember
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| Find out more about educational toys for
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| | more than adults which makes this age the
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| babies aged 0 to 1
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| | perfect time to introduce them to
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| Toddlers between one and two:
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| | educational toys like jigsaw puzzles of
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| The second year is the year of mobility.
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| | Britain or Europe. Show them where you
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| During their second year most toddlers
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| | went on holiday or where friends and
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| will become confident on their little
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| | family live and then marvel when they
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| feet and once they do, there will be no
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| | point to Manchester and Glasgow on the
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| stopping them. They will explore how
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| | map, or Greece and Ireland.
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| things work - stack things and then knock
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| | Their imagination is very fertile at this
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| them over, hit things to see if they
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| | stage and toys like a multi-storey garage
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| break, pull them along to check if they
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| | or castle, kitchen equipment like cookers
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| move in an interesting way or make a
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| | and toasters make a perfect backdrop for
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| noise.
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| | them to play out their imaginary world.
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| Pull along toys are great for this age,
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| | They are also likely to be full of energy
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| especially those that bend and sway, nod
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| | and enjoy being physically active, so
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| their heads, and enable some form of
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| | indulge them with a set of wheels of
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| interactive entertainment for their young
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| | their own - a bike or large Wheely Bug,
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| owners. Sound blocks are good for shaking
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| | for example. If you feel like bringing
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| and making noise too, and stacking rings
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| | the game into the kitchen give your four
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| are just difficult enough for this age to
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| | or five year old some dough, a rolling
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| provide toddlers with a manageable
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| | pin and shape cutters and watch the mini
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| challenge. Also, don't forget shape
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| | master-chef at work. With any amount of
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| sorters to stretch young minds. There is
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| | luck you'll have biscuits for tea!
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| nothing like noise and music to keep
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