| Educational toys are fun for babies and provide | | | | on and has a push button that emits sounds like a |
| another tool to stimulate learning and brain | | | | car horn, doorbell, ignition, and remote control door. |
| development in your infant. There are many ways to | | | | Sight |
| teach a child and tens of thousands of educational | | | | Bright colors in educational toys stimulate baby's |
| toys on the market to help parents in the endeavor. | | | | vision. Look for toys with strong color contrast and |
| The challenge for parents, child care providers and | | | | patterns. A good one to look for is a colorful crib |
| educators is to choose from the vast array of | | | | mobile that emits music, has different textures, |
| educational toys available in a way that creates a | | | | curves and symmetry. |
| balance of learning techniques, is age appropriate, and | | | | One such educational toy is the Bath Time Fishing |
| most of all fun. This article will provide basic facts | | | | toy. This item is appropriate for babies 12 months |
| about; how babies learn, types of educational toys | | | | and up. It's a great prop to use during a baby bath. |
| available and examples of each. | | | | Making the bath as fun as possible can also help |
| How Babies Learn | | | | overcome any resistance or fear your child may have |
| It is quite surprising the rate at which babies learn | | | | during the bathing process. The toy is bright in color, |
| and develop. Learning begins in the womb and | | | | has a rod and reel, and the strong magnets attached |
| continues throughout childhood. In early life how a | | | | to its tails allow for easy catching. Bath Time Fishing |
| child learns centers largely around the relationship with | | | | is priced at around $16.00 dollars. |
| the parents. At least until the child starts preschool, | | | | Fine motor play |
| the job of stimulating and satisfying baby's desire to | | | | Fine motor play educational toys are used to |
| learn falls primarily to the parents. | | | | stimulate coordination in baby's finger and eye |
| While babies respond to their parent's voice there are | | | | movements. One such toy aimed at developing the |
| many other sounds they find interesting. When | | | | hand-eye coordination is "Counting Pals", which is |
| parents are choosing educational toys for babies they | | | | aimed at babies 6 months and up. Counting Pals are |
| should look for toys that have sound, colors that are | | | | 10 soft and squishy colored blocks. They can be |
| bright and contrasted like red, black and white, and | | | | stacked, tossed, chewed by the baby. Counting pals |
| have interesting textures that babies like to touch. | | | | also provides animal illustrations that will enchant the |
| Sounds | | | | baby. Counting Pals educational toy is priced at |
| Babies' respond to sound and some of the best | | | | around $12.00. |
| educational toys include rattles and musical toys. | | | | Cognitive Skills |
| Soothing music such as lullabies is usually best. | | | | There are some educational toys that promote |
| Auditory and musical toys are known to stimulate | | | | cognitive skills in babies, which is to say they |
| logical thinking and imagery in babies and in adults for | | | | stimulate the child's memory, how they picture things |
| that matter. | | | | and their problem solving skills. Educational toys like |
| One good educational auditory toy is the Electronic | | | | building blocks, activity boxes or puzzles are a good |
| Metal Keys. These keys are good for a child 6 | | | | purchase for your child. The puzzles can deal with |
| months and up. The Electronic Metal Keys are an | | | | numbers, letters or pictures; it does not matter, but |
| imitation of the parent's car keys. However, the | | | | they should be fairly easy for a baby to grasp and |
| Electronic Metal Key toy is safe for the child to chew | | | | manipulate. |