| The first three years of a child are crucial to brain | | | | kids learn balance and harmony, and stimulate their |
| development. During this period, the brain triples in | | | | creative minds with interesting melodies and artistic |
| weight and establishes billions of nerve connections. | | | | rhythms. Classical music, particularly Mozart's Violin |
| At the age of three, kids have twice as many nerve | | | | Concertos, is also a big help in developing a child's |
| connections than a lot of adults. This is the reason | | | | brain and imagination. |
| why toddlers are very curious and inquisitive. | | | | Logic and reasoning |
| Their brains absorb thousands of information all at | | | | While infants already have most of the neurons they |
| once, constructing new connections and associations, | | | | need for their lifetime, their neurons are not yet |
| and making sense out of all the new and unfamiliar | | | | wired together to form the compound networks |
| sights and sounds that bombard their senses. This is | | | | required for complex thought processes. In the early |
| also the reason why toddler toys are designed the | | | | years of a child, the neurons rapidly link together and |
| way that they are: colorful, bright, loud, with many | | | | form connections or synapses. Toys such as puzzles, |
| different textures, shapes, sizes, and are made of | | | | mind games, mixing and matching, play cards, and |
| different materials. These are all designed to stimulate | | | | mind maps can help toddlers make complex |
| and develop a child's mind. | | | | associations and rapidly develop their logic and |
| Differentiation and classification | | | | reasoning. |
| In the early phase of development, one of the crucial | | | | Memory and concentration |
| things that a child learns is differentiation and | | | | These days, with numerous technological advances |
| classification. Toddler toys such as building blocks, | | | | and a bombardment of media messages and |
| stuffed animals, padded play gyms, rubber balls, and | | | | information, from home theaters to 3D video games, |
| spiky mats, help a child recognize the different | | | | all-day cartoon channels to internet access and online |
| textures and shapes of different objects. Having | | | | entertainment, and from billboards to interactive LCD |
| toddler toys in different colors and in different hues | | | | screens, ubiquitous advertisements, and sophisticated |
| and shades, also allows a child to perceive the | | | | gadgets, kids and toddlers have shorter attention |
| nuances and basic principles of color, developing their | | | | span and concentration. They are easily distracted |
| creativity and imagination. Exposing the child to as | | | | and bored. Traditional toys for kids can help them be |
| many colors, shapes, and textures as possible can | | | | more patient, increase focus and concentration, |
| help expand their perceptions and sensory | | | | improve their listening skills, filter out distractions, and |
| experience, and help them have a wider picture of | | | | enhance their memory. |
| the world. | | | | Traditional toys that require kids to sit down, think, |
| Emotional intelligence and imagination | | | | and tinker for a couple of minutes or even an hour |
| There are also toys for toddlers that nurture | | | | will help a child form good habits and acquire |
| emotional intelligence and imagination. The popular | | | | discipline-two important traits for excelling in school |
| ones are musical toys for toddlers. Musical toys help | | | | and the adult world. |