All kids enjoy gifts. Receiving a gift is a positive reinforcement for them and boosts their self confidence. Rewarding a child for being good with a small token can go a long way in promoting good behavior. Most children have a penchant for information and knowledge and love to explore. And therefore, one of the great gifts that you can give the child is the gift of knowledge and learning.

Today there are many mesmerizing ways that toy companies have developed with the help of research in designing educational toys. They have figured out how a child can learn while having fun. The standard trampoline has been modified to a talking one with the aid of technology. These sing along exercisers allow the child to learn while jumping. Songs include nursery rhymes, music that teaches the alphabet and numbers. Some even have animal sounds, memory games and sound recognition devices incorporated in them.

The Melissa and Doug learning tools help your young ones to learn with colorful shapes and letters. When your child picks up a letter and the appropriate sound is emitted.

The reasonability charts are one of the most amazing toys that you will ever see in the market. They teach the art of helping out with the daily chores at home, being polite to elders, sharing and not be a bother. The young tyke can decide what tasks he/she wants to achieve in a particular week and set out to accomplish them. The parents can track the performance of the child by using magnets which come in various shapes like flowers, stars, bears, balls and faces. On a particularly good week, the child can be adorned with a magnet which says You Are A Star or magnets can be personalized using the blanks.

The Sorting Clock aids in teaching to tell the time by placing the right colorful numbers in the right places.

Role playing tools can be of great help in developing the emotional quotient. Kid vacuum cleaners can be an interesting gift which will educate the child on completing chores while enjoying at the same time. These cleaners come with various hoses and they have real life working tools which actually help clean up. So let your tyrant who normally flings things in all directions help you clean up for a change.

Though the Bosch tool kits are amazingly bewitching and minutely detailed, you should be careful while deciding to buy any of these. You do not want your young ones to mount a repairing session on your perfect car or kitchen sink only to find that it does not work after they have finished with it!

Ken Snow
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4 Responses to “Some Examples Of Kids Educational Toys”

1. joshnshel says:

   January 8, 2011 at 10:51 pm

   Development of a four year old, and possible hearing problem?
   Okay, here’s some information: I’ve been watching a little boy at my house who just turned four on December 5th. Now, before I go any further, I know all children develop at different rates and such.

   Anyhow, from what I understand is that he has never been in daycare, and he is normally not around other kids his age, or any kids for that matter. His social skills seem to be a bit behind because of this. When I had my stepson and him here at the same time, we had to work on the sharing. I think he is used to always having the toys to himself, being an only child.I know that not having interaction with other children could slow down his development also.

   I’ve also noticed that I think he is used to getting his way, and a lack of discipline. I am by all means not judging, but this is what seems to be the situation here.
   When I was explaining the sharing to him when I had my stepson over, when he had to give the toy back he would throw himself on the floor. That is just one example. I think he is also used to getting things done for him, instead of doing them him self. We were just playing with blocks, and he couldn’t get his the way he wanted, he said "I can’t how"(I don’t know how), and was about to cry. I know frustration is normal, but it also seems that everything gets done for him, and things he should know how to do himself he doesn’t.
   His mom also told me he is the "baby" of the family.

   When I first started watching him, I had a really hard time understanding what he was saying. Now, that I have been with him for a while, I can make out what he is saying, but a lot of the times others can’t and I have to clarify. I know by the time a child is three that there speech should be at least 75% clear to strangers, and his is clearly not. That brings me to what I think may be a hearing problem. I know I am speaking loud and clear enough, but a lot of the time he will ask me "what did you say?", over and over again. Sometimes I notice he will say it to just say it, and other times I think it is because he did not hear what I have said. I did bring this up to his mom and she said he had started to do this recently, and that her aunt didn’t think it was his hearing(her aunt is a nurse I guess). However they are going to run more tests. That would explain his speech perfectly, but I could be wrong. She also said that he seems to do it more when he comes from his dad’s house, who just says "uh-yeah", "yeah", instead of other words. She also thought it may be to make sure they were really paying attention to him. I know you obvisouly can’t hear him, but what other possible issues do you think it could be if it isn’t is hearing? I have been playing some games and songs with him to help him form his words also, do you have any that you reccommend?

   Okay, now on to the next thing. Upon watching him I learned that he doesn’t know his basic colors, red, blue, green, yellow. I’ve been working with him on them, and he’s getting better. He also has trouble with his ABC’s,counting, and recognizing numbers. He does know pretty much all of the shapes though. Like I said, from what I know he hasn’t been in daycare, but instead had either stayed home with his mom or dad. I’m not judging, but I’m not sure if they ever sat down with him and helped him learn. I’ve noticed he also asks for a lot of TV, which I don’t mind some educational TV in moderation but I do NOT believe in using it as a babysitter, and I’ve mainly been staying away from it with him. He also doesn’t know "he", or "she". He’ll call his mom by "he", and sometimes when he does she doesn’t correct him. I know it’s normal for them to get there pronouns mixed up, but I feel like he should know that by know.

   Anyhow what are some games/songs/activties you would reccomend me doing with him?
2. twixytwix2121 says:

   January 9, 2011 at 4:54 am

   It sounds like he may have a speech problem my nephew is 4 and everybody has a hard time understanding him so his doctor suggested speech classes and his speech is improving.He may just be a kid that is behind on developing or there may be a bigger problem I would tell them Mom to get him checked for Autism.It also sounds like they haven’t spent very much time teaching him things.It isn’t his fault it’s his parents for not taking the time to teach him things.I think he needs to either have a private tutor or he needs to be put in preschool or maybe just parents that care enough to teach their son.Good Luck!
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3. arunkumarsuri says:

   January 9, 2011 at 4:56 am

   From what you say he certainly needs hearing evaluation. If that is normal learning disability should be considered. Perhaps his vision also needs to be checked. He may benefit from more interaction and stimulation.
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4. Allison N says:

   January 9, 2011 at 4:58 am

   Since he likes to watch TV, maybe he would watch something educational from the internet. There are so many different websites that educate. I use youtube alot. There are so many great videos on colors, numbers, ABC’s, shapes, day’s of the week, season’s, ect…..

   We are Christians so we go to Paws and Tails website for christian education and they teach basic learning (this is what we do, not telling you to go there, I know faith is a sensitive issue and don’t want to step on toes). We also will go to Thomas the tank web-site because they have educational material.

   We also use flash cards, building blocks (we talk about the colors and shape), We always count, whether we are walking steps, moving objects, ect… I explain what I am doing at times such as when I bend down..I tell them I am up or down. I will ask questions such as what color is this or that??

   Play a game touch your toes, touch your nose, ect….

   Giving him rewards such as M&M’s will probably hook his interest more when you sit down with him with a book and ask him questions such as, "Is that a he or a she?, What color is this?" ect…

   Good Luck. You sound like such an awesome woman with a great heart to help this child!!!
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