Benefits of Bedtime Stories to Kids
It has been a proven fact and many studies have been made that reading stories to your child before going to bed has many good benefits for him.
For generations, parents have known that bedtime stories help kids relax and fall asleep more easily. But what they probably didn’t know, specially for first time parents or new parent like myself, is that reading bedtime stories do more good than just relaxing them and putting them to sleep.
What are the other benefits of telling toddlers the stories of Peter Pan, Cinderella and the likes?
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Places to Celebrate Birthday for Kids and Toddlers
Last Friday, February 26, 2010 is my youngest son’s birthday. He just turned 2 years old and on March 1, his big brother Matthew will be 4 years old. Yesterday we went to a themed park, a place here called Manila Ocean Park in celebration of my two boys’ birthdays. Manila Ocean Park is the Philippines’ first state-of-the-art Oceanarium, open water marine habitat, boutique mall, restaurant row and function facilities all in one location.
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10 Best Ways to Amuse Toddlers
Toddlers usually are self-centered and energetic. Although most toddlers or children are curious about everything, and can’t wait until the next exciting event or fascinating experience, most of them only has an attention span of maybe 5, 10 minutes.
Kids easily get bored and always looking for something new to do. If you need to introduce a new activity for toddler or to amuse them for a couple of more hours, here are 10 ways of amusing toddlers
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Toy Blocks Help Children Learn
So true, toy blocks can really help toddlers to learn more! There are different kinds of toy blocks in the market today not just the alphabet cubes or those with numbers on it. The ever popular Lego blocks is the first thing that comes to mind when we say toy blocks but there are many other kinds. You just have to do a little research.
Toy blocks compared to other high tech and electronically powered toy that you find in TV ads and commercials, may not be as sophisticated but they are ideal for learning because they involve the child as a whole. As a whole meaning you get to excite the minds and body. The toddlers their muscles and they discovers how different objects feel in their hands. There is also the mental side of it. Toy blocks makes them thinks about spaces and shapes, and the way she develops thoughts and interests of her own.
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Preschool Toys – Useful tool for Preschool Activities
Child development toys are wonderful means of attracting children to the world of learning. Toys designed especially for preschool toddlers emphasize on memory skills, patterns, and matching activities. Creative skills and artistic abilities of preschool kids are also enhanced by some of these toys. Moreover, preschool toys can be designed to cater to a kid’s imagination and interest in a specific field.
Preschool toys help toddlers get acquainted with colors, numbers, and letters. They also enhance the interactive skills in children, improve their eye-hand coordination, as well as encourage muscle and finger movements. The right kind of preschool toys encourage children to engage in basic activities like reading and writing. Playing with preschool toys can also enhance a child’s ability to communicate with the rest of his/ her play group members.
Importance of preschool toys:
- Preschool toys act as important accessories in the toddler’s world of imagination. They help children imagine all kinds of situations and act it out in their mind’s eye.
- When children play with preschool toys, they learn the basic motor skills. Play also helps improve their visual and auditory senses.
- Toddlers acquire the ability to solve problems while playing with toys.
- Preschool toys have the ability to improve the memory and increase concentration levels in children.
- Playing with toys makes a child more acutely aware of his/ her surroundings.
- Preschool toys focus on improving the child’s innate cognitive abilities.
Preschool age is the time when children start interacting with their surroundings and gain valuable knowledge in the process. The stage is marked by a dominant urge to explore and learn. Preschool toys are vital tools in inculcating this sense of exploration and learning. These educational toys aim at developing essential social and personal skills that eventually help in the overall development of children.
(Source:- www.educationaltechnologies.com)
