Stop wasting money buying random toys for your baby, these are the toys they like.

The day before yesterday, I started a group purchase of a set of building blocks similar to Lego (the group purchase is still in progress, see Group Purchase for details | With this set of little mechanic building blocks, you can save money on Lego training classes!), and a mother in the group asked: \”My child is less than two years old, can he play with it?\” I said he couldn\’t play with it. This set of building blocks has small parts and requires fine movements of the hands. Another mother asked: \”Do you have any recommendations for toys suitable for babies around one year old? I bought a lot of toys, but he didn\’t seem interested.\” I remembered that when Rooney was one or two years old, I also bought him a lot of toys, some of which were It’s extremely expensive, but what confuses me is that he doesn’t appreciate it at all. No matter it’s an expensive or cheap toy, he was really happy when he first got it, but most of them were thrown away within two days of playing. What does he like to play? I watched carefully. Before he was one year old, when he got a toy, he chewed it twice and then threw it away. Instead, he chewed on various items and furnishings at home, including quilts, tissues, books, remote controls, tables, cups, shoes, and even garbage. bucket! Anyway, as long as it is visible, take it and chew it. After he could crawl and walk, home became his battlefield every day. He likes to jump up and down on the bed, get under the quilt, hide behind the door and hide and seek. Sometimes he crawls under the table or gets into a cardboard box and doesn\’t come out for a long time. He likes to pull out all the paper towels in the paper towel tube and then tear them everywhere. He likes to tear apart books. He tore out all the pages from the book I bought for him. I felt sorry for him for a long time. He likes to throw things. I had to replace several remote controls at home because he broke them. Once he threw a glass bottle off the balcony and almost hit the car downstairs. I was so scared that I quickly sealed the balcony railing. stand up! He likes to pour water. Give him two cups and pour the water from one cup into the other. He can play this game for a long time. He likes to play with rice. He often puts his hands into the rice bucket, grabs a handful, and then scatters the rice everywhere. I had a headache at first, but then one time I tried to put my hand into a rice bucket. The feeling of being tightly wrapped in thick and warm rice was really comfortable. I suddenly understood why he loves to play so much. Rice, so I put some rice in it for him to play with. He liked to play with beans of various colors and sizes. Later, I mixed the beans together and asked him to sort them. He also likes to play with pots and pans. He is very happy when he clinks the pots with the iron spoon like David does! He especially enjoys playing with bottles and bottle caps. Mineral water bottles, Coke bottles, medicine bottles, these bottles of different sizes have different ways of playing as he grows older. At the beginning, he didn\’t know how to twist the bottle cap, so I helped him open it. Then he carefully aligned the bottle cap with the mouth of the bottle and tried to twist it left or right. After practicing countless times, he finally learned it. Tightening and opening bottle caps gave him a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. After he fully learned how to twist bottle caps, I separated various caps and bottles of different sizes and asked him to play a matching game, where he would find suitable caps for the bottles without caps and then tighten them. This game is a great exercise for his hand-eye coordination. He also likes to learn from adults to do housework and sweep the floor, mop the floor, wash clothes, wash shoes, wash the sink, knead the dough, cut vegetables (use a plastic knife to cut for him), etc. In short, he basically doesn\’t catch any cold from the toys bought for him. He just likes to play with various objects in the house, crawling around, climbing up and down in every corner of the house. Why do babies behave like this? The book \”The Magic Years – The Spiritual World of Children Aged 0~6\” explains this behavior of children very clearly. According to the author Thelma\’s description, the world is actually a huge puzzle in the eyes of a baby. Before he can crawl, his movement is limited and he can only see the things in front of him, so it is difficult to put the pieces together into a complete puzzle. picture of. He has no concept of object permanence and thinks that objects that disappear before his eyes are really gone. He will regard the same chair seen from different angles at different times as different chairs. After learning to crawl, he began to explore the world. Thelma said that the world that babies explore is a huge intricate puzzle, with thousands of pieces crazily piled together. He puts these pieces together piece by piece into a complete object, and then groups these objects. Until in his mind, the small world he lived in formed a fairly organized picture. This kind of learning is a remarkable intellectual achievement. No wonder every parent thinks their baby is a genius. He is indeed a genius! Like all geniuses, babies tirelessly pursue their own explorations. He was intoxicated with the world he discovered and greedily used every sense organ of his to experience the world. He marveled at the wisp of dust he picked up between his fingers. A piece of cellophane, a piece of discarded tinfoil, a length of ribbon would make him happy. He was obsessed with kitchen cupboards, searching for treasures hidden in drawers, wastebaskets and trash cans. This desire to explore was driving him relentlessly like an insatiable desire. He was extremely exhausted but could not stop. This desire for sensory experience was as strong and ravenous as his original desire for food. In early childhood, when curiosity is strongest, we should provide children with a rich and complex environment, allowing them to bite, drill, crawl, touch, and throw, and experience the touch and texture of various objects. The size, height, front and back of the space can fully stimulate his brain. So, stop wasting money on buying so many expensive toys for your baby. For your baby, the best toys are not the single toys with well-designed gameplay that you buy for him, but the various ornaments at home. and items. Therefore, I strongly disagree with the practice of locking children in a pen with a few toys. This saves adults trouble, but the children\’s activities are restricted and the brain does not get new stimulation, which will damage the child\’s cognitive ability. Intellectual ability, severe cases may even cause the child to lose language ability. There is a child in our community who is about the same age as Rooney. Before he was three years old, he always seemed timid in front of others and could not speak well. However, he had a bad temper, loved to get angry, and also liked to hit others. In terms of cognition, language, and emotion, In terms of management and other aspects, they obviously feel lagging behind children of the same age. Later, I learned that the grandmother who took care of him had trouble with her legs and feet, and her temper was not very good. In order to save myself trouble,He was often restricted from playing here and there, and he was not allowed to play with other children. If he was disobedient, his grandmother would beat and scold him. Fortunately, his grandma changed his care later. His grandma has a very good temper and is very patient. She is infinitely tolerant of his various \”troublesome\” behaviors. Grandma gave him a relaxed and free environment. After nearly a year of rehabilitation, his language and cognitive abilities gradually returned to the level of his peers. Of course, we do not allow children to explore without restrictions, but we must take various protective measures, such as affixing anti-collision strips, covering socket protective covers, placing hot water bottles, etc. Under this premise, give children Plenty of opportunity to touch and study various items. If you must buy toys for your baby, it is recommended to only buy open-ended toys. What are open-ended toys? It is a toy with no fixed gameplay and allows children to freely use their imagination to create their own toys. For example, the following types: Solid wood building blocks. Solid wood building blocks are simple and have good texture. They are a model of \”open\” toys and are the first choice for buying toys for children. Children can build different things based on their imagination, such as this classic Waldorf wooden toy – a bent board, which can be used as a cradle, bridge, moon, roof, boat, etc. Building blocks can be played alone or with friends, because they are simple enough and have no rules or age restrictions. Children can create many ways to play. Toys and dolls include dolls, kitchen toys, doctor\’s tools, etc. Children can use them to role-play and play house with their friends. Such games can enhance children\’s understanding of the world around them and cultivate good language expression and The ability to communicate with others can also cultivate children\’s good behavior habits and character. Paintbrushes, paints and cardboard art creations are a doorway to your child\’s imagination. Provide your child with brushes, paint, a space to paint and lots and lots of cardboard. Don’t throw away all the boxes that are usually delivered by express delivery. They are good materials for children to create. They can be made into small houses, store counters, cars, airplanes, and many other things. In addition to the variety of ways to play, open-ended toys also have the advantage that they can be played with for a long time, from the time the baby is one year old to six years old. Let’s save money and buy less electric toys that will move automatically when batteries are installed or charged! By the way, babies also like one kind of toy, that is mom and dad! For him, no matter how high-end or expensive the toys are, they are nothing compared to the company of his parents. When you have time, squat down and ride him as a horse, lift him up high in a spaceship, let him sit on your knees and slide on the slide. Just like him, look at the world curiously. By doing this, we may be able to understand better. His various \”troublesome\” behaviors.