Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Best Toys

The Best Toys What kind of toy should I get for my child? How much money I spend? If you are a parent, probably you have asked these questions many times. Well, the good news is that the best toys may be the ones that are the least expensive. “Kids benefit more from active manipulation and exploration than from passive watch- ing, so simple toys that demand imagination are better than flashy battery-powered cars or talking dolls, which limit what your child can do,” says the book Motivated Minds- Rais- ing Children to Love Learning. The latter toys may be fun at first, but children usually lose interest in them quickly because they don’t allow them to experiment, explore, or create. Depending on a child’s age, mentally stimulating toys include things as simpl View the rest of this article


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