How to Choose Toys That Improve Childhood Development

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Be aware of the importance of gross motor skills.. Look for balls in different shapes and sizes.. Get your child a tunnel or boxes to form a tunnel.

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Be aware of the importance of gross motor skills.

Step 1

Be aware of the importance of gross motor skills.

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Look for balls in different shapes and sizes.

Step 2

Look for balls in different shapes and sizes.

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Get your child a tunnel or boxes to form a tunnel.

Step 3

Get your child a tunnel or boxes to form a tunnel.

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Consider a push bike or a wooden horse.

Step 4

Consider a push bike or a wooden horse.

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Get your child a large plastic truck or push toy.

Step 5

Get your child a large plastic truck or push toy.

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Buy an indoor trampoline or a plastic slide.

Step 6

Buy an indoor trampoline or a plastic slide.

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Understand the importance of fine motor skills.

Step 7

Understand the importance of fine motor skills.

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Let your child play with Cheerios when she is an infant.

Step 8

Let your child play with Cheerios when she is an infant.

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Allow your child to rip up scrap paper.

Step 9

Allow your child to rip up scrap paper.

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Give your child a small keyboard.

Step 10

Give your child a small keyboard.

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Get your child a cloth toy box.

Step 11

Get your child a cloth toy box.

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Look for stackable toys.

Step 12

Look for stackable toys.

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Get your child a pattern-recognition game.

Step 13

Get your child a pattern-recognition game.

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Be aware of the importance of emotional and cognitive development in children.

Step 14

Be aware of the importance of emotional and cognitive development in children.

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Let your child choose a doll or a small stuffed animal.

Step 15

Let your child choose a doll or a small stuffed animal.

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Make finger puppets

Step 16

Make finger puppets

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Get a playhouse for your child.

Step 17

Get a playhouse for your child.

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Allow your child to play dress up.

Step 18

Allow your child to play dress up.

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Practice activity cards with your child.

Step 19

Practice activity cards with your child.

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Get felt books for your child.

Step 20

Get felt books for your child.

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