Many parents present their baby with new toys to make him feel happy. After a year, the box can be filled to capacity with all kinds of entertainment. But, to the surprise of adults, most often they do not attract crumbs. Therefore, the question arises of what kind of toys to buy for 1 year old babies, so that they are interesting and useful to him, as well as how many there should be?
What should be a toy?
Usually, in the toy arsenal of each crumb, there are many plush animals, such as hares, elephants, giraffes and others. More often than not, they are intended to simply attract the attention of the child and cheer him up. But it is known that from infancy the baby begins to learn the world, so the toys that surround him should help him in this. In addition, properly selected entertainment allows the crumbs to enrich their knowledge. But at the same time, such toys should not only be developed, but also be interesting for the crumbs. That is why such an acquisition should be deliberate. Also, toys for children from 1 year old should be safe. There are several criteria that are important to consider when choosing:
- There should be no small parts that the baby can break off and swallow.
- The material the toy is made of must not be toxic.
- Lack of sharp details.
- The diameter is at least 4 cm.
- Paint should not peel off.
What do kids like to do?
What kind of toys after 1 year does a child need for its development? The answer to this question depends on what babies prefer to do at this age. About 12 months, parents look forward to the first steps. With the help of toys you can encourage your child to this action. In addition, it must be remembered that the one-year-old age is the period when the child is attracted by new sounds that an unusual subject makes when pressed, but they should not be too sharp and loud. He also likes to check everything himself - disassemble, open, fold, poke. Therefore, toys should include these features. When the baby can walk independently, toys for children from 1 year old can become even more diverse. He can pull or push the cat on wheels, a typewriter, a duck or something like that. He is interested to observe how, when moving, a toy sticks out a tongue, paws or closes, opens its eyes. The interest of the crumbs will increase if the subject makes sounds.
The role of parents
In order for toys for children from 1 year old to captivate a child, he must first show what can be done with one or another object. For example, adults in a mild form explain that a scoop can be poured into a bucket of sand or snow. Or, showing a bright rooster, you can tell where he has a scallop, beak and tail. The kid will consider these details with interest. If a baby tears off a toy, an adult should not scold him. It is also important to know that during this period, babies can play with one object for a long time, for example, stack cubes nearby. An adult can carefully take part and show the crumb that with this toy you can do more (put objects in the back of a car, put them on top of each other).
Kid's library
It is very useful when toys for children from 1 year old include not only dolls and cars, but also books. Often starting from about eight months, babies are interested in this subject. Today, many books have been created that are suitable for one year olds. Looking through tiny illustrated pages, you need to tell him who is depicted here, what he likes to do and what sounds he makes. You can also ask the baby where the cat is painted or other characters familiar to him. There are books with short poems or only with drawings. Also, children are carried away by small fairy tales about animals. For this age, it is better to purchase books with good cardboard pages, which are convenient for the baby to turn over on their own.
Musical entertainment
Since children like all kinds of sounds, you can purchase suitable musical toys from 1 year. It can be a small drum with sticks. Show the baby how to extract sounds from it, and the baby will knock with delight, having fun. Other instruments, such as a baby piano, maracas, xylophone or tambourine, can be an alternative to the drum. You can try to teach the baby to blow a whistle or buy him a metallophone, which publishes simple melodies, if you draw a wand over it. Also today there are singing dolls, animals, mobile phones, cars or trains, which no less fascinate kids.
For children, the important thing is that in the toy the sound is made only after pressing (blow, etc.), this is what prompts the baby to continue to explore a new subject for him. Such a pastime helps to properly form causal relationships. In addition, musical toys allow you to develop auditory memory and a sense of rhythm in the crumbs. If the melody is calm and quiet, the baby will be carried away by it.
Educational toys
From an early age, children begin to learn, and parents can help them with this. To do this, you can pick up suitable toys (educational) from 1 year. Such entertainments include pyramids that add up to the size of the rings or color, liner frames, knockers, laces, serpentines, sorters. All this forms a logical thinking in the crumbs , the concept of colors, about the shapes of objects. In addition, such necessary toys at 1 year old raise curiosity and attention in children. An excellent option may be a bright nesting doll. Show the baby how it unfolds and how it is assembled. Such a game develops in the child not only logic, but also memory and motor skills.
But in addition to the usual pyramids and puzzles for us, there are more specific educational toys. They are aimed at educating the baby in a specific area. For example, they allow him to learn about geometric shapes (the mosaic-train “Geometrik”) or about the numbers and time (the mosaic “Watch”). There are also colorful serpentine labyrinths in the form of different animals. The baby's goal is to move balls of various sizes along the wire. In the course of this, the crumbs develop logic and small mathorics. Since the little ones like to break, they can give them building blocks from which they will build towers and destroy them with pleasure.
Funny toys
An important part of the development of the baby is the formation of his imagination and creative abilities. It is interactive toys from 1 year that help the crumbs to develop these areas. More often, this includes cute animals that can repeat words, sing lullabies and tell tales. There are also similar interactive books, which are accompanied by songs, highlights and stories. Interactive boards and rugs have been developed especially for children from one year old. They can depict animals, numbers or letters that make the corresponding sound, introduce the baby to the world around him, and also teach the child to speak.
Toys for a boy
It has long been believed that cars, robots, designers are attributes of boys. But the facts show that in early childhood they are no less addicted to playing with dolls and pups, which is considered natural. There are also other toys for boys. 1 year is the age when a son may be interested in anything. But let's start with the dolls, what should they be?
Firstly, this toy should be small in size and not exceed 45 cm in height. A larger doll will seem uncomfortable for the baby. Also, the material should be soft. For example, the face and handles are made of rubber, and the body is made of fabric. In addition, if your baby is not yet two years old, the doll should not have hair hanging down. It is better if she will be in a molded cap or with a rubber crown. A child at the age of three may already be interested in playing with dolls hair, combing them, tying and caring for them.
"Animal" for the crumbs
When the baby grows up a bit, he may want new toys. A boy, 1.5 years old when it turns out, may already be interested in soft animals made of fabric, foam rubber, fur or rubber. It is better if such heroes are already familiar to him from books, fairy tales, cartoons. It can also be animals that he met in life (of course, if the baby is not afraid of them). When a child grows up a little, he will be interested in exotic animals that are not found in ordinary life (elephant, giraffe, zebra). At about two years old, the little pean begins to distinguish animals in pictures and toys and understand that they are not alive. At this time, you can show the crumbs of clockwork animals. But it is necessary to explain that they are not alive, otherwise the baby may be scared.
Cars
Of course, in addition to dolls and animals, the little son wants to play with cars, tractors and steam locomotives. Such toys for boys 1 year and older are absolutely appropriate. It is noticed that the most suitable cars are those that are neither large nor small. It’s good if it’s a van where you can open the door so that the baby can look in there and close it again. This machine will be able to cause your little son more and more new interest.
Doll for daughter
Everyone knows from childhood that there are special toys for girls. 1 year is the time when you can familiarize your daughter with dolls. Already in a year and a half the baby will be able to actively play with this toy, she will look after her, cradle, feed and dress up. Parents should consider that the doll should be appropriate for the age of the child. The younger the girl, the simpler the toy. In a year and a half, the child should have a peer doll, that is, an ordinary baby doll no more than 50 centimeters in length. It will be more pleasant for the girl to play them if he is soft to the touch (made of rubber or fabric), and the arms and legs are movable. At this age, the baby perceives the doll simply as a toy or as an object and does not compare it with the image of a person. After another six months, you can get a baby doll, which closes his eyes and which can make sounds. These aspects will help the girl to make the game more meaningful. By the age of three, the daughter begins to portray a caring mother in her games, so her set of toys can be replenished with “dishes”, “hospital” or a stroller.
Fun for girls and boys
Interestingly, toys for girls of 1 year are not much different from those that boys buy. Children of this age can equally be carried away by baby dolls, animals, books, drums, cars. In addition, for the development of crumbs, it is advisable to purchase a light ball that he can play. So the child will develop reaction, physical abilities and dexterity.
If possible, it is a good idea to give your baby a rocking toy on which he can sit astride. It can be a horse, a motorcycle, a car or a donkey. Such entertainment helps the child in physical development.
You can also pamper your baby if you buy him bathing toys. It can be fish, ducks, turtles and other funny animals that will make water procedures fascinating.
Only at 2.5 years old do the differences between the way the girl plays and the boy have fun. For example, a daughter more often begins to tinker with dolls and soft toys, and the boy is more trying to construct or otherwise show “male” interests. Even if the boy continues to play with the doll, he more often rolls it in the car or erects a house for her, while the girl plays with the little baby “in the family”.
Number of toys
Often, to entertain their baby, parents buy him more and more new toys. But how many of them should be so that they really serve their purpose, and not gather dust because of uselessness? Of course, a lot depends on the interests, needs and age of the child. You need to remember that it is wrong to buy a toy just because you liked it, or because "you don’t have one yet." For each stage of development of the baby, select only a few necessary items that will help you take the leisure crumbs and help in its formation. An abundance of toys provides a “disservice.” The baby begins to be distracted, becomes distracted, and also does not appreciate them. With age, this can affect his careless attitude to things. If the child is very small, there should be few toys in his field of vision. As he grows, the number of items is added so that he learns to compare them, but at the same time his box should not be full of all sorts of unused entertainment.