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Educational Toys Help Kids Develop Life Skills

The educational benefit of toys for child development cannot be underestimated. The basic human instinct in a child continues the pursuit for play and discovery into adulthood. Children develop fascination about their surroundings from playing with toys and take with them hobbies late into their adult life. Read

By: Laeke Gebre | 22/09/2008 | Parenting

The Importance of Adult Participation in Child Play

Too often, parents fail to spend quality time with their child. They end up feeling guilty that they are not doing enough to guide their children's development. They start to fill up their play time with structured activities. Soon learning and play become a competition. As the pressure for time mounts, parents' valuable time with their child is sacrificed or overlooked. Children also ends up being subjected to the time pressure felt by their parents and become part of the pattern. Read

By: Laeke Gebre | 21/09/2008 | Parenting

Educational Toys Versus Edutainment Toys

Toys made of electronics embedded with semiconductor chips are generally known as edutainment toys. Compared to educational toys, the quality and substance of their play may be limited by the number of buttons a child can push. Some promise to challenge a child by allowing him or her to interact with the educational content to learn it. For example, V.Smile offers a Baby Infant Development System aimed at introducing interactive learning to kids 9 months to 3 years. Read

By: Laeke Gebre | 21/09/2008 | Parenting