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Toys
Play is important for the right development of a child. A child with play deficit grows up to lack some of the important skills needed in the adult life. Parents should heavily invest in toys for they are the basis of their children's play. A good percentage of the things a growing child essentially needs to grasp and learn is achieved through playing; these include counting, coordination, and intellectual skills.

Toys are fundamental in the contribution of the normal growth of any given child. Denying your kids toys is denying them learning. Anything that a kid can safely play with qualifies to be a toy, in terms of abilities gained and skills learned. Toys can be purchased or home-made by creative parents. Creative kids can also make their own toys.

Toys can be categorized into groups depending on their roles in the development of the kid. This include:

l Toys for physical development such as bikes and wagons
l Sensory development toys important for touch, smell, sight, hearing, sound and taste such as musical instruments
l Intellectual and creativity toys such as crayons
l Social development toys such as dolls
Apart from the above-mentioned categories, there are other types of toys greatly influenced by the role they play in the child's life and the nature of the given toy in terms of the model, color, and size. These include:
1. Tech toys
2. Educational toys
3. Construction toys
4. Lego sets

Tech toys
Over the years technology has greatly influenced the design and architecture of toys. The flashing lights, robotic toys to mention just a few make it more enjoyable for kids to play with their toys and look forward to more play. Tech toys have wiped out the monotonous nature of the old version of toys. These new age toys can easily transform and proficiently play the role they were designed for. As guardians and parents first establish the role, you would like the toy to play in your child's developmental stage then out of a range of tech toys choose the most appropriate and safe for your child.

Educational toys
These are toys that help kids with learning. They equip the children with the basics of what they expect once they join the preparatory school. The skills gained include basic counting, speech, coordination, imagination and how to learn. Educational toys must be creatively designed to cancel out dullness.

Construction toys
Construction toys provide children with a creativity platform. From these toys, they can do as much as there is in the real construction industry. It is a herb for developing the child's creativity and imagination with construction tools. These toys come in various forms, from simple blocks to sophisticated construction sets.

Lego sets
Lego sets are a reputable way to increase your kids' creativity and intelligence. Here kids are taught how to arrange different sets to come up with a fascinating figure or shape. The child is presented with an opportunity like no other when it comes to quick learning and retention. Lego sets come in various colors and legendary figures like Superman thus captivating and creates the sense of the designated icon.

Different toys are designed for different genders. Some toys are specifically made for girls while others just for boys others are universal and can be used by both boys and girls.

Toys for Boys
Boys toys are specific to the nature of boys. Boys are known to use extra strength when it comes to playing. For this reason, their toys a stronger compared to those of girls. Boys are also known to be a pro to certain professions like in the construction industry thus you will find construction toys meant for boys.

Toys for Girls
Girls toys normally entail characteristics of girls and what girls prefer over boys. Girls toys are colorful and not as fortified as that of boys. The toys are designed with the specifics of girls in mind like caring, dolls are used, cooking, utensils are used.

Toys for toddlers
Toddlers are associated with toddling, unsteady walking. This period is between 12 and 36 months. This is the stage where the cognitive, social and emotional growth is witnessed. In addition, they often jump, climb, hung and highly use their hands. For these reasons toddler toys are made small. Toys that best suite this age must involve problem-solving i.e. wood puzzles, building and pretending things such as blocks.

Toddlers tend to put anything they get in contact with in their mouths, make sure to hand them non-toxic toys.

Toys for babies
Babies' attention span is high, they talk a lot and ask many questions. This is a period of experimenting with things and their emerging physical skills. Babies toys need to be problem-solving such as puzzles with pieces ranging from 12 to 20, building and pretending items, creation toys e.g. markers and crayons, picture books with more words and toys for putting their large and small muscles into use such as ball

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