Toys are tools: Create your own toolbox

Discover how to enhance your children's skills and abilities through play and toys in a very simple way. Since Jorge was born, we have always been closely involved with and concerned about his education, development, and growth. After all, we were and are responsible for his upbringing, not just academically, but also for his development as a person. We have eagerly devoured every available source of information on pediatrics, child psychology, education, development, and more, from both local and international authors. In this way, we have been able to gain a fairly clear idea of ​​a child's development, both physically and psychologically. All of this, along with a great deal of love, patience, understanding, and common sense, have been the pillars on which we have based our education.

Children need to play.

So, from the very beginning, we've been closely monitoring their training and development, closely monitoring their own development and providing them with the tools and resources they needed at every moment. And just as fish need water to live, children need to play, and it's through play that children develop. Children need to play, and if they don't have toys, they'll make and invent them themselves, but if they have the right toys on hand, their skills and abilities will flourish impressively. Every child is unique and possesses certain innate abilities and talents. Knowing how to enhance these abilities and use them to develop other, less innate ones is a perfect way to provide them with what they need for balanced development. And be careful, I'm not just talking about academic abilities and skills; there are many other intelligences or pedagogical values ​​within each child that must be fostered and that are fundamental to their development as individuals. Self-esteem, confidence, sociability, affectivity, etc. are key elements that we cannot forget.

Don't turn the game into a therapeutic session.

In the end, we look at the toy box and find a set of "tools" that help children in their "work" of learning, discovering, and maximizing all their qualities as individuals. I'm not talking about turning play into a therapy session (far from it), but with the right tools (read: appropriate toys and games), play is just as fun, if not more so, and we add the collateral benefit of enhancing children's skills, talents, and abilities. These tools are what we call educational toys.

A superhero cape is an educational toy

I don't particularly like the term "educational toy," as the term is tainted, and when we hear these words, we imagine boring toys that only the "smartest" children can "solve." Nothing could be further from the truth, as we've already told you how a superhero cape is an educational toy . Proper use of games and toys to strengthen our little ones' weak points. If your child struggles to make friends at the playground, bubbly animals will help them establish relationships with other children. If your children don't like science , make your own soap with them and you'll see how they'll get the hang of chemistry. If we pay a little attention to our sons and daughters, we'll discover what we can do with our own "toolbox" with very little effort, and the next time we play with them we'll enjoy it twice as much: because it's so much fun to play with children and because we'll see how they grow as people through play. And you, what do you have in your “toolbox”?