Sunday, December 4, 2011

Tips for Choosing Appropriate Toys for Babies 12 to 18 Months

First of all, in order to choose an appropriate toy, parents have to learn about the development characteristics of babies 12 to 18 months. Generally, it is the critical period of learning to walk, at this time most babies learn to walk, or even walk very steady, and even some children can learn to run, go up stairs by their own, will learn their own to kick the ball, throwing the ball. In fine action, the 12 to 18 months baby will graffito, call dad and mom consciously, can understand simple language and simple instructions of parents, refer to any of their facial features, and express views and needs with a single facial expressions and gestures.

Based on the above characteristics, for the baby this age we choose the following four categories of toys. The first is to prepare three or four different sizes balls, the small diameter 5 cm, and large can be 10 cm. Besides, prepare the bamboo weaved ball basket or make the ball a cardboard box. The second is water fun toys, speed bucket, small shovel, watering can, plastic spoon, as well as a flexible action doll, able to squeeze. The third choice is the drag walking toy car, a drag walking caterpillars with music, and musical ducklings. The fourth type toys are those part-active three-dimensional books, and other school-age books.

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