Children throughout their childhood need to have a rich, varied and stimulating environment available to promote the development of the body and mind. For children, moments of play are not just fun, they are a real learning opportunity.
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I children throughout their childhood they need to have a rich, varied and stimulating environment available to favor the development of the body and mind. For children the moments of game they are not just fun, they are a real learning opportunity.
It is really true, in fact, that playing you learn. A child busy building a tower by stacking wooden cubes is testing his sense of space and increasing his ability to concentrate. This is why devoting time to play is essential for children and even more so to have the most suitable objects and materials available.
Nowadays children are attracted to electronic devices early mainly because they want to imitate parental behaviors. However, new technologies risk limiting the time dedicated to outdoor games and in the company of friends as well as manual and creative activities typical of childhood.
According to Albert Einstein "Play is the highest form of research". If we observe a child playing, we can discover many things about him. And it is through play that the child explores the world and begins to know both himself and his surroundings.
There are objects that, due to their importance in childhood, go far beyond the classic toys for children that we could buy in a supermarket. We adults probably have very specific memories related to what we played with as children.
The same proposals could still attract children today in a positive way and stimulate them to develop imagination and creativity. At the same time, the pastimes that will arise from these objects will keep them engaged in a positive way.
Here then the 5 objects that every child should have available in childhood.
Index
A globe
Un globe, an atlas, a geographical map of Europe or the entire planet, or the map of a fantastic place or for a treasure hunt. Children are very attracted to maps and globes. The globe is not only a didactic tool traditionally used at school to teach geography, it is first of all a starting point for traveling with the imagination and reaching faraway places.
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Starting with a simple globe we can invent numerous games and pastimes to dedicate to children. When they grow up thanks to the globe they will begin to memorize the names of countries and cities, but when they are still very small, they can simply begin to discover that outside the place where they live there is a whole world to be explored.
A bicycle
You all probably remember the great sense of freedom you tried the first time you were able to ride a new bike with confidence. The bike is the first tool with which children can savor the desire to discover what surrounds them by moving independently towards the outside.
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Cycling is an experience full of life lessons. He teaches children to keep their balance by pedaling, gives them a good opportunity to spend time outdoors, leads them to discover nature thanks to trips to the park and greenery and makes them safer.
A customized library
One book alone is not enough. Children will learn to appreciate books you will have many available to choose your favorites. Love for reading and books can be born from an early age also thanks to the help of parents who make these truly precious objects available to children.
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You can start reading books aloud to your children when they are still very young and then teach them to do it on their own starting at age-appropriate stories. Near the games you can place a small bookcase where you can collect all your children's books. These precious friends, if children are attracted to reading, will be reread dozens of times over the years.
A musical instrument
If the children will learn a playing a musical instrument from an early age, or in any case they will try to approach music, they will probably cultivate this passion even later in life. Children are naturally attracted to music and usually have a great sense of rhythm.
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Musical instruments are a real one school of life. True, not all children will turn into professional musicians when they grow up, but they can learn to appreciate the pleasure of listening to music or learning to play the piano, flute or guitar. Even in the case of music, let the children free to explore. If you provide them with musical instruments, you may find that your children have a hidden talent.
A construction box
Maybe you remember yours too construction box of when you were children as one of the pastimes you have played with the most and which helped you to free your imagination to create new worlds and characters with their stories.
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There are construction boxes with bricks of different sizes according to age of children so that the little ones are not at risk by playing with tiny constructions. The ideal would be to provide them with boxes of bricks and wooden constructions that also include pieces that make the game more fun such as wheels and characters to create stories using the imagination.
What toys did you love most when you were a child and why?
Marta Albè
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