Toys That Uncover And Develop Abilities at The Village Stream

I visited the home of a friend recently and watched as five adults tried to cope with the youngest member of the family, a 3yr.old boy. The child was leaping over the furniture right past the huge pile of toys in the livingroom,with a large red plastic expandable sword in hand,chopping everything and everyone in site.He would stop for a moment in front of the big-a-vision,where brightly colored cartoon characters were doing the same and more, and off he would go again with all exasperated adults unable to direct him.

I stopped the child, and asked him to show me his toys. I immediately saw a problem. Not one toy was designed to develop creative thinking or constructive activities.There were also no toys that were designed to be used in a group.

When asked why I thought that he acted so much better at the home daycare he attended, I smiled and answered, it is simple, your child is bright, his toys need to be more imaginative and social. If you choose to use T.V. as an amusement, you need to select shows with the behavior that you want your son to copy. Right now he is doing what he is being taught and with what he has been given. (Yes, we are still friends after these statements.)

All children will pretty much play with these types of toys but you will see very soon that some will excell in certain areas:

If a child creates complicated Lego projects he or she most likely has scientific, inventive gifts.

If a child loves puzzles and soon needs little help and will work on one that takes very much time, he or she most likely is gifted in mathmatics.

If a child is artistic he or she is most likely also musical. You will find that if you turn off the T.V. and put on music especially classical or classical type music while your child works on an art project, it will boost their creativity.

If your child can carry a melody between the ages of two and three, he or she is musical.

Knowing the gifts in a child is a great advantage, for then they can be encouraged to develop. To give a child the chance to grow in the gifts he or she is born with in order to be prepared for what he or she was born to do as an adult, is one of the greatest gifts a parent can ever give a child.

7 Responses to “Toys That Uncover And Develop Abilities”

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1 Stacey Derbinshire
March 6, 2008 at 9:14 pm

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Stacey Derbinshire
2 Eddie
March 7, 2008 at 3:17 pm

I agree. Most kids these days are more worried about video games and sitting in front of the television, other than sitting down and solving puzzles and/or building Legos. Everyone has got their own computer and X-Box 360 and zoned into the electronic world, not together bonding like a family.
3 Nikki Von C
March 8, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Well “mommy”, I think I must agree with Edward on this one. As an adult, I find that we too find more enjoyment with the technology that we have and prefer that to anything else that we might come across. I do agree that children of today do “copy” what they see on the tele and have no imagination when it comes to toys. When I was growing up, thats how we entertainer ourselves……Playing with the simple toys that we had growing up. There was no spongebob, teletubbies(sp?), pokiemon(sp?) or any of that growing up. We had Mr. Rodgers and Sesame Street…nothing that we would spend our days glued to the tv or a video game to “babysit” us. I for one, blame the toy makers as well as the parents for the way children are today! YES, I BLAME THE PARENT!!! Not only do they allow this type of entertainment, but they are just as guilty for doing the same things their children do. When are the Parents going to finally grow up and show their children what its like to play with basic cars, trucks and sandboxes???

Smooch Smooch~Freakout
NVC
4 Jeana Flory
March 9, 2008 at 4:00 pm

My favorite place to play was my sand pile which could keep me entertained for hours with my imagination going wild with all my little characters and cities and roads I would build and outfits I would create. Little did I know that years later I would receive a trophy in home economics class. After I married I remodeled homes. I always say you can tell what a child will become by the age of four by the toys he or she plays with. Play on!!
5 Mary Nightingale
March 14, 2008 at 4:49 am

Thanks for the article, Pam. I always try to encourage children to play with toys that are more educational and social rather than sitting in front of the TV or video game console. I think it’s essential, especially in a daycare.
6 Chaela
October 27, 2008 at 2:42 pm

People should read this.