Owen Smith asked:


When the children begin to toddle, they behave actively and scamper about, and they are unaware of tiredness in whole day. Some parents think that the games are physical activities, so they are not good for intelligence. Actually, it is not so. The children play the games joyously with scientific guide from adults, which is very helpful to intellectual development of children. Games are not only the world of children, but also the world created by them. There are five benefits of games to the intellectual development of children:

Firstly, the convivial, delightful, and vivacious atmosphere is the significant environment to cultivate the initiative, creative spirit and elaborative faculty of children. Joyful emotion of children is an important environmental factor for the formation of growth and sound psychology. The children, who are devoid of the love from parents and are always beaten and scolded by parents, lack convivial atmosphere; therefore, their intellect and health conditions are not fine. The games could build joyful mood and leave profound memory trace in Children’s mind, so they are the active means to develop the intellect of children.

Secondly, games are propitious to the formation of children’s quick response and judgment capability. The children need to make response and judgment in games; however, this kind of response and judgment is quite dramatic and lively. Unconsciously, the children cultivate quick reflection and response ability, which is very helpful to the brain growth for the children in this stage.

Thirdly, games are good for developing children’s imagination and ideation. Some visual games, such as “Hawk snatches chick”, etc, could develop children’s imagination, while the children could consider how to win and why they fail in the game.

Fourthly, the games make for cultivating the interest of physical and intellectual activities from children and inspiring their aspiration to knowledge. In childhood, they often gradually apperceive and cognize the world through some games. The secret of genius lies in strong interest and boundless passion, and the games add a portion of power for the genius.

Fifthly, games redound to train the willpower of positive confidence and effort for children to gain their ends, which is an extremely important psychology quality for children to become useful people. The accomplished scientists and inventors all have striking confidence and willpower; whereas the children have so clinging expression and vigorous energy to capture the victory in the games, which is just the bud to cultivate these two psychology qualities.

After the parents know the benefits and importance of games, they will not think playing the games is a behavior of wasting time and will not always ask the children to spare all their time on playing piano or learning painting and calligraphy. Therefore, in the games, some scrupulous parents could observe children’s ideality, desire, anxiety, etc. The game is the first success for children on culture and psychology; they express their own thought and sentiment which could not deliver in the games, and sometimes, they even depend on games to overcome now or past complicated mental harassment.

In order to make the games have better effect on children’s physical and mental health, parents could combine the games with edifying the thought of children; that is, when children play the games, parents may put forward various questions to make children reflect. Parents also could participate in the games with children, which make children feel more happiness and avail to the sound mentality formation of children. Simultaneously, parents shall pay attention to that physical games should not be too tired while cerebral games should not be too long.

Rachel Nunez asked:


Every parent wants his or her kids to be smart and succeed in life. Everything starts during the toddler years. This is the time that the children easily remember whatever you teach them. More so, they are able to copy your actions. They can even follow simple instructions and express themselves in such a way that you might not quite understand. The important thing is that toddlers are able to socialize and learn to be independent. Baby Toys is the perfect toy in developing your kid’s brain as well as building his physical strength.

By constantly exposing your child to various things and explaining to him, what it is and what it is for, the kid tries to understand this. You might want to do this several times in a day to ensure that the child recognizes the item when you show it to him. Letting him read or browse through books with colorful pictures is another thing you can do. Since children love colors, letting him admire the many hues in the book, he is able to different them eventually. Teach him the basics like red apple, green grass and the likes.

If you plan to buy an educational DVD, why not try Baby Toys. It serves as an interactive board book wherein the children can point out the items asked by the narrator. This is also good because the children learn how to appreciate what they see and follow whatever they need to do. Children repeat the words they see which a good thing is. At least you know that they are getting something from the video. Moreover, with constant practice and a little more patience, your kid becomes knowledgeable about the video thus he is able to recognize it whenever you show this to him.

Aside from letting the children watch educational videos, another great thing wherein you develop his intellect is to buy him informative books. Buy him books about plants, animals and the likes. Try to discover which he likes best and let him see the world through the book. If you have time, take him to the zoo for him to admire the beauty of nature up close. This also helps him to recognize the animal before him with the animal in the book. Children love looking at animals and touching them so give them this opportunity to learn more about the wildlife.

Whether you are using Baby Toys or other products, the important thing is to put priority for the knowledge and education of the child. Even though they know many things, feed them with new information for him to be a well-rounded person. He may not know everything for one item, at least he knows a little bit of something in each thing that he sees. Children are hungry for knowledge and it is your job as their parents or guardians to do whatever it takes to satisfy this. Books, internet and the television are among the many things you can use to provide him knowledge.