Guide to Choose Best Toys for your baby: from Birth to 1 Year Old

 

The arrival of your new baby is a magic time of your life.  From now on, each step of the development of your baby will be special moment for you. 

His/her first smile shall brighten your heart.  His/her first laugh can make you feel joyful.  His/her first word will make you happy.  When he/she starts walking, it will be a lovely moment for you.

To encourage your baby to do these activities, you are the most important factor because your baby will depend on you all the time since he/she was born or at his/her earlier age. 

In the meantime, these development skills should be practiced properly, therefore, toy is another necessary factor that will help your baby learn and grow through each steps of his/her development efficiently.  Best toys should be appropriate to your baby’s age.  For examples;

Best toys for your baby 0 – 6 months, you may choose musical toys such as:

Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes

Baby Einstein Bendy Ball

Sassy Ring O’Link Rattles Developmental Toy

Lamaze Musical Inchworm

Etc.

These toys will help your baby develop his/her listening and he/she will enjoy the music as well.

Best toys for your baby 6 – 12 months, choosing activities table will be a great idea because there are many things that can entertain and encourage your baby to explore, engage and interact.  Your baby can learn various things such as colors, numbers, shapes, etc.

Watching your baby grow will bring you the greatest pleasure.  Good luck!

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5 Ways to Encourage Your Baby to Love Reading

 

It’s not difficult to encourage your baby to love reading.   Today, I have 5 ways to help you. 

1. Hug your baby with gentle touch, give warm eyes contact, reading with soft voices and play with your baby a little bit while reading for your baby.  This will help your baby feel confident that you love him/her and can encourage him/her to love reading respectively.

2. One of the best ways to encourage your baby to love reading is that you should read the books loudly because this will help to attract your baby's attention well.  You may persuade your baby to open the book and talk with him/her about the pictures in the book joyfully.

3. Arrange good atmosphere for reading; i.e. a quiet corner which is far from any noises.  This will help your baby keep concentrate in listening what you are reading for him/her.  You should spend your reading time with your baby after the meal every day.  This will help your baby love reading as well.

4. You should express your happiness and be eager to read books for your baby.  Make the reading time as a relaxing moment of your family.  It's time for you and your baby to stay closely and warmly.

5. Choose books that have large and beautiful pictures.  This can attract your baby’s attention and encourage your baby to love reading as well.  Cloth books will be a great idea to avoid any harm for your baby.

Start reading books for your baby at the early age will be a good idea and your baby will certainly love reading respectively.

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Buy Best Toys to Promote the Development of your Baby

 

Toys are one of the most important factors that can help to promote your baby's development.  Therefore, buying best toys for your baby is your major job as mom or dad.  Let's see what kinds of toys that should be bought for your baby. 

Buy ring toys that have different surfaces such as plastic, rubber, clothes, etc. for your baby.  Your baby can develop his/her sense of touch well. Because he/she usually puts toys into his/her mouth, you should choose the toys that were made of non-hazard materials.  Good ring toys will help him/her strengthen the gums and reduce the pain from his/her first tooth as well. 

Buy baby mobile with cute animals or colorful flowers.  The mobile with music will also be a good idea.  Hang the mobile above your baby's head at the bed or crib that can be seen easily.  He/she will enjoy watching the moving animals or flowers.  This will help your baby practice his/her eyes.  He/she can also practice listening to the music.

Buy Soft dolls and soft toys which made of fabric or plastic that can make sounds when pressing or squeezing.  Your baby can well practice his/her listening when he/she shakes the squeeze toys.

Buy baby rattles for your baby.  This can help your baby strengthen his/her muscles.  Your baby loves to shake the toys that make sounds which can attract his/her interest and he/she will enjoy playing with the toys for hours.

Buy colorful clothes books.  This will help your baby familiar with books and reading.  Reading books before bedtime and during bath time will be the good times for your baby to learn.

Good luck!

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4 Tips that You must know before taking your Baby out for Outdoor Activities

Normally, good environment and learning from play or activities can encourage your baby's development.  No matter what playing inside or outside your house, it is good for the development progress.  Today, I have 4 tips that you must know before taking your baby out for outdoor activities

1. Choose the place that has good environment for your baby's learning activities; i.e. large area, fresh air, not too many people, etc.

2. Well prepared for necessary things for your baby; i.e. milk, water, toys, etc. just in case if your baby is hungry or feels bored about the activities, etc.

3. Before going out, you should know about his/her mood whether he/she is ready for the outdoor activities at that moment or not; i.e. he/she feels sleepy or he/she feels uncomfortable or not, otherwise, he/she will not want to do any activities outside the house anymore.

4. Let your baby plays freely and do not rush him/her to go home earlier.  Your baby will be certainly happy with the outdoor activities.

Apart from being fun, you baby will learn a lot of new experiences.  Playing, crawling or walking on the ground or grass will help stimulate the senses; i.e. seeing new environment, smelling the fragrance of flowers, hearing the sounds of various animals, touching leaves or grass, etc.  Besides, outdoor activities can improve your baby's muscle strength as well.

Hope you are well prepared and take you baby out of the house for the outdoor activities happily!

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8 Simple Activities that can Increase your Child's Concentration

 

We all know well that concentration is one of the best ways to help your child be smarter and best progress in his/her study and success in his/her work when he/she grows up.  There are 8 simple activities that I would like to suggest you to help increase your child's concentration.

At the beginning, you may help your child focus on simple activities that can help he/she learn how to solve the problem by himself/herself first such as eating, bathing, buttoning up his/her shirts, etc.  Then gradually increase more difficult activities such as doing housework, etc.  This is to stimulate your child's development in the decision and help him/her recognize his/her duties in his/her routine life.

Let's see how to practice and what activities that can help increase your Child's Concentration:

1) Reading books or fairy tales

This will help your child practice spelling words and focus on the letters or characters in the book.  It can also help him/her create imagination.  In case, if your child cannot read the books by himself/herself, you have to tell the stories for him.  This will help him/her to practice listening as well.

2) Listening to music is good for your child's concentration

This can help your child's mind be calm and reduce tension in the morning before going to school and in the evening when returning home.  Normally, classical music can enhance your child's memory and efficiently learning. 

3) Prepare a quiet and private area in your house particularly for your child to have some activities such as reading, doing homework, reviewing lessons, etc.

4) Arts such as drawing, painting or paper works are ones of the activities that can help increase your child's concentration.  Your child can practice using hands-eyes cooperation well.   He/she will enjoy creating his/her own art styles.

5) Buy toys or games, such as matching games, puzzles. lego blocks for your child, these can help your child concentrate on playing for a long time.

6) Let your child help you do some housework, such as watering plants, washing clothes, clean the floor, etc.  This will help him/her concentrate on doing those things till completed.

7) Nature such as trees, leaves, flowers, etc. can help increase your child's concentration.  You may teach your child to learn about the process of planting; i.e. watering, fertilizing, etc.  Your child will concentrate on observing the growth of the trees each day till the trees grow up.

8) Hobbies such as reading books, cycling, collecting stamps, etc. can help your child's mind be calm and concentrate on doing these activities and create self-confident.

Apart from these 8 activities that can help increase your child's concentration, another one important factor is that you should support and encourage the activities that your child is particularly interested in because this will attract him to do things at his/her utmost ability.

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