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Toyjeanius recommends shape sorting toys as a fun educational toy for toddlers
As children grow and their minds develop, they begin learning about patterns in their world. A great way to encourage this development and promote learning while they have fun is through shape sorting toys. Brightly coloured shape sorters attract children and are welcoming. The sense of accomplishment they feel when they are able to sort the toys correctly is amazing to see!
Children learn the skills of categorisation, and, as they develop their verbal skills, they will learn the names of the shapes as well. Additionally, shape sorting toys are perfect for honing those crucial fine motor skills that will be so important as the child grows and matures. I'm Toy's Pally Pirate Noah is a traditional wooden toy that introduces shape sorting at a very basic level. Once your child has mastered the basics, introduce toys with a wider variety of shapes such as My animal friends arranging game from German toy makers Haba.
Other skills you can expect your child to develop while playing with shape sorter toys include:
- Problem-solving, as your child learns to sort the toys by shape
- Cause and effect, when choosing the correct shape and dropping it in the hole
- Object permanence, when your child discovers that just because the shape is no longer visible it does not mean that it is gone forever
Although the advent of toy laptops and other electronic toys that make noise and are made from plastic may seem to have placed wooden toys on the backburner, nothing could be further from the truth. Today’s parent wants toys that are sturdy, safe and long-lasting, and classic toys like wooden shape sorters are a great way to fill that need.
Wooden toys don’t break, they don’t have pieces that come off and get lost, or, worse, eaten, and all of our wooden toys are safe for kids to handle or mouth, as most toddlers will do. Classic wooden toys stimulate kids’ imaginations in ways that their plastic counterparts can never hope to. Encouraging a child’s imagination and other skills to develop guarantees the best possible start to a lifetime of curiosity and learning.
Toyjeanius stocks a wide range of shape sorting toys from Haba and I'm Toy.
Geo sort n drum roller by I'm Toy