Best Educational Toys For Toddlers And Preschoolers

Best Rated Toys For 1, 2 and 3 Year Old Kids

This is what I believe. All toys for toddlers and preschoolers are educational. It just so happens that some toys are more "obvious" than others.

Many scientific research have shown that the act of playing in itself whatever the toy is is already educational. Whether the kid is throwing a water balloon to pop it (cause and effect?) or engrossed in a jigsaw puzzle, he or she is learning.

At any rate, here are some of the best educational toys for toddlers and preschoolers in the market nowadays.

Best Educational Toys For Toddlers 2013 - Top 5
Best rated learning toys for toddlers

Oh. It's not easy to come up with the top 5 toys for toddlers. There are so many educational toys in the market nowadays that coming up with the top 5 is very difficult.

This list is largely based on what my child was into at this age. I've also ready some forums and blogs to see the recommendations of many parents of toddlers as well.

Vtech Electronic Book

Here's an electronic toy to start your toddler with. This was my son's favorite.

VTech - Rhyme and Discover Book

My son particularly liked the Winnie the Pooh one, but I hear this is just as good.

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Toys For Developing Fine Motor Skills In Toddlers
Educational toys to develop pincer grasp

Developing fine motor skills in toddlers is a very essential skill they need to start learning at this time.

Play doh come in very handy for this. While playing with it and developing his fine motor skills, he can even learn more about colors, alphabets and lots of other things too.

Threading beads is also a good toy. Some children will probably not have the patience initially for this, but with time, you'll be so thrilled to see him/her concentrating so hard to put the beads in the string.. The good thing is you don't need to buy a toy for this. Have pasta and a string ready and you're good to go.

Also think about squirting toys. These great bath toys develop fine motor skills too. Plus they get to have some great fun in the bath.

Lastly, the many cubed activity centers can greatly stimulate a kids brain and they also get lots of practice at developing their fine motor skills.

Toys To Help Develop Speech And Language Skills In Toddlers
Toys to enhance language skills

To be honest with you, you don't need toys for this. Just make sure you talk to your child a lot and he will learn to speak. It can be a bit strange when you're not the type of person who likes talking anyway. But this is the best way for babies and toddlers to develop their language skills.

When you're looking after your baby, talk about every single thing. The weather, the colors of the cars that pass by, the feel of the sand on your hand. If you're cooking, talk about the vegetables, the utensils. Obviously, they won't respond and it may seem like they don't understand you at all. But this is how they learn and they are absorping so much even when it seems like they're not.

Of course, if you want to supplement this with toys, there are many that can help with this too.

Phone - With this world of mobile phones, toddlers can be extremely interested to give it a try too. Give them a phone and they'll try their very best to try and carry on a conversation - or at least say their hellos and goodbyes properly!

Puppets - It's funny how toddlers can be so engrossed with puppets. This used to entertain my son to no end. Find a puppet that your child is already into and he will willingly sit down and listen to what the puppet has to say.