What toys does a child need at 1 year old: bright, beautiful, safe, educational, musical

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 03:56

Until 1 year old, a baby needs a small set of toys: a musical mobile, some rattles, primitive wooden toys, objects with balls that can be twisted, a mat with rattles. When the baby turns 1 year old, and he is already starting to take his first steps, he needs more complex and varied entertainment and a game together with his parents. Still, what toys does a child need at 1 year old for harmonious development and fun?

Items for playing with water and sand

Since a child at this age is just beginning to learn about the world around him and the properties of materials, it is very important at 1 year old to play with sand, water and other similar materials. Such games are not only very entertaining for children, because they can spend hours playing them, but also develop thinking, help to get to know the environment.

Water toys

That is why it is so important to ensurechild interesting and beautiful things. But what toys does a 1 year old baby need to play in the water?

Rubber items (sets of small rubber animals: duck with ducklings, starfish, crayfish, octopus, fish, toads)

Such toys are most often sold with whistles, thanks to which they emit a kind of whistle. But, based on the experience and feedback of many mothers, it is better for one-year-old children to pull out these whistles, because babies at this age still continue to explore the world mainly through their mouths, and later you can insert them. Rubber toys are already interesting for children at this age: they can be rolled on water and filled with water, and then poured and splashed.

• Floating winding mechanisms (frogs, fish, ducklings and others that are so interesting to touch with their paws and swim in the water).
• Bottles of different sizes and shapes, jars and cups, buckets, watering cans for pouring water from one to another, filling. Such a game, despite its simplicity, is probably the most favorite for young children, and moreover, it will not require extra costs from parents.
• Bare dolls that can be smeared and then washed, bathed and dried.

Sand and yard toys

An equally important matter for the knowledge of the world for a one-year-old child is sand, but what toys does a child need at 1 year old for fun in the sandbox and beyond?

• Buckets, shovel, rake.
• Moulds and pastries of different sizes and shapes.
• Cars: toys in the form of a dump truck, tractor, excavator.
• Toy tableware (plates, cups, saucers, spoons, teapot, frying pan, pot).
• Wide-mouth bottles.

All these items will make the entertaining and educational sand game even more interesting and exciting.

Imaginative toys: dolls and animals

It is already very important for children at this age to play with the so-called conventionally shaped objects (dolls and animals). It is best if they are made from a variety of materials (wooden toys, rubber, fabric, plastic), and they should also be of different sizes, colors and textures.

Still, it is necessary to follow some rules when choosing such things so that the game of a one-year-old child is both safe and interesting:

1. Although the children's world is colorful and fun, you can't distort real things. A cat should not be blue or green, and a dog, a fish should not be pink, because a child already at this age remembers everything well and absorbs everything like a sponge.
2. The size of the toy should be convenient for use by a one-year-old child, the optimal length is 15-30 cm.

3. The most interesting for children of this age are talking and singing toys, and even if the baby still cannot make out the words, he still has fun when he hears that not only the people around him, but also the toys can speak and even sing songs.

4. Dolls should be both secure and flexible so that they can be swaddled, seated, put to bed, and so on. It's good if the doll has a variety ofelements for the game:

   - hair with elastic bands and ribbons that can be combed, braided;- clothes: dress, suit, socks, shoes that can be removed and put on.

5. It's good if the child has plush toys or soft toys, several of the same name, but of different sizes, colors: 2 cats, 3 dogs, 5 dolls. Then the kid will be able to compare what is the difference between this or that animal, or distinguish that this dog is big and this one is small.

Are there any differences between toys for girls and boys?

What toys does a child need at 1 year old, based on gender? It is believed that babies at this age cannot yet divide themselves into boys and girls. Often boys play with dolls, dishes, and toys for girls - cars and pistols. After all, the child does not yet fully understand the purpose and characteristics of individual objects, but simply needs to occupy his hands for the development of motor skills and even his mouth to explore the world around him.

At the age of one, the most important thing for a child is that the toy is new to him, bright, colorful, developing, but safe.

Toys for the development of one-year-old children

Educational toys for children 1 year old are very diverse and individual for each child. Development in a one-year-old child occurs at a gigantic pace. The main thing in the formation of skills at this age is the development of speech, physical and creative abilities. That is why various objects suitable for the level of development are so important now, because the babylearns this world through play and interaction with his parents.

There are certain educational toys for 1 year olds that, according to parents, are the most interesting and exciting for babies and should be in every child's arsenal:

The pyramid is universal in its use. She will teach colors, shapes, and sizes, as well as help coordinate movements, the baby will understand where the ring is larger and where it is smaller. Up to a year, it can be used as a set of rings that can be hung over the crib and called colors

• Inserts. This toy is one of the most favorite for children. She will also teach colors, the concept of more-less. Such cups can not only be put into one another, but also build a pyramid out of them, which develops all kinds of baby's thinking.
• The sorter also trains the child's intelligence well. With it, you can study geometric shapes, colors and learn how to put the desired figure into a cell of a certain shape.
• The ball, despite its simplicity, develops logic and coordination of movements well. It can be rolled at first, and then lightly thrown to a child, and also fun for an adult to catch so that the baby can laugh.

Intellectual development of the baby

For the development of speech and communication skills, figures from a variety of materials (wooden, soft and singing toys) and cards with animals, birds, fruits, vegetables, and food products will be appropriate. Only to play with them, you definitely need the help of adults to explain and tell. Betterfor the time being, limit ourselves to short, but understandable and undistorted explanations (the dog barks “av-av”, the pig grunts “oink-oink”, the cat meows “meow-meow”).

It is good to accustom the baby to books before and after the year, only the main thing is that they are made of thick cardboard, as well as with bright, clear and colorful illustrations. After all, now for kids it is the pictures and your explanations for them that are most important and necessary. Of course, you need to take into account the individuality of the child and not force him to sit down with a book, because one child can sit and listen to fairy tales already a year, and the other will not sit still for a second.

There is no perfect educational toy for developing all skills. The main thing is that you need to look closely at your child and clearly understand what he really lacks, and not ban everything. For example, often at this age, children begin to open all the lockers and take out dishes, clothes, construction tools from there. If you have the opportunity, then you need to buy children's dishes, smaller analogues of household appliances, construction tools and put them in a locker accessible to the child.

Toys-rollers and cars

At the age of one, when a child learns to walk, not only harmonious mental development is important, but also physical skills. A variety of toy cars will help you with this. For example, such as in the photo below.

• Big cars with a handle for driving and a rope that you can not only sit on for mom to ride, but alsocarry your favorite dolls and animals, leaning on the car, and roll it by the rope, dragging it from behind.
• The mini stroller is a scaled down version of a supermarket shopping cart with four wheels. Children usually love to play with it, because you can not only roll it on the handle and train in making the first steps, but also roll plush toys, toy fruits, vegetables and other important little things.
• Walking on sticks helps babies walk thanks to distracting maneuvers. They can be in the form of animals, helicopters and just wheels, but they develop balance and coordination of movements well.

Musical toys

Musical and singing toys also have a positive effect on the development of toddlers' abilities, and spending time with them is very fun and exciting, just pay attention that the sound level of such funny little things does not exceed the norm for the child's body. There is quite a selection on the market:

Musical instruments (piano, guitar, drum)