Early learning toys, as the name suggests, are for preschoolers to play with and help promote all aspects of children's physical, mental and sensory development. Providing children with age-appropriate toys not only satisfies their curiosity, but also promotes hand, brain and muscle coordination. In this article we will share information about the functional division of early learning toys.

Functional division of early learning toys

　　(1) Pinch and hold type: e.g. sound-making toys, rattles, etc.

　　(2) Enlightenment type: including visual type, e.g. soft toys, etc.; auditory type, e.g. eight-tone piano, etc.

　　(3) Early childhood education type: e.g. building blocks, puzzles, etc.

　　(4) Educational: e.g. Rubik's cube, game consoles, etc.

　　(5) Sport: e.g. strollers, hula hoops, etc.

　　(6) Model toys: e.g. space models, car models, etc.

　　(7) Others: Bite type, daily use type, children's projector (e.g. story light), etc.

Types of Early Learning Toys

       (1) Cognitive toys: mainly to develop children's cognitive skills, including shape, size, spatial orientation, colour and shape, etc. They can also promote children's spatial imagination and fine motor manipulative skills. Such as shape and colour clues for matching toys, building block toys can encourage children to put together imaginary things in the way of blocks, and exercise children's hand and eye coordination.

　　(2) Language toys: Exercise children's listening skills and encourage them to express themselves more. For example, storytelling machines encourage children's listening and speaking skills through storytelling and singing.

　　(3) Action toys: Exercise the coordination of hands, muscles and body parts. Such as baby crawling toys, all kinds of pushchairs, rideable bicycles, etc. Bicycles, for example, can be a good exercise for children's hands, feet and body balance; remote control electric cars can exercise children's spatial imagination and sense of direction.

　　(4) Social scene toys: toys designed according to life situations, such as airports, hospitals, kitchens and so on. For example, kitchen toys, in addition to allowing children to experience adults and life, children in the process can also imitate the actions of adults, exercise their hand and eye coordination; and many children like similar scenes class, is a good "suitable for social" games, such as " play house". This can also be extended to include a variety of transport toys, such as cars, trains and police cars.

　　(5) Maths and science toys: these can be used to help children build up their basic logical thinking skills through observation, comparison and counting. For example, "Counting and Numbers" in Logic Dogs, Flying Chess, etc.