How do preschool children choose building blocks when looking for toy nets?

What kind of building blocks are suitable for children aged 1-6?

First, safety.

1. Environmental protection of materials

The price is related to the material. Too cheap building blocks use non-environmental protection materials, such as toxic plastics and excessive formaldehyde, which is more risky.

Generally speaking, the surface paint of brightly colored traditional wooden building blocks usually contains lead, which is strongly not recommended for young children. In addition, plastic toys painted with a layer of color are not recommended. Because children like to put toys in their mouths, these colors will be eaten by children in the process of biting, which will do great harm to their brain development and IQ.

2. Particle size

According to my observation, many businesses will take the age of 3 as the watershed, and sell small pieces after the age of 3. Personally, I think, try not to take this risk. Some children aged 5-6 or even older still put toys in their mouths. Therefore, even children in large classes in kindergartens should not be taken lightly. It is still necessary to choose large particle design and attach importance to environmentally friendly materials.

3. Manufacturing process

Finally, the edge of the building block is smooth, without burrs and scratches, and it is round. Most reliable brands should be able to do this.

Second, the texture/sense of use.

1. Is the building block plugged and unplugged smoothly?

The building blocks are too loose, so they will fall off easily after being inserted. The building blocks are too tight for preschool children to break. Therefore, when choosing building blocks, don't just look at the price and grade, but choose ones suitable for children's age and strength.

2. Feel details

Some brands of toys have some caution machines and small highlights, which are especially popular with children. For example, my latest Bruco big granule building block, its dinosaur teeth, tail, claws and so on. They are not pure plastic, nor pure silicone, but feel between the two, that is, they are relatively q-elastic, and children especially like to pinch and play.

3. Fun and playability

Due to the limited development of children's visual and cognitive abilities, toys must be bright in color, large in color blocks and easy for children to manipulate and operate. I personally don't recommend those small and complicated building blocks. I think that kind of toy is more suitable for parents' aesthetics and may not be suitable for children. Children bring their own aesthetic standards.

Third, the choice of building block theme.

1. Children under one year old

/kloc-under 0/year-old, children's fine motor development is limited, so they don't need to make toys. /kloc-before 0/year old, it is most suitable to play with toys such as rattles, gutta-percha, bed bells, etc.

2. Children between one and two years old

/kloc-children after 0/year old gradually enter the sensitive period of hands-on. For children aged 1-2, I suggest a simple building block set with the theme of sensory exploration. The number of particles in building blocks should not be too large, and the elements should not be too complicated.

The biggest feature of children playing with building blocks is that no matter how many toys are in the bucket, they must be "smashed" for you and turned upside down.

So on the one hand, too many building blocks are too troublesome to clean up, and more importantly, it is easy to distract children.

3. Gender differences after two years old

After the age of 2, gender differences and children's own preferences began to appear. Boys may be particularly interested in mobile toys such as cars, while girls may prefer house-themed toys.

However, we need to pay special attention to the gender barrier of toys. Our parents should consciously respect their children's natural preferences and guide them according to the situation, instead of limiting boys to playing cars and girls to playing house according to their inherent knowledge of gender.

This kind of education and way of thinking is not conducive to children's self-acceptance attitude towards life, and it is also easy to lead children to self-denial and it is difficult to give play to their natural advantages.

There is nothing wrong with boys playing with dolls and girls playing with cars.

4. Tiger balm theme

In addition, if you don't know what kind of building blocks to buy, animal themes and dinosaur themes are gender-neutral panacea.

Dinosaur museums all over the world are good places to travel with children, and boys and girls are crazy about it.

Fourth, the choice of programming building blocks.

After the child is 4 years old, he begins to enter the sensitive period of logical thinking. In addition to logic puzzle games, I personally think that programming is also a good logical thinking training.

Our sons and daughters are all digital aborigines, a generation that grew up surrounded by digital technology. For their generation, programming may be as important as English. In the future era of artificial intelligence, programming language may become one of the communication skills they must have. This is different from digital immigrants of our generation.

My feeling is that children should not choose high-end and complicated programming toys, but should use learning tools at any age. Don't think about buying an advanced programming toy and then using it for many years, saving money and trouble. Just like buying shoes for a baby. We will not buy a pair of shoes 12 cm long for our baby's feet, and then let the baby wear them loosely for many years until his feet can put on shoes.

Unless the economic conditions really don't allow it, you must choose a pair of shoes with the most suitable size and design. Only in this way can the baby walk steadily and develop his sports ability well.

Similarly, so is programming educational toys. We should choose a programming building block that is most suitable for children's current intelligence level and personality preferences. When the child grows up and becomes stronger, buy a new programming toy to keep the difficulty of the toy and the baby's mental ability in a "fit" state.