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Are you looking for toys for 2 year old boys ? Maybe you are buying a gift for your nephew, grandson or your own child. There are so many options, such as books, puzzles, balls, dolls, cars and trucks; these are all good ideas. However, as a special gift I like to choose something a little more memorable. I also like to strike a balance between fun time and learning opportunities; in my opinion learning through play is the way to go. Here are a few ideas: Nuts and bolts toys for toddlers are a great choice. Sets with wheels and interconnecting pieces add a whole new challenge of planning, creating and playing. Toddlers will love building cars or structures. The jumbo sized plastic pieces are the perfect size for small hands. The child will be practicing his fine motor skills by using both hands to grasp, twist and rotate the nuts onto the bolts. Nuts and bolts toys for toddlers are great for color recognition and awareness of geometric shapes. They also encourage early math

I must confess; I never bought pegboards for my sons. I saw pegboards as being rather limited in play and having lots of pieces to pick up. Was I ever wrong! It was only when I returned to college to study Early Childhood Development that I learned about the many, many educational benefits of Pegs and pegboards for toddlers . And multiple pieces can easily be contained in storage bags or boxes. It was too late for my boys but I certainly made sure these great educational and fun toys were part of preschools and day cares where I worked. I also discovered that pegboard sets can grow with the child. Used in different ways, they are also super Toys for 3 year old boys and girls. While toddlers are concentrating on placing the jumbo pegs in holes or stacking one on top of the other, 3 year olds are busy making more complex patterns. When toddlers are learning colors and basic shapes, 3 year olds are talking about hexagons and rectangles. Toddlers may sort pegs by color and 3 yea

Remember your pride when your baby learned to grasp his soother/pacifier for the first time or when she successfully fed herself cheerios? These are examples of fine motor skills ; the infants were using their small muscles to manipulate their hands, fingers, thumbs and wrists in order to pinch, grasp and rotate. In partnership with eye hand coordination these skills continue to develop with children learning to button clothing, pull up zippers, use cutlery or chopsticks and eventually print, write and use computer keyboards Fine motor skills for toddlers need to be practised and refined for continued improvement. This can be encouraged through activities of daily living such as using a spoon, cutting with children’s scissors or having the toddler start to dress himself. There is also a greatselection of toys which encourages fine motor skills for toddlers . The best ones are versatile - theyincorporate play with the opportunity to learn multiple other skills. The toys should be

Sets of jumbo sized stringing beads are excellent teaching toys for toddlers . Besides practicing fine motor skills and eye hand coordination, toddlers can be exposed to many new ideas. Here’s how parents and caregivers can help. To improve color recognition, point out the colors of the beads as your toddler strings them. She will soon be identifying those colors on her own. As a further challenge, have your toddler match the color of a bead with things in the room. Be sure to point out the varying shades of the same color; you will find out that recognising colors is harder than you thought! Use the beads as teaching toys for toddlers when you help them learn about numbers.Count the beads as your child places them on the string. Show her how to add one more or take away two, for early addition and subtraction skills. Make simple cardboard cards with numerals and ask your toddler to put one bead on the number one, and so on.  Continue using the jumbo stringing beads as