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Best Educational Toys for 2 to 4 Year Olds

Are there educational toys that are equally age appropriate for 2 year old boys and girls and for 3 and 4 year olds? Yes! As children mature they will often enjoy the same toy but in different ways. For instance, jumbo sized pegs and pegboards are one of the best toys for 2 year old boys and girls. This age group will practice grasping the pegs and successfully placing them in holes. They may make a tower of 2 or 3 pegs and, with adult support will start identifying and matching by color or will count, one, two, three. They will be aware of numbers and the concept that one peg means one. Pegboards are also great educational toys for kids 3 years old. At this stage the child will be more involved in building higher towers and in simple math skills such as sorting, one to one correspondence and greater counting. They will also be aware of simple addition and subtraction. At age 4 kids will be building on their earlier skills, developing more complex patterns and sequences. For more information click here. best toys for 1 year old, educational toys for kids 3 years old, montessori toys for 3 year old
Any educational construction or building toy that is the right size for toddler hands will continue to be attractive to 3 and 4 year olds.  A good example is jumbo sized nuts and bolts with wheels and cross pieces. Again, a 2 year old may simply focus on the task of twisting a nut onto a bolt. He will be improving multiple fine motor skills and eye hand coordination. The 3 year old will be using her creativity, imagination, planning and problem solving skills to develop a design. Construction toys are one of the best educational toys for 4 year old kids because the toys are open ended and develop spatial and engineering skills. Building toys are also super for individual play for toddlers or cooperative play for 3 and 4 year olds. Simple wooden building blocks or interlocking bricks are also brilliant examples of construction toys that grow with the child.  For more information click here. activity cube for toddlers, best toys for one year old, educational toys for toddlers and preschoolers

Providing high quality educational toys that will be used by multiple age groups for different learning opportunities simply makes economic sense. For more information click here. learning toys for preschoolers, counting games for toddlers, teaching toys for toddlers, best baby toys for 1 year old

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