Currently, many parents and grandparents are moving towards seeking out better toys and games that are more educational. They understand that their childs development can be impacted by everything he-she interacts with including toys but certain ones can be better than others for an enhanced learning experience. Do you believe the same as these parents do?
If you do not believe the development of your child can be impacted. Please listen. Dr. Marian Diamond and Ms. Janet Hopson in the book Magic Trees of The Mind had this to say about a childs brain (an amazing creation) development. Remarkable gains in the 1990s were made by researchers in understanding how a childs brain grows, develops, and creates distinctive human capacities.
Diamond and Hopson go on to say that At the same time, they discovered new ways to foster greater intelligence by nurturing brain growth during its most active phases. Where society once viewed the childs brain as static and unchangeable, experts today see it as a highly dynamic organ that feeds on stimulation and experience and responds with the flourishing of branching, intertwined neural forests. In other words there is a strong correlation between your childs brain development (and growth) and the stimuli you make available to your child.
Then Diamond and Hopson say this, This discovery presents us with a way of helping our children reach their fullest and healthiest mental development. But it has a dark side, as well, if the childs mind is understimulated and underused . Therefore, not stimulating your child enough will have an impact to your childs detriment just as successful stimulation will have a positive effect.
Hopefully you will see that your efforts in-part during your child(s) developmental years can affect his-her future success in an ever changing job marketplace. Efforts in this endeavor could have much impact on your childs development.
Part of your childs surroundings or stimuli is in his-her toys, games and activities. Those that will help children learn and develop for the future are of two general types: cognitive or based on skill and curriculum or based on content.