Toys were once an integral part of childhood and a regular part of children’s playtime. However, due to the rise in technology, it is increasingly difficult for young children to find toys that engage their imagination and keep them entertained. Instead, more and more electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and video game consoles are being used by adults and children. With so many electronic devices vying for our attention, it can be easy for adults to forget about toys altogether.
- Encourages Learning and Creativity
What do toys need to do for us? They need to enable us to learn and create. For a child to learn and create, they need some toys that will encourage them to have fun while still providing them with something educational. As a result, this results in our children learning and creating efficiencies.
- Facilitates Social Interaction
Playing with toys enables children to interact socially and physically with other children. It helps them communicate by allowing them to talk, play and think about each other’s ideas while playing together.
- Builds Confidence
Playing with toys can also help to build Confidence as it encourages a child to explore and discover new things about themselves and the world around them. In addition, toys enable a child to express their feelings, thoughts, emotions, and imagination through play.
- Exercise and Fitness
Children can also use toys as an effective way of exercising and improving the health that they have previously neglected in their lives because they are constantly interacting with electronic devices such as computers, televisions, etc. Toys can give our children the physical exercise they need, keeping them fit, active, and healthy.
- Toys can Improve the Quality of Sleep
Toys are often used to keep children entertained while sleeping; sometimes, they may appear in your child’s dreams and can even affect the quality of sleep your child gets.
- Toys build upon Developmental Skills
Toys can also help improve our children’s developmental skills because they encourage them to learn and develop new things about themselves and their environment.
While we are continuously being connected through technology such as computers, televisions, video game consoles, and mobile devices, playing with toys still needs to be encouraged by parents. It will enable our children to interact socially, learn new things and exercise, and keep them entertained. For us to continue enjoying the benefits of playing with toys, we must change how we think about toys as an essential aspect of childhood.
