Playing Is Educational

Children, especially babies and toddlers, are still developing their gross motor skills as well as fine motor skills. Gross motor skills involve bigger movements like jumping, running, or going up and down the stairs. Fine motor skills, on the other hand, make use of finer movements particularly of the hands. These include writing, tying the shoelaces, or stringing beads together.

Some kids develop these skills faster than others do. The use of different educational toys, such as baby building blocks, can improve a child’s small motor skills. Wooden blocks are particularly encouraged, especially by educators. Children can create so many things with blocks; playing with these wooden toys also help children develop their imaginations.

Given that our world is progressing at a rapid clip from a technological standpoint, it’s important to give young children every advantage possible. That means exposing them to multimedia from an early age. Educational DVDs and computer games are widely available, and there’s no question that they have a considerably beneficial impact.

Still, there’s something to be said for good, old-fashioned games that require kids to interact with the real world. Baby building blocks present kids with limitless creative possibilities the likes of which cannot be duplicated on a computer screen. Young architects can learn rudimentary lessons on physics and spatial relations simply through trial and error.

Guidecraft Magneatos are award-winning magnetic construction toys that allow children to experience the fun and mystery of magnet play, while at the same time build their imagination and motor skills. 

Magneatos magnetic playsets are packed with large magnetic pieces that are kid-friendly,  easy to handle, and safe to play with, yet these magnetic construction sets are more challenging then standard blocks and stacking toys.

How Magneatos Work:

A set of Magneatos comes with two basic pieces: magnetic balls and magnetic rods. The balls make a joint that can connect two rods. Put three or four rods together and you’ve got the base for a bridge, tower, or anything else that your imagination can come up with.

Award Winning Toy:

Guidecraft Magneatos won the prestigious Oppenheim Toy Award in 2005 and 2006, and also won its SNAP, Special Needs Adaptable Product, both years.  They were also featured in Money magazine and on the Today Show on NBC.

Magnetic play has never been so easy and fun, so if your child is ready for something more advanced than their ABC blocks, take a look at Magneatos.

Unit blocks are the #1 must have early childhood toys because they are  imagination-building educational toys that are fun, creative, and educational.  When boys and girls build castles, villages, bridges, or  towering buildings, they are also building their imagination and fine motor skills.

Unit Blocks Marble Run, created by Guidecraft, provides for the combination of fun and lessons of marble runs with the traditions and educational foundations of unit block play.  They will be a instant classroom and home favorite.

This set can be expanded easily by integrating it with traditional classroom unit blocks.

It is a well known fact that block play increases a toddler’s eye and hand coordination. Also, playing with toy building blocks encourages logical thinking and increases a toddler’s awareness of the space around him. Having building blocks as part of a toddler’s toys promotes appropriate social behavior. In addition, a toddler learns to share and build with parents, siblings, and other playmates. Language skills have also been discovered to greatly improve by playing with building blocks. This takes place when the child is encouraged to speak about what he or she is building.

Toddler building blocks are available in different kinds. You can use a set that has number and alphabets to initiate your child’s learning process. The child can be taught to be familiar with numbers and alphabets by choosing between two blocks. The child can also learn to distinguish alphabets and numbers by picking out a particular number or letter that has been asked for. In addition to these educational activities, these blocks can also be used just as plain toddler toys. The blocks can be stacked up to form a tower and then a ball can be used to knock the tower down.