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Kids can get so bored staying inside on rainy days. In the autumn and winter bad weather comes way too often for active kids. But with a little thought and planning there are several activities parents can arrange for their children on rainy days.
A day of puppet show theater can be fun for the whole family. Let your kids make adorable little sock puppets out of old socks and build a stage out of cardboard boxes. Plan an evening performance and invite the neighbors over for popcorn and soda. Your kids may even begin to look forward to the next rainy day!
Children of all ages can learn from putting together puzzles. Completing a jigsaw puzzle demands several aspects of the thinking process and encourages cognitive development. Babies recognize objects by their shapes rather than their positions, so puzzles are a great developmental opportunity.
There are several ways that babies may learn from working on basic puzzle blocks. Eye and hand coordination are needed to put a puzzle together. A child must also learn by trail and error; sometimes when he or she tries to fit a piece in a hole it won’t fit. The child will soon learn that the shape of the hole and the shape of the puzzle piece need to be observed.
By definition: An educational toy is a toy designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational toy
Puzzles can teach a child topics like ABC’s, colors, shapes, animals, and geography. Puzzles can also help with hand-eye coordination, teach sizes & shapes, and problem solving.
Board games and card games can be used to teach things like counting, colors, and reading, to more complex things like communication skills, logical thinking, and organizational skills.
Games and Toys can be very educational to children. By playing with educational games and toys, children can learn physical skills, such ashand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and even texture. They can also learn about things like animals, colors, and the human body.
Dramatic Play / Creative Play:
Let them dress-up or play puppet show theater with puppets and dolls. This will stimulate them to role play and express themselves through character play. They can learn about different foods and even money by playing with Pretend Playsets.
Children love to play outdoors on wooden play structures. Wooden play structures encourage children to be physically active and mentally active as they determine if and how they can perform specific skills. Children are increasing their imagination as they soar through the sky on a swing and play around it.
It is important to keep our young children involved and playing - get them to play with educational toys.
There are many fun and educational ways to teach children their ABC’s.
First, there are ABC wooden puzzles are great for infants and toddlers because they are very durable. Some puzzles have knobs or pegs so that they can be easily gripped by a young child. ABC puzzles also come in matching style puzzles where your child can match a picture to a letter (i.e. a picture of a fish to the letter “F”).
You can also teach children their ABC’s by using educational kids games like Alphabet Bingo, Find the Letter, Word Families, and Lipsync.
Wooden Toy Blocks, Musical Cd’s, and Educational Carpets can also be great resources to teach the ABC’s.
Finally, children will love to learn their ABC’s if you would read them their favorite educational childrens books that illustrates the alphabet.
Over 4000 years ago, magnets were discovered in northern Greece. One of the first uses of magnets was in mariner’s compasses. 
Today magnets come in many colors, shapes, and sizes. Children find playing with magnets addictive as they build 3-D images with Award Winning -Magneatos construction sets, magnetic construction sets, and magnetic art sets.
Magnets will provide for an endless amount of entertainment while increasing creative play and imaginative play.
Puppet show theater is very educational. When playing with puppets, children will learn the art of story-telling. They will also increase their imagination, build their language skills, and learn how to express themselves.
Puppets vary from finger puppets to hand puppets to hand-operated rod puppets.
Sing simple songs and nursery rhymes when you play or play out a simple skit.
Puppets can be the perfect pretend pal!
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Most people don’t think about the educational aspect of children playing on wooden play structures. Their imaginations are growing when they find themselves playing captain of the big wooden ship. They use the large ship’s steering wheel and look through the telescope to avoid pirates that are lurking around the corner.
Children enjoying themselves at the play structure will improve their hand-eye coordination and motor skills as they use the rope ladder and climbing rope to get up the rock climbing wall.
We usually don’t think of carpets as educational; however, they can help teach children their ABC’s, colors, shapes, and much more. Can you imagine a child playing on the floor and learning about anything from farm animals to the universe? Well it is possible with educational carpets.
Educational carpets come in a wide variety of shapes, designs, and sizes. Children love to play on the floor with educational carpets, and while they are playing they will learn directly from the carpets and increase their imagination.
The popularity of wooden puzzles has waxed and waned since they were first produced in the 1760’s. They are still just like the first wooden puzzle used to teach geography.
Children’s puzzles have moved from lessons to entertainment showing diverse subjects like animals, nursery rhymes and modern tales of super heroes and Disney. Wooden puzzles still offer a lot of entertainment for a small price.