| If you are looking for learning toys for your nursery | | | | great way to do this. Children can practice dialing their |
| school age child there are more options than ever. This | | | | number and some phones even have a function that |
| is true in both the number of toys you can get and the | | | | allows for recorded messages. In addition this type of |
| places you can find them. Not too long ago only | | | | toy teaches better motor skills and encourages |
| specialty stores had a small selection of learning toys | | | | language development. |
| at a premium price. Today parents and other | | | | Collapsible tunnels and tents- These are easy to set |
| caretakers can find great learning toys in their local toy | | | | up tunnels and tents that allow your child to exercise |
| store, department store or even discount store. If | | | | their gross motor development and when the fun is |
| shopping in the real world seems to overwhelming then | | | | over they simply fold up and can be slipped into a |
| be sure and hit the Internet. There are literally hundreds | | | | closet or under a bed. Many types of this toy come |
| of online sites that are devoted to well priced and | | | | with connecting tunnels and tents so that you can |
| well-made learning toys. You can get detailed | | | | literally create a maze for your child inside your home. |
| descriptions of the toys, make your selection and have | | | | Language skills such as teaching children to listen and |
| them shipped right to your door. Last but not least be | | | | follow directions can also be encouraged through play |
| sure and check out second-hand kids stores as many | | | | with parents. Parents can encourage the child to follow |
| people turn in for consignment higher priced learning | | | | single and two step directions then crawl through the |
| toys that you can pick up for a few dollars. But no | | | | tube as a reward (i.e. jump, then point to your nose, |
| matter where you decide to shop here are some | | | | then GO!). This toy also encourages attention skills and |
| great learning toys for nursery school age kids that | | | | early language concepts. |
| you should consider for your next toy purchase- | | | | Interactive phonics games- Child development experts |
| Shape sorters- While this kind of toy may seem overly | | | | stress that it is never to early to introduce your toddler |
| simple it can help your toddler in a number of ways. | | | | to letters and words. Today there is a wide variety of |
| Shape sorters can pack a big punch for language, | | | | interactive phonics games that encourage the |
| speech, and fine motor skills. You can encourage fine | | | | development of pre-reading skills. The letter magnets |
| motor skills with the shape sorter side and teach your | | | | are placed into the console (which is designed |
| child basic concepts such as "in" and "out" with the | | | | specifically for little hands) and a battery powered |
| shapes. Many models of this toy come with different | | | | voice guides the child through hearing the sound and |
| sides that have different activities that give so many | | | | identifying the letter. As the child progresses the |
| ways to play. | | | | magnets can be placed in a console to form basic |
| A play telephone- One of the most important social | | | | words encouraging the child in pre-reading and phonics |
| skills to teach your nursery school age child is their | | | | development. |
| telephone number. Having a play telephone can be a | | | | |