【2023】Looking for birthday gifts for children aged 3-5? 3 key points to know before buying
Birthday gifts for 3-year-old children in Hong Kong in 2023｜Recommended toys for 3-5 year olds｜Recommended birthday gifts for children
Every time you want to buy a birthday gift for your child, you don't know what to buy?
Want to buy a developmentally appropriate toy for your child, but have no clue?
Kidrise has sorted out the key points of toy selection and purchasing suggestions for children aged 3-5, and hopes to help you become learning parents who grow up with your children!
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Birthday gift for 3-year-old children in 2023
How to choose toys after 3 years old?
First of all, you need to know that the toys in the baby period mainly focus on "sensory stimulation", such as cloth books or fitness frames. But after children reach the age of 3, their little brains will begin to have richer imaginations, and their language, body, and social skills will gradually develop. They want to explore their surroundings and learn new experiences like a sponge. Therefore, the period before school is just a good time to build cognition.
Establishing cognition is a process from "knowing" to "understanding". For example, a child knows that the red one is an apple, but does not necessarily have the cognition of "an apple is a nutritious fruit". After personal experience, you can only build cognition by sorting out and absorbing it with your own head.
The most direct and effective way to build cognition is to let children "actively" do something.
Actively observe, assemble, construct, think, etc., and encourage parents to find ways to provide multiple experiences from life, and "playing" is the best channel for experience.
Three key points that cannot be ignored in the choice of toys for 3-5 years old
1. Using thinking "hands-on" toys
Children in this period need to think for themselves, and then use their imagination to create new things, so geometric building blocks, Lego, mazes, etc. can cultivate creativity. In addition, repeated memory toys are also very suitable.
2. Toys for developing motor skills
In terms of motor ability training, the focus is on "fine hand movements" and "coordinated use of both feet". Play with clay, beading, or doodle with a pen for external training.
3. Toys that can interact with people
From the age of 3-5, I like to play role-playing games. I can gradually distinguish the roles of adults and children, boys and girls. I usually prefer to play with children of the same sex. So at this time, you can encourage your children to play with other children. Playing together, sharing toys together, or cooperating to combine building blocks, etc., will be very helpful in group cognition and social skills in the future.
Recommended toys for 3-5 years old
1. Building blocks (soft blocks, wooden blocks, magnetic construction pieces)
The play of building blocks is very intuitive, and the operation is effortless. It is an introductory toy for cultivating construction and creativity.
Children can find fun in the stacking process, and they can also use their creativity to pile up the desired shape, and they can have fun by themselves. Children's building blocks develop with the demand. Wooden building blocks, soft building blocks and magnetic building blocks are common on the market. Parents can choose according to their needs and preferences.
Building blocks (soft blocks, wooden blocks, magnetic construction pieces)
The play of building blocks is very intuitive, and the operation is effortless. It is an introductory toy for cultivating construction and creativity.
LaQ Educational Construction Toy (Sweets Party｜825 pcs)
Galaxy Way 30-268A Rainbow cube set 16 pieces
2. Jigsaw puzzles (block puzzles, board puzzles)
Choose a wooden block puzzle that is easy to grasp, such as a four-square or nine-square puzzle, so that children can understand the concept and skills of "from part to whole".
Further, you can play jigsaw puzzles or creative wooden board puzzles for children to increase the challenge by using their brains. In addition, jigsaw puzzles can train children's observation, concentration, patience and hand-eye coordination, and can also help future writing skills.
Jigsaw puzzle (block puzzle, board puzzle)
Choose a wooden block puzzle that is easy to grasp, such as a four-square or nine-square puzzle, so that children can understand the concept and skills of "from part to whole".
3. Board games
Board games seem to be more suitable for adults to play, but in fact there are many board games specially designed for children that are also very fun. Children's board games usually have educational value, such as training logic , training money concepts , testing memory or memorizing words , etc.
board game
Board games seem to be more suitable for adults to play, but in fact, there are many board games designed for children that are also very fun, and children's board games usually have educational value.
4. Reaction toys
The training of hand-brain coordination and reaction is indispensable. Through stimulating toys such as "sight-sighted" or "fishing" , children's reaction ability can be strengthened. It is better to play with several people, so that children can experience the group social ability of competition and cooperation.
reaction toy
Through stimulating toys such as "sight-sighted" or "fishing", children's reaction ability can be strengthened, and it is better to play with several people, so that children can experience the group social skills of competition and cooperation.
Summarize
Dear smart parents, now you must know how to choose the right birthday toy gift, and bring an unforgettable and meaningful birthday to your children!
The toys selected above are specially considered for children at this stage. I hope you can also choose a type of toy that your child really likes, so that your child can play happily and learn completely.
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Children can also take this opportunity to strengthen their competitiveness and development potential in the future society, and create a diverse and beautiful society together.
Let more children be inspired in play, and bring more possibilities and outlets for the future. Children's future does not have to be determined only by academic success.
Children can also take this opportunity to strengthen their competitiveness and development potential in the future society, and create a diverse and beautiful society together.
Let more children be inspired in play, and bring more possibilities and outlets for the future. Children's future does not have to be determined only by academic success.
