Archive for the ‘Educational Games’ Category
Electronic media is not the answer to childhood learning. There are so many toys and videos offered today that claim to be educational toys or educational videos, but studies have shown that the previous methods of baby learning are just as good today as they were in the “old days.”.
Talking to your children and offering them open-ended materials to play with are still worthy activities. If you are having trouble with a subject for conversation with your child, you might try item identification. Not only the items that you find of interest, but watch what your child is looking at and give them information about that item.
I remember the puzzle showing the states from my childhood. I loved it. I felt like I was really learning something important and something I wanted to know. This is for older children (5 plus years), but it is easily passed on from one child to another. I think I would still like it to this day.
A child’s puzzle that will teach the child map and memory skills and in this case geography. The jigsaw puzzle came into its golden age during the depression. They are still a lot of entertainment for a very small price.