There are too many things in toy stores, so it is easy for parents to make "difficult choices".

No matter how attractive all kinds of clever toys are, the following three classic toys are worth having.

They are: building blocks, balls and stacked cups.

Even very young babies have quietly opened the door to mathematics and science when playing with these toys.

Children play with building blocks, not only practice big sports and fine sports skills, but also learn everything from basic mathematical concepts to problem solving.

When a child plays with building blocks, he will know some knowledge of fractions, shapes and counting. We can almost regard playing with building blocks as a "math lesson" for our baby.

Three stages of baby playing with building blocks:

1, "porter" stage

1 and 2-year-old babies may not play with building blocks as we adults expect.

It is difficult for children to build a decent "house" or "castle". They only carry small building blocks in their hands and drag big building blocks around. Every now and then, they lose their stability and lose a piece.

But it is in this process that children learn weight, stability and balance.

Children will soon understand that things that are too high are easy to fall.

As long as one building block is piled on top of another, unstable things will collapse, while stable things will not.

Moreover, it is also very exciting to suddenly push down the building blocks.

Since the child's current ability is not enough to pile up building blocks, mom and dad may wish to help the child pile up building blocks together, and then suddenly push them together on the count of three. The children must have had a good time.

2. Stacking and arrangement stage

When children are over 3 years old, they will try to pile up the building blocks or arrange them in a long line.

Although the child has not yet set a specific goal and doesn't know what to build the building blocks into, he has already begun to try the "model".

For example, children will arrange the same shapes together; Put a triangle after the square and a triangle after the other square. ...

Mode is actually a methodology to solve a certain kind of problems. Whitehead, a British mathematician, said, "Mathematics is a research model".

Isn't playing with building blocks a good opportunity for children to explore patterns?

3. Connecting and building bridges

When children are older, they can create some simple structures by themselves.

For example, two self-built "buildings" are connected by a "bridge".

How to fill the blank and how much materials are needed are all complex issues. It is not important for children to plan ahead, but it is also important to actively find ways to solve problems.

Even a few-month-old baby who has not learned to crawl can play with the ball.

Babies can lie on the mat and roll with their eyes following the ball. This visual tracking helps to coordinate the baby's eye movements and body movements. In this process, the baby will gradually learn to predict the direction of the ball.

When the baby is older and can crawl behind the ball, the baby begins to develop a sense of space:

Spatial consciousness is the basis of developing logical thinking.

Especially as the baby grows up, he slowly learns to throw, catch and catch. They must figure out the direction of throwing and how to accurately grasp what they want.

In other words, the child's little head must estimate the "parameters" that he can throw and catch.

When children play with stacked cups, it is also a time to accumulate math and science skills.

When babies 1 or 2 years old, they can put one cup on another, but they can't stack them in any order yet.

Although the pile is crooked and the big "random" is placed on the small one, it is a precious opportunity for children to understand the relationship between size.

Therefore, we adults don't need to teach our children to do it in the "right" way.

As children get older, they will naturally realize that if I put a small cup in a big cup, there will be no room in a middle cup.

Children are beginning to understand serialization-a strange term for putting things in the right order.

Building blocks, balls and cups are simply the most common and common toys. But it is such an ordinary toy that can guide children to think. By adopting various methods, children gradually understand that there are many solutions to a problem.

These ordinary toys may never be ordinary, but they will not be forgotten tomorrow. Come and play with your children!