Dolls are the longest fun companions for babies besides parents.
24 months old
At this age, the baby’s gender preference for toys has begun to take shape. Boys prefer model toys that can deform and push around. Girls prefer dolls with beautiful appearance and a certain sense of substitution.
Recommended toys: dolls, simulated food, simulated kitchen utensils that children can hold with four fingers, kitchen toys, etc.
The babies took these dolls, It will open a magical way of playing-[pretend to play]. Popular, It’s role playing. Babies begin to try to play [pretend games], make more [social] behaviors, and substitute themselves into an illusory and real game. Don’t interrupt children because they feel childish, but try to cater to their thoughts and accompany them [pretend], which is extremely important for children’s emotional intelligence development.
However, at this time, the [pretend game] still needs to be guided by parents, because after all, it is too small and the script is not well written.
Pretending to play many parents will think this is a game played by girls, but boys also need it very much. In pretending to play games, children need to learn to control themselves and constantly communicate, negotiate and cooperate with others in language.
36 months old
At this stage, the baby can already say many words, which can let the baby play his imagination and play house with his friends. The baby can give full play to his imagination, share toys with his friends and create happiness.
Simulated kitchen, simulated living room, simulated this and simulated that are all very good choices. Babies make some behaviors that imitate the real world in games that simulate reality, such as [injections] or [cooking].
Playing house contributes to children’s cognitive, emotional and social development. It promotes the development of various psychological abilities, including attention, memory, imagination, logical thinking, language and literacy, creativity, reflection on one’s own thinking, control over one’s own behavior and the ability to adopt other people’s opinions.
Recommended Toys: Doctor Toy Set, Kitchen Toys, Cash Register Toys, etc.
If the baby is not very good at playing with new toys, parents can demonstrate the social skills of multiplayer games to the baby:
[Can I come in and play with you (demonstrate how to join a game)]
When taking the thing next to the baby, he asked [are you playing with this thing? ]
When the baby takes what you have in your hand, tell her: “Oh, I’m not finished yet, I’ll give it to you when I’m finished.”
Parents can also add digital cognition under suitable circumstances. For example, ask the child: “My grapefruit tea needs 2 tablespoons of honey, can you add 2 tablespoons of honey for me?” [Or [we don’t have spoons yet, let me count, how many of us need spoons, 1, 2, 3, 4…]