Tips for selecting toys for children with special needs

The choice of toys for children can be very difficult, as we all know. We have time to be following the administration of a source of joy, but seeing how easy it is, the target is missed. Recipients of maturity both physically and mentally, to take into consideration the interests and security have always been more, if the beneficiary has special needs.

The holiday season is a time of year when many people looking for gifts for children with special needs. Parents areIdentify which toys are appropriate without much effort, but guidelines can be many relatives and friends a couple that would be favorable.

We recognize the important role of play in a child's life. Years ago, my children were now grown in our garden to play in Nigeria. A woman passing through, stopped and stared for a moment then turned to me and said: "Play is the work of children." Apparently it was a person of great intuition and understanding.

Now, young peopleChildren learn and mature on, emotional, mental, social and physical level. Toys can improve their skills or to promote a solution to the problem play to a higher level. Some toys encourage exercise and exploration, such as climbing and riding toys. These physical activity to develop strong muscles for walking, running and sports.

Other toys such as rattles, puppets and musical toys, the development of motor skills and manual skills and increaseFreedom of movement. role play and encourage children to play together and through these activities they learn cooperation and exchange. Two very important skills to build friendships.

But the toys to help other people more aware of the movement, places and things. Dolls, plush dolls, dolls, cars and homes have a role. The latter two are good opportunities for children with special needs on various aspects of daily life and the introductionPeople of jobs done at home and at work.

When choosing a toy for a child with special needs, the following factors must be carefully considered:

And 'certainly the result of age, well built and durable?

It 'attractive and interesting for the child

And 'right for the child physical abilities?

It is appropriate that social and mental development of children? The toy must not

Be fragile or breakable. Were toxic materials

Haveedges or points.

be so small it can get stuck in windpipe, ears or nose. Remember that some children with special needs to explore objects "entrance to" them.

Have small removable parts.

Do you have parts that could pinch fingers, toes or get entangled in her hair. Were put together with pins exposed, sham-wire or nails.

If electrical components are not followed closely supervised by an adult.

These are all important considerations when aChoice.

The toys are divided into categories such as:

active play

Push and pull toys

Ride-On Toys

Outdoor fitness equipment

Sports equipment

Manipulative PLAY

Construction toys

Puzzle

Pattern Making Toys

Dressing, lacing and stringing Toys

Sand and water play toys.

Make Believe-PLAY

Dolls

Stuffed toys

Puppets

RoleplayMaterial

Scenes

Travel Toys

projectile toys such as toy guns, bows and arrows

Creative Play

Musical Instruments

Arts & Crafts Materials

audio-visual equipment

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Games

The development of specific skills Toys

Books

It can be very difficult, the choice of toys and other gifts for children with sensory processing disorders such as autism, ADD, ADHD and Asperger syndrome. They tend toIn-sensitive "to the feeling. You need strong experience of touch, texture, smell, sound, pressure, speed and balance.Children with Sensory Processing Disorder love sound effects, press the buttons to hear the sound effects and over again. You can not over-excited and losses.

Puppets help children discover the meaning of words and images. Speaking through a captivating puppet and see how emerge.Children communication, eye contact and emotionwith autism need a lot of help from the stereotyped repetitive play, progress, which develops and comes from their imagination. RPG often develops as the others who show them how to play to imitate.

Here are some tips toy;

Beanbag chairs, barrels

Balance beams, tunnels, tents, ladders

Rocker boards, sit-n-Spin, rocking horse

Tactile Flash Cards, chewable toys, books, blocks of foam fabric, puzzles

SillyPutty, plaster, paint

Musical Instruments

Pencil Grip Pens vibration

Heavy Plush

Body Sox, weighted blankets, lap pads

Therapy balls, balls, textured bean bags to throw

Wings, slide, trampoline, hammock. Roller, sandbox

Aromatherapy diffuser, Lava Lamp, Massagers

Visually impaired as a child would benefit from toys, such as:

Overhead Gym

Word, Sound and Music-Makers

Toy with realistic soundsdetails

Toys that move, if it touches

Mirrored Toys

Toys with high contrast of colors, designs or lights

Toys, increased

textured surfaces, different feel

Toy with a number of areas such as stairs, buttons

The benefit of deaf children and toys hopes ENJOY:

Combine feedback audio visual, tactile sensations and movement

Toys with high or lowBasic Sounds

Toy with volume control

Toys that are visually interesting and / or offer a variety of acoustic feedback

Parts of toys that a child can visually directly in the way they are used

Toy with realistic characters and sounds action.

Children, USE the effort needed items

Toys with buttons, levers, buttons, switches and holes for exploration and manipulation

Toys and encourage research into visual detailsTextures

Toys that respond to treatment or with visual feedback and sound

Toys, enable require little pressure or manipulate or accuracy.

Toy with a number of areas, access is by way of different things.

Toys not necessarily meet the requirement must be purchased from specific companies that specialize. Many similar products can be easily purchased from High Street shops.'s Annual toy can be adaptedbit 'ingenuity. As a wise mother, wrote: "The best gifts are the heart, which means a gift of time. Record your voice or a familiar voice reading a favorite book," But you always present, to give with love!