Learning life skills helps children develop comprehensively, so how can children learn while still having fun? Toys are a wonderful tool to help children practice skills in a natural way.
Learning life skills doesn't come only from school or outdoor activities; learning through toys is also extremely effective. Smart toys nowadays are powerful tools to bring joy and help children develop important skills.
Below is how children can learn important life skills through Mykingdom's toys. Parents, please take a look.
See more: List of essential life skills for preschool children
Role-play Toys - Developing Communication Skills
Communication is the foundation for children to express thoughts, feelings and build relationships. What role-playing toys do we have?
Cooking Toys: When taking on the role of a tiny chef, children learn communication, teamwork, role division and listening to others. The moments of creating imaginary dishes help children develop flexible thinking and dexterity in hand movements. During play, children learn about nutrition and the value of food or develop the habit of tidying up after playing.
Now let's play with Mini BBQ Sweet Heart station, the toolset includes grill rack, food, cooking utensils and color-changing food. The child should turn on the light, bounce to two fun songs and watch how the food steams.
The grilled food is ready, let's top it with some chili sauce and enjoy.
Firefighting Toys: Take the firefighting tools, sound the siren, climb onto the truck and rescue! As a firefighter, children will feel their courage rise, a sense of responsibility and a desire to protect others. Children also need to know how to coordinate with “teammates” to put out fires and rescue those in danger.
The child can choose the Fire Truck Jungle PAW PATROL Elephant Version to join Marshall in the Jungle Pups for some ultra-fast rescue adventures!
Through this life skills learning play, children also understand fire safety, how to handle emergencies, and quick reflexes when faced with incidents.
Brain-Teaser Toys - Developing Problem-Solving Skills
Brain teaser sets such as Rubik's cubes, puzzles, or logic riddles help children learn life skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving.
Playing Rubik: Instead of playing standard Rubik's cubes, now the child should play Rubik's Race Spin Games to try. The appeal of this toy is how to bring all faces of the Rubik’s cube to the same color in the shortest time; the game not only entertains but also enhances mathematical ability and quick reflexes. To win, the child must think very quickly, using their fingers to slide and complete the colored squares in the tray.
Puzzle/Building Toys: Do you remember the screaming plant in Harry Potter? The Mandrake Pot LEGO HARRY POTTER is the toy modeling that interesting screaming plant. With 579 LEGO pieces and adjustable leaves, when you lift the plant from the pot you can adjust the mouth and limbs to resemble when the plant is “screaming”.
Life Simulation Toys - Learning to Self-Care
Life skills toys such as dolls, family playsets, or personal hygiene kits help children understand the importance of self-care.
Dolls: Today the child will become a “little mom” taking care of Lily the doll adorable! The child can prepare food with the included powder and spoon, feed Lily and watch Lily say “mum mum” deliciously. When Lily is full, don’t forget to change her diaper and take care of her like a real baby!
Competitive Toys - Teamwork Skills
Competitive sets like chess, xiangqi, or mind games help children develop teamwork skills.
Notably is Spin Games Chess with alternating black and white squares, will bring exciting battles of wit for the child and everyone!
When playing these games, children will learn how to cooperate with teammates to win and develop sportsmanship and fairness in play. In particular, both sides respect everyone whether they win or lose. These mind games not only entertain but train the mind and can be played with family and friends, so why skip!
Creative Toys - Emotion Management Skills
Creative life-skills toy sets such as clay, drawing or building help children develop the ability to regulate emotions.
These toys are very effective for children to express emotions through color and imagery. Tiny difficulties such as drawing off-center, shaping incorrectly or misplacing a few pieces will help children practice calmness, correct and continue. Thus, when they complete the item they will be very proud of their achievement.
See more: Creative ways with safe-to-use playdough for kids
Animal world shape molds and 4-color Play-Doh set includes 10 animal-shaped molds and 6 cans of Play-Doh (white, orange, pink, yellow, green, black), colorful, making it hard to resist for children and providing them with fun and educational moments.
Building Block Toys - Learning Creative Thinking Skills
Next, you can't miss building block sets to help children learn creative thinking skills. And familiar building toys like LEGO and car models top this list.
These building sets stand out with unique designs, instantly appealing to kids. Building with blocks is a limitless thinking development activity. Children will try many different ways to achieve the desired result, and that's very exciting.
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Children learn life skills through toys that are familiar to many families. These entertaining toys have magical abilities to help children learn many skills naturally. Therefore, parents shouldn't overlook any toys that can accompany their child on the journey of comprehensive development!
