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Educational toys & your child's development
By Johara Hassan
Educational toys are all the rage worldwide as parents begin to realise the importance of early
cognitive stimulation. Dr Jean Piaget once said: “Play is a child’s work”. This poses the question – what
tools will best equip your child in fulfilling the momentous task of understanding the world?
You are your child’s first teacher. Scary stuff, but there it is. That little being you created, he or she
comes into this complex world without a clue. It is up to you to equip them as best you can on their
journey to discovery. Living in an age where every single product comes marketed to the hilt this is no
easy task. Type the words “educational toys” into any internet browser and instead of in-depth reports
on the correlation between play and motor function you get links to a plethora of toy stores. Sucks to
be a consumer sometimes, doesn’t it? You simply can’t go around taking people, blogs or forum posts
(or even this article) at their word any more – you have to check it out for yourself. The following should
give you a good foundation in your quest for clarity.
As the foreseen world-wide recession continues to put pressure on consumer s’ purse-strings, the
educational toy category is one of a few surprising growth areas in an increasingly saturated toy
industry. This can be attributed to a new-found belief that parents need to supplement school-based
learning, especially with regards to an ever-evolving job marketplace. Marketing teams pounce on thi