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Online Education Toy
There are lots of expensive toys in the market with typical way of playing. Sure we prefer games that help stimulating kids’ imagination than those with AA batteries, Superkids. The reason is obvious, in addition to expanding creativity, educating toys also make kids think critical and solve problem. Here is list of best education toys that are available online.
Toobez is construction system that can be used for both toys and educating kids. It comes in colorful simple tubes. So how do we play? We just need to connect the tubes to have any shape in their imagination, from plumbing pipe to more complex structures such as airplane or submarine. Toobeez exercises more than creativity and critical thinking. It can also be useful to increase team work coordination because it can be played in groups.
K’Nex is a challenging constructing toy for future engineers. We are free to build any construction we want. It puts creativity and focus to a test along with problem solving. In US, K’Nex are commonly used at schools for science and technology class, building and construction concept and also math. The toy is considered to have a chance to push kids to be more careful in examination, investigation and experiment. The model is pretty much resembles the real thing.
Tablet is high tech gadget equipped with educational value. Kindle Fire HD is the perfect tablet for kids. With this tool, reading can be so much interesting. So what does Kindle Fire HD do? We can find definition of words they read to enrich the vocabulary, resize the font as we please and save them from the trouble of carrying books around. In short, it motivates the lazy readers to become readers.
Studies suggest that music has tremendous effect for kids intelligence development. Music is proven to increase IQ, improve school grade and set the kids ready for basic concept of math and science. PianoWizard.com enables us to learn piano in a fun way. It combines video games and fundamental piano lesson. Anyone can sit and press the keyboard to play The Piano Wizard Easy Mode. Feel how the allegro magically transforms from some headache maker into kids plaything with 4-steps method.
Ebeanstalk.com has the collection of games that kids expert has selected. Start from toys from babies to kids of school ages. Stimulation from the toys will have effects to the brain structures and capacity. This is the long time effect that will last.
Magazine for kids
Magazine is the favorite choice for us who love reading. Take National Geographic Kids for example. It provides kids reading material that will keep us sit about animal world, geography, adventure, the wild, science and others. Do you like sport? It has Sports Illustrated Kids that contains sport news in kid’s style of language and display. The content is about interview with idol athlete, comic and photograph of ultimate matches.
Educational CD Roms for PC
Planet CD-Rom has compilation of education software to teach us calculate, read, spell, science and language while working on the computer. The jumpstart series is very popular software, for both kids and parents. Planet CD-Rom also has multimedia software reference (like Encyclopedia Brittanica) and software to build kids’ creativity (Crayola, Lego and Print Shop series). Oh and most of the software above are free. With educating software installed, we won’t need second invitation to sit happily in front of PC.
HAFIDA INDRAWATI
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