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THE IMPORTANCE OF TOYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD
Shodmonova Laylo Oʻral qizi
f.f.n. Panjiyeva N.N
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10230036
Abstract.
This paper shows the role of toys in children development. The paper focuses on
its benefits which helps in child’s development. The paper identifies the challenges in child’s
development. Toys plays an important role in child development. Toys helps in overall
development of child, which may differ from person to person, culture to culture or generation to
generation. The best experience of childhood which children enjoys is their playing time with toys.
Different variety of toys help in different level of development of child for example educational
toys helps children to play and learn simultaneously with one another in a fun way. It also helps
in building their social interaction with other kids. It helps in child’s physical mental social
emotional and creative development also. Parents also encourage their child to choose
appropriate toy.
Key words:
Toys, Child Development, Specially Abled Children, Memory Games, Creative
Development.
ЗНАЧЕНИЕ ИГРУШЕК В РАЗВИТИИ РЕБЕНКА
Аннотация.
В статье показана роль игрушек в развитии детей. В статье основное
внимание уделяется его преимуществам, которые помогают в развитии ребенка. В
статье обозначены проблемы в развитии ребенка. Игрушки играют важную роль в
развитии ребенка. Игрушки помогают в общем развитии ребенка, которое может
отличаться от человека к человеку, от культуры к культуре или от поколения к поколению.
Лучшие впечатления детства, которые доставляют детям радость, — это игры с
игрушками. Различные игрушки помогают на разном уровне развития ребенка, например,
развивающие игрушки помогают детям играть и учиться одновременно друг с другом в
увлекательной игровой форме. Это также помогает в построении социального
взаимодействия с другими детьми. Это также помогает в физическом, умственном,
социальном, эмоциональном и творческом развитии ребенка. Родители также поощряют
своего ребенка выбирать подходящую игрушку.
Ключевые слова:
игрушки, развитие ребенка, дети с особыми способностями, игры
на память, творческое развитие.
Toys play as an integral part in the learning process and child individual development also
depends on the toy chosen. With the growth and development their need for a specific toy will
change as their age their interest level and their abilities. The selection of toys depends on child
behavior and their interest some may choose puzzle games memory games manipulative games
and other board games which can be played indoors. These type of games can be played alone or
with a volunteer or with a parent or with a small group of friends. Same way outdoor games like
basketball badminton cricket etc requires physical strength and specific number of players.
Following are the various developments inner child which is facilitated by playing with toys which
are given below:
Emotional or Social Development
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Many lessons for living in the society can be easily learnt by playing with the toys. Social
development is very crucial element in child’s development. Social development includes self-
discipline,sharing, cooperation, togetherness and empathy. While playing they can share their
thoughts without any restrictions in their group. Children learn to cooperate by playing with each
other by sharing turns. It helps to realize their potential and give satisfaction of success. It ends in
manage their emotions values andable to interpret the world around them.
Physical Development
Children love toys which involves physical movement such as coloring, cutting, dressing
up their dolls and playing with color coordinated games. Toys which involves activities like
coloring, matching cut outs, art and craft related toys, placing cut outs on the board etc. involves
fine motor skills that helps indevelopment of small muscle coordination and helps in development
of hand-eye coordination. Playing with activity toys strengthens their physical development.
Cognitive Development
Cognitive skills involve conscious intellectual activity, thinking, reasoning or remembering that
can be developed by playing with toys. It helps child to perceive to intuit in the process of gaining
or acquiring knowledge with the help of toys. Toys like building blocks, pattern blocks, some
connecting games which involve experiments to make designs, all these type of games make their
thinking process stronger, they learn to invent, construct, use their creative thinking and develop
problem solving skills.Many games help in developing mathematical skills such as counting
matching patterns and classifications. It is a proven fact that by playing with more and more games,
child can have better creative thinking and can become better problem solver.
Educational Development
Children are born with a desire to learn and playing with toys, encourage them do it.It helps
inenhancement of knowledge of developing concepts, problem solving skills etc. at the initial stage
of learning the child learns different shapes sizes colors numbers pictures textures with the help of
toys.Toys gives a means to explore experiment with things and furnish with new information. It
gives a pathway for future life to next level of schooling. Role playing with toys helps them to
build creative imagination powers together with builds good communication skills. It helps to
develop a sense of responsibility which is required for school and future life.
Moral Development
Toy plays a significant role for moral education of the child. While playing child get to
know what is right and wrong. Child learns to play fairly, honestly and truthfully. They learn to
play with the true sportsmanship. They learn to play for winning and face the failure with grace,
which eventually help them learn to face the challenges but still be persistent to resolve it.
Creative Development
Children get excited to explore new world which gives new experience, toys give the best
platform to imagine. Toys like blocks construction toys crayons etc. are the tools for creative
growth. At the early age child has natural curiosity to explore to find many things. Kids love to
enact like adults. They do small role plays enacting their parents for their profession, driving,
cooking, grocery, shopping etc.
Communication Skill Development
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Toys that involves interaction provides benefit of encouraging child’s social development.
In the learning process of child’s social development, communication plays the vital role that
involves both listening and interacting with other people. There are toys and games that helps in
building the communication skill from the early age. Playing Toys in small groups like neighbors
or with parents encourages child to interact with each other in safe environment, without any
inhibition.
Technological Development
Kids love doing different experiments at different stages of their growth. Toys that involve
learning via experiment that includes telescopes, solar system sets, microscope, chemistry sets,
physics sets, etc. all these helps them to strengthen thinking skills. At the initial stage kids start
with basic model building toys to advanced assembling toys with their expanding knowledge and
the level of interest.
Challenges in Child Development
Selection of correct toy for a child as per the age or as per any difficult situation or
specialabilities which child is facing, is a tough decision for parents. There is different level of
special abilities which a child can face during the learning process.
Visual Skills
Children with visual impairment enjoy more with the toys that they can feel textures, which
can make sounds, which they feel with their vibrations, toys that can give some sensory
stimulation. Child with reasonable visual weakness can enjoys toys that emit bright lights. Toys
plays a vital role in learning process for the children facing visual challenges. At the early stage of
learning these toys encourage them to have playful learning with minimal difficulties.
Hearing Skills
Children facing hearing disorder/discomfort should choose toys which has lights or some
visuals in it, toy should include volume controls, can have some textures or some other unique
features that is appropriate for them. Toys that nurture thinking abilities such as puzzles, board
matching games etc. should also be considered for older kids
Motor Skills
Children who face challenges in motor skills struggle with lack of both gross motor skills
which includes jumping, balancing or running. They may face problem in holding pencils or
putting laces in the strings through holes etc. Children with motor impairments do face trouble in
movement of hands or legs.There are various means which schools for especially abled kids use
in their development process. Toys having suction cups or magnets gives stability in terms of
holding it. Light weight toys requires less strength will be much easier for children to handle. Toys
made up of unbreakable materials or soft foams rubber should be used.
Cognitive Skills
Cognitive development means how a child thinks, explore and figure out things. it is the
development of knowledge, particular skill, problem solving which helps a child to think about
and understand the world around them. Simple jigsaws puzzle and memory games, encourage
stacking and telling jokes and riddles etc. can be used at early age. Child can frequently play games
with simple rules.
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To a certain level extend playing with certain toys can help them in building the cognitive
skills.
Learning Skills
Learning is a neurological condition in which child face difficulties in understanding the
meaning of words or sometimes they interchange the meaning with one another. Toys helps them
to understand or enhance their thinking ability, they will be able understand the cause and effect
of the problem educational toys can help them in dealing with these challenges. Educational toys
like Puzzles, board games, number games etc can improve their logical reasoning ability.
Categories of Toys
Real-life and Nurturing
Doll family, doll house, baby bottle, variety of puppets, animal families, cars, money, cash,
register, kitchen food, medical kit, phone, etc.
Acting-out, Aggressive, Scary Toys (or not?)
oBop bag, toy soldiers, guns (colored plastic-not real looking!), scary/aggressive puppets
and animals (alligator, shark, etc), rubber knife, foam sword, handcuffs, etc.
Creative expression and emotional release:
Sand, water, paints, craft materials, clay, musical instruments, magic wand, dress-up
clothes, etc
Conclusion
Parents always want to help their children to achieve their full potential, they generally like
to ignore the special ability discussion. However, kids gain most of the knowledge when they are
relaxedand enjoying in the safe environment of home or the area which their parents define best
for them. A child can memorize lot of information but the retention or better understanding of the
same will happen with hands on experience only, i.e. to know and understand how really things
work. Hence, the selection of right toy for the right age, environment and encouragement to
conquer the world is an utmost requirement for the child’s development.
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