As a parent of a young child, nothing thrills me more than watching my little one learn something new and display it to me. There is an immense amount of satisfaction that I get from watching that twinkle in the eyes and smile on those little lips. Because of being keenly observed by those two little eyes, I have become more responsible of how I do everything. This includes being more aware about what I choose as toys for my children.

I have learnt from personal experience that it helps to find the learning toys that match the interest of our children. They play with it for a longer time. One should find out what holds child’s fantasy at the moment. It can be to be a fire man or a boat man, a doctor or an army man. Toys relating to these can be really good and helps their imagination about occupations and develops respect associated with it.

Coloring books is another very good example is the building games or coloring books. These can keep the child occupied for a long time. These are good weather they are in company of other children or adults or even alone. Some toy sets encourage group play. The toys like doctors set or miniature kitchen can create wonderful chemistry in the group set up. Armed with this information I am now always aware of what choose for my children.