On “educational” toys
Your child does not need to go to preschool unless you need the day care. And he does not need these silly toys at all. A child needs a safe environment, loving parents, and a world that stimulates him and allows him to practice skills he needs. What skills are those? Talking. Listening. Navigating the world around him. Seeing what the stuff in his world does. Seeing what the adults in his world do and trying it out…
Parents: Stop buying educational toys. Sit down and talk to your child and teach him to do what you do by letting him try it out when he is ready. “No,” to interactive toys. “Yes,” to interactive parents.
October 17th, 2007 - 10:41 am
For my two girls, “educational toy” = any ordinary toy + imagination. Or no toy, + imagination. Or a book.
I have to admit though, my 4-year old’s Montessori preschool does an amazing job — they are much better at teaching young kids than either me or my wife.