At the age of two, the child already develops some psychomotor and cognitive abilities. A priori, it already starts to exceed the stage of the baby, but remains always small.
In order to help them better develop their skills and to accompany them in their discovery of the world, the choice of toys at that age is essential. In fact, parents must adapt their child's activities and games according to his age.
To find out which toys are suitable for a two-year-old, read on.
Why is it important to adapt games to the age of the child?
From a child psychiatry point of viewThe child evolves with his games, which are therefore the witness of his evolution. Indeed, the same game is often used differently depending on the age of the child. It is a question of of a support that the child himself adapts according to its progression in time.
Let's take the example of a car game, during the first months, the child usually uses it just to drive it. However, from the age of two, he will feel the desire to to make live real adventures to his toy, which he will perceive as a real character.
According to child psychiatrists, the child's psychological development is characterized by by the rise of representative intelligence (or the ability to develop mental images of the objects he wants). It is therefore a matter of the advent of symbolic thinking.
What types of early learning games should I offer my two-year-old?
From the age of two, it is appropriate to opt for a certain type of early learning toy according to the developmental status of her child. These include:
- drawing games;
- illustrated books with pictures,
- puzzles;
- role-playing, imitation and "pretend" games;
- games of dînettes ;
- building sets ;
- musical early learning toysetc.
Understand the developmental mechanisms of the child to better adapt its games of awakening
First, at this age, the child begins to be interested in drawing. Indeed, a two-year-old child will take more and more pleasure in drawing. In his universe, this consists of representations, by drawing, of objects, situations or characters which he wants to create.
At this age, they will also enjoy anything with pictures, such as picture books. The parent can therefore tell him/her the following stories images or illustrations on the pages of the book. Therefore, the child develops pleasure in puzzle games and all types of games where it is possible toassociate images with others.
The age of two is also the ideal period for symbolic games, i.e. those in which children pretend to play, in which they imagine stories about policemen, firemen, merchants, etc, the dinette games.
Certain types of early learning games will help the child release certain emotions. Indeed, when a child of this age fights with his doll or stuffed animal, it frees him from an unpleasant emotion that happened to him.
Is the age of two ideal for creative play?
As previously explained, the age of two years is a transition period in a child's life.
Thus, he will often feel the need to assert and express his personality. Nothing is more adequate for that that the creative games.
Indeed, creative games such as modeling clay, salt dough, painting or drawing will allow the child to express his personality and to let your imagination run wild.
Parents should therefore think about providing creative materials and games to let their child's artistic talents run free. Moreover, this will also help avoid seeing their child scribble on the walls.
