Across the world, the conversations around childhood are changing. With the rise in screen time and shortening attention spans, the hands-on experience is gradually decreasing, worrying the generation of parents, educators, and child specialists. To address these issues, one important term is highlighted again, i.e., PLAY.
Play is no longer considered a time out from learning but is now known to be "one of the most powerful ways children make sense of the world." One of the most important tools in this mission is a toy. When used in a thoughtfully planned way, it encourages children to touch, think, move, imagine, and communicate simultaneously.
At Mittstore, we believe a child’s play life is considered purposeful. Every toy available at Mittstore is not only an object a child will have fun with, but also an aid in helping them become better versions of themselves tomorrow.
While playing with toys, kids engage in activities like grasping, stacking, and gain control over their bodies when they engage in building and assembling toys. This way, their fine motor skills will improve because their fingers will learn accuracy, and their gross motor skills will improve because they will push, pull, and balance.
Toys challenge kids to think. They come with a problem but do not pressurize children to come up with solutions. As children try out solutions, repeat their experiments, and modify their strategy, they become adept at memory, logic, concentration, and problem-solving.
Play gives children an environment where they can discover their emotions and become resilient. Doing a task on their own develops self-confidence in them, and learning through trial and error makes them patient and persistent. Gradually, toys bring self-confidence in children and control their emotions.
Language develops through interaction. Toys support children in labeling, describing, asking, and repeating. Whether children are talking out a story or telling how a thing works, playing with words enhances word vocabulary, sentence construction, and expressive abilities.
‘Children do not grow in a straight line but in layers.’ Every stage brings with it a different level of curiosity, control, reasoning, and emotional maturity. The toys offered on Mittstore have all these developmental transitions in mind. Here, every stage is paired with those toys which not only exist on Mittstore but are exactly attuned to the level of learning children can handle in a given stage.
At this stage, children learn by using their sense functions and whole-body actions. We have various products suitable for this age including the Build-Up Beakers, Shape Sorter Cube, Wooden Rainbow Xylophone,Baby Handle Rattle Toys,and wooden activity toys.
Such toys promote grasping, stacking, shaking, and sorting, which adds to their fine and gross motor skills. At a cognitive level, children start developing an understanding of causality, and at an emotional level, they start becoming confident. Language skills are also enhanced because parents point out colors, sounds, and actions during such play.
As children reach the two to three years stage, their hands become more controlled and their curiosity starts to have purpose. Our developmental toys such as Busy Board Activity Toys, Jaadui Pitara Learning Kits, simple wooden puzzles, peg and board learning toys, and basic construction toys would be perfect for kids at this age.
Engaged boards and peg games improve finger coordination and dexterity. Jaadui Pitara brings cognitive learning ideas in an engaging manner towards developing thinking and language skills. On an emotional level, patience and concentration abilities are developed in children.
Preschool children start developing connections among ideas, stories, and symbols. Preschool toys from Mittstore in this stage include Jaadui Pitara kits for preschool, increased complexity in wood puzzles, construction and blocks, art and craft kits, and role-playing learning toys.
Such toys support early literacy and numeracy and promote imagination. Role-playing and creative activities allow children to make sense of their emotions and develop empathy in them, and language development progresses very aggressively with explanations.
As children grow closer to entering formal education, they become ready for a series of educational challenges. Mittstore offers toys such as puzzles, building sets, STEM education learning kits, pattern activity toys, and learning games.
Such toys improve logic, memory functions, and concentration capabilities. Personality-building traits include the development of perseverance and learning to be resilient. Language skills will improve because they have to describe their methods and results.
The children at this stage are seven to eight years old and can benefit from learning how things work in combination. Our solutions in this stage include STEM Do-It-Yourself kits, kits based on science activities, advanced construction kits, learning games for logic learning, and strategy games for playing on a board.
Hands-on experimentation enhances analytical minds and boosts creativity. Through experimentation, children learn by failing and developing emotional strength. Language capabilities are developed by talking through processes, observations, and outcomes.
At nine to ten years of age, children have a good capacity for abstract thinking and sustained attention. Mittstore engages these children with advanced STEM kits, do-it-yourself kits of science and mechanics, advanced construction kits, musical items such as Wooden Bongo Drums and Xylophones, and games based on logic learning.
Such toys promote planning, sequencing, and problem-solving. Music instruments improve rhythm, coordination, and expression of emotions. They also improve language abilities by clearly describing complicated concepts and processes.
The best toys are those which can grow up with children. When toys promote exploration, problem-solving, self-expression, they promote a variety of developmental aspects all at one time. With time, such experiences influence how children react towards learning, problem-solving, and developing self-confidence.
Mittstore acutely selects toys in accordance with their developmental requirements. Screen addiction, attention span, and added value in toys have always remained a point of concern for parents. Mittstore toys will keep children engaged with their hands moving, minds working, and chatter flowing.
Age-appropriateness is a core part of Mittstore’s philosophy. They have each product targeting children based on their development, including their physical, cognitive, emotional, and linguistic development. Their STEM products are also laid out in a very systematic manner without overwhelming children.
Safety, durable construction, and future usability are of equal importance, ensuring a toy continues to have significance to children over time.
Growing skills through play, with Mittstore Toys can be more than just playthings. In fact, they can be a child’s first tools to grasp this world. Well-chosen toys can improve the strength of bodies, sharpen minds, improve emotional health, and boost communication confidence. Through providing children with thoughtfully considered toys targeting their age groups and stimulating them to learn through playing, Mittstore assists children in developing not just for the present but for life.
