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It is always difficult for extended family to find the perfect gift for a little boy or girl. With all the electronic toy overloads and prices climbing way out of control, it can seem an insurmountable decision. When in doubt, return to the basics. Quality toys need not come with batteries.
A quality toy is also a toy in a fun format. Remember the old yellow metal toy trucks and tinker toys? No batteries needed, just imagination. Believe it or not, a toy as simple as a bulldozer gets the imagination of a little child moving towards the possibility of building... whatever they want.
This is a learning time where, through exploration, they will learn and experience the real world physics of gravity, leverage, weights, and balances. Whoever thought that a mere toy bulldozer could teach all that to a child not yet 6 years old? The child doesn't. Most parents have never given that a second thought either.
Many other benefits of a physical toy to play with outside is exercise, fresh air, and sunlight. Fresh air and sunlight helps with improving the mood and provides the body the ability to manufacture vitamin D. Vitamin D allows the body to more efficiently process calcium, which in turn, helps form strong bones, teeth, and other organ functions. As little as 10 to 15 minutes per day of outside play time is sufficient to achieve these results. A parent does need to be careful though that the child does not get sunburned by excessive exposure.
Another major benefit for both the parent and child is that, by playing outside, exercise helps to expend excess energy allowing the child and parent peace and quiet during nap time. Nap time is extremely important to allow a child's body and mind to grow and recharge, while the parent can relax and even take a nap for themselves.
Unfortunately, many parents with the stressful and hectic schedules of today, forget how important exercise really is and end up relying on video games and excessive amounts of television as an alternative. While it is never easy keeping up the energy level of a 4 or 5 year old, it is a necessary element of raising a child. Many of the old toys and past times bear further examination instead of the modern toys of today.
For more information and guidance about Children's Exciting Educational Videos & Toys, visit LittleHardHats.com. For a great video of action & adventure, review the videos on the site, for example, http://www.littlehardhats.com/boats.html
Littlehardhats.com specializes in helping to satisfy kids' innate curiosity by showing them how the world around them works.
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