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Benefits of Playtime with Growing Tree Toys

{By Emily ~ July 19, 2008} 

I’m all about Play, my undergrad degree was in Recreational/Play Therapy, and on top of being a super sweet degree and career, I really learned and understood how important play is in a child’s life. In fact, spending just 5 minutes of focused play time with each of your children will make a difference in their life. Did you know… Play helps to build imagination, it promotes social skills, it helps with emotional and physical development and it builds your relationship with your children.

 Trees

So, that is why we are window shopping over at Growing Tree Toys today, where they understand how important play is in your child’s life. Here’s what I like about them, they provide educational toys that challenge, stimulate, and encourage children to express their creativity.

Play-Benefits

And for each displayed toy, they will tell you the age recommendation, developmental benefits and the types of play that the particular toy will provide! Just click on an icon and it will tell you more about it.

They also have cool toys, here’s a few that I liked:

farm-bowling

Baby Farm Bowling: $25

This farm bowling game helps with physical, spatial, and intrapersonal development, it also involves hand-eye coordination, motor skills and it promotes thinking.  How’s that for a toy!

Dollhouse-Furniture

Melissa and Doug Dollhouse Kitchen Furniture: $25

And we all thought that playing with a dollhouse was just plain fun…were also talkin’ about logical, physical, spatial, and intrapersonal development going on here. This toy also helps children to use their imagination and learn to be creative!

Swirly-Tree

Now that my baby is just over one year old, he’s very interactive and my husband and I have been trying to have more one-on-one focused playtime with him each day. It’s been a good learning experience for me…to learn to step outside of my normal routine and relate to my son on his level. It’s fun too, we don’t do it everyday…but that’s our goal.

Do you have focused playtime with your children? Have you noticed positive benefits to spending this time with your kids?

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Topics: Art and Activities, Mommy and Maternity, Toys Games and Puzzles

Comments

6 Responses to “Benefits of Playtime with Growing Tree Toys”

  1. penelope on July 19th, 2008 1:31 pm

    I think it’s good for the kids, and good for us, too! Growing Tree Toys is a great site, fun for window-shopping. We also like FatBrainToys.com. Have to say, I love that bowling set. :)

  2. genny on July 19th, 2008 10:42 pm

    My kids love it when I play with them. And I love that cute dollhouse kitchen you showed!

  3. Teresa on July 20th, 2008 11:16 am

    I, too, am a big believer in learning/growing through playing. We let the kids play for many hours in our homeschooling days. Most of that is their imaginative plays with LEGO stuff - they’ve built their own worlds with their friends with all sorts of characters, buildings/structures, and plotlines.

    I used to play with them a lot more when they were young, but we still enjoy boardgames and card games together. I know they enjoy this time with me and/or my husband because even at ages 10 and 12, they will happily sit down with me or us and play Scrabble, Pictionary, poker, Yahtzee, or what-have-you.

  4. happyathome on July 21st, 2008 6:29 am

    I love the playtime I spend with my daughter. She is almost two and seems to be interested in anything and everything! Even something as simple as the vegetable garden is a play area, picking green beans and what bluebeeries NOT to pick. She has got that down now, blue only! But as for toys, less seems to be the best and rotating is always good.

  5. Kimberly on July 21st, 2008 11:30 am

    I spent a few years before kids working as a “Play” Therapist. I agree that play is so important for them (and for me).

    Great post. Can’t wait to window shop!

  6. Suzanne B on July 21st, 2008 1:38 pm

    I love to play games. Board games, word games, wit games anything that I can play with all of my children.

    I have seen a significant change in their ability to handle defeat and how to be a good winner as well. I love playing this and teaching them that “You win some, you lose some” As long as you have fun, it’s what matters. Now that I have teenagers (we still play alot together, at least one “competition” a month, in fact, tonight is Connect Four night) I watch them at their sporting events, and they are so positive!
    I’d like to think I had something to do with that.

    Great question!

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