Plush toy selection knowledge

August 21, 2023

Plush toys are an indispensable "companion" on the baby's growth path, and it is also the baby's first textbook, which not only increases the baby's life experience, rich knowledge, and expand the ability, but also helps to cultivate the baby's good personality.
Small plush toys, big learning
As you may know, it is necessary to choose the right stuffed animal according to the baby's age and personality characteristics. However, in the face of a wide range of soft toys on the market, it is not easy to choose a safe, fun and educational soft toy for your baby!
4 principles for selecting plush toys
Step 1: Security
According to statistics, about 100,000 babies have accidents every year because of playing with stuffed animals. Safety is undoubtedly the primary concern when choosing a plush toy. In the selection of plush toys, you may wish to use the "soft and hard two sets of standards."
The so-called soft standard, through observation, touch and other ways to understand the quality of plush toys. If you hold the building blocks in your hand, see if the corners are rounded, observe whether the paint will fall off, and how glossy it is; Whether the surface of the ball has particles and is easy to fall off; Whether the plastic plush toy has texture in the hand and is easy to deform.
The so-called hard standard, that is, whether the plush toy has passed the national mandatory product certification standards, whether there is a "CCC" mark, and whether the plush toy is marked with the relevant information about the manufacturer or seller and the product.
TIPS: Plush toys with a strong fragrance often contain chemical components or heavy metals that are harmful to the baby, such as benzene, lead, cadmium, and so on, and should not be purchased.
2. Developmental
Plush toys to meet the baby's age characteristics to promote the development of the baby's ability, therefore, in the selection of plush toys should pay attention to the appropriate age marked on the packaging.
Babies under 1 year old choose sound plush toys
Babies in this age group need graphic plush toys of different colors, textures and materials to meet the needs of perceptual development. Sound plush toys, such as rattles, can promote the development of baby control and coordination.
1-2 year old baby choose a moving stuffed animal
The baby who is a toddler is often interested in the stuffed toy car, stuffed toy bear and other moving stuffed toys, and in the process of chasing the stuffed toy, the baby's body movement ability has been developed.
After the age of 2, the baby chooses a plush toy
Because of the wrist rotation ability, the baby can try to play blocks, patchwork and percussion instruments, etc., at the same time, the drawing and stimulate imagination and creativity of the puzzle plush toys also showed more interest.
3. Educational

Plush toys can not only bring endless fun to the baby, but also have important significance for the improvement of attention, the development of sensory abilities, and the acquisition of a sense of accomplishment and confidence. Therefore, plush toys not only satisfy the baby's emotional pleasure, but also have important educational significance. Today, the market is full of a variety of educational plush toys, but not all are "educational", some too expensive, fine, single play plush toys are not conducive to the development of intelligence, the real educational value of plush toys are often those who are easier to find, low structure, can be reused materials, such as building blocks, silly clay, sand, paper and so on.

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4. Suitability
According to the baby's personality characteristics to choose targeted plush toys, in order to better play the educational value of plush toys.
Active baby, choose intellectual plush toys.
The baby's personality is active, so choose a quiet intellectual plush toy for him, such as building blocks, inserting plastic plush toys, etc., so that he can practice concentration and learn to control his actions.

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