STEM Toys for Toddlers – How Can It Help Kids?

How do STEM Toys Help? 

The toddlers need to have STEM toys because they can pick up and learn new skills through playing. Of course, different toys will help the children in different areas, but that is the whole idea of this. One of the main skills that toddlers will learn by playing with STEM toys is problem-solving skills.

There are a lot of STEM toys developed out there that need toddlers to come up with a solution to solve or play. By instilling problem-solving exercises at a young age and present STEM toys that have various challenges to toddlers, they will be able to develop healthy cognitive development and will prepare them for an independent and bright future. 

This may sound cliché, but STEM toys make learning becomes fun through playing. Parents and teachers are always trying to make the lesson becomes fun for the toddlers but often do not know and have no right tools to do it. Sometimes, toddlers are learning something without even realizing it becomes they are too immersed in playing with the STEM toys.

STEM toys can help the children to remove the notion that learning science is hard, instead, they will have a mindset that learning science is fun, and it is all about exploration! People often say that mathematics and science are dull subjects for children, especially for toddlers because they need to a lot of thinking to solve the problems. But, with STEM toys, children will have the opportunity to be creative when it comes to a decision-making process.

STEM toys for children always offer several solutions for a problem to be solved and children will be triggered to come out with different results each time. With this freedom, children, especially toddlers are free and become more confident to be creative and critical during figuring out the solution for the challenges they have with their STEM toys.

Examples of STEM Toys

There are a lot of STEM toys that are easily obtained, especially if you are in Malaysia! Some of them are listed below to help you find the most suitable STEM toys for your little ones.

Spark Kit is a fun and simple experiment kit for the children to do at home with their parents, provided with a comic magazine for each issue as the guidance for both children and parents. There are a total of 40 issues (and still counting).

In this digitally driven world, parents are eager to ensure that children are exposed to digital learning, too! ALFA and Friends are offering a digital comic and access to educational animation videos for parents who prefer technology involvement in their children’s learning. The animations teach the children to understand STEM experiments better, especially for toddlers.

Spark Kit is designed to get the children excited and wanting more for the feeling of creativity in solving problems through fun ways! Spark Kit comes with different themes for each issue and helps your children to learn about different topics every time! Some of the kits are available for toddlers, so get yours now while stocks last.

Building blocks are a must-have toy for the children, especially for toddlers! Do you know what is spatial skills? Spatial skills have been defined as the ability to generate, retain, retrieve, and transform well-structured visual images. (Lohman 1996)

In other words, spatial skills are the capacity of the children to understand, reason, and remember the relation among objects and space. There are a lot of studies that showed positive improvements in terms of speed and accuracy of the children after playing with building blocks often.

Building blocks are not merely toys for the toddlers. So, parents and teachers, check your stash if you own building blocks or not for your children. If you do not, it is time for you to get building blocks for them. There are a lot of options for building blocks whether you out for in-person shopping or online. Make sure you choose the materials that are harmless to your little ones.

Technically speaking, all puzzles are STEM toys. But of course, you should not settle for the basic for your children. These gear puzzles will make your puzzle playtime become more advance than before. The children will have to figure out how to combine all 96-piece set which will not only improve their STEM knowledge and skills, but will also enhance their fine motor skills as they use their both hands to grab, grip, and fit the gear puzzles together.

Playing with puzzles from an early age can help the children to develop emotional, physical, and cognitive skills other than helping the children to build their self-confidence and self-esteem.

STEM toys will save more of your time in choosing them because they are for everyone. STEM toys are not gender-biased unlike other toys for children. There are a variety of options for STEM toys for your children. Identify what are your children’s skills that you want to strengthen before choosing the STEM toys that you need!