what kind of toys can i buy to make my child smart?

Question

she is a year and two months

Answer 1

leap frog and baby genius stuff works pretty well. The best toy is yourself. Spend time with your child teaching it yourself.

Answer 2

Educational board games .If you can't find any new ones that seem good, look on ebay. Some good ones are Memory, Go to the Head of the Class, and any trivia type game.There are also usa and world map puzzles and games. Personally I think the leap frog stuff looks very stupid.

Also look into what the media has to offer. Sesame Street and Baby Einstein videos are excellent for kids 1-6 years old.
Books are also excellent. Get on amazon or look at your library for lists of quality ones. Anything by Richard Scary, Stan and Jan Berenstein, or Byron Barton is good for young children.

I think socialization is one of the most important things you can do to educate your child. Let them have friends over and most importantly talk to your child and listen to them. Answer their questions and never laugh at them. Also try to do educational things as a family like visiting museums, nature centers, theatres, etc.

Answer 3

Best bet is to go with the "Baby Einstein" Collection. It is a series of videos that promotes learning in little kids. from 8 months to 6 years. I know what you are thinking.... Videos, I do not want my child to start watching TV. That is what I thought also, until I saw good improvements from the kids that watched the videos. There are also the V-tech line of toys and Leapfrog. Both companies are highly recommended in promoting learning in children. Just remember to get the toys that are age appropriate. Good luck in what you choose.

Answer 4

How about a good set of books for you to read to your child. Smartness or intelligence is a more inherent trait....I don't think toys can make a child smart.

Answer 5

No extravagant toys needed, all you do is read to her. Books of all kinds, some story books, history, it doesnt matter. Buy a childrens book in a different language and read it with her. Point at the pictures and say it in English and thenin whatever other language it is in. Kids soak up so much info at this age, I did this with my daughter and she now speaks fluent Spanish and semi-fluent French, she is 4. No joke, it works. I dont speak a lick of either one. She can name EVERY animal and tell you if it lays eggs or has live babies. I'm not talking about your everyday barnyard critters, stuff like platapusses and sea snakes and all the different types of monkeys and birds. She had a field-guide to birds book and can now identify them all. She just started pre-k and she can read whole books. It doesnt take that much time and effort to read to your kids. They dont think of it as a lesson, they like the story and plus they get to spend time with their parent, one on one.

Answer 6

It isn't about what you buy for your child. It is about the overall environment you provide for her, and the values she gains from you.

If she grows up surrounded by lots of different kind of reading materials that she can always touch and "read" or have read to her on demand, and sees the adults in her life reading, she'll read early and enjoy reading. If she's always got access to different kinds of paper and writing/drawing/art instruments, she'll want to "write" and be unlikely do so on your property instead of hers.

If the television is always on, she'll tend to be passive and want to just sit in front of the electronic teat, letting it entertainer her. If there's always a variety of music playing - better yet, if people are making music and she's encouraged to do so, too - she'll find that to be a natural way to communicate. If you're active, she will be too.

All of it requires your involvement. Birth to whatever age you turn her over to "professionals" for state indoctrination (if that's what you plan to do) is an especially crucial time.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Intelligence is predermined by genetics. How smart your kid is is dependent on how smart mommy and daddy are, and because you think there's a toy that can make your kid smart, you'd better hope the other parent has some smart genes. Otherwise, your kid will probably be as dumb as you.

Answer 8

Any thing that makes her use her motor skills. Putting objects into others. Things that tingle her senses. Different textures. Leap Frog toys are good!


Envies polo's response to say yourself! So true.
The more you read to her and play with her the smarter she will be. It is never too early to start teaching colors, numbers, shapes and the alphabet!

Answer 9

I'd say anything by Playschool or Duplo blocks from Lego.
On another note, if you want her to be smart, read to her every day. Books are the best thing you could give her.

Answer 10

Leappad. Or Baby genuises. If you have "The N" on your tv that works great. Disney and nickelodeon in the morning works great too. I have a friend with a daughter that is two and she loves the tv shows.