janus76

i feel it is important to start children's education early i buy alot of the educational toys and try to get my child involved in them i also get them listening to music early and encourage therer artistic skills from a very early age

Kaytee

I also do that. Itry to stay away from electronic toys also. too many and the kids hav eno imagination. We have some electronic mind you, just a majority are good old fasion ones.

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kidsresources

when i was younger, my mum "forces" me to pick up piano. i didnt like it and it was a struggle for me... but i guess i learnt how to appreciate music better nowadays though i can't really play the piano.

even at this age, i'm in my mid-twenties , i'm picking up games to play.
2 games which I really play for brain training are RUSHHOUR & RIVERCROSSING

i personally love CLUEDO for leisure. In Singapore, we have Game Cafes booming up which allows people to gather to play boardgames. I simply love it man!

The way someone plays a game reflects on the person personality as well as they like to say "Life is just like a game"

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Kaytee

games are imortant! When Nichole gets a little older I plan to have family game night with her

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stepmommy0221

Avoid the electronic stuff and get some good old fashionned toys and games. I'm not one that likes electronic toys and my stepson however is totally enamored with them...Unfortunately, my bf is as well and it doesn't go over too well on week ends...I was brought up that there's a time and place to sit in front of the tv and we were pushed to read alot growing up (I LOVE reading and read as much as I can...however recently the only time I do it is on my way to and from work...) music is an excellent way to stimulate a child's development...especially if you get some smooth moves in it as well...and change the type of music you listen to so your child can grow up appreciating everything...anything that promotes being open mindedness and curiosity is excellent...I used to sit down with my grand mother's old BINGO, and try to place the numbered balls in order, and I used to play with cards and place them in order then try to count how many times I had to shuffle them until they were all mixed up...that little experiment lasted a few months of trial and error and made math-logic alot easier for me...

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hannah's mommy

we do this - and the little brat beats me in connect 4 every single time we play, lol!

Game nights are really fun, and teach great strategy skills.

stepmommy0221

I used to love playing Clue...put 5 kids together ranging from 12 to 8, with some pepsi (at the time, in the late 80's pepsi was cool for us) with a big old bowl of popcorn and THAT was our Friday night sleep oevers at my grandmother's house...we never used to sleep!!! LOL

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musicmom

As soon as mine could sit up by themselves they were on the computer playing games (reader rabbit, muppets, dora,)
They had everything, books, electronic learning toys. I have some pretty smart kiddies.

Kaytee

lol

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aliinnc

My pet peeve was stuffed animals that were programmed to say or do something. I think that totally eliminates the element of imagination in play.