Why are toys important to children’s development?

-Emotional development
Toys can improve children’s creativity and help them express their emotions (internal and external).
Whether through role-playing (playing different roles, using costumes, etc.) or dolls, children can imagine familiar scenes (playing a house, spending a day at the farm, going to the hospital…) or creating fantasy that guides the children to abstraction The world (action characters, science fiction world…) The ability to produce symbolic games reveals a mature personality and the ability to create its own rules. Many times, adults tend to recognize the word toy as “something they sell in the store”, but on the other hand, children think that toys are the objects they play with. These objects can be real things, such as a set of keys, a pot, and a roll of toilet paper, or they can be deformed, such as clay, plasticine, and paint. These tools all help teach children how to make decisions because they help stimulate their imagination and at the same time create a world where they can play.
– Social development
In addition to improving children’s language skills, toys also teach social skills, allowing them to
understand the society in which they live. Toys invite children to interact, first with adults, and then with other children of the same age. The simple act of playing with another child challenges them to experience situations that require learning important lessons: respect, cooperation, and sharing. Toys can also stimulate children’s initiative, learn to negotiate and teach them how to organize better.