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The modern toy industry offers an endless number of options for how to entertain and keep a child occupied. Educational games, complex toys with many different functions, so different in their themes - robots, dolls, teddy bears, ponies, ducklings, pets that behave almost like living beings... It’s just amazing! And the attitude towards such new products among adults is not always clear. Some people consider interactive toys for children to be an unnecessary extravagance, while others, on the contrary, prefer to make the most of the benefits of the modern world in everything, including children's toys. Let's try to figure out whether all these singing, talking and dancing characters will be equally useful and interesting to the child and which of them is still better to choose as a friend for your baby.

Interactive means designed for interaction between objects and their exchange of information. In relation to toys, this definition includes various educational functions and all additional means that help the child simulate various situations similar to reality during play. Thanks to their rich capabilities, complex mechanical and electronic toys do an excellent job of this task.

Interactive toys - the evolution of the game

Let's delve a little into the history of creating toys of this type. Mechanical toys have been created by man since ancient times. Even in Ancient Egypt, they made figurines driven by ropes; in Ancient Greece, they made mechanical dolls that worked by the movement of gears. In the 6th-18th centuries, famous watchmakers and jewelers created intricate figurines of people and animals performing many different actions. Of course, such fun was the lot of wealthy people. Then, along with the development of technology, the production of wind-up mechanical toys became a mass phenomenon.

In the 20th century, the first robots were created, and already in the 30-40s, the first electromechanical toys appeared, powered by an electric motor powered by a battery. The next step in the “toy evolution” was radio-controlled robotic toys and robots whose built-in photocell allowed them to change behavior depending on the lighting (hide from bright light or, conversely, strive for it, depending on the programmed setting). They are already direct prototypes of today's bright interactive animals and dolls, which have many different reactions and capabilities.

Interactive electronic toys for children are the latest word in the toy industry today. These plush animals, dinosaurs, bears, cats and dolls not only sing songs or say funny phrases. They are able to interact with the child depending on his reaction, communicate with him, play educational games, and tell fairy tales. Some artificial animals react to sound, change of position, others are even equipped with a built-in video camera and with its help they can “see” the child and react to his movements. Such toys also turn on in different ways - some by pressing a button, others by touching themselves, by clapping hands, whistling or the sound of a voice. Interactive toys of various types, various themes and different price ranges are now gaining increasing popularity, displacing more static competitors from the shelves.

Types of interactive toys

On the modern market, as mentioned above, smart toys are presented in a very wide range. Therefore, for convenience, we will divide them into several conditional categories. This classification will allow us to consider all selected categories in turn. They differ in their set of basic functions and appearance.

1. Animals. Plush puppies, kittens, rabbits, pandas and other animals are endowed with the basic qualities of pets - you need to handle them, play with them, and pay attention to them. But at the same time, unlike their biological prototypes, they will not cause an allergic reaction in their little owner, do not shed and do not need walking and food.
2. Soft toys-"storytellers". These could be the same cats, dogs or teddy bears. But unlike pets from the category above, their main function is educational. Artificial intelligence allows these toys to teach your child the alphabet, poems and songs, tell a bedtime story and much more. Some of them have a built-in voice recorder and are capable of transmitting messages to the baby, recorded, for example, in the voice of the parents.
3. Dolls. An interactive toddler will be an excellent gift for a girl, making the game of daughter-mother extremely exciting.
4. Robots. The range of capabilities of these creatures cannot but amaze the imagination. True, the circulation of cyborgs and other mechanical wonders today is quite limited, so such luxury is not available to every family, but in the future, perhaps the situation will change.
5. Technique. This category includes all radio-controlled tanks, cars, ships, helicopters and airplanes. Such toys can bring a lot of pleasant moments and become the subject of exciting games not only for boys, but also for their dads.
6. Children's computers. The “stuffing” for the computer is a variety of educational games and tasks for the child. With their help, he can learn reading, the alphabet and counting.

If the first two groups can be called universal, since the toys from them are suitable for both boys and girls, then interactive baby dolls remain in the sphere of interests of expectant mothers, and robots and technology still remain closer only to boys’ preferences, although not always. Each of the above categories has its own age restrictions, which you must pay attention to when choosing a gift for a child.

Interactive animals

As mentioned above, various interactive animals are brought as close as possible by their developers to their biological prototypes. The variety of plush “smart” animals is truly enormous - there are cats, dogs, rabbits, ponies, parrots, and various exotic animals. Everything that only manufacturers have enough imagination for. By the way, there are more and more companies producing such toys every year, as these products are gaining more and more popularity. The most famous manufacturers of toy pets are Hasbro, Woody O'Time, Shantou Gepai, Happy Toy and the famous American company producing the most diverse toys, Fisher Price.

Such toys require simple care and attention from their little owner. You need to walk with them, feed them, but all this, of course, is much less difficult than caring for a real animal, and happens in a playful way. Using the example of a toy kitten, bird or dog, a child learns to take care of someone and be responsible for a pet. A mechanical pet most often comes with various accessories. This could be a collar, a bone for a puppy, a bottle of milk for a kitten, a carrot for a rabbit or a banana for a monkey, a brush for combing artificial fur and much more.

The functionality of an artificial pet is quite extensive. The animal makes various sounds in response to external stimuli. Thanks to the sensors, the toy can respond to touch, play catch or hide and seek with the child, dance, recognize the owner’s voice and carry out simple commands. Motion sensors built into the toy's eyes allow it to react to the owner's approach, and a photocell allows it to react to changes in lighting. All these improvements in artificial intelligence allow the baby's mechanical pets to be natural and actively help the little owner simulate various play situations.

When choosing an interactive animal for a child, you need to focus not only on the price, but also on the list of the animal’s capabilities, as well as the quality and composition of the materials from which the toy is made. The manufacturer must provide all this information about the product.

Not a pet, but a friend

As an example of such a toy, we can consider a Russian-made product - this is a sailor cat produced at the Smolensk enterprise "Kometa". A funny soft animal in a sailor suit knows several fascinating fairy tales and reacts to touches and changes in body positions. By clicking on the paw, you will hear a greeting from the sailor cat; when you click again, the cat enters into a conversation, uttering individual remarks. If you put a cat on its back, it will start telling a story. Turning it upside down, the child will hear that the cat is unhappy and indignant. If you turn the cat on his stomach, he begins to purr and falls asleep sweetly. Left on the floor unattended, the cat will first call the child and invite him to play a little more together, then, if no one wants to play with the animal, he will politely say goodbye and turn off. You can put your cat into sleep mode yourself by holding the button on your paw for a few seconds. The volume of the voice can be adjusted using a sensor mounted in the cat's ear. The toy operates on batteries.

The Fisher Price company offers its buyers a developing puppy. This toy comes with both English and Russian voice acting and will be an excellent gift for children over one year old, although the company has rated it from 6 months to 3 years. There is also a combined Russian-English version, but it will be more relevant for children closer to two years old. The puppy knows the alphabet, sings songs, recites rhymes and names body parts. The volume can be adjusted or turned off completely if necessary. A red heart flashes on the chest when pressed; the animal itself is bright, elegant, and will attract the child’s attention for a long time. The dog is approximately 25 cm in height.

A similar principle of operation distinguishes most interactive soft toys, both domestic and foreign. They will invite the child to learn and sing a song or poem together, tell a fairy tale and keep the child occupied for a long time. Although parents should not forget that no matter how cute and “smart” a toy is, it will not replace a child’s live communication with mom and dad.

Furby - your furry miracle

Furby is a funny creature generated by the imagination of American inventor David Thompson, inspired by a film about gremlins, small fairy-tale creatures. Furby himself - small, fluffy and eared, with bright fur, a fluffy tail and big kind eyes - was originally conceived by the author as an interactive toy and was created in 1998. The toys were wildly successful, first in the United States and then throughout the rest of the world, and since their appearance on the shelves of American stores they have been repeatedly improved, gaining new skills and capabilities.

Today's Furbies come in a variety of colors - you can choose the color based on your own preferences. These electronic toys operate on batteries. Furbies are somewhat similar to funny little owls. They have soft rubber ears, rubberized paws that are pleasant to the touch, and artificial bright fur. The combinations of actions that this fairy-tale creature can perform are almost endless, so playing with him is always exciting. Furby can respond to voices, responding to calls and giving responses in its own language, will start dancing if it hears dynamic music, wiggles its ears funny, will react differently to the owner’s touches - it will purr contentedly if you stroke its head or scratch its belly, and will be offended if you pull its fluffy tail. They speak very melodiously, in pleasant voices. If you bring your index finger to its beak-shaped mouth, the furby will smack joyfully. Ferby has sensors built into his huge eyes; he can blink and the expression of his face changes thanks to his expressive eyes.

Hasbro has released a series of small toys of the same type - ferblings. The ferbling does not have interactive eyes and does not open its beak, but it can talk when you stroke its head, and communicates enthusiastically with both its owner and larger ferbies.

By systematically repeating a certain sequence of actions, your fairy-tale pet will even develop its own character (several variations are programmed, but which one will be activated depends on how you treat your Furby). Thus, the appearance of this cute eared creature in the house can become an exciting fairy-tale adventure for your baby.

Equipment for real men

At all times, the harsh romance of war has captivated men, both big and small - future men with great pleasure master the wisdom of strategy and tactics, and enthusiastically lead opposing armies into battle on the nursery floor. Often such battles involve older brothers, fathers, and grandfathers, so interactive military equipment will be a wonderful gift for the entire male population of the family.

The choice in this area is simply huge! Radio-controlled tanks, helicopters, boats and armored personnel carriers will not leave boys of any age indifferent. Most models of tanks, combat boats, aircraft and other variations of specialized military equipment are made with maximum similarity to their real prototypes. Connoisseurs of combat science fiction will be delighted by robots, combat transformers, multicopters, space rockets and other examples of equipment from science fiction films.

For fans of rally and extreme off-road racing, the best gift would be radio-controlled car models. There are a variety of models, differing in many parameters, the main ones being the type of chassis and the type of engine. The chassis, or wheels, are designed for different surfaces and different temperature conditions. Some models can only move in the room, while others are not scary to go to the playground in winter and race through the snowdrifts without any harm to the toy vehicle. The following motors are available for radio-controlled models:

• electric motors;
• ICE (internal combustion engines).

Internal combustion engines do not run on gasoline, but on a special mixture of engine oil, methanol, and nitromethane. Models with internal combustion engines are complex in their design, are expensive and are no longer children's toys in the full sense of the word. A car with an electric motor is more suitable for a child; it is much safer. Electric models run on batteries.

There are cars designed only for indoors, and there are larger ones with powerful studded wheels and adaptation to weather conditions, which you can play with outside, in the yard or in the park. Age restrictions on radio-controlled models are quite flexible; they can be given to children from 4-5 years old, although the first experience with a complex toy should be under the supervision of an adult.

Interactive toys for girls

At all times, girls loved and still love the game of daughter-mother, happily spending time caring for toy babies and worrying about outfits for beautiful, bright dolls. In this case, the interactive doll is just a godsend! Sophisticated technical innovations have become the basis of a new generation of dolls that no longer just open their eyes and say the word “mother.” A modern interactive baby doll is able to laugh, babble, talk, walk, sing and eat. Such multi-tasking toys for girls make play fun and varied - a toy baby needs care almost like a real small child. He makes a variety of sounds, cries from hunger, happily gnaws on artificial cookies or happily smacks a bottle. There are toys that can even be bathed. Such various forms of play with an interactive doll and its active response will win a girl’s heart for a long time, making the artificial baby an object of care and attention.

Not only children, but also adults, collectors and just amateurs are interested in such toys. One of the most popular and beloved series is the Baby Born series of dolls, produced in the USA. Reborn brand babies are popular among collectors; they come from America and are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. The domestic industry offers the Russian buyer various interactive dolls of the “Karapuz” series. The little ones in this series can laugh, cry, drink from a bottle and even sneeze.

In addition to dolls, interactive toys for girls can be household items, dishes and household appliances. For example, an interactive toy kitchen stove is capable of reacting with lighting to special dishes placed in the oven, and a toy frying pan placed on the stove causes it to make the “crinkling” sounds of frying food. In addition to kitchen tiles, these also include irons, vacuum cleaners, blenders, electric kettles, grills, pressure cookers, washing machines, scales and even store cash registers.

Toy household appliances are presented in stores both as individual items and as complex sets united by a common theme, for example, “Kitchen,” “Shop,” or “Laundry.” These sets are not very cheap, but as an expensive, serious gift for a big holiday, the set will certainly please the future owner.

Children's computers

High technology is an integral part of the life of any modern person. Laptops, computers, mobile phones, tablets... And children, as you know, strive to imitate adults in everything. Therefore, now on the shelves of almost any toy store you can find dozens of bright, colorful laptops, computers and tablets, which in many ways resemble adult technology.

A children's computer is more of a real technology than an imitation of it. It’s just that the programs embedded in the interface of such a miracle of high technology are designed not for an adult user, but for a child aged 3-4 years. Age categories may vary, so when choosing a children's computer and tablet, they need to be clarified so that the toy does not turn out to be too complex for the child, or, on the contrary, too simple. That is, you need to pay attention not only to the lower age limit, but also to the upper age limit (up to what age a child may be interested in this option).

The programs included in a children's computer are of two types - educational and gaming. Training programs, as a rule, are divided into blocks: arithmetic, logic, Russian, drawing, information about the outside world and much more, depending on the amount of memory and capabilities of a particular model. In those computers and tablets that are designed for children, the number of programs is relatively small, up to 10-15. But more complex models, which will be of interest not only to preschoolers, but also to primary schoolchildren, may contain 50-60 different educational, developmental and gaming programs.

When choosing a children's information tablet, pay special attention to the design of the toy. Children's computers are now produced based on cartoons and fairy tales known and loved by children. Thus, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White or Luntik from the popular cartoon can play educational games with your child. This feature will only add more attractiveness to the learning process.

The resemblance to “adult” models is another definite plus. This will teach the child to work with electronics, and in the future, for example, in computer science lessons at school, such knowledge will definitely come in handy. Children's computer monitors are harmless to children's eyes, so there is no need to worry that such a toy will be harmful to the child.

Fisher Price Company

When talking about interactive toys, it is simply impossible to ignore the Fisher Price brand. This is probably the most famous toy company. It was founded in America back in 1930 by entrepreneurs Herman Fischer, Helen Schell and Irving Price. In fact, their names gave the name to the now world famous brand. Three years later, in 1933, Fisher-Price merged with Mattel.Inc, after which the demand for their products began to grow rapidly, first in the United States and then in the world market.

Today, in the assortment of what Fisher Price produces, you can find a variety of children's products, ranging from rattles, musical toys and mobiles for a crib, designed for the smallest children, to large and complex developmental complexes. Wheels, rugs, walkers, construction sets, various singing, talking, educational animals and dolls, even “smart” potties for teaching a baby to start doing without a diaper - all this is in the company’s “track record”.

The company also produces a variety of gaming sets. These include parking garages, doll houses, and sets based on famous children's fairy tales. Imagine how a bright pirate ship, as if sailing straight into the room from the pages of a book about Peter Pan, can delight a child!

For children from 1 to 3 years old, the company offers a series of educational puppies, musical pyramids, construction sets, and bright cars. The “Magic Pot” deserves special attention. This musical toy is aimed at teaching your child numbers and geometric shapes that need to be sorted by shape. The luminous, rotating, and musical elements of the potty attract attention and keep the child occupied for a long time. For older children, Fisher Price offers children's laptops, phones, other analogues of adult equipment and many other interesting educational games.

Fisher Price brand products are made from environmentally tested durable materials; the name of this company has long become synonymous with the word “quality” in the toy market. And this fact fully justifies the price of the company’s products on the Russian market. No plastic smell, durable, beautiful things will delight both you and your child for a long time.

Psychologists about interactive toys

The opinion of experts on the latest achievements of the toy industry cannot be called unambiguous. Some psychologists see nothing wrong with a child developing “in step with the times,” making the most of modern achievements of civilization. After all, an interactive toy is safe, interesting, attracts the baby’s attention for a long time, and teaches him something new.

But at the same time, a child’s electronic friends also have several significant disadvantages. The reactions of a toy, no matter how complex, high-quality and similar to a living creature, with all their diversity, are limited - and simplified in comparison with real life. Thus, the line between the real and the artificial in the child’s mind becomes thinner, and a real situation that requires an unusual, non-standard way to solve a suddenly arising problem can plunge the child into confusion and fear.

Those interactive toys that contribute to the development of play skills, become only the basis for children's imagination, and do not offer the child a ready-made standardized scenario can be considered useful. After all, through play and fantasy, a small child adapts to reality, learns to be aware of himself, his environment, his family, loved ones, and the entire world around him.

An interactive toy should not be an attempt to replace some part of the real world for a child! No artificial intelligence can become an equivalent substitute for a child to communicate with real animals, with other children, and in no case should it become a way to compensate for the lack of communication with parents. The child needs to read fairy tales aloud, sing songs with him, talk, walk and together explore the world around him and everything that is found in it. If an intellectual interactive toy appears in a child’s life, he should not lose the difference between the present and what happens in his life only in the format of a game. But don’t worry about this: if your baby feels needed, loved and not alone, then any toys, from simple to the most complex, will bring him only joy and pleasure.

What does the phrase “interactive toy”, so beloved by many children, mean? Literally, the word “interactive” means “interacting.” It turns out that these are toys that are able to “communicate” with the baby and perform various actions.

Surely each of us in childhood had a favorite soft bear or dog, endowed them with a fictional character, tastes, and so on. And who among us hasn’t regretted that the toy couldn’t talk to us? Finally, toys have been created that are equipped with talking, dancing, singing and other sound effects. They can move and respond to the attention of their little owners. For example, an interactive puppy may bark in response to you, and if you pet it, it will wag its tail. Little girls will love the interactive baby, because he is just like alive, he eats, cries, blinks his eyes and laughs if you rock him. It could also be a toy house, a guitar, a telephone, which will teach your baby numbers, words, and imitate animal sounds. Games with such pets will strengthen the baby’s sense of responsibility and care, develop his emotional sphere, and teach skills such as counting, correct pronunciation of words, and memory.

Spend some money and buy an interactive toy for your boy or girl! Now there is a huge range of such toys, for every taste and color. With such a toy, the baby makes a friend and also learns various useful skills.

By the way, there is a very interesting game for girls “Friendship is a Miracle”. Little princesses will really like it. And such games also contribute to the development of children.

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The development of the modern world of gaming products for children keeps pace with scientific and technological progress, the achievements of which make it possible to create an absolutely amazing interactive space for the growing generation. Interactive toys today are presented on store shelves in a wide range - there is something to choose from for newborns, preschoolers, and even teenagers.

What is an interactive toy?

This concept fully includes those toys that can show any activity in response to the child’s actions. They can begin to move, talk, make sounds, tell stories and tales, and even act as strict teachers. Interactive toys involve the child in interaction, which will be expressed differently depending on the type of toy and the functions assigned to it.

Types of interactive toys.

For babies under one year old, bright interactive toys in the form of educational centers or rugs are perfect. It can be a beautiful house with many moving parts and interactive elements in the form of sound and light effects, or an interactive rug with buttons and materials of different textures. By pressing a button, the child will be able to hear a funny song, rhyme or just funny sounds. Musical interactive centers will introduce kids to notes, as well as the sound of a guitar and piano, pipe or trumpet. Many of these musical instruments have a real microphone with a recording function, so your baby can sing and then listen to his favorite song. Playing with such interactive entertainment is very useful for a child, because in the course of it he will be able to get acquainted with the properties of the objects around him, develop auditory perception, be able to form color standards, and gain new tactile experience.

For young children, interactive ones will be an excellent developmental option.sound books with fairy tales . The baby can leaf through a book with soft or cardboard pages, looking at colorful pictures and at the same time listening to a fairy tale voiced by professional actors. This interactive book will help your child develop speech skills, expand active vocabulary, develop memory and auditory perception.

From the age of 3, children can fully appreciate all the delightsinteractive animals

Some of them can walk, sit, stand up, and move their eyes. Others also speak their own language. Still others know how to tell poems and fairy tales, and still others react to gentle touches just like our real little brothers. Moreover, there are interactive pets that you can feed, brush, take for a walk, and play with them, just like with a live puppy or kitten. These pets are made from hypoallergenic safe materials so realistically that sometimes a toy kitten can be confused with a real one. They interact with the child, demand attention and affection, and when they receive it, they purr or squeal contentedly. Having bought such a toy for a child, parents will be able to give him a biased test before purchasing a real puppy or kitten. Classes with an interactive pet will teach a child to be caring and attentive, and will develop responsibility and a sense of duty in children.

• The role-playing game of girls as “daughters and mothers” will be very exciting and realistic with interactive baby dolls who need to be really fed, taken to the potty, and wiped away their tears. LCD screens can be built into the eyes of such babies, thanks to which they can very naturally convey a range of emotions in response to certain actions of the child - wink, squint, be surprised.

• To combine play and learning, manufacturers have created interactive dolls that will help children learn the alphabet and numbers. Gaining new knowledge in the company of such a “smart” doll or soft toy will be greeted by the child with sincere delight.

Children will fall asleep calmly and easily if there is a storyteller doll next to them. It could be a cute bunny, kitten or bear. All you have to do is press the furry paw of your toy friend and he will start telling the baby his favorite fairy tale. Many of these toys have a voice recording function, so the child can also listen to the fairy tale performed by the mother, if suddenly she is not nearby.

Interactive repetition toys are very popular today, with the help of which the child will not only have a lot of fun, but will also be able to develop speech skills and strengthen memory by learning poems or songs with such a toy.

A huge number of educational interactive quizzes and toys have been created for inquisitive schoolchildren. This andvoiced posters , with the help of which you can easily learn the English alphabet, and - geographical maps with a sound module, which will tell young lovers of this science about continents and countries, and books that will not only give the student knowledge from various fields of science, but will also check the correctness of their consolidation, asking the child questions about the material studied. Interactive quizzes designed for several participants will awaken the spirit of competition in children, which will become an additional educational motive for expanding their knowledge of history, biology, literature, culture or art.

For every child, play is a way and tool of learning. It is through play activities that children get acquainted with the world around them and learn to be part of it. And interactive toys today are becoming indispensable assistants in this process - they teach children to take care and take responsibility, develop mental functions and memory, and give the child a wide variety of knowledge. An interactive toy that is appropriate for the child’s age will cause his sincere joy and will contribute to harmonious development and effective learning.

19.11.2014

Interactive toy: what is it and what types of toys are there for children?

Modern parents probably know the meaning of the words “interactive toy.” This is a special type of entertainment that is suitable for preschoolers. Interactive toys for children are play items that respond to the child’s actions. The word “interaction” itself means “interaction”, and it contains the whole essence of this subject for the game.

They are now being created in huge quantities and for different ages, from babies to preschool children.

For kids, toys of this type will be plush animals that can move, sing a song or say some words. Girls will love dolls that also sing and talk. Such communication allows them to conduct a dialogue with the child.

Sometimes electronic toys that can also make some movements are classified as this type. Often this is the case. But still, compared to a regular electronic game, interactive ones have several features.

First of all, those game objects that are intended to interact with the child often help him master the world around him. They perform not just the function of entertainment, but also reveal to the baby some new facts about the world around him.

A regular electronic cat or dog can produce a range of sounds. The interacting objects are in dialogue with the child; their structure is such that they can recognize speech and respond only when addressed by the “owner”.

The peculiarity of their design is such that they influence the development of hearing - when communicating, singing songs, form a sense of rhythm - again musical objects, and if children try to feel something inside an animal or other object, then this contributes to a better formation of fine motor skills.

Plush toys in the shape of different animals develop love for our little brothers. If you give a child a fake kitten, then you will need to care for it as if it were a real one: you will have to feed it, care for it, and groom it. Such things will prepare the baby for adult life and teach him responsibility.

A certain type of toy can develop a child's creative or mathematical abilities. General abilities such as memory, attention and hearing are successfully strengthened in any type of game.

Independent learning in the process of conversation, building a dialogue between the baby and the object of the game, building a conversation and explaining new concepts is a big plus and the main feature of these game items.

Types of interactive toys for children

The types of learning objects include the following:

Musical instruments, telephones and other objects usually made of plastic.

Children see that almost all adults have a mobile phone and they want to quickly become like one of their parents. But only a phone that teaches numbers, colors, and letters can be considered educational. The essence of musical instruments is that the child learns songs, rhymes or rhymes.

- “Tablets” and “computers”

They copy adult technologies as much as possible. With them, children learn grammar, the alphabet and learn to form syllables.

A variation of similar games, but on a simpler level, for younger children is an electronic poster. It shows the alphabet and simple words. There are posters with images of animals, space, furniture and other things. Such items are suitable for children from two years old.

Animal toys

They look and behave like the real thing.

Baby dolls

They copy the behavior of the real ones even in small things. And you need to care for such dolls like real babies. All this adds realism to the game.

Are interactive toys harmful to children?

You can often hear that giving children such items is harmful. Because they have too much influence on the psyche.

On the one hand, there is some truth in this. Built on stereotypical and predictable behavior, they deprive children of the opportunity to imagine themselves. But on the other hand, their educational effect cannot be denied.

Categories of interactive toys

• Animals. They are a copy of a pet that can perform many different functions: eat, sleep, play, move around, talk, respond to sounds, perform various movements or tricks. Toys in the form of animals teach a child care, affection, instill in him a sense of responsibility and other useful skills that may be useful to him in later life.
• Books and computers. Most often, such interactive educational toys carry both entertaining and educational functions. They can teach a child to read, count, and also attract children with interesting stories, games and cartoons.
• Dolls. They will become the basis for the favorite game of many girls - “mother-daughter”. This doll imitates a real baby and requires proper care. Taking care of her will help the girl feel like a mother, become more self-confident, develop kindness, attentiveness and the ability to help.
• Robots. This interactive toy is best suited for boys aged 5 years and older. Robots are the most functional devices. They can move, speak, dance, react to sounds, accompanying their actions with various special effects.

What to pay attention to

• Power type. The toy can be powered either by battery or by batteries. The battery should be selected if long-term operation is expected away from power sources. Although in this case you can simply have a supply of several batteries.
• Recommended age. The age of the child for which a particular product is recommended is usually indicated on the packaging. Interactive toys with a minimum set of functions are suitable for children. For older children, it is better to purchase a model that has both entertaining and educational functions.
• Material. The main materials used in the manufacture of interactive toys are plush, textiles and plastic. The main thing is that they are safe for the child in terms of their environmental friendliness.
• Functionality. Here you should also take into account the child’s age, his needs and preferences.