Skill Toy
Skill Toy
There’s quite a range of outdoor games which are fun, as well as stimulating for childhood development. The wild frontier of the backyard can become a real adventure for little kids. This can be real fun, and toys are the key. Kids can bring their precious inseparable toys with them as they explore the big world outside. Toys rule the world, as you’ve quite probably noticed. They’re essential equipment for kids, outdoors as well as indoors.
Outdoor games are real learning experiences. They involve a range of observational and coordination development. Kids have an incredible ability to gain knowledge and information. Not one second is wasted. Fun is definitely best practice for kids. They learn fast even in basic games.
Add some interesting educational games, and you can be sure that they’re getting the full benefits of exercise and learning. All outdoor games include a lot of thinking and the kid’s version of game theory, a valuable asset in development.
Treasure hunts
Treasure hunting is one of the classic outdoor games. This is Hide and Seek with quite a few extras. Treasure is a reward, and it’s a good motivator, adding a lot of interest and requiring thought. For very young kids, adding a storyline helps follow the logic of looking for the treasure, like a nursery story.
Basic example: Teddy’s Treasure Hunt
Teddy has a beautiful brand new outdoor toy somewhere in the yard. You may or may not describe the toy, but you know it’s out there. Instead of sending a mere parent to do a kid’s job, the child explores and finds the new toy.
Setting up games
Setting up games is a combination of safety precautions and presentation:
- Safety:Â Check out thoroughly anything in the area which may be any sort of hazard. Some areas may have to be off limits, like places where paints, pesticides or household chemicals are kept. Look at the footing and safety of access to the area, to avoid bumps and scrapes. Hide the treasure where there are no possible risks and it’s a nice place to find a brand new toy.
- Presentation:Â Treasure should look like treasure. Gift wrapping, preferably colorful, and nice packaging always looks great, and it’s sometimes much appreciated, and kept with the toys.
Learning skills
Learning skills in outdoor games integrate physical coordination, conceptualization, logic, and game concepts are into a working skill set with an objective. Exploration is also a lot of fun, and it’s a good way to build observational skills and areas of interest. The treasure hunt motif is a situational awareness motif, with several concurrent processes.
Visual cues
The simple act of looking at something is a skill development for young kids. In combination with actions, it’s part of a very useful integration of movement, observation and action. Visual cues act as concept development triggers, and are built in as working ideas for everything from catching a ball to finding a new toy by a thoughtful search.
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This electronic toy is shaped as a pyramid, and is black in appearance with 5 multi-colored, flat buttons that act as steps on the front. They are pressed as a means to solve whatever puzzle is to be solved. Sometimes the toy (female voice) speaks when giving clues to the puzzle. Sometimes the toy plays music, or has various sound effects. As you move up the levels, the puzzles get harder to solve. The toy tests math, rythym, music, listening and memory skills, and can save your progress along the tough journey. One more thing: on the top of this pyramid-shaped toy is a white light–the all-seeing-eye of sorts–that flashes once the puzzle has been solved. I’ve been searching forever for this toy, so someone out there please end my misery and FIND THIS TOY!
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Skill Toy Collection at the House of Skills
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PRIMITIVE VINTAGE MARX TIN TOY MARBLE TARGET SHOOTING SKILL GAME $9.99 |
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Magnet Rolling Baby Toddler Toy Spin Rabbit Monkey Skill Learning Activity Crib $6.50 |
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McDonald’s Happy Meal Shifu Scroll of Skill Toy Kung Fu Panda 2 $0.99 |
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Wooden Oriental Toy of Skill Japan $8.99 |
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Vtg 1973 CHALLENGE THE CHIEF Marble Skill Plastic Action Board Game Toy Indian $30.00 |
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VINTAGE 1950s Fortune Teller JIGGLE PUZZLE Pocket Game Toy Comon Tatar SKILL $4.99 |
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Vintage toy dog skill toy by JVZ Co.(complete) $9.99 |
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Awesome Quantum Toys Dizzy Disc Jr Junior Kids 3-D Balance Skill Spinning Toy $24.99 |
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Vintage Pressman Toy SKILL BALL Clown tin litho game board $20.00 |
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Baty’s Skill Launcher – Fun educational toy – build fine and gross motor skills $30.00 |
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2 FLIPPING FROG SKILL GAME CHILDS KID TOY CARNIVAL PARTY FAVOR FUN ACTIVITY NEW $9.99 |
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12 FLIPPING FROG SKILL GAME CHILDS KID TOY CARNIVAL PARTY FAVOR FUN ACTIVITY NEW $29.99 |
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Develop Fine Motor Skill 43pcs Magnet Education Toy -Shopping- Birthday 3 $6.99 |
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LICENSED Thomas and Friends Birthday Kids Toy Gift Windup,fine motor skill 3 $7.50 |
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Educational Toy Magnet 46pcs Sim City – fine motor skill putonghua Birthday 3 $6.99 |
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Time Timer, 8 Inch $19.74 This timer can be used to solve time perception problems at all ages and ability levels. Everything you love about the Time Timer with an audible BEEP when time is up! The 8-inch audible option can be turned on or off for a purely visual experience if required. This is perfect for timed activities and for getting ready. The timer runs on battery operated quartz movement and can be free standing or… |
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Fred and Friends PIBOSS Pizza Boss Pizza Wheel $9.60 Pizza Cutter Circular Saw – Pizza Pro 3000Real men want a real pizza cutter – show your pizza who is boss with this fantastic Pizza Pro3000.Are those rubbish knives and girly pizza utensils getting in the way of your manly status? The Pizza Cutter Circular Saw is the answer! Pizza Pro 3000 is a circular saw shaped pizza cutter, ideal for your favourite Italian flatbread. Try it on peshwari naan’s,… |
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MONEY LEARNING PLACEMAT by Painless Learning $2.95 Learning About Money placemat features our bills from $1.00 – $100, our coins, and interactive practice exercises on the back of the placemat…. |
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Baby Einstein – Baby Mozart – Music Festival $12.09 It’s called “the Mozart Effect,” the notion that exposing youngsters to the melodies of the maestro can improve verbal ability, spatial intelligence, creativity, and memory. It’s a pretty big leap of faith to understand that effect unless you personally see a toddler react to the stimulation. The Baby Einstein folks have a series of tapes (Baby Einstein, Baby Bach) that add visual stimulation to … |
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Learning Basic Skills Through Music Vol. 1 $10.78 Song titles includes: Colors, Put Your Hands Up In The Air, The Elephant, The Number March, Marching Around The Alphabet, Growing, This Is The Way We Get Up, In The Morning, Birds, What Are You Wearing?, and What Is Your Name?… |
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Bean Bag Activities & Coordination Skills $11.89 Pre-K to 2nd Grade. Develop coordination through games, dances, and controlled activities. Teachers guide included. Available in CD or cassette…. |
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Official Yomega Zone Training Video: Get the Most Out of Your Yomega High Performance Yo-Yo (Master 37 Basic, Intermediate, & Advanced Tricks) $1.39 Starring Yo-Yo Champion Jennifer Baybrook and Guinness Record Holder Chris Ciosek. Enter the Yomega Zone and learn first hand from Team Yomega Pro Demonstrators how to get the most out of your Yomega high Performance Yo-Yo. Have fun learning how to master 37 basic, intermediate and advanced tricks are included. Also covers care and maintenance of your Yo-Yo. Features Yomega Brain, Fireball and Rai… |
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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – Raid On Volcania (Skill Level 3) $9.89 The first interactive toy and game for Captain Power was a toy XT-7 jet with a video cassette. Three tapes included: “Future Force Training”, “Bio Dread Strike Mission”, and “Raid on Volcania”. The tapes had opened and closed with live action including the cast of the television show. The actual mission itself is animated and occurs in the cockpit of the jet from the pilot’s point of view. Players… |
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Gratitude – Laugh & Learn Life Skills Activity Kit $9.95 Audio cassette and stickers with coloring book designed to highten children’s awareness of gratitude…. |
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Spyderco BaliYo Butterfly Pen Flipper (Red/White/Blue) $34.95 BaliYo Red/White/Blue Made in USA… |
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