*In God We Trust *Hello Friends, A nice conversation!
Thank you for your participation in this topic. I got pretty good answers from all of you. To sum up, When we want to buy a toy for a kid, we should consider two important factors in this regard. the first one is the usefulness of a toy and the second one is its quality. We should buy things that are suitable for the his age. For example if he is between 3 and 12, Lego toys with appropriate level of difficulty will be one of the best choices, but if he is less than 3, Lego are not suitable ones since his intellect has not developed enough to image completely and too coordinate between his mind and his hands. Colorful books are a good gift for them so his mother can show the images to him in order to develop his mind quickly. The second important factor is the quality e.g. the material that the toy is made up of because toys are in nearest touch with children, they take it in their hands, they embrace it and even they put it in their mouth so I think a great attention has to be paid to the quality of toys. So, Appropriate to his age and by considering the usefulness and quality of toys, I hope that all of you can buy beautiful toys for your beloved kids. Thank you very much. *Elham* On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:11 AM, Nguyen Thuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Nam, > > You are not only a great uncle but also a great teacher, and may be a great > great father in the future!^^^^hi! > Hope to see both your niece and you in person in Hanoi. > > Best regarads > Nguyen Thuy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* NgoNam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:29 AM > *Subject:* [ESL Podcast] Re: A gift to a child > > Hi, > > I wholeheartedly agree with you. You're a great aunt! ^_^ > I also have a niece, and finds it extremely difficult when choosing a > suitable toy for her. Intellectual toys are always my top priorities. > However, two major problems facing when deciding what toys to buy are the > quality and the usefulness of those toys. When mention the quality, I mean > the substances, the materials that are used to produce those toys. I'm very > worried about that because I've heard toys made in China are often very > harmful, even dangerous for children as they were made from poisonous > materials :( Children are childish (^^), they can't protect themselves, they > may put everything to their mount no matter how dangrous it is. Therefore, > It would be much more dangerous to give children such deadly things. That's > why I always hesitate when choosing a China origin toys and prefer wood toys > since they're often much safer. > > My second concern when choosing a toy is its usefulness, its functions. > That toy must be suitable with the age, and therefore the ability (the > intelligence) of the child. Once I bought my niece a jigsaw toy, however I > didn't know how to teach her to play even though it was not too compicated. > After a long time of thinking, I finally found the method. It's certainly > that I didn't ask her to join all pieces of the jigsaw together but just > only one piece left in order to complete the picture. However, she still > couldn't join that last piece because she even hadn't recognized and > distingished different colours. So I decided to join the piece slowly in > order for her to see and after that unjoined it and put it next to > the remainder. She did her job perfectly in this time. By that way, I > increase the level of difficulty by rotating the piece and unjoining more > pieces. > Gradually, she made all the members of the family greatly surprised by her > talent of playing with the whole jigsaw pieces. It was marvelous, everyone > could hardly believe that ^_^ > > From that story, I realized that each toy has a variety of functions, these > functions can be guided in the introduction part and also be discovered by > yourself. Having useful toys is very important, however learning how to play > with them is more significant. Renewing an old toy by finding out a new > function or a way of playing with it. > > Cheers, > Nam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Nguyen Thuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 1:30 PM > *Subject:* [ESL Podcast] Re: A gift to a child > > Hi everyone, > > It is my belief that toys have a great influence on children's development. > The problem is that how we can choose toys suitable for them. Some toys can > help children's brain develop quickly, while some might destroy their > internal ability. Many scientists have shown that children might become > violent if everyday they play with guns, tanks, etc, and I totally agree > with them. Therefore, it is advisable for parents to be careful > when selecting toys for their children. My brother has two nice > "angels", and certainly I often buy presents for them on special events. > I highly appriciate the intellect of LEG0- toys. I think LEGO-toys are very > useful for improving children's imagination. With some colourful pieces of > LEGO toys my brother's older sister can sit for hours to image and creat > many things such as houses, train, bus, etc which are usually considered > as marvelous "masterpices" by her. However, it should be noted that LEGO > toys should only be given for children who are over two years old whose > brains are mature enough to image. My brother's three-year-old daughter is > also keen on learning how to count and do some simple calculations, > therefore i often buy some thin books including number for them. Sometimes i > select colourful pictures of animals, flowers or other objects like square, > ovan, tangle, etc; with a view to helping my niece be able to realize the > diffrences beetween them. Along with books and pictures in my opinion, VCD, > CD music also play an important role in improving children's memory because > they often tend to copy what they see and listen on TV. I believe that the > children will feel music better if they are exposed to it at early age. > Finally, I would like to say that children can become much smarter than we > expecte if they are taught and brought in right ways in early childhood. > > > > -- The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
