Toys and Games for 6 to 8 Years Kids, Learning Games

Toys and Games for 6 to 8 Years Kids: Children have a strong connection with toys. They make every object a game everything they see around them. However, parents love to buy different games for their children after birth. Toys help them develop physically, emotionally, and mentally. They also learn social interactions with the help of toys. Thus, it is the responsibility of the parents to find age-appropriate toys for their children for their proper development. This article will help you fully in know about age-apt games. Let’s find out:

6-8 Years Old Kids and Their Choices:

Everyone has a choice and so with the children in age group 6-8. Usually, they like to do the following activities:

• Enjoy activities such as jump rope, bike riding, rollerblading activity, and hopscotch
• Develop fine motor skills with activities like cutting, drawing, weaving, simple sewing, braiding, and woodwork
• Simple Math games and toys, utilize time in reading and writing
• A few other games include enjoying nature, high interest in friendship and belongingness, jokes, use of secret codes with friends, and collection of dolls and cards. Like dramatic play and putting on shows

Transportation:

• Vehicle toys
• Realistic cars and other
• Large-scale realistic cars and trucks with working parts
• Train sets
• Remote-Control Cars

Make Believe Games:

Make-believe Games also known as pretend play. It includes object segregation, role play etc. Some of these are as follows:

• Doll-house and accessories
• paper dolls and puppets
• Stuffed toys mainly animals
• Theater
• Dress-up and Make-Up
• Items for dramatic play such as shop, school, library, office
• Equipment for Cooking and sewing

Toys:

The children aged 6-8 like to play the following games to keep themselves active:

• Two-wheeled bike
• Skateboard and scooter
• Sports gear and balls
• Ski, snowboard, and hockey gear
• Roller blades and ice skates
• Horseshoes, croquet and badminton
• Jump rope
• Gym sets
• Ping-pong and football (from age 8)
• Sand and water play toys
• Construction
• blocks or bricks
• Complex construction sets with wood or plastic

Learning Games:

Children of this age group should also involve themselves in strategy games, rule games, spelling games, match, word, puzzles, balance and scales. Here is the list:

• Models of pulleys, levers, and pendulums
• Models of the human body, physical world, moon, and space
• Kits for Science
• Binoculars
• Protractor
• Calculator   
• Computer games
• Hand-held games for drawing/graphics, story writing, and music writing
• Video games
• Books
• Sketch-books, art files, and coloring books
• Clay, plaster of Paris
• Rhythm instruments
• Music and dance
• Device for listening to music

Safety with Toys:

• Select the toys keeping in view the safety of this age:
• Non-toxic materials should be used in the making of toys
• No edges should be there
• No electrical parts should be there
• Use safety gear such as a helmet, knee and elbow pad, and life jacket.

Suggested Games for Kids:

• Balls
• Shape sorting toys
• Mechanical toys
• Role Play Toys
• Arts and Crafts
• Blocks and Construction sets
• Puzzles
• Jump rope
• Card and board games
• Musical instruments
• Science toys