The children's pyramid is one of the oldest toys in the world. It is believed that the kids were playing with them about a thousand years ago, and this is only by the most modest standards. Today in any toy store you can buy various pyramids for children. What distinguishes products from different brands from each other and how to make the right choice when buying?
Pyramids for the smallest
To buy a toy for the assembly of individual elements on the base is, as soon as the kid began to grab the objects interesting him and try to fold them. Specialists in early development argue that in the playing zone of a six-month-old child there must necessarily be a pyramid, and preferably not one. The classical version of this toy is plastic colored rings that are threaded onto the rod and closed with a tip, which is often made in the form of a cone or a ball.
When choosing pyramids for children, make sure that they are made of a harmless material, and be prepared for that, the child will definitely try this product for a taste. Many mothers do not like the central rods for assembling rings. If to you too such design seems not too safe, choose pyramid-designers, assembled with the help of grooves and protruding elements and without a rod. Another interesting proposal for the youngest - the pyramids, consisting of ringlets-rattles. Such a toy can be used from birth: first the kid will play with the individual elements, and then necessarily learn how to assemble them into the whole design.
The original pyramids
In fact, the first designer for kids can offer not only a game of assembly and disassembly. Look closely at the pyramid-tumblers. This toy is also suitable for the youngest. At its base there is a hemisphere, and it's worth to gently touch the sides of the structure as it starts to swing from side to side. Such children's pyramids will definitely be of interest to the kid for a long time. Another interesting option - musical toys, suggesting the assembly of small elements. Pyramids with sound effects like all children.
Textile pyramids and sets of cups for assembly
Who said soft toys are boring? Textile children's toy-pyramid is created specially to dispel this myth. It can look differently, sometimes it's a set of soft ringlets, and sometimes a figurine of an animal that can be disassembled into its constituent elements. Advantages of such toys are obvious - they can be hugged, and if the baby decides to train in throwing rings, the risk of injuring them is almost completely absent.
Many babies also like pyramids from children's glasses. Toys of this category are the most compact, because in the disassembled state all the constituent elements are stacked into each other. Counted cups for assembly and the most long-lasting appearance of the first designer, because interest in them does not weaken in many children, even in 3-4 years. There are other varieties of pyramids, for example, toys made specifically for use in the bath - with sprinklers and watering cans, or sorters, whose rings have slits of various shapes and a set of figures for inserting into them.
Eco-toys made of wood
Many parents consider the wooden play sets to be the most useful for the development of the baby. You can find among toys made of this natural material, and pyramids. This is the case when you can gnaw the constituent elements accurately without harm to your health. Moreover, a wooden pyramid is almost impossible to break. Among the variety of toys of this type are the classic pyramids, consisting of a rod, rings and a tip, there are also figurative depicting animals and fairy-tale characters. No less spectacular is also the wooden children's pyramid, consisting of several sticks-bases fixed on a common stand. To them in the set are offered tips of different shapes and rings, differing in cross-section of the external surface.
How useful are the pyramids?
The first designers - toys are incredibly useful. They develop coordination of movements of hands and eyes, train logical thinking. During the game with the pyramid, you can learn the concepts of shape, size and color. A child older than a year can be asked to assemble a toy in a certain sequence. Even the classic large children's pyramid will help to take the baby for a long period. Come up with new games - suggest throwing ringlets in cooked containers or try to collect them on a string. Pyramid of cups can be used for playing with sand or snow, and its elements perfectly complement the set of puppet dishes. What is especially nice, toys of this category are very inexpensive, and each parent can please his baby with several different sets for assembly.