Benefits of Playing Online Toddler Games With Your Toddler

Executive Summary by Nicole O’Reilly and Liz McGowen

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Playing online toddler games gives toddlers plenty of opportunity for learning as well as fun! Toddlers are naturally inquisitive and will love the challenge of learning how to use a mouse while they play all of those exciting online games.

Toddler online games engage children in several key aspects of development-

Hand/Eye Co-Ordination- by using the mouse to drag and drop or chase moving objects

Problem Solving- recognizing pairs, simple puzzles and learning about opposites

Recognition- sounds, shapes, colors and animals

Social/Interactive- songs, stories, ABC’s and rhyming games

Creative- using a paintbrush or bucket to color images- also teaches about cause and effect

Of course the time spent on a computer for toddlers should be limited. Selecting the right websites and games is very important for this age group. The online games that toddlers play need to be suited to their attention span, brain development as well as their dexterity with a mouse. The time spent online should be seen as valuable and relaxed time to enjoy with your toddler.

5 Tips For Helping Your Child Play Online Toddler Games

Here are five tips to help make your child successful when playing online toddler games.

Stay with your child - Just like anything in the toddler world, online toddler games require supervision. When you do, be descriptive in your language to help with numbers, letters, shapes and colors. Encourage your child to “click on the yellow circle” helps reinforce day-to-day learning much more than just pointing and saying “click there”.

Hook up a mouse - When it’s your toddler’s time for the computer, help her learn how to point and click, how to drag, and even how to recognize where the cursor is. Believe it or not, this is a skill your child will need fairly early in school, and it’s difficult for little ones to learn.

Keep it very simple - There are lots of fun online toddler games. A game that allows him to “drag and drop” while decorating a picture is perfect, or a hide-and-seek game where he finds hidden characters. Later, your child will have plenty of time to play more exciting games.

Brief is best - Toddlers have very short attention spans, so 15 minutes is probably about the right amount of time to play an online toddler game. Encourage your child to do as much as she wants and to click on something else when she is ready, and if she doesn’t settle down and play any game for awhile that’s alright.

Let your toddler do as much as he can - Chances are, he’s been watching you or older siblings for quite some time. Fairly quickly, he may be able to find a bookmark to a favorite site

Simply stay close with help and encouragement, and before long your child may be showing you a few tricks of her own for online toddler games!

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