Guide to Buying Toys for Middle School Kids
Monday, August 01, 2011
Selecting toys for kids 6 to 8 can be very hard because of their in-between age when they’re fresh out of preschool but too young to be a preteen. It is also at this stage when kids have developed skills that affect their hobbies and interests. As such, aside from considering their age and interest, it is also crucial to consider the kids’ developmental readiness in choosing appropriate toys for them.
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Physical Development – By this time, children ages 6-8 have excellent motor skills such as good hand-eye coordination and muscle strength. Allow them to use these skills and give them toys for 6-8 year old kids like Radio Flyer scooters, tricycles and bicycles. Girls also enjoy simple sewing, designing, drawing and painting. For 6-8 year old girls, parents can get them toys like Fashion Angels, Stationery Central and Hama beads.
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Mental Development – Skills like spelling, reading, writing and simple mathematics are sharpened at this time. Kids are naturally curious and enjoy learning new things, especially about nature and science-related topics. Cultivate their hunger for learning and supply toys to hone these newly acquired skills. Toy Guru has a range of educational toys for middle school kids like Ecotronics and Venture View Science kits. These toys for grade-schoolers also include board games like Up Words, Chess, Snakes and Ladders and different puzzles that can help increase the vocabulary.
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Social Development – Children ages 6-8 typically prefer group play over individual play because they find it more enjoyable. At this particular stage in child development, kids want to feel that they belong with their peers. Because of this, toys for 6-8 year old kids that encourage group play appeal to them. Examples of these toys for middle school kids are Nerf, Mega Blocks, Turbo Tops and Bakugan Battle Brawlers.
For more options and for a wider selection of
toys for your 6-8 year old kids, head over to Toy Guru’s official website and start browsing. You’ll surely be satisfied with the variety and number of toys for middle school kids available on our online toy store. Even better, every toy has freight points that entitles you to
free toy shipping to any point in Australia when you accumulate 100 points!