The Advantages of Playing With Silicone Reborn Babies
Social-Emotional Skills. Children use play to understand their world. Doll play helps kids: practice caring and nurturing (socio-emotional)re-enact interactions with their own caregivers, family, and friends (cognitive reframing) prepare for a sibling (rehearsal). Regardless of a child's sex, these abilities are valuable life lessons. They may be mimicking how they remember being taken care of as a baby, or how they see adults in their world caring for kids. Just as children replicate parents talking on the phone, working in the kitchen, vacuuming, etc., doll play is no different. It's children's way by practicing these events begin to create the world and to comprehend their own. Play is also a way for kids to things that have happened in their own lives. Doing so enables them to increase their comprehension of the events. They are also able to take on the opposite function, which allows them to view things from another's perspective (SUCH an important skill to get!) . Many times children will enjoy taking on the role in order for them to feel a feeling of power and control. This makes complete sense because kids have very little control over their world (for some necessary and very good reasons). Giving a child the chance to have some power and control in play allows them to give it a try in a way that is safe.
Playing with baby dolls is also a excellent way for young children to get ready for the arrival of a sibling. Parents can model ways to touch and care for an infant which can give the sib-to-be a flavor of what they can expect. Also, when the baby arrives, the can care for their own baby doll directly alongside dad and mom. This can be particularly helpful since it is fairly normal (for obvious reasons) for the older sibling to not get as much attention when the baby arrives. Being able to have their own action -- but still feel connected to the parent(s) and family -- can help a child ease into having an additional member in the family. Some children will prefer to play out these same scenarios with other stuffed toys or miniatures because they feel better connected to them or they require the play to be removed (less real to the actual situation) than playing with baby dolls. I am mentioning this because I don't want parents/caregivers to believe that because a child doesn't play with baby dolls they can't learn and practice these skills. But I do believe that baby dolls offer kids something unique that other toys can not do.
Bathing: Children can practice giving their doll a bath (with pretend water if the doll isn't allowed to get wet)! This is wonderful for practicing sequencing skills (first fill up the tub, then place on shampoo, then rinse hair, etc.). I also have used dolls in therapy to help kids move past their fear of bathing by having them help me give the doll a pretend bath using all the needed supplies (so that they get used to the sensory experience from the water, shampoo, etc. and can have more control over the encounter ). We talk about the supplies needed and the actions taken during bath time, and then they could narrate the steps and comfort the doll during"bath time" while playing out a simple or elaborate feign story. (A plastic Potato Head also works great for this experience.) Parents have been so proud when their child eventually agrees to get in the tub after practicing with the doll for weeks on end!Grooming & Hygiene: Dolls provide the perfect chance for practicing grooming and hygiene skills like brushing hair, brushing teeth, and washing hands. Potty training: While I don't have a lot of experience on this front (yet!) While skills like indicating discomfort over soiled pants and sitting on a potty seat with help are skills a child must grow in him or herself, they can be played out on the doll either by the caregiver or the child him/herself. For example:"Uh oh! He feels yucky", or "Okay, Baby, time to sit on the potty!"
reborn dolls boy are some of the toys that kids have played . Their earliest use was recorded in Greece around 100 AD. There's good reason for these toys to be long lasting through history. They allow for a child, and are a representation of the child themselves. While conventional gender roles dictate that dolls are a toy for women, playing with dolls may provide growth that is significant for children, regardless of gender. Here's how playing with dolls can help you child's development: Social Skills. Playing with dolls solidifies skills which are obtained in a child's early developmental years. Cooperate and they learn to communicate with one another kindly when children play home. By taking good care of a doll, they know how to take care of one another.Responsibility. By learning skills that are important from an early age, children are learning responsibility. They learn by playing with it, how to take care of a doll. Learning learn how to take care of their pets, or older siblings understand how to care of their younger siblings. Empathy & Compassion.Another important social skill that children learn when playing with dolls is how to process emotions such as empathy and compassion. Just like caring for their doll teaches responsibility, it allows them to develop into people that are caring and teaches them to empathize with those around them. Imagination.Dramatic play, the sort of play that occurs when children play with dolls, helps develop a child's imagination as they encounter creative, imagined scenarios with their dolls and other kids. Language. Playing with their friends as well as dolls, children run for their own games into unique and new situations. By filling it with sensible language communicating between one another can strengthen their language. Children gain insight into house routines which could be different from their own.
Children learn plenty of language through their play and play offers them opportunities to utilize and practice their language and speech abilities. Let's look at only some of the language concepts that a baby doll can help teach and support: Body Parts: Dolls are FANTASTIC for teaching various body parts: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hands, fingers, tummy, feet, feet, knees, elbows, etc.. Yes, you can teach these with no baby doll but providing another chance to practice labeling this vocabulary helps to generalize the language to other men and women. It helps to teach children that"nose" not only refers to the item on their own face but to all faces. Putting on and taking off the clothing also works on fine motor skills! Basic Concepts: Use infant with other baby toys (bed, blankets) to teach some basic concepts like: prepositions (infant in the bed, infant under the blanket), colors, and size concepts (using different sized dolls). Verbs/Feelings: Use the baby with some other baby toys (bed, bottle, clothing ) to teach verbs/feelings/etc. For example:"Is the baby hungry? Answering"wh" questions: You can ask your kid an array of questions to work on his comprehension of these words while he performs. "Where's baby?" "Where is baby's nose/fingers/belly button?" "What does the baby want to eat?" Social/pragmatic skills: Baby dolls can be a terrific tool to use to help teach appropriate social/pragmatic skills. Children can take turns playing different dolls, and they can practice using language to ask questions about the dolls and what they are doing.
The baby doll is a amazing toy that we expect ALL kids .will have the chance to have and play with during the toddler years. This is for educating children about themselves and the world around them because baby dolls are packed. Let's take a look! Baby dolls offer kids lots of opportunities for developing fine motor, their cognitive, and abilities. Kids often find it easier to practice these skills on someone (or something) else until they can apply them to themselves. And because boys frequently develop some of their fine motor and self-dressing skills than women, it's important for them to be exposed to more opportunities for practice. For example: Dramatizing with a doll: About two children begin to behave like their doll can see and interact together. They may link several activities with the doll in sequence such as feeding the doll, bathing the doll, and then placing the doll . This form of pretend play is a hugely important part of their cognitive development.
Eliminating clothes: Although some clothing items are easier to remove than others (like those baby socks that never stay on their small feet!) , prior to doing so for themselves kids benefit from trying it out. Taking clothing off is usually mastered prior to placing it on and involves removing items such as hat, socks (pulling from the top rather than pulling on the feet ), shoes, top, using a pincer grasp to unzip, pulling down pants, and unbuttoning huge buttons. Some frequent clothing items kids can practice on themselves and dolls include placing a hat on their head, zipping with some assistance, putting shoes on, pulling pants up, putting on a shirt, and buttoning large buttons. Using both hands This ability is expected to emerge around a year and a half and tends to coincide with the development of skills such as zipping/unzipping or holding . Feeding: As children's pretend play skills grow, so do their skills! Playing with a baby doll gives them the opportunity to practice suitably holding and using feeding things like spoons, bottles, cups, forks, bowls, etc..