From birth to 3 years, children’s brains develop much faster than at any other point in their lives. This is the time when they begin to learn and understand cognitive skills such as paying attention, reasoning, remembering things they have learned and experienced, and motor skills. One of the best ways to stimulate brain development and reinforce these valuable skills is to play with your child as they explore objects and physical spaces and learn to process what they see and hear.

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It is clear that the environment in which we live affects us in our way of being and says a lot about us. It is during childhood when we lay the foundations of order and a correct mental structure: sleep schedules, meals and other daily activities. Childhood is the stage in which we acquire routines that will help us regulate our behaviors and emotions later on. And, the more organized the information is in our brain, the easier it will be for us to access it, as well as organize our thoughts and our environment.

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Learning chess, a game of strategy of great depth, has benefits for all ages in general, but in the case of children, it helps them in a special way to awaken their intellectual abilities and develop their logical thinking earlier . It is a very common game, we could say that it is within the reach of many, if not all. Since it is a game that we find in homes, schools, kindergartens, it is a game that is directly related to the cognitive and logical development of our children and we are going to see some of the benefits that chess can bring to the life of our children and even ours.

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Pictionary is a famous board game created by Rob Angel that consists of guessing a word through a drawing made on paper. The player or team that guesses the most words or phrases wins. Pictionary is a game where the only communication allowed is drawing: By teams, it consists of guessing a word by looking at the pictures our partner makes, in a race against the clock, in which the team that guesses the most words wins. The greatest difficulties are found when drawing verbs, elaborate words, or abstract nouns.

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Every day we are going to talk a little about a game and talk about how this game is good for the development of our children and their logic. Today we are going to talk about Cranium, this is a game released by its own company. Cranium includes a wide variety of activities: drawing, drawing with closed eyes, imitating famous artists, mimicking famous animals or people, humming songs, solving anagrams, spelling words backwards, answering general knowledge questions, molding objects or characters in clay , etc. The game admits a maximum of 4 teams, whose number of members is not limited, which is good for very large families since everyone has the opportunity to participate. There is a variety of versions of this game depending on the country in which it is sold, there is a Latin American version of this game and also a version for children. Contains various forms of games, Cards, moldable, or some more interactive than others.

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If pedagogues, psychologists and especially teachers agree on something, it is that boys and girls must have clearly defined rules and limits. This shows them the way and lets them know where they can move and how far they must go, without ever stumbling on that path. But what is the most effective way to establish them? Can you put rules and limits on children from play? What steps do you have to follow?

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Toy safety is the practice of ensuring that toys, especially those made for children, are safe, usually through the application of set safety standards. In many countries, commercial toys must be able to pass safety tests in order to be sold. In the U.S., some toys must meet national standards, while other toys may not have to meet a defined safety standard. In countries where standards exist, they exist in order to prevent accidents, but there have still been some high-profile product recalls  after such problems have occurred. The danger is often not due to faulty design; usage and chance both play a role in injury and death incidents as well.

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Board games stimulate participation, prioritize the enjoyment of the process over the results, contribute to physical, cognitive and social development, and promote the understanding of sports rules and regulations. These are some of the advantages of board games highlighted by world experts such as the Spanish José Luis Linaza, professor of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid and member of the Children’s Game Observatory.

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Playing not only means having fun, it is also an activity that helps the little ones in the house to develop in multiple aspects. In fact, if it is observed well, parents can learn a lot from their children since in these moments children show their preferences, choices and can even give indications of their social or introverted behavior.

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Play is the main activity of the child during his first years of life, it is the one to which he dedicates the most enthusiasm, energy, and above all, the one he is most excited about. It is estimated that more than 60% of the time that a child spends awake he dedicates it to playing, and the best thing is that he does it of his own free will, naturally. In fact, it is the only activity that does not need instruction because the child plays almost instinctively. Therefore, children’s play is much more than just fun: it is a learning process for adult life through which the child learns everything about her environment. Not in vain many assure that it is the first test of the life. Through play, the child begins to interact with everything that surrounds him, knows his environment and develops his skills.

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