Active and Creative at Home with Age-appropriate Toys

Hi Moms!

What have you played with your kids today? As you may know, children are in the active period to be creative and explore new things, starting with recognizing movement until interact with their surroundings even at home.

 

Do you know that toys can help children in stimulate the improvement of their motoric system?

 

The development of motoric system in their body is one of the child developments processes, in terms of movement which is based on physical and neural maturity. There are 2 of the development of motoric system, the first one is soft-motoric and the second one is hard-motoric. Soft-motoric consists of small muscles with the coordination eyes and hands, meanwhile the hard-motoric consists of balance and coordination between parts of body, like walking and running.

 

However, children in every age level have different supporting needs.

 

For that, Panda will give you some toys recommendations based on their age:

 

  1. Age 0 – 1 Year
    When children are between the age of 0 – 1 year, they require stimulation in both the development of soft and hard motoric. In the first 8 months, a baby’s brain ability develops by nearly 2 times its original size, therefore Mom should give the right stimulus, so that can help children in their growth period.The recommended toys for children in the age of 0 – 1 year are playing blocks, cars, dolls, play mat, and other toys which can help their motoric nerves to actively recognize movement.
  1. Age 2 – 3 Years
    If your child has reached the age of 2 – 3 years, they will experience rapid developments, for example talking and starting to doing simple things on their own. This age range is commonly called as golden age, which is the age of significant development, both in personalities and abilities.The recommended toys for these ages are playdough, clay, disassembly toys which can be used to improve hand coordination and skills.
  1. Age 4 – 5 Years
    In the age of 4 – 5 years, children will experience brain development upto 80% to controlling their behavior (paradigm and emotion), so that Moms can help to improve children’s creativity, imagination, oral skills and also learning new things, like words and numbers.The recommended toys for these ages, are puzzle, words and numbers game, coloring pictures which can help stimulate creativity also problem solving.
  1. Age 6 – 12 Years
    Entering the age of 6 years and above, brain development in controlling behavior grows by 90% to 100%, if your child entering age of 6 years, Moms can invite them to participate in creating something new, for example drawing by imitating particular objects, Kitchen set game for girls so that they can learn to make decisions when preparing food. Boys can try to assembly robot, cars to stimulate their concentration and problem solving.

No need to worry in this pandemic situation, Moms still can give playing stimulation with children through toys and home activities. Hopefully this will be reference for Moms to help children to be active, dynamic and learning many things

Learning while Playing at Home, Fun & Exciting!

What are Sahabat Panda thinking when you hear the word ‘Learn’?

Maybe some of you thinking about book, pencil, school backpack or even numbers and alphabets to count and write.

Don’t Worry! Learning is not a scary thing!

Learning while playing is one of learning methods that uses a variety of games to improve children’s ability in both logic and motoric skills. This method creates a learning atmosphere that identical with children seating silently and listening to the lesson to be more interactive and interesting for kids to involve in every teaching activity that is provided.

This time, Panda will give you some examples of learning while playing that is fun and definitely exciting, especially in this pandemic situation, it’s time to create a warm and enthusiastic atmosphere with new activities, hopefully this can inspire Sahabat Panda to continue to be enthusiastic in learning.

  1. Learn to coloring pictures with crayons

This activity can help in the introduction of colors by providing crayons, helping to stimulate problem solving so that they can choose the right color that match with the picture and also improve the creativity and imagination.

  1. Blocks stacking

This activity designed to trigger children’s curiosity and give a stimulus to increase their concentration and logic in solving problems when arranging blocks. Other than that, these colorful blocks help to recognize colors and help them to learn how to arrange the blocks in the same color.

  1. Role play

This activity help people to socialize, because there will be role that must be played, whether using media or not. For example, ‘buying-selling’ game. Children play the role of sellers and mom play the role of buyers. This can stimulate children’s imagination and teach them what to do when something happened.

  1. Playing with moving toys.

In this kind of activity, use toys that can be moving, for example car toys, ball, robot, etc. These toys can help to stimulate motoric system, for example forward and backward, left and right. Other than that, children learn about direction based on the movements they made through the toys they played.

  1. Playing Flash Cards Memory

Children can improve their memory and concentration by using pictures in Flash Cards to think about the answer: what is on the flash card. It is not only shown, but also giving instructions, for example if it is a picture of a duck, the person who holding the flash card can give an instruction in the form of make a duck-like sound to help the children answer.

There are some examples of learning while playing that Sahabat Panda can try at home. With always be active in every activity that can improve creativity and mindset, learning can be fun and exciting.

Are you ready to learning while playing every day?

Cure, Care, Share with Hello Panda – Wisma Atlet

Jakarta – Hello Panda Indonesia held a social event with the theme “Cure, Care, & Share” on Sunday, August 8 2021 starting at 10 am at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, West Jakarta. This social event held by Hello Panda Indonesia’s Team and distributed approx. 800 Hello Panda’s special goodie bags and was intended for children who were temporarily staying at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran.

Children require additional care in addition to medical facilities and treatments in order to provide strength, happiness and positive energy so that the Covid-19’s children recovery can be more quickly. Hello Panda Indonesia realizes the importance of support and enthusiasm for children who are battling Covid-19. As a result, Hello Panda Indonesia expresses their concern for children at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran by giving away all of the Hello Panda products in the form of goodie bags, which are expected to make the children happy and help them recover from Covid-19.

Sahabat Panda, don’t forget to share with people around you, starting with your family and friends, from small things for bigger positive impact!

Cure, Care, Share with Hello Panda – Orphanages

Jakarta – On the same day, Sunday, 08 August 2021 Hello Panda Indonesia held another social activity at Kemayoran’s area, West Jakarta after visiting Wisma Atlet Kemayoran. The “Cure, Care, and Share” concept was carried out by distributing a Hello Panda Special Goodie Bag including a variety of Hello Panda products.

In order to express the Hello Panda Indonesia’s concern for Indonesian Children, the Hello Panda Indonesia Team went to several orphanages and also children in the street of Kemayoran’s area after giving the goodie bags in Wisma Atlet Kemayoran. Hello Panda Indonesia shared Hello Panda’s special goodie bags to the children in many nearby orpahanages and in the Kemayoran street area.

Not only children who battling Covid-19, but also children in the orphanage or on the streets require a lot of affection from the people around them, such as encouraging them in their activities and keep good health to avoid Covid-19.

With this social activity, it is intended that all children in Indonesia will be happy with the distribution of various Hello Panda products that they may taste, which will serve as a source of inspiration for them to continue to grow and develop at a very young age also get a delicious snack which is expected to make their hearts happy.

It feels so happy to be able to share with people around us and feel happy with them, Sahabat Panda, let’s start to share what we have starting from now and also build positive energy with people you love!