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		<title>Four Important Aspects to Enhance Newborns Immunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 08:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruohan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To enhance neonatal immunity and reduce the chance of the baby sick is the thing all parents focus on. The newborns immune status is closely related to their nutritional status, type of feeding and benign stimuli.
Newborns immunity, tips for enhancing neonatal immunity, infants growth and development
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To enhance neonatal immunity and reduce the chance of the baby sick is the thing all parents focus on. The newborns immune status is closely related to their nutritional status, type of feeding and benign stimuli.</p>
<p>Newborns immunity, tips for enhancing neonatal immunity, infants growth and development</p>
<p>Characteristics of the newborn immunity is immature immune system development, imperfection of function, not yet contact with a variety of pathogen of outside the womb, and no contact with a wide variety of food proteins and other antigenic substances. Due to the impact of mother's antibodies through the placenta during pregnancy, newborn has a physiological low immunity. This article provides the following four important aspects for parents to enhance newborns immunity.</p>
<p>First, rational nutrition</p>
<p>In neonatal period, baby has high nutritional needs, limited digestion metabolism, therefore, requires both an adequate amount of nutrition to ensure growth and development needs, but over-feeding will cause heavy burden to neonatal gastrointestinal tract. Appropriate control of rational nutrition has the most decisive influence on enhancing physique and immunity.</p>
<p>Intake of a balanced nutrition every day can meet the needs of the body growth to improve immunity. Protein is the main component of immune cells and antibodies. Vitamin C can stimulate the body to produce interferon, and intake of enough vitamins can increase the antibody and remove viruses and bacteria, to enhance the immune system.</p>
<p>Second, vaccination</p>
<p>In the neonatal period, although the maternal immune globulin has provided some antibodies, infants are still highly susceptible groups of many infectious diseases. Vaccination is an effective way to resist bacteria, and the early effective neonatal vaccination can prevent the most dangerous infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B and so on.</p>
<p>Third, breastfeeding</p>
<p>Breast milk contains more the immune active substances than milk replacer, and can supply all the necessary nutrients for the newborn: protein, fat, lactose, vitamins, iron, especially the antibodies that fight infection (immune globulin) and anti-infective active white blood cells, bifidus factor, lysozyme etc., they can enhance the immune function, prevent the growth of harmful bacteria, and reduce the chance of baby infection.</p>
<p>Fourth, newborns massage</p>
<p>Massage is gentle stimulation of neonatal skin sensory, causing systemic neurological, endocrine and immune systems a series of benign response. It can promote the secretion of gastrointestinal hormones, help to increase children's appetite, promote digestion, absorption and excretion, and accelerate growth of weight. Also massage can exercise the baby's muscles, so that more robust physical development. In addition, the skin stimulation has direct and indirect effects on enhancing immune function, benefits both physical and mental health development of newborns.</p>
<p>To enhance neonatal immunity and reduce the chances of infection baby, in addition to a balanced, adequate nutrition, promotion of breastfeeding, vaccination, and actively and effectively enhance the physique, the good habit of washing newborns' hands frequently and strengthen indoor air ventilation are also very important.</p>
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		<title>Are you happy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruohan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I prefer people not to talk until the end. If you're going to tell me something, then I'll know it. Some people I can't read and I will know straight away. There is a time in life when people need guidance. Mostly, people want to know there's another place a loved one goes to. Knowing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I prefer people not to talk until the end. If you're going to tell me something, then I'll know it. Some people I can't read and I will know straight away. There is a time in life when people need guidance. Mostly, people want to know there's another place a loved one goes to. Knowing a loved one is safe brings Happiness. </p>
<p>I've had a sense since I was little. Auntie is pregnant, I'd say, and then the phone would ring. These days I don't need to sell myself. I did a reading years ago, got my tarot cards out, and noticed a man staring at me. He came over and said, 'Don't believe in this, it's all crap.' I pulled him to me and said something in confidence, something specific. I found out he was the MD of Selfridges and then he asked me to give readings there. </p>
<p>I've never predicted someone's death. If I saw something bad I wouldn't say it, unless it was something like a woman's husband sleeping with someone else - something happening here on earth. There are clients who affect you with their stories, like a woman who lost her son to suicide. It's not callous, but you have to disconnect. </p>
<p>I'm quite happy. Work keeps me buzzing and afterwards I have a drink, a laugh. I don't know what happens after this life when I go to meet my maker. I'll be in the spirit world and hopefully I can come back and help the people I love.</p>
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		<title>What are the Characteristics of Neonatal Baby Skin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know the skin characteristics of newborns? How to deal with their skin problems properly? This article will help you to learn more about it so that your newborns will get better care.
Skin characteristics of newborns, skin color, baby birthmark
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you know the skin characteristics of newborns? How to deal with their skin problems properly? This article will help you to learn more about it so that your newborns will get better care.</p>
<p>Skin characteristics of newborns, skin color, baby birthmark</p>
<p>First, newborn's skin may be covered with white cheesy varnish. Some of the newborn babies' womb fat is around the face and body, while others are only found in newborns face and hands. Some hospitals will retain it because the fat provides a natural barrier to resist mild skin infections, while some hospitals will carefully clear out the fat in the newborn after delivery. The medical field believes that it has no need to remove fat on skin because it has the protective properties, and will be naturally be absorbed by the skin within 2 to 3 days. Only the large number of fat accumulation in skin folds should be wiped clean.</p>
<p>Second, newborns skin may be dry and desquamation (most common in the palms and soles of the feet). Generally, in most cases, this dry skin will quickly disappear within a few days.</p>
<p>In addition, the upper body of the neonatal baby may be pale skin color, while the rest half body maybe red. This is due to the imperfect development of the newborn blood circulation leading to the blood collection in the lower body. This can get correction by moving the newborn body position. Besides, the newborns' hands or feet will change blue, especially when lying down. This is also caused by the relatively inadequate blood circulation. If pick up the baby or move body position, the skin color will change. This blue dot seems like a bruise, and usually appears in the lower back of newborn. It is harmless and will fade naturally.</p>
<p>Third, Birthmark: the newborn's skin, especially in the eyelids, forehead and back of the neck, often have some small red spots, which is caused by expansion of the capillaries close to the skin surface, and usually can disappearance in 6 months, some individual baby's will disappear in18 months.</p>
<p>There is also a common birthmark known as the "loganberry-like mole", appear in two days after delivery, and gradually subside within 3 years. If the parents worry about these birthmarks, you can consult a doctor to eliminate doubts.</p>
<p>Fourth, Spot: The newborn has a white spot on the bridge of the nose, known as the "whitehead." These spots are not unusual, therefore, do not squeeze it, and caused by the temporary obstruction of the sweat glands and sebaceous glands (produce sebum to lubricate the skin), usually disappear in a few days.</p>
<p>Finally, Hives (urticaria) and rash: the emergence of a skin symptom on a number of newborns looks like hives, known as "neonatal urticaria". Newborn's skin appears red patches or small white spots soon disappear. The whole process lasts only a few days and the rash can subside without treatment. If parents worry about it, you can consult a doctor.</p>
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		<title>10 Best Tips for Effective Negotiations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruohan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every field you are involved in negotiations on a regular basis, whether you realize it or not. When people think of negotiations generally the term "high level" comes to mind. There is a group of cigar smoking men surrounding a table in a board room and the volume is loud and occasionally emphasized with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In every field you are involved in negotiations on a regular basis, whether you realize it or not. When people think of negotiations generally the term "high level" comes to mind. There is a group of cigar smoking men surrounding a table in a board room and the volume is loud and occasionally emphasized with a fist pounding on the table.</p>
<p>That scene may have played in the ‘70's or earlier, but it really is an archaic vision into a past era, and it has almost nothing to do with this article. Everything you do comes as the result of a negotiation with someone, unless you are living alone on a desert island, and even then you are probably negotiating with Wilson.</p>
<p>Think about it. What did you have for dinner last night? Did you cook it? Did you choose the food? Where did you buy the food? All of these are the results of some low level negotiations. Did you speak with your spouse about the choice? If you looked in the paper for sales on food, that is a form of negotiation with the vendor.</p>
<p>But now the point is made, and perhaps you are looking at negotiating and thinking, gee, I never thought about it that way. So how do you negotiate face to face (or through other communication methods?) You have to start either with a need or with a solution, depending which side you are on. Either way these 10 points are things you need to have in mind to have a win-win.</p>
<p>1. Your negotiation has to have a two way commitment to the agreed upon ending</p>
<p>2. Know the real goal when you sit down to the table. Your goal is not to every step of the process necessarily, but to achieve the end result. Don't let the steps drag down the negotiations</p>
<p>3. Remember the process is going to involve give and take. Don't expect to dictate the terms, unless you are willing to walk, if they are not met. (See point 4)</p>
<p>4. Be prepared to walk if the negotiations aren't going to fulfill your needs within your budget.</p>
<p>5. When you sit down at the table, know what your limits are on all aspects of the deal. What are your time, money, and product parameters? What is open to negotiation, and where is your wiggle room?</p>
<p>6. Have options in mind when you sit down. Perhaps you don't need the widget gold plated; maybe silver will work just as well. Keep an open mind.</p>
<p>7. Know that to have successful negotiations it is not generally a once and done deal. Don't bargain so hard that you won't be able to return for another deal.</p>
<p>8. When you are done, you should have a written contract with solid goals and a timeline. There should also be consequences if the timeline is not kept, and possibly incentive if it is done right and done early.</p>
<p>9. Create a winning team. When you enter into a deal with someone, you are forming a team, at least in the short term. Make sure you can work with someone, if need be. Sometimes negotiations will make odd bedfellows, but make sure everyone is willing to pull their weight for the good of the team.</p>
<p>10. Remember the "Big Picture." You are there for a specific purpose. Don't get sidetracked and bogged down by the bug dust.</p>
<p>It takes commitment on the part of everyone involved to have a successful negotiation, and all negotiations are the beginning of a relationship. How that relationship starts out often dictates how it goes over time. Camaraderie goes a long way to keep things smooth along your journey, so keep your sense of humor and know that life will throw curve balls at you occasionally. negotiations are the start of a relationship and relationships make Business work.</p>
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		<title>Useful Tips for Parents to Promote Children&#039;s Sense of Touch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruohan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early development of children's sense of touch, on one hand, depends on the maturity of sensory function; on the other hand, is inseparable from the stimulation and influence of toys and games.
Sense of touch, children toys, playing toys and games
Sense of touch refers to the skin feel of human body when touch objective things. To [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Early development of children's sense of touch, on one hand, depends on the maturity of sensory function; on the other hand, is inseparable from the stimulation and influence of toys and games.</p>
<p>Sense of touch, children toys, playing toys and games</p>
<p>Sense of touch refers to the skin feel of human body when touch objective things. To improve the sensitivity of tactile response of the child, parents need to develop the children's sense of touch purposely. Using toys and games to develop children's sense of touch is multi-channel and also of diverse methods, the following are four useful tips for parents to promote children tactile sense.</p>
<p>First, operation of toys</p>
<p>Baby born with two hands unable to work together, and four months later, the palm can open and close freely, like hands to play each other, and this is the beginning of coordination on both sides of the body. At this time parents should provide the baby with all kinds of toys not easy to knock bad for baby to beat and operate with both hands, so that the tactile stimulation to the skin and muscle joints can respectively input the brain, thus the both sides of brain will have the opportunity to exchange information and have a great help for them to establish the bilateral coordination of body.</p>
<p>Second, Soft dolls</p>
<p>Sharp tactile toys will make your child's nerves strained, resulting to unpleasant feelings. Conversely, soft toys will make children nervous trend relaxation, resulting in comfortable and peaceful feeling. Therefore, when a child cannot sleep or being emotional, parents can make him embrace soft dolls, such as cloth dolls, stuffed animals, so that their nerves gradually relax and fall asleep easily.</p>
<p>Third, Blankets and towels</p>
<p>Tactile nerves are throughout the body, in addition to hands receiving the most tactile stimulation, the other parts of the children body are eager to get tactile stimulation. When the baby jump or roll in the quilt or blanket, the parents not only do not blindly ban, on the contrary, to make more use of blankets or towels, so that other parts of the children body so that the child can also receive appropriate tactile stimulation. For example, you can spread blankets on the floor, let the children play on it, or allow children to cover towel over them to play as a cloak.</p>
<p>Fourth, Touching objects in water</p>
<p>In order to help children improve tactile recognition, parents can make more use of the games to touch the object in water, that is, to put some objects such as put bottles, cans or lids with different sizes and shapes into the water, let the children in the water grope for matching. Sometimes you can put some foam into the water, so that children will judge with tactile sensation, to increase the fun and difficulty of activities.</p>
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		<title>Appropriate Toys for Children at Different Age Stages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruohan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children's preference for toys is adaptable to their psychological development level. Do you know how to choose the appropriate toys for your child at each different age stage?
Choosing toy tips, children toys, children at different stages
0 - 2 years
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Children's preference for toys is adaptable to their psychological development level. Do you know how to choose the appropriate toys for your child at each different age stage?</p>
<p>Choosing toy tips, children toys, children at different stages</p>
<p>0 - 2 years</p>
<p>At this stage, infants like to explore and touch things, their vision and hearing are in development, and attention is unstable. About 1 year old, they begin to learn to speak and like to put small things in large boxes; like to open the bottle, to roll balls, to push the tumbler and play with blocks.</p>
<p>Toys with bright colors and beautiful music help to develop baby's concentration. Such as animal rattle, rattle-drum, ring bell etc. help to train baby's fine motor skills. Active toys and sound toys such as push cars and pull toys to improve children's interest in walking; small stuffed animals, dolls, building blocks, small ring and basket help children to understand things, to exercise eye-hand coordination ability.</p>
<p>2 - 4 years</p>
<p>Children at this stage can walk longer and have stronger ability to activity. They like to play combined games with partners, have strong ability to imitate, and use items in daily life to play, such as small stool, small tableware, small bucket, etc. these help children to understand the characteristics and properties of things. Parents can also provide children with some toys suitable for outdoor activities, such as dynamic cars, big balloons, etc. that can exercise and develop big motor function.</p>
<p>4 - 5 years</p>
<p>Children this stage learn to understand things around, as well as the relationship between people, like to play different roles in the common life, such as father, mother, drivers, doctors, nurses, soldiers. Therefore, parents should choose toys with simple plot. Such as the doll is best to have limbs, eyes can rotate, clothes to wear and take off, and small cookers, medical equipment, etc.</p>
<p>5 years later</p>
<p>Children from five years old to the primary school have rapid increase in understanding ability. Parents can choose some educational toys, such as modeling clay, building blocks, educational assembly car, drawing board, calculator etc., in addition, you can also choose some simple chess toys, ball activities, such as checkers, chess so that children develop the intelligence and motor skills at the same time.</p>
<p>The general principle is that young children are more sensitive to sound and style, parents can choose some dynamic sound toys. In choosing toys for children (less than 6 years old), it is not suitable to show the difference in gender too early, and it does not necessarily have to choose dynamic toys like guns, planes, tank for boys or choose static toy like dolls for girls.</p>
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		<title>Four Tips for Choosing Toy Phones for Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruohan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each time parents make phone calls, children will stare at you or imitate. They would like to have their own phones someday. You can buy your baby a toy phone - a good partner to develop intelligence.
Toy phone, choosing toy tips, educational toys
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each time parents make phone calls, children will stare at you or imitate. They would like to have their own phones someday. You can buy your baby a toy phone - a good partner to develop intelligence.</p>
<p>Toy phone, choosing toy tips, educational toys</p>
<p>Much children hope someday to make phone calls like parents. So take time to buy a toy phone to meet your baby's desire right now. The following are some four useful tips for parents in choosing toy phones.</p>
<p>First, the appearance must be safe. For the plastic toy phone, the materials should be non-toxic. For the toy phone made of plush materials, parents should pay attention to the plush on the surface not having the bleaching phenomenon, and the padding cannot be "black cotton".</p>
<p>The toy phone should not include small parts easy to fall apart. The baby use mouth to have close contact with the toy phone, so the small parts will be swallowed and cause harm to children. Besides, the edges should be smooth. Toy phones with sharp edges will hurt children.</p>
<p>In addition, pay attention to button batteries. In purchase of the toy phone, parents should check whether the battery cover is fastening. Do not let the baby exposure to the hazardous button batteries.</p>
<p>Second, the toy phone must be suitable for the age of children. In choosing the toy phone, parents should consider the function of toys according to the age of children. For example, 9 years old children are sensitive to colors and sound, and also the period to develop the grip ability. So parents can buy them the toy phone that can dial, and each press accompanied with "ring" sound and beautiful colorful light. </p>
<p>When children are one year old, they will imitate parents to make phone calls and like to press the button, like different music and movable pictures on the phone screen. We can buy baby the toy phone that imitates the adults' phone with above features.</p>
<p>Third, the ring must be sweet. There are many brands of toy phones and their sound has too great difference. In purchase of toy phone, parents should listen to the voice call and select phones with soft tones. Baby likes learning adults to put toys on the ear, if the ring bell is too loud, the baby's hearing will be affected.</p>
<p>Fourth, easy to clean is also critical. Before the age of 1 year old, baby like to bite, lick and chew toys in the mouth, so the toy phone selected should be easy to clean and disinfected. Many toy phones have small gaps, cleaning up is very difficult. Therefore, you should choose toys without seams on the surface, and let your baby enjoy playing while ensuring his health.</p>
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		<title>Percussion Instrument Develops Musical Potential of Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baby is very sensitive to sound, especially the sound of fun percussion toys. Beat or knock lightly, it will come out beautiful music. Do you know how to choose your baby an appropriate percussion instrument?
Choosing toy tips, percussion instrument, children musical potential
Fun percussion toys are one of the children's favorite kinds of toys. Apart from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baby is very sensitive to sound, especially the sound of fun percussion toys. Beat or knock lightly, it will come out beautiful music. Do you know how to choose your baby an appropriate percussion instrument?</p>
<p>Choosing toy tips, percussion instrument, children musical potential</p>
<p>Fun percussion toys are one of the children's favorite kinds of toys. Apart from its beautiful sound and lovely appearance, beating toys can promote the children motor skills and exercise their muscles. Most of all, playing percussion instruments is sure to benefit the development of children musical potential. How to choose the appropriate percussion instrument for your baby to develop his musical potential? This article will provide you with the following four tips in purchase of percussion instrument for your child.</p>
<p>First, the materials should be strong and durable. Take the small drums for example, the small plastic drumhead sounds louder, but it will be broken after baby throwing a few times. The paper drumheads are the most clear and melodious, but it is made of imitation parchment and will be completely ineffective when contact water. Therefore, it is better for parents to choose drums with drumheads made of the real sheepskin or cowhide, not only sound nice, and also durable.</p>
<p>Second, the voice sounds wonderful. Music is definitely good to brain development and also can cultivate sentiments. For example, buying a knocking piano for infants a few months old, it sounds like the jumping water drops, clear but not harsh. But some toy piano of poor quality sounds very harsh, cannot develop the musical potential of children, and also may hurt the hearing of your baby.</p>
<p>Third, appearance should be vivid. To attract the attention of children, the percussion instrument should not only be able to play wonderful music, but also have fun appearance. For example, some beat toys have also many functions. Press the button, there will be a small bear coming out and say hello to the baby. Children will feel very interesting and like to play.</p>
<p>Fourth, the percussion instrument should be suitable for children age. The size and function of beat toys should be appropriate to the age of the baby. For example, size of the knocking drum is not too large and fits the baby to hit when sitting. Besides, some beat toys have small parts, and the small baby is not suitable to play percussion instrument with small iron, which might scratch the baby or be swallowed by the baby.</p>
<p>Choosing the appropriate percussion instrument toy and playing together with children in the right way will help to inspire the musical potential of children. Every baby has the potential to become a musical genius, and playing the percussion toy helps him to make the first step to genius.</p>
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		<title>Baby Throwing Sandbags to Improve Confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throwing sandbag or ball toward the goal can not only develop hand-eye coordination, also gradually improve the baby's estimation and grasp ability, and can improve self-confidence.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Throwing sandbag or ball toward the goal can not only develop hand-eye coordination, also gradually improve the baby's estimation and grasp ability, and can improve self-confidence.</p>
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<p>Throwing toys is a kind of learning. Throwing toys and breaking toys is a common phenomenon for the 10 months to 1 year and a half infants' mental development, and also a manifestation of intellectual development. To enhance children's space training is very important. For example, throwing sandbags can stimulate both physical and emotional development. And the space intelligence is one of the most realistic capacities.</p>
<p>Parents can place several high and light empty plastic bottles within a certain distance, and show the baby how to hit them down with sandbags. At the beginning, the distance can be closer, and gradually further, the baby will soon discover that to hit the target further away, he needs to make more efforts. When the baby hits the bottles, parents should greatly encourage him so that the baby will increase interest of throwing.</p>
<p>The baby can gradually develop the estimation and grasp ability of the state and results of moving objects by throwing sandbags or balls. This kind of learning of cause and effect relationship, and the natural way to improve balance ability, will continue to improve the baby's self-confidence, and he will no longer "shy".</p>
<p>Children will be "shy" in an unfamiliar environment, in fact, adults sometimes the case. This fear is not able control a certain atmosphere in the environment. If a person has strong grasp of space sense, he will adjust the state of mind quickly, looking for the familiar feeling, perhaps is a person or one thing. When he is confident to have the ability to control the environment, he will regain mentality smooth and fluent language.</p>
<p>There are many methods to train the sense of space, such as building blocks. We had ever visited the famous Dewey Bank Street Experimental School - New York nursery school, where half of the classroom was filled with all kinds of building blocks, and children here had strong logical thinking ability and spatial creativity ability. These children will not "shy", because their sense of security comes from the grasp of spatial cause and effect relationship, sensitive but confident.</p>
<p>Baby starts from the nine months old, begin to throwing things with awkward hands. The more adults would not let him throw, the more energetically he threw the toy. This behavior can be understood as a child generates interest in their power to change objects. In the process of throwing things, baby can gain different experiences from different feelings of items thrown on the different distance, sound and reaction. Therefore, at this stage, parents should no more stop children's exploration behavior of throwing things.</p>
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		<title>Tips for Choosing Safe Toys According to Children Age Stages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children at different age stages have different degrees of physical and mental development. Do you know what to pay attention to in choosing safe toys for children at different stages?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Children at different age stages have different degrees of physical and mental development. Do you know what to pay attention to in choosing safe toys for children at different stages?</p>
<p>Choosing toy tips, toy security, children age stages</p>
<p>Generally, each toy is designed and manufactured for children at specific age, and meets the needs and interests of children to play. Toy packaging or labels of toys generally indicate the suitable for age group, parents should buy toys fit the age of the child, so that it will bring the child more fun, what's more, toys suitable for the age stages is safe for children.</p>
<p>Pay attention to the following toy features and matters needing attention in the purchase of toys suitable for children under 3 years old.</p>
<p>First, toys shall not contain small parts, or small objects easily fall apart, because children under age 3 are easier to swallow small objects, which may produce obstruction and suffocation hazard.</p>
<p>Second, in the purchase of soft stuffed toys or dolls, you should check whether the eyes or other parts are easy to fall off; whether the materials and fillings are clean or contains dirt; whether the sound volume of musical toys are too high; whether the rope on the rope on the toys is too long; whether the wooden toys are smooth or have sharp corners or glitches, etc.</p>
<p>Third, buying toys for children under 3 years old you can refer to the following part of the toy characteristics, such as: toys for identifying sound or simple actions of pictures; soft stuffed toys or dolls for hug or cuddle; sturdy toy cars, trucks, boats or trains of simple shape, color and actions; early childhood education toys for basic learning (such as letters, numbers or graphics); simple building blocks toys that not require complicated hand figure skills; soft and light toys used for squeezing, throwing, rolling or shaking, etc.</p>
<p>Toy characteristics and matters needing attention in choosing toys suitable for children over 3 years old are as follows:</p>
<p>To buy toys for children over 3 years old, parents can refer to the following parts of toy characteristics: assembly toys that require complex finger movements or adjust to control; game toys that require the knowledge beyond reading of the A, B, C or counting of one, two, three; projectile toys like launch vehicles, aircraft, and ammunition; and the toy vehicle requires a certain operating functions, or make-up sets of toys.</p>
<p>In the purchase you should check whether the edge of the metal toys have sharp edges and sharp corners, sound volume of musical toys is too high, activity equipment is produced to have the danger to pinch fingers and toes, toy projectile is too small, helmet or masks are sealed and not vents, etc..</p>
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