Toys to make learning fun

PLAY is a child’s work, it’s their main occupation and how they learn,” says paediatric occupational therapist Aine Keighran.

But you can’t push a child to learn. When looking for toys this Christmas, parents need to focus on age first. “Ask what they should be doing at that age in terms of motor development, sensory development and social development and then get them toys that can develop those skills,” says Keighran.

From birth, babies are learning about the world around them, mainly through sensory development as parents, feed, cuddle and talk to them.