We often think of learning an ability as mastering a single skill. However, most abilities are complex, that is they consist of several sub-skills which combined constitute the given ability. This is particularly important to keep in mind when teaching young children. For example the ability to read consists of many sub-skills: Letter recognition Letter […]
by Larry Mestyanek, Ph.D. – President, TAG Toys, Inc. Early intervention with an autistic child has proven to be the most promising approach for stimulating normal development. Like all infants and toddlers the primary source for stimulating physical and mental development for an autistic child is through the basic senses of seeing, hearing, touching and […]
A reporter asks us… “Other than a savings account, how can you teach children about saving money?” Managing money can actually be fun, if you’re five years old and it’s your own piggy bank. Wooden Pig Bank from TAG Toys To help teach children about saving money, one of the very earliest, easiest, and probably […]
We are asked: “Is there any way to avoid raising technology dependent kids?” As old fashion as it sounds, providing children from a very early age (infant, baby, toddlers) with real, classic thinking and learning toys (like those from TAG Toys http://www.tagtoys.com) is clinically shown to promote brain/mental development, in addition to helping youngsters develop […]
