Izinto zokudlala zoMthi ziyayiqonda indima ebalulekileyo edlalwa iithoyi kubomi babantwana bethu njengoko bekhula kwaye bekhula. Yiyo loo nto sigqibe ekubeni siyile ingqokelela yezinto zokudlala eziphefumlelwe yimigaqo kaMaria Montessori ngendlela abantwana abafunda ngayo. Ngaphandle kwento eyonwabisayo, iithoyi zethu zenza abantwana bakhule kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokukhula kwaye bahambise ukukhula kwabo kumacala amaninzi.
Sicinga ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba abantwana bakwazi ukuphonononga, ukufunda nokufumanisa kwasebancinane. Izinto zethu zokudlala zenzelwe ukukhuthaza ubuchule obuvumela abantwana ukuba badlale imidlalo yokudlala. Ukukunika nje nawuphi na umzekelo isitaki sethu kunye nokwakha iibhloko yindlela apho abantwana banokudlala ngokuzimeleyo ngokwenza izakhiwo ezahlukeneyo bebodwa. Banokwakha iinqaba kunye neenqaba, ezibakhuthazayo ukuba babe ngaphandle kwebhokisi becinga kwaye basebenzise ubuchule babo.
Abantwana abamalunga neenyanga ezili-18 baqala ukulungisa izakhono zabo ezincinci zemoto nangakumbi, kwaye ngokwendalo banomdla wokwazi nantoni na ebangqongileyo. Siyazingca ngokwenza izinto zokudlala abanokuzibona, bazichukumise kwaye badlale ngazo eziza kutshintsha kwaye zifundise. Ithoyi yethu ye-Shape Sorter, umzekelo, yindlela entle yokuba abantwana baziqhelanise nokusombulula iingxaki xa beqikelela ukuba zeziphi iimilo ezingena kwindawo. Kubo, kulucelomngeni oluvuyisayo! Ukongeza, iBhola yethu yeSensory ibanika ingxelo ebambekayo kwaye ibavumela ukuba bazive iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuthungwa eziphucula izakhono zabo zokuziva. Ininzi into esinokuyifunda ngokudlala ngezi zinto zokudlala, yaye akuyonwabisi nje kuphela.
Ngoko ke, xa umntu ethetha ngezakhono zomgudu ofanelekileyo uthetha ngezihlunu ezincinci esizisebenzisayo ngokomzekelo kwiminwe yethu ukuze sichole into efana nepeni okanye iqhosha lehempe okanye ukuvala iziphu yedyasi. Izinto zethu zokudlala zenzelwe ukuxhasa ukuziqhelanisa nezi zakhono ngokubamba izandla zabantwana kunye neminwe ngendlela eyonwabisayo. Iseti yethu yeGear kunye nePeg okanye iiBhlokhi zokuNikela zombini ziyimizekelo emihle yezinto zokudlala ezinyanzela umntwana wakho ukuba alawule iinxalenye ezincinci, ezenza ezi zilungele lo mkhwa. Le misebenzi ayikonwabisanga kuphela, kodwa ikwafundisa abantwana indlela yokucokisa izihlunu zezandla ezincinci, ezinokubanceda kamva ebomini.
Ngaphandle kwezakhono ezifanelekileyo zemoto, iithoyi zethu zikwanceda ukuphuhlisa izakhono zokusombulula iingxaki. Ukhuthaza abantwana ukuba bacinge ngendlela abanokufumana ngayo okuninzi kwizinto zabo zokudlala. Umzekelo, iPuzzle yeSilwanyana seWood yindlela eyonwabisayo nenika umdla yokuba abantwana bafunde izakhono zokusombulula iingxaki. Ngalo lonke ixesha bezama ukongeza ijigsaw kwelinye icala, bafumana ukuzithemba ngakumbi kunye neendlela zokusombulula imingeni.
Apha kwi-Tree Toys, siyaqonda ukuba ukufunda kufanele kube mnandi kwaye kuvuyise abantwana. Ke, into yokudlala enika umdla wokufunda into entsha. Ezi zinto zokudlala zinika abantwana amava achukumisayo ondla ukuzithemba kwabo nomdla wabo ngehlabathi. Xa abantwana bezonwabela izinto zabo zokudlala, bakwaphuhlisa ubuchule obubalulekileyo abanokuthi bahambe nabo ukuze babe ngabantu abadala abaphumelelayo.
Okufana nokuphonononga indalo iphela ngokudlala ngePuzzle yeSolar System ifundisa abantwana ngeeplanethi ezahlukeneyo ngendlela ebandakanyayo. I-Alphabet Puzzle yenza kwaloo nto kanye, idibanisa ngendlela enobubele kubantwana ukwenza ukufunda kube ngumdlalo. Akunjalo nje ngokwenza oko sinokuthi songeze ulonwabo ekufundeni, kodwa sikwaseka iziseko zothando lobomi bonke lokufunda kuye wonke umntwana.