Shops and boxes overflow with toys. The child only clears up and hardly plays with anything. The child is overloaded with stimuli, unable to concentrate and has lost track of his own toys. These can all be possible causes of too many toys in the nursery. How can I help the child? Help manages to clear out and rearrange the room together with the child. So that the child is not sad in retrospect when it notices that there are no toys in the room, it should be involved in the mucking out. Make sure that you put away things that your child no longer plays with, that they no longer show interest in, that are not age-appropriate or that are broken. You can put these toys together in a large box, which is then stowed in the basement. The child knows his toys are not gone. They are only kept in the basement and can be brought back into the room at any time or exchanged for another toy.

The fewer toys children have, the more their imagination and creativity can develop. With so many toys, children are often kept busy and there is hardly any time to be bored. This is exactly what is so important. Boredom gives children new ideas, they have independent experiences that they can fall back on in their later life. Children don't have to be entertained all day. Observe your children when they are bored without immediately offering them something. It is often in such situations that the greatest games and works are created.

It is always very fascinating how long children can occupy themselves with the simplest everyday objects. Wooden spoons, cotton swabs, egg cartons, clothespins, sponges or Tupperware containers are often much more interesting for small children than conventional, store-bought toys. Let your children play with these things, it promotes their eye-hand coordination, supports the ability to concentrate and is even very good for the development of their fine motor skills. But there are also toys that can perform exactly this function.