Each game uploaded into the Leapster Learning System is age appropriate. Thus, parents will never go wrong, be too backward or be too advanced, with the game they're getting their kids. Sometimes parents can make the mistake of getting just any educational toy at the store under the impression that all educational toys are the same. This almost insatiable hunger for learning in children, expressed in their natural propensity to play, should not be wasted on toyd without much relevance to their educational development. While it is true, as some child experts would assert, that any play will serve its purpose in developing the child's brain and total development, it is equally unassailable that maximizing this natural learning process, is not a bad idea. Educational toys for babies are probably one of the most valuable objects you will give him or her right now. Toys are the best media for a child to learn. This is because when you mix learning with play, children don't realize that they are being educated. The learning comes smoothly and naturally, and the child does not feel that he or she is being forced to learn something. Another educational toy that your kids are sure to love will be the Read Aloud LeapPad Plus Microphone Library. Never mind the long name, this toy, guaranteed, will never make your kids exhausted and tired of hearing lots and lots of stories out loud. Why is that? It will be so because they will be using their own voice! The increase in demand for educational toys, LeapFrog products, in particular, came after parents started to appreciate and realize the value of play brings to their kids' physical and psychological growth. And since most modern parents rarely have time to spare playing with their kids, they try to compensate the learning that may be derived from them by providing them with quality educatioanal toys. Preschoolers Educational Toys The demand for educational toys is fast growing, as more and more parents see the value behind these products and children start to appreciate the kind of learning they obtain from them. In fact, the demand for them has surpassed that of traditional toys. In 2005, for instance, educational toy maker LeapFrog's sales surged 120%.