We are surrounded by electronics these days, from our watch to our phones to our kitchen appliances, almost everything these days seem smarter than us! So, most modern parents tend to keep their children away from these tech toys during their formative years, because they believe it may hinder their mental development or make them socially inadequate. Hence, most 21st century 10 to 13 year olds are only allowed a limited access to computers, tablets or smart phones.

But is that decision made by most parents to keep kids restrained from gadget use during their young age science-backed? Or are they playing at a hunch based on their own old school perception? Because at their age and time, certain gadgets like an electronic pocket-diary or a pager or even a huge cordless phone, was only meant for adults and were not kids’ toys. Now we are not saying that gifting your child a blackberry or an iPhone at the age of 13 is the best idea or even a lower-end budget smart phone for that matter (see, price point is not really the main concern here), but instead we would like to understand if exposing children to certain technology from their formative years can be beneficial or destructive for their intellectual development and social skills.

To find out we at team Aklavya developers of a free educational video game, decided to find some gadgets that are maybe just smart enough to help develop children’s imagination, intelligence and even social abilities along with a bunch of other developmental benefits. If you are gadget-geek dad or mom who loves to play with your own tech toys for adults, then read on, this article is just for you.

Here are some magic tech toys that have redefined the way people look at toys and are even attracting adults for play!

The Moff Band Wearable:

This is a silicon bracelet or also known as a band that just snug fits a child’s wrist like a watch. But what it does is something a typical will never even imagine itself doing! This band gives your kid the power to use his/her imagination like never before. Everything he holds or does will turn into a toy. Be it an ordinary broom, a banana or a stick… each and everything can turn into a fully functional guitar or a flute or the light sabers from star wars or even a magic wand like Harry Potter! Yes, you read that right. This band does not have anything to display like a date and time or does not have a caller ID or a pedometer like other smart wearables for adults. All it does is can give your child the ability to take role playing games to the next limit by emitting similar sound effects as the way he/she wants to use it. there is an app that must be downloaded for the band to work and with the app you can change its functionality and pretend play a duel or a badminton with maybe a whisk or even a pen!

Here is a video giving more details of the toy.

Get the experience of virtual games on a 3D toy with Dynepods:

A Dunepod is also a smart wearable that can connect to the tablets through Bluetooth and then provide children with active engaging games from an addictive 2D tablet platform to a 3D real toy. Other than that it can also connect to other toys and be used for fun experiments like motion control or act as a portable gaming console for games played on a laptop or an iPad. Get them moving and getting some good old exercise while still being on their smart devices with a Dynepod. It can also be used to train and keep a watch on pets and can notify children when their friends are around with the help of Bluetooth pairing and connectivity for those who also own a Dynepod.

View its functions in this video:

Know where your “apple of the eye” is with a Kiband Smart Bracelet

This band makes it easy for parents to know where their children are when in a crowded place like for instance in Disney Land and also empowers kids to explore the world around them without having their to go through stress and anxiety. The bracelet comes with pairing app that notifies when the child is going too far away from the determined perimeter as per the parents’ settings by vibrations and lets them be found easily through an audible alarm on the bracelet as well.

Toymail talking toy:

This is a cute toy that looks like a pig and is shaped like a box and can act like a modern day walky-talky. Adults can make calls anytime from their smart phones to this toymail device and the message will be passed on to the child in a slightly pitchy toy voice. The toy grunts as a pig would when a message is received i.e. a call is being made to the toy and on receiving the call the caller can talk to the child.

View the details here:

The Tinitell Wrist Phone:

Do you feel your child is too young to have his/her own phone? But then you still want to know where he/she is and check up on her during playdates and school. So, here is the perfect solution for that. This is a wrist phone with simplistic design that comes with an on/off button and microphone and speaker and gives children the ability to call the most important people with just a click.

Some other cool gadgets that can help kids learn while giving them a safe amount of exposure to the internet and electronics are: The FireFly Glow Phone, Fisher Price’s Kids tough camera or Vtech’s Kidizoom.

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This article is supported by Aklavya the online educational kids’ game.