Lapho ukhetha ithoyizi lezemfundo, ingane kusukela ezinyangeni ezingu-6 kuya ngonyaka, udinga ukucabangela umbala, ubungako, izinto ezenziwe ngayo, ukuma kwetheyizi, okungcono ukuthi ithoyizi ingabe ingumculo. Uma ukhetha ithoyizi, udinga ukuyihlola ngokucophelela, futhi uma kungenzeka, thinta ukuthi ayikho imichilo, izingwegwe, izinto eziyingozi kuwo, ngamanye amazwi, kufanele kube bushelelezi. Kule nkathi yobudala ingane iqala ukujwayele izinto ezingapheli ezizungezile.
Uma uneminyaka kusukela ngonyaka kuya kwesithathu, siphakamisa ukuthi uthenge amathoyizi ngesimo samanani wejometri, ama-rhombuses, ama-cubes, njll. Isidakamizwa sokudoba, umshini wokubhala, isethi yesihlabathi, izitsha zokudlala, amodoli, amabhola azokhula kakhulu futhi athakazelise zonke izingane, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubulili. Siza ingane ukuba yakha ipiramidi, ichaze futhi ibonise ukuthi izozinza kanjani nokuthi kungani. Zama ukuqoqa ndawonye umdwebo ovela kuma-puzzle amakhulu noma ama-mosaics.
Lapho uneminyaka engama-3 kuya kwemihlanu, izingane ziqala ukucabanga ngokudlala imidlalo namathoyizi, zinefantasy, zakha isimo segeyimu. Kubaluleke kakhulu ngezikhathi ezinjalo ukuthi ingane ingadlala yedwa, kuyadingeka ukuthi uzoba noontanga naye noma udlale naye. Amageyimu e-sandbox azosebenza kakhulu kunasebancane, ake ingane idlale ngamanzi, ugibele ngokugibela, ngamabhayisikili amathathu noma amane. Thenga umbala, i-plasticine, iphepha elimibalabala futhi usebenze ngokuklama kwengane, vumela ingane ithole imanzi, ungamgxeki, akufanele ukwesaba ukuchitha amanzi noma ukugcoba etafuleni lokupenda, ungaphazanyisanga ingane enkambweni yokudala. Thenga umzila wesitimela, abafana namantombazane abathanda kakhulu, ukufudumala akukuvumeli kuphela ukukhathalela ingane, kodwa kubuye kukhulume ukucabanga nokwazi kwezemvelo. Kungaba yinzuzo enhle, ngalesi sikhathi ukuthenga ingane irejista yemali yamathoyizi (njengesitolo esitolo), umntwana uzothengisa konke, ngaleyo ndlela athole izinto eziyisisekelo ezentengiselwano nasebhizinisi.
Yiqiniso, uma uneminyaka emihlanu ubudala kuya eminyakeni eyisikhombisa, izingane ekukhethweni kwamathoyizi ziqala ukwenza ngcono, inzalo yabo ikhula kakhulu. Emgumbini wezemidlalo kufanele ube nokukhethwa okukhulu kwamadonki, ngempela ngezinhlobonhlobo zezingubo, izitsha, izindlu. Kuyathakazelisa ingane ukuba idlale nodokotela, udokotela wamazinyo, ngalokhu, uthenge amasethi afana nezixhobo zokuhlinzwa, azenze sengathi uyagula, vumela udokotela wakho omncane ukuba akugcine. Amantombazane asele minyaka anesithakazelo esikhulu kwizimonyo zikamama, ukugwema izenzo "zokulimaza" emgwaqeni wezimonyo ezindala, kufanelekile ukuthenga umntwana, ngokungafani nabantu abadala, kuphephile, kunamabala amancane namafutha. Ngokuvamile, ngeke sifihle iqiniso lokuthi abafana nabo banesithakazelo ezithombeni, baze badwebe i-cilia eceleni kwe-cilia ethule. Amageyimu ethuthukisayo kule minyaka abuye abhekwe njengamathoyizi aguquguqukayo, ikhompyutha yezingane, ama-kites, izindiza ekulawuleni umsakazo, izikole, imidlalo yetafula yezingane njengama-dominoes wezingane, umphathi. Njengoba cishe wonke umndeni okwamanje unomshini wekhompiyutha, futhi ingane icela ukudlala, imise umdlalo ohloswe ekuthuthukiseni inkumbulo, ukunemba kanye nelogiki, imidlalo enjalo, njengombuso, akufanele isetshenziswe ngaphezulu kwemizuzu engama-20 ngosuku.