The Sims 4is a life simulation game where you’re able to experience every stage of life. Watching your Sims grow into accomplished people can start as early or late as you want it to; there will always be challenges to overcome no matter your Sim’s life stage.
The toddler stage is particularly fun and chaotic, and it is also the stage when your Sims will start learning things they will be using for the rest of their lives. The ability to understand the world can be honed through helping a toddler master the Thinking skill, one of the five skills of toddlerhood in the game.
What Is The Thinking Skill?
Toddlers havecompletely different skill sets than children, teenagers, or adultsdo in The Sims 4. Toddler’s skills are often simpler and more general, spanning a few different activities.
In The Sims 4, theThinking skillcorresponds to atoddler’s ability to comprehend ideas. It is also representative of their curiosity.
A toddler with high Thinking will be less prone to throwing tantrums and will eventually know not to splash around in the toilet.
Toddlers stimulate their thinking when theyponder the whys and the whats of the world around them,which often involves trying to figure out what objects are or asking older Sims important questions that can help them understand more things.
Just learning the skill will do little to make a toddler gain this kind of awareness, though. Like most skills in the game, the benefits will only appear as you raise the skill.
How To Gain The Thinking Skill
Every new adventure in a toddler’s little life must begin with a first step. To learn the Thinking skill toddlers will need toperform an action related to said skill.
It is usually possible to do it quickly with any object whatsoever, as toddlers canuse the “What’s That?” interactionfreely with almost anything.
If you’re unsure, you can alwaysmake an older Sim teach them something.
Once they haveinteracted with anything to prompt Thinking, they will immediately gain the skill.
Thinking actions areoften marked by three blocks forming a small pyramid, the Thinking skill icon.
How To Improve The Thinking Skill
There are a few ways toddlers canimprove the Thinking skill. Some of them involve playing alone with certain toys, while others requirehelp from older Sims.
To improve a toddler’s Thinking skill you can:
Keeping your toddlerin a Happy moodwill help them build the Thinking skill faster.
Benefits Of Leveling The Thinking Skill
The Thinking skill hasfive different levels and each of them gives toddlers a specific rewardor improvement of abilities, much like regular skills do for older Sims. These are all the benefits of leveling up the Thinking skill during this age:
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Two
Can now play Shapes with Nesting Blocks and will be defiant less often.
Three
Can now learn numbers from Flashcards and will sleep better through the night.
Four
Can now ask Why of other Sims and knows not to splash around in the toilet.
Five
Can now practice spelling with Nesting Blocks and learn letters with Flashcards. The toddler will also never be defiant and will sleep soundly through the night.
Additionally, there area few more benefits for teaching a toddler skills. Some are general and require that you teach them all the skills, while some are specific to a singular skill.
The most straightforward benefit from improving on a skill is that your Sim willget a head-start on their childhood abilitiesafter successfully navigating toddlerhood.
The Thinking skill gives your Sim a head-start on the Mental skill once they become a child, soinstead of starting out with zero skill, they will automatically have2 points of Mental.
As for thebenefits of teaching them all skills, they’re far more significant.
If you have your toddler reach levelthree in all toddler skills, they will grow up with theHappy Toddler trait, which grants them the following benefits:
Similarly, if you reachthe maximum level in all toddler skills, they will gain theTop Notch Toddler trait, which also has some longstanding benefits:
Teaching a toddler all these skillscan be a lot of hard work, but it is definitely worth it forthe benefits they will get later on.
Toddler Traits That Help With Thinking
Toddlers havea singular trait dictating their personalitythroughout their entire toddlerhood. As the player, you can select this trait.
Each of the available traits hasa specific set of pros and cons, and some are related to how your toddlers learn. Selecting the right trait can help youfocus on the skills you want to build the most, and it will generally affect your experience raising your toddler.
If you want a toddler to quickly master the thinking skill, then you shouldmake them inquisitive or independent.
