Toys
There are a lot of issues going on at the same time ij toy world now including: inappropriate toys, toy safety, testing, and much more.
Where are the good old toys that kids could play with that did not do damage? We are searching for the best classic toys available now to play with for all ages that are safe, nurturing, well made and help build skills. Your recommendations are most welcome. write anytime.
Where are the good old toys that kids could play with that did not do damage? We are searching for the best classic toys available now to play with for all ages that are safe, nurturing, well made and help build skills. Your recommendations are most welcome. write anytime.
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Permalink Reply by Rae Pica on -
Thanks for this. I hope our members here will have lots of contributions for you!
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Permalink Reply by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD on -
Rae Pica said:Thanks for this. I hope our members here will have lots of contributions for you!
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Permalink Reply by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD on
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Thanks Rae
I am interested in knowiing what other teachers find of value in school and at home
what games and toys are being used and enjoyed?
lets play!
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Permalink Reply by Marilyn Schmid on -
Blocks are always a favorite.... no surprise there..... puzzles, too. House play is up there, too.
Stevanne Auerbach, PhD said:Thanks Rae
I am interested in knowiing what other teachers find of value in school and at home
what games and toys are being used and enjoyed?
lets play!
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Permalink Reply by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD on
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yes these are perfect
what else is being used today in the classroom that attracts children and keeps them interested and involved?
Look forward to hearing more.
Stevanne
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Permalink Reply by WendyZ on -
Recently at work, soft dolls seem to be the center of a lot of play, especially with the boys. They have been pretending that the babies are crying and they have to make them baby food and change their clothes. At home with my daughter, I've seen her build with her blocks a lot. She also loves to play with her little moss garden (real items from nature and a handmade felt gnome).
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Permalink Reply by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD on
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Hi Wendy
good to see the boys are responding also to doll play and nurturing activities and role playing
what else do they use for this process? puppets?
do children play with handpuppets as they did when i was in the classroom
what kind of blocks does your daughter use?
did you create the moss garden together?
great idea
have you tried bulbs?
thanks for sharing
Stevanne
WendyZ said:Recently at work, soft dolls seem to be the center of a lot of play, especially with the boys. They have been pretending that the babies are crying and they have to make them baby food and change their clothes. At home with my daughter, I've seen her build with her blocks a lot. She also loves to play with her little moss garden (real items from nature and a handmade felt gnome).
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Permalink Reply by WendyZ on
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Yes, puppets are used too. In the classrooms that I work in, there are animal puppets, community helper puppets, and family puppets (depicting different ages). Now that I think about it, the boys use those quite a bit too.
My daughter has a set of natural wood unit blocks.
This particular moss garden is on a little glass plate that my daughter can carry around wherever she wants to play inside. I stitched the little gnome for her (although she loves to sew with or without me), and she arranges and rearranges the moss, rocks, and tiny twig trees over and over.
In the past, she has helped her father and I plant bulbs and a vegetable garden. Her strawberry plant has thrived since last spring, and she is excited that it's still green!
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Permalink Reply by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD on
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Hi Wendy
sounds like your family has a good green thumb philosophy
is there a waldorf school where you live?
have you seen the folkmanis puppets they are natural and nice
gardening for kids also has some good resources
visit our site and let me know what you think www.drtoy.com
playfully
Stevanne
WendyZ said:Yes, puppets are used too. In the classrooms that I work in, there are animal puppets, community helper puppets, and family puppets (depicting different ages). Now that I think about it, the boys use those quite a bit too.
My daughter has a set of natural wood unit blocks.
This particular moss garden is on a little glass plate that my daughter can carry around wherever she wants to play inside. I stitched the little gnome for her (although she loves to sew with or without me), and she arranges and rearranges the moss, rocks, and tiny twig trees over and over.
In the past, she has helped her father and I plant bulbs and a vegetable garden. Her strawberry plant has thrived since last spring, and she is excited that it's still green!
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Permalink Reply by WendyZ on
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Well thanks. I grew up around farms and gardening a lot, but I feel like I don't know what I'm doing most of the time.
Emerson Waldorf School is about an hour & a half away from where we are right now.
Yes, I have seen the Folkmanis puppets. My daughter has a couple of the finger puppets.
I'll have to check out your site... I looked at it a while back but haven't lately. THANKS!
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Permalink Reply by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD on
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glad to hear this
hope that you will share a lot of growing with your child
green is the way to go
also check out www.greentoys.com
excellent products
hope you will find a copy of my book Smart play Smart toys
and send a comment
thank you for good sharing
best
Stevanne
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Permalink Reply by Simon Wiltshire on -
{Climbs onto Soap Box}
Lego. And I don't mean "new" lego, which has become a case of following an instruction manual and a one-time effort to create something pre-determined by someone else's imagination. I mean classic lego, as it was when we were children. When I was growing up, I amassed an entire drawer full of pieces of lego. (I grew up in the UK, hence there is no such word as "legos" in my vocabulary). Using my childhood lexicon, I had "flat bits:", "wheels", "four dots", "two dots" and so on (the last two describing the number of connecting protuberances on the top of the piece in question). What I created from age 4 and up was whatever my imagination came up with. My mom was a single working mom, so I had little in the way of active direction. I had (and have) a younger sibling, whose sole job was to "test fly" my creations. The point is - there was no instruction manual, only in my mind, and it built imagination, creativity, fine motor skills, patience, and a whole host of other skills. So go to a Lego store (not a toy store that sells the kits) and buy a large bucket of the individual pieces, then provide the kids with a general idea of what to create (depending on age). You will be amazed. I created spacecraft, airplanes, cars, trucks, houses and so on. You don't need a pre-modeled wing to make a plane, you just put together the "flat bits". Kids will use what they have to create the nearest facsimile to what they see. The kits these days leave nothing to the imagination. Start with the basics and let kids' imaginations take their own course. As for ages, short of pieces that are small enough to be a choking hazard, there's really very little to go wrong with a piece of Lego. You can wash them all in a mild bleach solution. Mind you, they hurt like heck if you step on them, so clean up :-)
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