Experience play time in the past through active participation with a range of old toys and games, comparing the museum's toy collections with the toys of today. A 3 x 45 minutes programme for a maximum of three classes, facilitated by a Costumed Interpreter.
Suitable for KS1 classes, lunchroom included. The session is split up into two 45 minute long led sessions, and one 45 minute session of free time.
Both the 'Toys' and the 'Games' sessions are facilitated by a Costumed Interpreter in role as a toy shop owner, immersing the children in living history. The children will need to be divided up into small groups as there are different activities for the children to take part in. Each group will need an adult helper to support them when working on the activities. The Costumed Interpreter facilitating your session will introduce themselves to the children as the toy shop owner.
They will explain that the children are here to learn about toys from the past and to compare them with toys from the present. A popular toy during Victorian times was the thaumatrope. These toys help build their motor skills and are also fun to play with. Both these toys have some shades of grey attached to them as well.
Modern toys lack durability and are not very safe. Toys were made of metal or wood and most of them were home made. Parents used to buy cheap presents for their children from a penny stall, but nowdays the toys are very different because people buy them from toy shops which are sometimes expensive. Toys now are mostly made of plastic and they are basically electric and electronic.
Ask them to try and spot any toys in the photograph. The toys in the picture are a doll and a horse and cart. Ask the pupils if they still play with toys like these. You may want to bring in a modern doll and toy car, to help them make comparisons between the old toys in the photograph and ones today. Children would save their pocket money to buy marbles, a spinning top, skipping ropes, kites or cheap wooden toys. Girls played with dolls and tea sets whilst boys played with toy soldiers and marbles.
During Victorian times, people became fascinated by toys that made pictures move. The difference between the Victorian times past and now is that people in Victorian time make children do work but now children go to school. Look at images of an ancient Egyptian doll and toys from Roman times , Tudor toys , Victorian toys , 20th century toys and toys from around the world. Toy terminology : these are some of the words we use to describe toy parts.
Learn about how some of the most popular toys and games for children were invented. Read a history of toys and toy production. Information about toys with a long history , including hoops, marbles, yo-yos and kaleidoscopes. A history of popular toys from Babylonian times to the present. Read about Tudor toys and Victorian games. Find out how the magnets on a train set work and visits a factory to see how teddy bears are made. The Rubik's Cube is one of the world's best-selling toys. See toys, games, and puzzles from the Smithsonian collections in the USA.
Look through pictures of toys, dolls, board games, video games, electronic games and other play-related artifacts from the National Museum of Play in the USA. Visit online exhibitions about play and playthings through history , from board and card games to video games. Explore a range of Canadian-made and Canadian-played toys. A brief history of the doll's house. Find out more about wax dolls and other toys from the 19th and 20th centuries.
0コメント