Hi everyone
Last term I took out a box of 17th century replicas to all the local
nurseries for handling sessions, which went really well. This year, I've
been asked if I can do something based around old toys. I've dutifully
gone out and bought a huge box of replica 'historic' toys, but I'm not
quite sure how to organise the session.
I usually have half a class (15 children) at once, for about 30-40
minutes, so it's not a huge amount of time. The only idea I've come up
with so far is to introduce the box as a 'magic toy box', full of old and
new toys that have got all jumbled up. I'll then ask children in pairs to
choose something from the box, work out what it does (some of them aren't
obvious!) and then put it on a mat labelled 'new' or 'old'. I'm concerned
that for the very young children, even this will be too complicated,
especially as all the replicas look new and shiny.
Has anyone done an old toys session witih 3-5 year olds who'd be willing
to share some ideas? I'm keen not to end up with a free-for-all with kids
just diving in to the toybox, but not quite sure what to go with. Any
suggestions would be very gratefully received, and I'll be happy to pass
on a summary if anyone's interested.
Thanks very much indeed
Rosie Barker
Community Learning Officer
Aston Hall
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