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School Toys Get The Fun Put Back Into Them

Those in the know will have seen a steady increase in the number of toys in kindergarten and primary schools over the last 5 years that are focused towards more formal learning. There is nothing wrong with this in principle as we all want our children to learn to the best of their abilities, but recent reports have shown that the most recent educational toys may not be as beneficial to our kids learning as first thought.

In a study conducted by the Federal Education Department, results found that their has been a sharp decline in the number of children playing with toys in their free time that were provided by the school, and an increase in agressive and disruptive behaviour during play hours. Educational experts believe this is likely a result of the increasingly learning-focused nature of school toys which have an emphasis on letters and numbers.James Thames, a director at the federal schools council suggested that “subjects like maths and English are fed to children all day long, and they need some downtime from it”. He went on to say that bath toys and toy diggers should be reintroduced for use in the water pits and sand pits that most schools have available to them. Simple dolls houses can keep children entertained for hours and because they are social use toys (can be played with by more than one person) they help develop communication and interaction skills.

The goververnment have commented on the study results, saying that they will be looking to bring in more fun toys into school and getting the balance right. Their suggested action is to supply schools with a variety of different toy types so that kids can selected which ones they like and get out of them what they can.The parents of school children have also voiced their opinions and whilst many agree that their should be a happy medium in terms of choice of toys, others believe that their kids would get better benefit if they were learning (formal subjects) during their break time also

Balance Toys

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