Toys

The Ethics of Toys and Occupations Even before babies are born they are given, and expected to follow gender stereotypes and norms. Parents paint the walls pink in a little girl’s room, and blue in a little boys room. This concept of gendering inanimate objects is consistent throughout a person’s entire life. The toys and games commonly given to children during their lives perpetuate these stereotypes and lead them to think that they must behave and present themselves in certain ways. An…

Victorian Era Toys and Games Research Paper In the Victorian Era, children played with toys and games just like modern day children do. Victorian Era children played with different, as well as similar toys and games that were made if ways according to your wealth. A great example of this is with skipping ropes, also known as jumping ropes today, were a very popular toy to play with in the Victorian Era. Rich families would have expensive, hand carved handles for their ropes while poor…

artifact is a toy project from Growth and Development of Young Children (ECE 102R). In this course, we focused on the different stages of children and the developmental milestone that are in the different age groups. I picked this toy project as an artifact for my portfolio because it was one of my first assignments at River Valley Community College that showed my creativity with creating an activity. I felt confident after completing this assignment. I earned an A on this project. The toy…

In 1932, a renowned toy company was founded by a Danish carpenter named Ole Kirk Kristiansen. This toy company is what we know today as LEGO, and I think it is safe to say that we have all seen a Lego brick at some point in our lives. These popular toys are plastic bricks that connect together to create characters, buildings, and cars. In recent years, Lego sets have morphed into complex models that require hours of work to build. They are no longer exclusively children’s toys; now, they are…

The theme that I am focusing on in our society is children’s toys, when I visited two specific places to really see the similarities and differences gender messages. This theme is very important in our society because all the different toys, products is a factor in how it is influencing girls to be more attracted to girl targeted toys. As also it is a big factor in boy’s lives too in what types of toys that influence them in our society. As I really tired to observe and look for different…

The difference in toys for toddlers, teenagers, and adults. As a toddler toys can be anything that their imagination can think of. Some toddlers have vast amounts of toys that they have never played with. Each child has a favorite toy that he or she plays with most of all. Although their favorite toy may not be what people would normally think of! My toddler for example likes pots, pans, sticks, rocks, and boxes. As children move into the teenage years the idea of a toy greatly changes.…

Gendered Toys Revolution What kind of toys should parents get for their children is the question for every parent? Normally, boys and girls have very separate toys with different colors, which are pink or blue. Scientists have shown many of theories about how children are socialized. Playing is one of the main components in many of these theories. It is the way that children learn the different expectations for how boys and girls act. While a boy enjoys playing with building blocks, a girl…

1. What are ALL of the toys the infant / child is interested in? Name at least three different toys. What are the fine motor requirements for playing with one of these toys? Be comprehensive when you describe the fine motor requirements (symmetry, posture, muscle work, range, coordination, type of grasp) i.e. not simply examining motor control of the digits (4 points) (Wisconsin Child Welfare Training System, 2006) The infant was playing with a variety of toys but he particularly was…

Toys “R’nt” Us Most children have very personal relationships with their dolls. They take them everywhere and often idolize them. The population of American children are ethnically diverse, yet the toy industry lacks proper representation of the different ethnicities and races that make up their consumers. After visiting the Toys “R” Us in Culver City, I saw first hand how the majority of the dolls did not properly represent the consumers of that particular store. American retail stores like…

of its toys. Whereas he terminated several dozen suppliers for noncompliance and made numerous changes in its own plant. He also did a recall on the toys that were found panted with lead, which is stated to be a harmful neuro toxin and dangerous to children who ingested or swallow bits of the paint. Mattel could have implemented a strict safety checkpoint from the beginning. As such he could be able to ensure that his safety standards has been meet/ carried out each time someone made a toy in…