PART 2

Describe a favourite toy that you enjoyed playing with as a child.

You should say

• what the toy was

• how you played with it

• why it was special to you

 

PART 3

Toys

• Is it important that children’s toys have educational value?

• What do so-called ‘educational toys’ actually teach children?

• What kinds of toys help to develop a child’s creativity?

• What kinds of toys help develop a child’s social skills

 

Play

• Why is play an important activity for children?

• What kinds of games can children play without toys?

• How might having fewer toys benefit a child?

 

Toys for particular groups

• How are the toys that children play with nowadays different from the toys that you played with as a child?

• How do toys for infants differ from toys for older children?

• How do children’s toys help children to learn gender roles?