Children’s Day: Powerful influence of toys your kids play has on them

On children’s day, parents will make a beeline to toy stores to buy toys for their children. Early Childhood Association (ECA) and Podar Institute of Education (PIE) conducted a survey to find out if in the day and age of sexism and women empowerment are we selecting the right toys for our children both boys and girls in their growing years.

Do toys contribute to the growth of sexism and empowerment in our children? What roles do toys play and what should parents and teachers do about the same. All these were a part of a survey, an eye-opener for parents and teachers and an essential read for children’s day.

Play and toys help stimulate and nurture 90% of a child’s brain development. Froebel the father of kindergarten believed in toys and called them gifts. Montessori system is based completely on toys called didactic material. And yet kids are not playing with toys today or are playing with inappropriate toys shows the survey.

Swati Popat Vats, President of Early Childhood Association, said, “Nowadays in kindergartens the focus is on colourful, battery operated toys to woo parents to take admissions. This trend is worrisome and so ECA in association with PIE …read more