Auckland, New Zealand
Toy making (Craft): a resource in support of the Toys presentation.
Toy making booking inquiry Curriculum links School Visits Testimonials FAQ's
More Education activites Home
The Tinder Box Craft in support of the toy activity offers an additional educational technology resource to supplement and enhance the Victorian Toy resource - Toys before electricity through toy making on school visits by Tinder Box.
Often after the Tinder Box Victorian Toy activity, teachers inquire whether plans are available for the Tinder Box toys as they would like their students to make a toy to support their unit study. In response, Tinder Box has created a new activity: "Crafts in support of Toys" which meets the requirements of the Technology Curriculum and addresses teachers resource requirements: Students get to make a toy. So does the activity meet that identified need? Read what teachers have to say about Craft in support of toys and the Victorian toy activity.
Boy sanding toy parts Girl using the jig
Boys with their tops making them spin assembling the parts
Tinder Box supplies the tools and materials, gives instruction on making the toys and assists where required - in effect, the classroom becomes a toy workshop complete with jigs, mallets parts and sandpaper. By the end of the activity, every student will have made a toy and know how to use their toy. One type of toy is constructed each session i.e. Spinning top, Ring toss, Chromotrope, Thaumatrope, etc. Each session lasts 35-40 minutes.
The Craft in support of Toys resource is a separate activity and accordingly, an additional fee in charged.
This activity takes 35 - 40 minutes and teacher participation in encouraged.
Curriculum links: Technology
TECHNOLOGY TOYS Level Achievement objective
Technological Capability 1 - 4 With information gathered, identify resources
required and make a toy of their choice
Copyright RPL11/2/2007