Auckland, New Zealand
Craft resource in support of the Toys presentation.
Toy making.
Home School Visits Victorian Toys Information request
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
Teacher and Student feedback
Pomaria Primary School Henderson
Pomaria school selected a dual activity programme of Victorian toys and Craft in support of toys.
Their syndicate wrote:
- Highly recommended programme to other schools.
- Highly enjoyable, informative, interactive.
- Children get to work with materials, very much a hands on exhibition and experience.
- Extremely well organised!
- Children were engaged, motivated, enthusiastic the whole time.
- Worksheets were relevant to the topic and to the presentation. Thank you so much.
Point View School
Point View School selected a three activity programme Victorian toys, Craft in support of Toys and Food for Thought (original artifacts).
Jean Mallinson for the middle syndicate wrote:
All activities, were relevant to the curriculum, presentation of the activities was good. Our expectations were met and the post-visit resources were useful.
Food for thought was very well presented and a nice contrast to the activity with toys,
Craft in support of toys. Fantastic. Maybe more time could be allowed.
Very valuable experience. A fabulous hands-on experience - great to see boys so fully involved. Children intrigued by toys - all wanted to have "these toys" now. Perhaps more time allowed in the "Toy experience"
Presenters note: We would love to give more time! The students would have stayed all day however, each activity was 45 minutes in duration, and the other students were keen to have their turn. A great visit. Good to see such enthusiasm in students.
From at Student at Point View School
Dear Mr Lees
Thank you for teaching us how to make toys. I enjoyed the part when you showed us the toys and I didn't know that life without electricity will be fun as well.
I like the marble race! Making toys was my favourite part. I enjoyed the part when you taught us how to make spinning tops. It worked out very well.
The toys from now and then is different, because we use electricity now to make toys. Before we didn't have the use of electricity and plastic but it was very fun as well and thankyou for coming!
Yours sincerely
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