Portal:Toys
Portal:Toys
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A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and pets. Toys can provide utilitarian benefits, including physical exercise, cultural awareness, or academic education. Additionally, utilitarian objects, especially those which are no longer needed for their original purpose, can be used as toys. Examples include children building a fort with empty cereal boxes and tissue paper spools, or a toddler playing with a broken TV remote control. The term "toy" can also be used to refer to utilitarian objects purchased for enjoyment rather than need, or for expensive necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability to provide enjoyment to the owner, such as luxury cars, high-end motorcycles, gaming computers, and flagship smartphones.
Playing with toys can be an enjoyable way of training young children for life experiences. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital entertainment and smart toys. Some toys are produced primarily as collectors' items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)
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Theresa Caplan (1913–2010) was an American twentieth-century scholar of early childhood development and a collector of worldwide toys. Working with her husband Frank, she wrote multiple acclaimed books and built a massive collection of toys that is now part of a significant museum.
Born on 6 June 1913, Caplan collaborated with her husband in authoring multiple books that studied the ways in which children played, whether alone or individually, and at different ages; for example, one of their books, The First Twelve Months of Life, concentrated on infants but included observations of children two years old and comparisons with adult trade unions. (Full article...)General images - load new batch
- Image 7Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 8Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 10Constri (from Construction set)
- Image 11Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 16Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 18Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 24Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 25Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
- Image 28Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
60 Fullerene. (from Construction set) - Image 29An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
- Image 30Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
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A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylised yellow-billed duck, and it is generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced.
Did you know...
- ... that "Toy Town" was said to have "almost destroyed" the happy hardcore scene?
- ... that development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?
- ... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
- ... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
- ... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
- ... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
- ...that antique china dolls were predominantly made in Germany in the 1800s?
- ...that The Lego Group produced 381 million tires (example pictured) in 2011, making it the largest tire manufacturer in the world?
- ...that Silly Bandz, popular silicone bracelets that spring into a shape when taken off, have been banned in classrooms for being too distracting?
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