Toys

Themes

Battery-operated toys

• Cars
  • Garages
  • Car parks
  • Race tracks
• What happens when the
  batteries run out?
• Robots
• Remote-controlled toys
• Trains
  • Different train features

Outside toys

• Ball
• Bicycle
• Bats
• Hula hoop
• Skipping Rope
  • Wriggle at a low level, skipping and jumping patterns, large turning gestures

Traditional toys

• Clockwork toys
• Kite
• Puppet/marionette
  • Slump on the floor, come to life slowly as if being pulled up by strings, jerky gestures, bobbing type actions, travel and dance in the same style, finish with a bow and then back to slumped on the floor as the puppeteer puts the sticks down
• Toy soldiers
• Marbles
• Jack-in-the-box
  • Wind up, wait, pop up, wobble, squash down, close boxes, twist, roll, curl, bend, explode, quickly, shake, tremble, quiver
• Spinning top
  • Spin, turn, rotate (on different body parts), balance on a point, wobble, tip, lean, quickly
• Hoop ‘n stick
• Cat’s cradle
  • Dip, bob, pull, connect with a friend to create tension

Modern toys

My favourite toys

Tabletop toys

Soft toys

• Cuddly bean toys
  • Sloth like Sid – Ice Age, fluid, slow, floppy, soft, lolloping, rounded, slumped
• Carry everywhere
• Different animals

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