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Worksheet
Curated OER

Toy Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this toy word search worksheet, students read the names of 10 classic children's toys. Students find these in a word search puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
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Stamps and Yo-yo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss items people collect, such as stamps and baseball cards, solve related word problems to practice adding and subtracting tens, complete worksheet, and share items they do or would like to collect with classmates.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Lego Dacta to Control a Model of the Millennium Wheel

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research things that are controlled by computer in their home, school and local area. They design and make toys with moving mechanisms as part of their design technology topic work. Students visit a toy museum or exhibition to...
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Lesson Plan
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Rain, Rain Go Away

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to "Rain, Rain, Go Away" poster. They are asked what the boy in the picture is doing, and ask them about the things he is holding. Students are told that they boy is named Johnny, and that he wants to play with...
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Unit Plan
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Toys, Fads And Fashion

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine toy fads in the UK by examining newspaper fliers and descriptions of toys and games. They work in groups to decide on a toy that would be a good gift for younger child. They read about the YoYo which was the most popular...
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Lesson Plan
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Shopping for Toys

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars pretend as if they have just won a $100 gift certificate to buy some toys and must try to spend as much of it as they can without going over.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Loom Bands and Other Playground Crazes

For Students 1st - 5th
Learn about loom band bracelets, as well as other items that have been popular with kids around the world in the past.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Emily Jenkins's "Toys Go Out" [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reader's theater script for Emily Jenkins' children's book, Toys Go Out, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Long Will My Sleepy Yo Yo Sleep?

For Students 9th - 10th
Yo-yo's are a fun toy and there is nothing simpler than a string wrapped between two connected disks. But there's a lot of physics that makes a yo-yo work. In this science fair project, learn more about how and why a yo-yo works. You...
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Interactive
Other

Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
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Website
Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official website of a unique museum in London that celebrates childhood. Includes a history of childhood and a collection of games, dolls, toys, and more.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Tales of the Toys: Told by Themselves

For Students 4th - 6th
This ebook version of Frances Freeling Broderip's Tales of the Toys: Told By Themselves has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Language Guide: Los Ninos

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive vocabulary words are heard when the mouse is moved over pictures that depict things with which children might play. Some vocabulary words can be categorized as toys while others as playground equipment.
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Graphic
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Toys

For Students Pre-K - 1st
toys