The first half of this year has passed like a fly, but thanks to the epidemic, the time spent with the baby at home is much longer than in previous years.
During the sealing period, I also arranged a lot of programs with my family with my family, after all, I have been closed at home and can't go out, and I want to walk my baby, which is really more troublesome. Initially inspired by some videos on the Internet, I found some origami content for exercises and took the children to practice their hands-on skills together. Later, I found that there are many more fun small projects to practice.
Along with this process, I have nostalgic, and at the same time, I feel more and more that old toys are still unique.
Especially when our completed products are in hand, the little fart children have at least a long time, and they are not very interested in those remote control boats, robots, and cartoons. Every day I get up and take out the little toys and take turns playing.
So, next, I am ready to sort out some ancestral toys, on the one hand, to add some new ideas to the children, on the other hand, to meet my nostalgic wishes. Today I will share with you the first wave.
One, flip the rope
The simplest toy is this rope, a simple piece of rope, which is turned over in the hands of two partners. Because everyone thinks differently and the way the fingers are turned is also different, the rope will be in front of us.
Simple gameplay, through constantly changing tricks, exercise the flexibility of the fingers, open up the imagination, but also enhance the interaction between players.
The famous Soviet educator Sukhomlinsky once said: Children's intelligence is reflected in the tips of their fingers.
Therefore, mental ingenuity must be an interrelated promotion. In the anime Doraemon, Nobita is not good at exams, but is a master of flipping ropes and has become the ability to save the world. This is simply the most amplified interpretation of hands-on ability.
According to the experience of playing before, although it seems to be fixed to those few tricks, these old tricks alone are enough for children to stare wide-eyed. In addition to marveling at the wonder of the rope world, it is also a process of interest to marvel at the magic-like techniques. However, occasionally there will be some new looks, and at this time, it is necessary to rely on the brain and luck.
Here is a relatively complete pattern, there are many familiar patterns, there are actually special names, for me personally, it is also a process of re-learning.
Second, whistle the Hot Wheel
This gadget was conceived on the basis of a rope. In particular, I remember the kind of hot wheel with a few openings that would blow out a whistle once it was pulled up. I believe that many people have a deep memory, although the toy is simple, but it is very magical to pull up this rapid rotation, especially if someone changes the law to take him to curl the little girl's hair. Of course, this is a dangerous move, and we can't teach children that way.
It's also very simple to make your own toy, and I wear it with a button at home. The buttons are as large as possible, so that the inertia will be larger when rotating, and the small buttons do not have such an obvious effect. Before seeing people also use wine bottle caps, or other types of small round pieces. But once this kind of thing is too fast, it will have a bit of a knife cutting effect, and for young children, the risk is somewhat high.
Nowadays, this kind of toy sold online is still there, and the tricks of play have increased, in addition to sound, they can also shine. The ends of the drawstring are also specially equipped with small pull rings to protect the fingers from being strangled.
Three, small hand twist gyro
Everyone should know that this small hand-twisted gyroscope has always been a very classic small toy before the fire of "Inception".
The first time I played with this thing, my father made a match with a rubber stopper in a medicine bottle. The little thing spun around in an instant, standing on the tabletop, and it felt very magical at the time.
Nowadays, it is not easy to find the stopper of the old-fashioned medicine bottle, but there is a smaller bottle of oral liquid at home, and the rubber stopper is cut out, and it can be simply used, and it can also be classicly reproduced.
Playing with this kind of thing, mainly can also exercise the flexibility of the fingers. And you can briefly talk about gyroscopes and other tools, because high-end gameplay, you can slowly move him to the book when the gyroscope rotates. This is similar to a small experiment in physics, learning things is still secondary, and understanding the wonders of the world can stimulate interest.
I remember before I also got a part removed from the alarm clock, the hand twister is very thin, and the counterweight is appropriate, if the rotation kung fu is good, you can turn for a few minutes at a time, eat time, but also more decompression.
Fourth, bamboo dragonflies
The first time I remembered to play bamboo dragonflies, it was because I saw a good price and bought one by the way.
By pulling the line by hand, give the bamboo dragonfly a high speed, and then you can fly on its own, you can also use manual play, two hands rubbing up, you can also take off. However, when pulling the wire, we should pay attention to safety, the speed is very high, or there is a certain danger.
I did not play so advanced before, just simply use a thin ice cream stick, inserted into the wide ice cream stick, and then simply use a knife to cut the thickness of the wide stick, take off can only be rubbed by hand, basically can fly a little, but the effect is not as good as the current hand pull.
Compared with the current bamboo carving, the final molded product is much rougher, but unfortunately I can't find a similar picture~
For children, being able to fly freely in the sky is a beautiful yearning. So there will be so many post-80s childhoods, attracted by the propeller above Doraemon's head. If you can't fly on your own, then use bamboo dragonflies for the time being. Maybe years later, it will be a handsome drop pilot!
Fifth, pick an ice cream stick
Picking an ice cream stick is a game of hand-eye coordination, and I recently checked it to find out that it originated in Shandong.
The gameplay is relatively simple, and the participants make an appointment to get a few sticks, and then each takes out the same number of ice cream sticks and puts them together. The "General Treasure" determines the order of precedence. Scatter all the ice cream sticks on the ground, first pick up the single sticks scattered on the side, and then insert the sticks in your hand into the interlaced and stacked sticks, gently pick them aside, and return the ice cream sticks to yourself. When playing, you can't touch other sticks, otherwise, it is "blind", the second place picks the stick, rotates in turn, and finally, whoever picks the stick more wins.
When we played this, the materials were also more unrestrained, that is, picked up everywhere, collected, simply washed it, and then according to the feel of each stick, ask adults to help repair it smoothly.
Now this kind of stick is also a very popular toy, and the production process is much better. For young children, it can also be used as a tool for practicing counting. A little higher-level, you can cooperate with other tools to do some physical construction attempts.
Well, that's it for our sharing today. Next time we'll look at other ancestral toys.
Thank!