Line of Inquiry: Perspective and Change
Through our readings, the children discovered in the olden days, children liked to play with dolls, marbles and build things with blocks. They also thought that legos probably existed in the olden days since everyone has legos and they are made of plastic. Last year in the water unit Cameron learned that plastic is not biodegradable so he pointed out that since legos are plastic they were probably around in the olden days. With a little research we discovered that lego began manufacturing its bricks in 1949- not quite in the olden days.
We started with choosing toys from the drama area that may have existed in the olden days. Plastic fruit, dishes, and dolls were the most popular choices.
We then visited the Bedford Museum of Education using the smart board to create a venn diagram of toys from the olden days and modern day toys. It is worth noting even though the barbie doll and the old fashion doll, and the "transformer" action figure looked different, the children play with those toys in the same way- giving these toys a voice and personalities as they play. So, perhaps play in the olden days isn't that much different from play in modern times?
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