Year 1 have had a special visitor this week! Mrs Green, from Newton Abbot museum visited us to kick start our topic on Toys. She brought with her a collection of toys that were older than our grown ups! Some were 200 years old! They were a special collection of toys called a ‘handling’ collection. This meant that we could touch and play with them.

The children were surprised to see that so many of the toys that they play with now are actually toys that were invented years ago, like marbles, teddies, cars and dominoes.

We couldn’t believe that children in the Victorian era, would only have had 1 toy!

We loved looking at all of the toys from the past and finding out how to use them.

What a great morning!

A huge thank you to Mrs Green at Newton Abbot museum for sharing the collection with us.

Year 1 have had a special visitor this week! Mrs Green, from Newton Abbot museum visited us to kick start our topic on Toys. She brought with her a collection of toys that were older than our grown ups! Some were 200 years old! They were a special collection of toys called a ‘handling’ collection. This meant that we could touch and play with them.

The children were surprised to see that so many of the toys that they play with now are actually toys that were invented years ago, like marbles, teddies, cars and dominoes.

We couldn’t believe that children in the Victorian era, would only have had 1 toy!

We loved looking at all of the toys from the past and finding out how to use them.

What a great morning!

A huge thank you to Mrs Green at Newton Abbot museum for sharing the collection with us.

Year 1 have had a special visitor this week! Mrs Green, from Newton Abbot museum visited us to kick start our topic on Toys. She brought with her a collection of toys that were older than our grown ups! Some were 200 years old! They were a special collection of toys called a ‘handling’ collection. This meant that we could touch and play with them.

The children were surprised to see that so many of the toys that they play with now are actually toys that were invented years ago, like marbles, teddies, cars and dominoes.

We couldn’t believe that children in the Victorian era, would only have had 1 toy!

We loved looking at all of the toys from the past and finding out how to use them.

What a great morning!

A huge thank you to Mrs Green at Newton Abbot museum for sharing the collection with us.