How to Choose Toys Your Child will Play With

Newsletter 2: TOYS 101 Workshop

In newsletter 2 of the Toys 101 Masterclass, we are going to be exploring engagement with toys and how to observe play.

Because it’s all very well having plenty of toys available to your child, but it doesn’t actually mean that they will be played with.

Just as a reminder, this is not a toy catalogue or a Christmas themed wish list. When I mention toys and toy brands in this newsletter it is because myself and my children genuinely love them. I don’t receive a commission.

What You’ll Learn in this article:

• Fewer toys but better quality? What counts?

• Making conscious choices

• Plastic not so fantastic? Wooden versus Plastic Toys

• Beige boredom: the problem with going OTT on play space aesthetics

• Active versus passive toys: what’s better for your child?

• Are character toys so terrible?

• Important things to keep in mind when being ‘influenced’ by social media

• Questions to ask yourself when buying toys

• Observing play to make good toy choices