The Journal for Japanese Association of Art Education
Online ISSN : 2424-2497
Print ISSN : 0917-771X
ISSN-L : 0917-771X
Examination on Large-sized Toys with which Children Play Together
Shuhei OTSUKA
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2000 Volume 21 Pages 95-106

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This paper is an examination on children's play and large-sized toys. Playing with others is the most important thing for children to build their character. But in recent years children have not come to play together. There are several reasons for not playing with others;i. e. there is no time, no place for children and there is no parental understanding of the importance of playing. So, I had our junior college students design and produce some large-sized toys for children. Then I tried to give them these toys. I found that by using these toys, children made friends, cooperated with each other and made a basic rule for playing by themselves. Moreover, children and students were able to consider other people of different ages. To be concrete, students tried to understand what children need, and children were able to feel not only the enjoyment of playing with elders, but also trust in them and peace of mind. This is only one plan to solve a problem. So we have to think more about play for children.
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