<b>Children & Their Culture</b> - Why Play, Toys, and Games are Important

  • Dr. Toy

Abstract

The potential to improve the learning, reading, and experiential processes through play, toys, and games is great. Understanding the toy selection process, the proper use of toys and games as play products, and how these tools can positively impact the learning, reading, math, science and experiential processes is a goal worth pursuing. As a librarian, teacher or parent, it is frequently challenging to help children to realize their potential, but it is also inspiring and stimulating. Play provides a special opportunity to gain new insights about the child.

Author Biography

Dr. Toy
Stevanne Auerbach, earned a Ph.D at the Union Institute (Antioch College). She is known as Dr. Toy™, and is a speaker, author, and consultant, as well as a former teacher who has written 15 books, among them, Dr. Toy's Smart Play/Smart Toys: How to Raise a Child with a High PQ (Play Quotient). Her web site, the first web site on the Internet on toys, Dr. Toy's Guide, (www.drtoy.com) provides information on over 3500 toys, games, and many related resources. Some of her other experiences include approving the first grant for "Sesame Street" as well as focusing on pioneering efforts for child care programs while she was at the United States Department of Education. She has appeared worldwide as a media guest. A member of many child- and toy-related professional organizations, she recently was the U. S. Representative to the Toys for Tomorrow International Forum held in Ahmedabad, India.
Published
2008-12-09
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2006)
Section
Jabberwocky
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