Simple toys reflect not simple value

He bought a small shovel for Lulu, and he can use it to dig traps, castles, shoveling, shovel, and even used to smash stones, especially in winter, use it to play snow, play ice, how good! He is also sturdy and sturdy. He has no sharp angles and is safe. So when I saw it in front of the grocery store in the morning market, I immediately fell in love with it and bought it, only three dollars.

Toys, sometimes the simpler the better. I saw a show on TV that specializes in selling toys. A shovel like this three dollars is definitely not on the table. The TVs are highly recommended for hundreds of thousands of luxury products. However, I think that those who look gorgeous, actually don't have much fun, that is, it is more suitable to buy gifts, decent, and get their hands.

Lulu's simplest toy is not a shovel, but a piece of furniture legs. I don't know what the legs of the furniture are, orange, smooth, two feet long, slightly thinner than the wrist, and the feeling of holding is very real. Every time you go on an outing, Lulu will bring it, but you can be awkward, you can be awkward, you can wave it vigorously, and you can use it very much. Recently, he also had a whim, to nail a few rows of nails on it, to make a mace; or to tie a few knives to make a rotary cutter - all stopped by me, because it is not safe. Who knows what he will think of.

In any case, many expensive electric toys have been shelved by him, and a simple leg that can't be simpler is often carried by him, giving him endless fun and a variety of intelligence. And after several times of baptism of old toys, it can still be self-contained, and it is still the result of value selection.

The famous Swiss psychologist Piaget said that children build themselves through constant activities, such as taking a cup. He constantly picks up, puts it down, picks it up, puts it down... In the process he forms an experience, children's intelligence. Wisdom is born in this experience.

I remembered that Lulu liked to play with sticks when he was a child. He liked to smash a stick and cut it. In our opinion, this seems to be a very simple (even very monotonous) activity. Why is he happy? This is actually accumulating experience and knowing oneself. He is experimenting with his own strength, feeling his body and movements, and also forming feelings for different foreign objects - the hardness, elasticity, cutting action of the grass, different results, frustration and sense of accomplishment in different ways...

All of this is what he feels in seemingly simple activities, and complex electric toys often fail to achieve such rich feelings. Because of the high degree of programming, children are not required to explore and practice. The maker of the toy has completed the process of experimentation and feeling for the child.

When Lu Lu was a child, he liked to play small phones, rattles, etc. Each toy played a lot of functions, which can be used for playing, licking, biting, falling, etc. These are the process of exploring and discovering, and building experience. Therefore, the simple toy brings a rich experience to the child, so that he can never play it, and the value of the toy itself is also realized.

Many people love to say that the current children will not play. The children who used to play, throwing sandbags, skipping ropes, spinning tops , rolling hoops, etc., these current children will not, they only know to watch TV. Play computer and indulge in the virtual world. This statement is not accurate. The child will not play the old game we used to play. It does not mean that it will not play. If we don't play computer games ourselves, there is a tendency to negate computer games. People always judge the world with their own experience. This is often one-sided.

But now the form of children's play is really monotonous. Their play is subject to factors such as time, place, and concept. The space for freedom is too small.

Today's children are only children, no playmates, many collective games can not be carried out; modern lifestyle changes, unitary housing is not conducive to interpersonal interactions, children's activity space is often confined indoors, many outdoor games can not be carried out; Modern society is more complicated. Parents and schools pay great attention to safety issues. Some adventurous games don't dare to let children play. There are too many restrictions on children. Some old games are far from children. There are health problems, and some parents pursue them blindly. Clean, it is very unhappy to see the children get a dust, the children will not dare to play games such as playing glass balls; lack of enough leisure time, but also limit the children's play. When children are very young, they will study regularly. The time spent playing is crowded out. Many children can't guarantee even normal rest time. Playing like a prisoner is just a necessary activity to ensure their survival. Lulu is very depressed during the summer and winter vacations. Because the usual playmates have to go to class, the time for class outside classes is inconsistent and rarely can be put together. The result is a holiday, but no one can play, only one person can watch TV at home and play computer.

In order to prevent children from watching TV, playing computer, and having a protracted war with their children, many parents seem to be watching TV and playing computer. It seems to be a sign of satisfying children's wishes. But in fact, children don't like to be alone at home to watch TV and play computer. They prefer to be with friends, but it is difficult to achieve, it is really difficult to find people to play.

(Lu Zhi, writer, parent-child education expert, with "positive energy to make children inner strength", "together with children to refine love", etc.)

Original title: Simple toys are not simple values