History Through Toys Workshop
Science Horizons
This workshop has been designed to engage children in a wide variety of exciting ways as they use key questions and play to build understanding. The sessions combine interactive exploration with handling and play, as pupils compare the different toys from the past with those of today, looking at materials, construction, and movement. The day involves many real toys, both modern and vintage, and includes many opportunities for interaction, learning and play!
Where we travel to
We can visit your school in: London & South East, East of England
What activities are available during this school workshop?
The day starts with a timeline of real vintage rocking horses, instantly engaging and inspiring the children to be history detectives, and continues with an exploration of how history and toys have changed within living memory by looking at vintage TV programmes, such as Muffin the Mule, and the toys they inspired.
The children will also look at the way in which dolls have evolved, from early rag dolls made by hand from left over fabrics, to today’s modern realistic and eplore the toys of the Victorians, discovering that some classic toys invented during the period are still played with today. They are able to play with modern reproductions, including skittles, picture blocks, cup and ball, Tiddlywinks and marbles.
The Moving Toys session asks children to consider how toys moved before batteries and computer chips through a wide variety of colourful and fascinating clockwork tin toys, including a clockwork elephant, fair ground ride and others...
A day of fun and learning for your pupils!
The children will also look at the way in which dolls have evolved, from early rag dolls made by hand from left over fabrics, to today’s modern realistic and eplore the toys of the Victorians, discovering that some classic toys invented during the period are still played with today. They are able to play with modern reproductions, including skittles, picture blocks, cup and ball, Tiddlywinks and marbles.
The Moving Toys session asks children to consider how toys moved before batteries and computer chips through a wide variety of colourful and fascinating clockwork tin toys, including a clockwork elephant, fair ground ride and others...
A day of fun and learning for your pupils!
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Victorian Workshop
Toys
Victorian childhood involved many toys, some of which children still play with today! The workshop explores the Victorian era, through including a range of exciting and engaging toys that pupils will explore, examine and play with. The pupils also gain an understanding of the way in which the materials from which Victorian toys were made is different to many toys today...
Twentieth Century Workshop
The changes both within and beyond living memory are explored through a range of exciting and engaging toys that pupils will explore, examine and play with. The pupils also gain an understanding of the way in which the materials from which toys are made changed though time.
Toys Workshop
This visiting workshop for KS1 excites and educates your pupils through a wide range of real resources - vintage and modern toys for exploration, examination, handling and play. We will build an understanding of how toys changed during history, and the materials used etc. We also look at clockwork tin toys - early toys involving movement and energy...
What size groups do we cater for?
Normally, we work with one or two classes, but larger groups can be accommodated by arrangement - contact us.
Who are Science Horizons?
Science Horizons visits many schools to deliver a range of highly successful history and science workshops. We are experienced educators and workshop facilitators, with many years’ experience of working with school groups to deliver exciting education sessions in schools.
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