"The child and the toy: an important relationship"

Resumo

Investigating the importance of toy in child development from a functional, psycho-social and social viewpoint is the purpose of this paper. It has been noticed that through toy, more than through any other activity, the child learns to manipulate and control his objects. He deals with psychological problems when he lives over through toys the problems he has been « faced with in reality, and learns about social relations when he realizes that he must adjust himself to others if he wants to share his toys. There is a consensus that toy is a means of preparing a child for future occupations. This approach is shown through Cross-Cultural Analysis of games and the Conflict of Enculturement within social aspects of games and play