Simple jigsaw puzzles |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title : | Simple jigsaw puzzles |
View More Images
|
|
| Source : | [Educational toys] [toy] | ||
| Format : | Toy | ||
| Dimensions : | 130 x 220 mm (clown); 230 x 20 mm (ship) | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
| Catalogue record | |||
| The State Library of South Australia is keen to find out more about SA Memory items. We encourage you to contact the Library if you have additional information about any of these items. | |||
| Copyright : | Reproduction rights are owned by State Library of South Australia. This image may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires permission from the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
A wooden clown tray puzzle and a wooden ship tray puzzle. Consisting of only a few pieces these simple puzzles are designed for very young children. Made of painted wood they are tough enough to withstand the repeated handling by children the childcare centre from which they came. In the 17th century educational theorist John Locke believed that play and recreation were learning for children. Later educationalists agreed and suggested that young children should not be left too long without external stimulus. The age of the educational toy had arrived. Toys which assist the development of hand/eye coordination and spatial concepts include simple jigsaws, posting and nesting boxes and babushka dolls. |
| Subjects | |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Further reading : | Goldstein, Jeffrey H. (ed.) Toys, play, and child development, Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994 Hewitt, Karen. Educational toys in America, 1800 to the present, Burlington, Vt.: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, c1979 Opie, Iona. The treasures of childhood: books, toys and games from the Opie collection, London: Pavilion, 1989 |
| Internet links : | |
| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing exhibitions. To be a child August 2004- |
 | | |
Copyright and this website | Contact us | Accessibility | Disclaimer | Privacy | Research enquiries | FOI |   | |
