Lesson Planning

Children look at how the materials used for making toys have changed over the last 50 years. They then design/create their own simple wooden toy.

Teaching Outcomes
To understand how the materials from which toys are made have changed over time .
To recognise and identify a range of everyday materials, describing their properties.
To design and build a wooden spoon puppet.

Children will:

• Understand that the materials used for making toys have diversified over time.
• Explore and make decisions about the fitness for purpose of various materials used to make toys.
• Design and make a traditional toy out of a wooden spoon.