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Scenario

Why children prefer simple objects over educational toys

I bought educational toys thinking they'd make my toddler smarter but she ignores them for kitchen pots and wooden spoons, and I wonder if I'm missing something obvious.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent is discovering that learning lives in exploration and imagination, not in products designed to contain and direct it.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Play and learning — Vygotsky and beyond?”

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