China New Year is the opening time of the world's three major toy exhibitions: new york, Nuremberg, new york and Shanghai. I have just visited the largest toy exhibition in Nuremberg, and I feel very happy after the visit. If you haven't seen it, you can poke the title below->
What's the experience of visiting the biggest toy exhibition in the world?
Hands-on operation and rule learning, building blocks and board games are carried out at the world's largest toy exhibition.
As the second largest toy exhibition, new york Toy Fair, I got the moon by being close to the water tower, so I naturally went shopping for the first time. Here's another episode. It was Saturday. Before going out, my husband was still telling Xiao D: "Your mother has changed her mind and doesn't like shopping in bag shops and shoe stores. Now she only likes to visit toy stores "(in fact, I still like to visit bag stores and shoe stores, covering my face).
Compared with the scale of Nuremberg and the professionalism of German exhibitions, the organization of new york Toy Fair is somewhat disappointing. The only difference with the Germans is that Americans always put party spirit in their eyes. The toy fair in new york is full of music and live dolls dancing there, and everyone is very happy. I think this is also one of the spirits that toys should convey, happiness.
There is a lecture at this toy exhibition, and the Toy Association will share with you seven toy trends in North America this year. Although some toys have a little cultural difference, these seven trends give us a guiding direction. Today, I want to take you to understand these seven trends with my own understanding.
1, there is a surprise when unpacking.
One of the core of this kind of toys is to lengthen the toy experience, so that the expectation when getting the toy and the surprise after opening it become a part of the toy, and the happiness of children's love for toys is extended and expanded.
The "twisting egg" that we are all familiar with in China actually follows this principle, so that children can expect something from the beginning of the twisting mechanism until they finally open it.
This year, there are many toys borrowed from the new york Toy Fair. Hatchimals is the most famous toy, and most of my friends know it. The box is an eggshell, and the child gets a plush toy of his own after opening it.
2. Pets play
The core of the second trend is to provide children with opportunities to interact with animals, develop children's emotions, and cultivate children's sense of responsibility for caring for animals. One of my preschool teachers once said that having a newborn puppy when children 1 or 2 years old, let them learn to take care of it, have a playmate to cultivate friendship, and experience where you will go for the first time when they are teenagers, which is very helpful for their emotional development.
However, due to the limitation of practical conditions, not every family can have such a pet family member This kind of toys naturally become a supplementary element, with a large span and "luxury at will".
WowWee Fingerlings, little finger monkeys, are equivalent to children's fingertip pets. You can interact with them anytime and anywhere and put them to sleep.
The high version is such an electronic pet dog. When I saw it at the exhibition, I felt really vivid. I like to tickle it, listen to instructions, run and sit. The video is my "magic" laugh (covering my face? )
3. Parents' childhood toys
There is a great retro trend of toys this year, that is, a large number of toys played by parents will emerge, which means that parents should wake up the happiness of childhood with their children and accompany their parents with more investment and high quality.
I have always liked the saying, "We have been adults for so long that we forgot that we were children." . Many parents will say that they don't know how to interact with their children, so try to start with those childhood toys that once fascinated us, knowing that heartfelt happiness is always the most touching.
It is said that this is homemade jewelry that every girl in America played in the 1980s. Now mothers can play with their children.
It is also the "sticky mud" that American children like to play in the 1980s. Now a little change has been added to it, which can make the sticky mud change color. While developing the sense of touch, it also adds a little exercise of scientific thinking.
Mucus color change
4. Inspired by imagination
Undoubtedly, developing imagination is one of the main functions of toys. There are two main categories under this trend. One is the well-known role-playing game toys, such as doctors changing clothes, small kitchens, pretending to be food, etc. I won't elaborate here.
At the press conference, the host demonstrated the pet hospital at the scene, and the other two toys were dolls and simulated houses next to them.
The other kind is handmade products, and plasticine must bear the brunt. Share an article before, poke-> half a year? After 3 years old | Don't just pinch plasticine, it can also develop observation, cognition and emotional intelligence. What caught my attention in this exhibition is Toki Dough, which will be listed in the middle of this year.
It is different from ordinary plasticine in that it can make more delicate shapes by pressing the net (the left-handed net and the bottom net).
Are these finished products particularly cured? Anyway, I am eager to try.
5. Board game
There is no doubt that board games have become a hot trend in 18. The board games in new york and Nuremberg have a high degree of overlap, so I won't write it in detail here. You can poke those you haven't seen-> hands-on and rule learning, the building blocks and board games at the world's largest toy exhibition.
6. Educational toys
When it comes to American educational toys, it is natural to think of STEM toys. STEM is a teaching concept written into American educational syllabus. The four letters correspond to science, technology, engineering and mathematics respectively, which is a bit like what we said when we were young: "If you learn mathematics and physics well, you are not afraid to travel all over the world".
Botley, a robot with learning resources, can let the robot execute instructions and let children understand the earliest programming concept through setting.
At the same time, some expansion packages are introduced, which can let the robot Botley perform higher-level tasks, such as knocking down the dominoes below.
About other toys of STEM, the Nuremberg exhibition has been shared with you, so I won't go into details here. Poke-> What's the experience of visiting the biggest toy exhibition in the world?
7. High-tech toys
Speaking of high-tech toys, we are used to talking about the technology of virtual reality (AR). But there is undoubtedly only one hot spot this year, and that is Nintendo's entry into the toy field. At the press conference, the brand showed how to make a piano.
The past life of the piano is these cardboard.
According to the instructions on the cardboard, you can fold a piano and play music on the Nintendo game machine.
Then the host showed us the inside of the piano, empty? Then the question comes, how does the piano work and how to play nice music?
The answer can be found in Nintendo's game console, which will restore the previous construction process and show the principle.
What impressed me the most was Nintendo's idea, "Make, build &; Found. Building is as simple as playing "(manufacturing, building and discovering. The process of making is as happy as playing games.
It seems that every parent is afraid that their children are addicted to video games. Nintendo's philosophy is not to blindly block the "fun of playing games", but to let children understand that there are many kinds of happiness through more designs. The manufacturing process can be happy, and the process of studying the principles behind it is also happy. These are all based on "the fun of playing games".
Off-topic, this idea can also be used by many children who are addicted to TV and always like to eat snacks. I have shared similar articles before, but I can poke-> Why can't I see my children happy?
The arrival of my daughter made me relive my childhood. I really like toys, so I really like playing with my daughter. Playing is indeed the most important study for children, but fun is definitely more important than being useful. As long as we choose the right toys, when we all enjoy ourselves, the "learning" that we think is very important will happen naturally.
Finally, I want to give you a treasure. I stayed up until one o'clock last night and finished this toy. The husband asked, what's the use? It's really useless, but not everything should be "useful", and sometimes the process of enjoying it is good, isn't it:)
Big J, coordinate new york, used to be a well-known foreign company manager, and now she is a full-time mother. She shared the parenting knowledge she learned in the United States, without theoretical translation, only practical experience under the guidance of a pediatrician and ingenious parenting methods that brought wisdom from enterprises. The authors of the best-selling books "Learning from American pediatricians" and "Learning from American kindergarten teachers" are Big J and Little D.
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