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a Child’S JoUrNEY In Telugu, a milk container is called
ceremonial cup!
Childhood is a phase of life full of fun, joy, and playing with toys. uggu ginne. Uggu means milk or any liquid,
Because of these toys, the child develops. Let us look at the kinds and ginne means cup. Other words for this
of toys and objects that children interact with at different stages of are paladai in Tamil Nadu and jhinuk in
their childhood, from age 0 to 5. West Bengal.
Kanak Saxena, VI A, Oxford
0-1 yEARS Grammar School, Himyathnagar,
Hyderabad
2-3 yEARS I have a lot of
toys at this age are designed to keep the child occupied favourite toys
and amused. toys help strengthen the child’s motor at this age, children begin to I need them around for
different kinds of fun!
and interactive skills with the surroundings. Harshit, V E, DAV
understand the world around International School,
Amritsar
RATTLE them. they imitate it in their
games.
Rattles are made of metal, wood, cane, bamboo,
or even palm leaves. This is a small hollow ball, ROCKING HORSE
with an attached handle. The ball is filled with This is a toy horse with a
small stones, marbles, or pebbles. When the curved base, which is
rattle is shaken, it makes a noise. It sometimes rocked by the child sitting
has small bells too. on it. There is even a song
ishita Patidar, X C, Nachiketa sr. sec. school, Vijay Nagar, Jabalpur dedicated to it - lakdi ki
kathi, kathi pe ghoda.
CRADLE MOBILE Mansi singh rao, Viii a, Maharana Mewar Public
These are hung on the cradle, often with school, udaipur
colourful things hanging from it, made ACROBAT
of wood or cloth. The colours and the
movement catch the child’s attention. This toy has a simple yet fascinating
g.V. Jana sruthi, Vi C, glazebrooke Illustration by: Ananya Sinha, VII A, mechanism. The different limbs of the
Public school, reddiyur, salem D.A.V. Model School, I.I.T. Kharagpur puppet are attached separately on a
bamboo stick. With every push and pull of
DUGG DUGGI the stick, the acrobat moves in funny ways!
This is a variant of a rattle, often
made of wood. It is a drum attached CART DRUM
to a stick. There are two balls A gaadi baja or cart drum is a wheeled
attached to strings on both sides of cart with a drum made of clay
the drum. When shaken, the balls covered with animal skin or
hit the drum and make a sound. Illustration by: Jatin paper, and attached bamboo
Kumar, VIII, Nims
i.s.V. srinidhi, Vi D, akshara school, NFCl Township, International School, sticks. When the toy is pulled, the sticks
Kakinada Jaipur hit the drum and it makes a sound.

ACTIVITY: MOBILE ANIMAL TOY
Material: bamboo stick, thick paper, string bamboo stick to the body and
1. Take a bamboo stick measuring 15 inches. face. Place the second set of
2. Take the paper and draw two sets of the body, limbs, shapes on it and with the aid of
and face for the toy. It can be any animal. Paint and a string, tie the limbs to the body,
draw patterns on it. rendering the limbs firmly tied,
yet mobile.
3. Cut these shapes out and pierce holes at the upper end
of the limbs, and on the four corners of the two bodies. 5. Let it dry. Your Mobile Animal Toy
is ready!
4. Place the first set of shapes on the table and stick the

Credits: Sudarshan Khanna, an expert on the Toy Tradition of India

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