In this day and age, if your kids aren’t glued to the television, then its their computer, or iPad, or even their smartphone! It’s distressing to watch children lose touch with reality so quickly. Friends are nothing more than social network pages. And imagination is replaced with fantasy worlds created by gaming companies. I believe that a lack of traditional playtime not only stunts a child’s creativity but also affects their intellectual and physical growth. If a child is never asked to solve a physical problem, using physical objects, that child lacks in appropriate knowledge that is key to their survival. it might sound dramatic but I think it is quickly becoming obvious in young people today: Kids who can’t work out how to use basic tools, or don’t like to get their hands dirty, or get frustrated and bored so quickly, its unnatural.
I don’t deny that children need to be up to speed with technology, but computers can not do everything.
Let me tell you a little something about a new toy called makedo™. A toy hasn’t inspired such excitement in me, since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. This toy gives me hope.
The toy industry today caters to kids. Mummy and Daddy:- you have no say. It feeds off the fact that modern parents are busy and anything that will distract their kids for a few hours will be bought. Modern toys are just stepping stones to computers, and computer games, and mobile phones. Stepping stones to obese, ADD children with bad eyes, abismal motor skills and computer generated friends. Scary…
makedo™ is an Australian creation that gives kids nothing but tools – real, tangible tools. Everything else is up to the child. The sets come with reusable connecters, hinges, and child-safe saws and hole punches. The materials are whatever the child can find around the house: cardboard boxes, paper cups, egg cartons, milk cartons, plastic bottles etc. Using the the tools, and their imagination, kids can build whatever their hearts desire. Houses, skyscrapers, cars, planes, rocket ships, dinosaurs, alien creatures! Parents don’t have to worry about messy glue or tape, or kids hurting themselves with staples.
It’s so simple yet ingenious! I’m in love with it. I have a set of my own and the moment I’ve got some time, I am building a house! It’s going to be spectacular!
The tools
Robot costume
makedo™ is now available only at The Secret Garden cafe and bookstore on Sukhumvit Soi 27! And unlike most toys today, it won’t break your bank. Price range: 190 / 360 / 680 / 1,360 Baht, depending on the number of pieces in the set.
Kitchen
Wall of apple cartons
