Fewer toys at once may help toddlers to focus better and play more creatively
Yes, so true!<p>My wife is a Play Therapist with 2 masters degrees in the subject. The organization of a play space with limited and well chosen toys is key.<p>Additionally if you give a child an electronic toy that lights up and makes a lot of noise and does a specific thing, the kid will usually play with it less, because they find their options are limited. Whereas, if you give a kid a wooden spoon and a pot to play with they can find a 1001 uses for it!<p>She has a rule for herself to not have more toys than it would take to clean up in 10 minutes.<p>Here is a talk she recently gave to parents at our pre-school. She talks about this issue at the 33 min mark.<p><a href="https://playla.co/talk/1" rel="nofollow">https://playla.co/talk/1</a>