Online Toy Workshop Analysis
This workshop will allow students to apply knowledge of normal childhood development and determine the age-appropriateness of each toy. In this online learning workshop, students must select THREE toys/activities/games from home, dealing with three various different developmental ages, post their rationale and findings online, and comment/respond to 5 other students’ posts.
Toys should be for the following age groups: Infancy, Toddlerhood, Preschoolers, School-age, Adolescents
Please do not choose electronic games.
Students will be required to complete an analysis of the appropriateness/inappropriateness of each of the three toys/activities/games they selected for this workshop. This will require the application of life span psychology theory and childhood developmental concepts.
A worksheet is provided (below) to assist with gathering the required information for this analysis. The student must then synthesize the information gathered to devise a recommendation regarding each of the particular toys/activities/games, as to whether it should continue to be marketed for its age group. If your determination is that a toy is inappropriate, you must provide a rationale and recommendation for modifying the toy to better suit that age group.
-The three toy’s/games/activities:
- , so there is time for other students to respond to them-Points will be deducted if late.
- All three posts must be posted separately – each in their own post!
- Worksheet/analysis page Must contain fully developed sentences!
The five responses are of other students’ toys/activities/games. These responses (agree/disagree-why/why not, learned something new, etc.…) are of the analysis provided by the other students.
-The 5 responses:
a. Be done by the last date listed of the scheduled week, on your Course Schedule.
b. Must contain fully developed sentences!
c. Must explain the rationale of agreement or disagreement.
Students need to refer to their Course Schedule for the due date. The workshop will be open on the first date of the scheduled week, and all work must be completed by the last date shown, of that scheduled week. The analysis and comments must be typed in complete fully developed sentences and with appropriate grammar structure.
This is an interactive assignment and must be done in real-time. Failure to submit your analysis and comments by the specified times will result in a “0” for those sections and affect the overall grade of this project.
The Toy Workshop Analysis grade will be averaged with all other course projects to total 30% of the final grade.
Name ___________________________________________________________________
Life Span Psychology: TOY WORKSHOP ANALYSIS
Use complete sentences to answer each question.
TOY #1: (15 points possible)
- Detailed Description: ______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Proposed Developmental Age Group:_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What characteristics make this toy developmentally appropriate? _________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- How does this toy assist in the child’s psychosocial development (Erikson)? _________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Does this toy assist in development of gross motor abilities? If so, which ones? ______________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Does this toy assist in development of fine motor skills? If so, which ones? __________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Is this toy developmentally appropriate or inappropriate for the Proposed Developmental
Age Group? _________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
VIII. Specify at least two recommendations for improvement to better suit this toy for its developmental age group. 1.____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
IX. If developmentally appropriate, list two things you, as the nurse, would educate the child and family on proper use.
- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name ___________________________________________________________________
Life Span Psychology: TOY WORKSHOP ANALYSIS
Use complete sentences to answer each question.
TOY #2: (15 points possible)
- Detailed Description: _________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Proposed Developmental Age Group:_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What characteristics make this toy developmentally appropriate? _________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- How does this toy assist in the child’s psychosocial development (Erikson)? _________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Does this toy assist in development of gross motor abilities? If so, which ones? ___________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Does this toy assist in development of fine motor skills? If so, which ones? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Is this toy developmentally appropriate or inappropriate for the Proposed Developmental
Age Group? _________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
VIII. Specify at least two recommendations for improvement to better suit this toy for its developmental age group. 1.____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
IX. If developmentally appropriate, list two things you, as the nurse, would educate the child and family on proper use. 1.________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Devised 08/12 MAL, Revised 04/14 SRS, Reviewed 12/18 SRS, Revised 4/20 JMH, Revised 4/21 JMH
Name ___________________________________________________________________
The Central Susquehanna LPN Career Center
Life Span Psychology: TOY WORKSHOP ANALYSIS
Use complete sentences to answer each question.
TOY #3: (15 points possible)
- Detailed Description: __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Proposed Developmental Age Group:______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What characteristics make this toy developmentally appropriate? ______________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- How does this toy assist in the child’s psychosocial development (Erikson)? ______________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Does this toy assist in development of gross motor abilities? If so, which ones? ___________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Does this toy assist in development of fine motor skills? If so, which ones? ______________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Is this toy developmentally appropriate or inappropriate for the Proposed Developmental
Age Group? _________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
VIII. Specify at least two recommendations for improvement to better suit this toy for its developmental age group. 1.____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
IX. If developmentally appropriate, list two things you, as the nurse, would educate the child and family on proper use. 1.________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Devised 08/12 MAL, Revised 04/14 SRS, Reviewed 12/18 SRS, Revised 4/20 JMH, Revised 4/21 JMH
Life Span
Psychology
TOY WORKSHOP ANALYSIS GRADING RUBRIC
Each Toy Analysis (1 Point for each question) = 9 Points
Each response to class members Analysis (2-5 sentences) = 5 Points
Spelling (2 Pts), Grammar, (2 Pts), complete sentences (2 Pts) = 6 Points
| TOY #1 ANALYSIS – submitted Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 9 / 6 | |
| TOY #2 ANALYSIS – submitted Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 9 / 6 | |
| TOY #3 ANALYSIS – submitted Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 9 / 6 | |
| 1st Response to Class Members Analysis Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 5 / 6 | |
| 2nd Response to Class Members Analysis Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 5 / 6 | |
| 3rd Response to Class Members Analysis Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 5 / 6 | |
| 4th Response to Class Members Analysis Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 5 / 6 | |
| 5th Response to Class Members Analysis Spelling, Grammar, Complete Sentences | / 5 / 6 | |
| TOTAL | / 100 |
