XVII Международный конкурс научно-исследовательских и творческих работ учащихся
Старт в науке
"Favourite Toys" (Любимые игрушки)
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Introduction
My name is Maria. My surname is Pustogova. I am 9 years old. I am in the third form. This year I have English lessons. In English lessons I learned that in Great Britain children love teddy bears. I like to play with my toys. My favourite toy is a dog. It's interesting to learn what toys my classmates like to play with and what toys our parents and our grandparents liked to play with.
The aim of my work is to learn about favourite toys of British children, my classmates, our parents and our grandparents.
The tasks:
1. To collect a material about British children’s favourite toy.
2. To collect the information about my classmates, our parents and our grandparents' favourite toys.
3. To learn how to describe toys.
I. British Children's Favourite Toy
A Teddy Bear
In Great Britain children love teddy bears. They love all kinds of teddy bears: big and small and all different colours. Some teddy bears wear clothes and hats too. They're very cute.
In 1883 a German woman invented Teddy Bear as a toy animal. Her name was Margarete Steiff. She was a little girl and used a wheel chair. She had innovative mind. She sewed clothes in animals shape. Her little animals were popular and she made more toys. One of them was a bear. It was her hobby to make toys of animals. These toys were elephants, pigs, dogs, cats and bears.
The teddy bear holds a special place not only in British children's hearts but also in many adults hearts.
In Great Britain you can see and buy different teddy bears wearing beautifully detailed handmade costumes inspired by iconic British characters and professions. For example: the Great British Bobby, Florence Nightingale, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare and others. People from other countries like to take these toys home as souvenirs.
Studies have shown that cuddling teddy bears evokes a sense of peace, security and comfort. It can lessen the adverse psychological effects of social exclusion and reduce stress.
1.2. Teddy Bear Day
On the 9th of September British children celebrate Teddy Bear Day. This day they like to arrange a Teddy Bear birthday party. They make lovely things for this party. They make a cake in the shape of bear, party masks, invitations and posters.
Teddy Bear Day is not official holiday. But it gives a chance for people to get teddy bears out of the cupboard and make them the center of attention. It's an ideal time to get together with others for a teddy bear's favorite activity, having a picnic.
1.3. Teddy Bear Museum
A teddy bear museum is a museum about teddy bears. There are many teddy bear museums around the world.
England's unique Teddy Bear Museum is situated in Dorchester. It is a fun family museum, with Edward Bear and his family of people-sized bears, in Teddy Bear House. You can meet all the family and enjoy his wonderful collection of teddy bears that can be seen throughout the house. The oldest bear is called Michael as was made in 1906 and is based on the original teddy bear design and pattern.
II. Investigation
I asked 9 girls and 5 boys, 8 mothers and 8 fathers, 8 grandmothers and 7 grandfathers to talk about their favourite toys. I asked questions to get more information.
My questions:
1. Do you like to play with toys? (for my classmates)
2. What is your favourite toy? Describe it. (for my classmates)
3. What was your favourite toy? Describe it. (for our parents)
4. What was your favourite toy? Describe it. (for our grandparents)
1. The survey has shown that all my classmates like to play with toys.
2. Four girls like to play with dolls. Three girls out of four love Barbie dolls. Five girls like to play with toy animals. Four girls out of five love teddy bears and one girl loves a dog.
Two boys out of five like Lego. Three boys out of five like to play with cars.
The survey has shown that teddy bears and cars are the most favourite toys among my classmates.
3. Six mothers out of eight liked to play with dolls. Two mothers out of six loved paper dolls and three mothers loved baby-dolls. One mother out of eight liked to play with a monkey and one mother liked to play with a tea set.
Seven fathers out of eight liked to play with cars. One father out of eight liked to play with a lunar rover.
The survey has shown that baby-dolls and cars were the most favourite toys among our parents.
4. Three grandmothers out of eight liked to play with dolls. Two grandmothers out of eight liked to play with toy animals. Two grandmothers out of eight liked to play with matryoshka dolls. One grandmother out of eight liked to play with a humming top.
Two grandfathers out of seven liked to play with cars. Four grandfathers out of seven liked to play with balls. One grandfather out of seven liked to play with bricks.
The survey has shown that balls and dolls were the most favourite toys among our grandparents.
2.1. My Favourite Toy and Favourite Toys of My Classmates
I like to play with toys. I have got many toys. My favourite toy is a dog. Its name is Jack. It's big. It's grey and white. Jack has got a big head, a fat body, four legs and a long tail. Its nose is black, its eyes are blue and its ears are long. It's very soft and cute. My parents gave it to me for my birthday 3 years ago. I like to play and sleep with my dog.
My classmates like to play with toys, too. They like to play with cars, dolls, Barbie dolls, toy animals and Lego.
Yana's favourite toy is a teddy bear. It's not very big. It's brown. It has a funny face with big blue eyes. It's very soft. She likes to hug it.
Liza's favourite toy is a doll. Her name is Alice. She's big and nice. She has got green eyes and fair hair. Alice wears a long pink dress.
Egor likes to play with Lego bricks. He can build a castle. He can make a car or a big plane.
Kristina's favourite toy is a Barbie doll. She's slim and very beautiful. She's got green eyes and long fair hair. Kristina likes to do her hair.
Anton's favourite toy is a Ferrari car. It's very fast and it works with a remote control. His car is made of metal and plastic. It's red. Anton can open and close the doors of his car.
Teddy bears and cars are the most favourite toys among my classmates.
2.2. Our Parents' Favourite Toys
Our parents had got different toys, when they were children. They played with dolls, baby-dolls, paper dolls, tea sets, toy animals, cars.
I asked them to describe their favourite toys.
"My favourite toy was a baby-doll. It was small. It was black. I sewed clothes for him myself." (Nadezhda, 43 years old)
"My favourite toy was a lunar rover. It worked with a remote control. It was made of metal and plastic. It was blue." (Sergey, 32years old)
"My favourite toy was a paper doll. That paper doll had got a lot of clothes. I liked to dress her up. Also I drew and cut new beautiful dresses for my paper doll." (Olga, 42 years old)
"My favourite toy was a monkey. It was very funny. It was soft, but its face was made of rubber. It was brown. It had got a long tail." (Irina, 38 years old)
Babby-dolls and cars were the most favourite toys among our parents.
2.3. Our Grandparents' Favourite Toys
What toys did our grandparents like to play with?
Our grandmothers liked to play with dolls, toy animals, matryoshka dolls and humming tops, when they were children. Sometimes those dolls and toy animals were handmade. Their parents didn't have enough money and sewed toy animals themselves.
Our grandfathers liked to play with cars, balls and bricks, when they were children. Their cars were made of metal. Their bricks were made of wood. They liked to build different houses, castles and bridges. Also they liked to play football.
Balls and dolls were the most favourite toys among our grandparents.
Conclusion
I think I have achieved the aim.
Firstly, I have learned a lot of new facts about British children’s favourite toy. British children love teddy bears and celebrate Teddy Bear Day in September. There is a museum about teddy bears in Great Britain.
Secondly, I have learned about my classmates, our parents and our grandparents’ favourite toys. Teddy bears and cars are the most favourite toys among my classmates. Baby-dolls and cars were the most favourite toys among our parents. Balls and dolls were the most favourite toys among our grandparents.
Thirdly, now I can describe different toys.
Bibliography
Books:
- Spotlight -2 / Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Nadezhda Bykova, Marina Pospelova – Prosvesheniye, 2015. P.83-92
- Spotlight -3 / Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Nadezhda Bykova, Marina
Pospelova – Prosvesheniye, 2014. P.58,74.
Internet sources:
- Children’s parties in Great Britain – www.e-derslik.edu.az
- About Us – British Teddies – britishteddies.com > about-us
- The Teddy Bear Museum – Dorchester – www.teddybearmuseum.co.uk
- The Teddy Bear Museum – Visit Dorset – https: //www.visit-dorset.com > things-to-do
Supplement
British Children's Favourite Toy
a teddy bear The Queen Teddy Bear
Sherlock Holmes Teddy Bear The Beefeater Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear Day
Teddy Bear Museum in Dorchester
What are the most favourite toys among my classmates? Study the diagrams.
What were the most favourite toys among our parents? Study the diagrams.
What were the most favourite toys among our grandparents? Study the diagrams.
My Classmates' Favourite Toys
Lego a car
a teddy bearBarbie dolls
a doll a dog
Our Parents' Favourite Toys
baby-dolls a tea set
a paper doll dolls a monkey
a car a lunar rover
Our Grandparents' Favourite Toys
carsa ball
a humming top matryoshka dolls
bricks toy animals
dolls
Songs
1. Toys for me,
Toys for you,
Toys for everyone!
A pink ballerina,
A blue toy soldier!
We're all having fun!
Toys for me,
Toys for you,
Toys for everyone!
A brown teddy bear,
A yellow doll!
We're all having fun!
2. I've got two eyes,
A mouth and a nose!
I've got two feet,
But I haven't got toes!
Two hands, two ears,
A lots of hair!
What am I?
I'm * teddy bear!
3. In my toy box
I've got a teddy bear,
And a ballerina
With long dark hair!
In my toy box
I've got a soldier too!
I've got lots of toys
For me and you!
Look in my toy box,
Come and see!
Toys for you,
Toys for me!
Poems
1. My pretty doll
Is very small.
I love my pretty
Little doll.
2. I've got a doll,
She's got a ball.
We've got toys
We like them all.
3. One and two, and three, and four.
I am sitting on the floor,
I am playing with a ball,
And a pretty little doll.
One and two, and three, and four.
I am sitting on the floor.
I am playing with a car
And a pretty little star.
One and two, and three, and four,
We are sitting on the floor,
We are sitting, girls and boys.
We are playing with the toys.