Add this copy of Teachables From Trashables: Homemade Toys That Teach to cart. $4.68, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Toys 'n Things Press.
Add this copy of Teachables From Trashables: Homemade Toys That Teach to cart. $4.68, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Toys 'n Things Press.
Add this copy of Teachables From Trashables: Homemade Toys That Teach to cart. $6.24, fair condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Toys N Things Pr.
Add this copy of Teachables From Trashables: Homemade Toys That Teach to cart. $99.44, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Toys N Things Pr.
This book was written as a way to share ideas for making inexpensive yet fun toys out of common recycled items, based on ideas taught by a wonderful group of folks at the nonprofit day care resource center Toys N Things. Written in the mid-late 1970s, some of the toys use plastics or other materials we now know may not be great for kids (like a baby shaker-toy made out of a clean plastic bottle), but lots of the other ideas continue to
be safe, creative, and fun for kids of all ages!
The toys are designed to be made by adults, though some could be made with children.
Teachables from Trashables has a good index with items grouped by the main material, guidelines for making "kid-proofed" toys, age suggestions for each toy (infant, toddler, preschool, school-age) and info about developmental skills encouraged by the toy, a recipe-like list/pictures of supplies needed to make it, and hand-drawn step-by-step instructions for each toy.
