Mother-infant interaction context matters for verbal and non-verbal parental mentalization: an initial portrait of associations between parental embodied mentalizing, mind-mindedne... by Karine Gagné, Karine Gagné, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, Jean-Pascal Lemelin, George Tarabulsy, George Tarabulsy

“…Regarding mother-infant interaction contexts (toys vs. no toys), the results indicate that the capacity to verbally and non-verbally mentalize differs.DiscussionThese findings shed light on distinctive associations between non-verbal and verbal parental mentalization in relation to certain maternal characteristics, and highlight that the mother-infant interaction context may play an important role in the expression of maternal mentalizing capacity.…”
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Professional Training of Future Educators for the Usage of Ethnological-Aesthetic Means in Work with Children of Senior Preschool Age by Tamara Marchii-Dmytrash, Galyna Boryn

“…Importance of involving senior preschool age children in folk crafts and handicrafts, arts, making folk toys is actualized, which promotes patriotism, development of personal qualities such as kindness, compassion, courage. …”
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Autistic preschoolers’ engagement and language use in gross motor versus symbolic play settings by Amanda V Binns, Devin M Casenhiser, Stuart G Shanker, Janis Oram Cardy

“…Children's social engagement and number of spoken utterances were examined in five minutes each of play with symbolic toys and play with gross motor toys. Continuous time-tagged video coding of the child-caregiver engagement states was conducted, and the child's frequency of spoken language was identified using language sample analysis. …”
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Importance Of Practical Life Activity For The Development Of Self-Regulation Skills In Children Aged 4-5 Years by Efri Manda Sari Hasibuan

“…As for qualitatively, Practical Life activity with activities in the form of learning while playing with loose part media and blocks provided and then cleaning up the toys to their original place, and equipped with singing and reward methods, is able to improve children's regulation skills, so that they are able to control emotions by sharing and queuing in using toys and getting used to cleaning up toys back to their original place after use. …”
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Design of a mechatronic system using Arduino and/or Raspberry Pi 3 by Yuen, Eiffel Wei Long

“…This project aims to inculcate machine learning into prototype toy models to showcase possible technological advancement of toys to reduce screen time consumption of children. …”
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Zabawka jako tekst kultury by Jan Kajfosz

“…The article is devoted to the role of a toy in the process of getting to know the world by man in the process of enculturation. …”
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Design It! Design Engineering in After School Programs (2002), and Explore It! Science Investigations in Out-of-School Programs (2006) by Phillipa Myers

“…includes project topics such as Gliders, Spinning Toys, and Trebuchets. Explore It! includes project topics such as Wiring a House, Soda Science, and Balancing Toys.…”
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The determination of conditions of learning centers in preschool classrooms and the analysis of teachers’ views on learning centers by Oya Ramazan, Hande Arslan Çiftçi, Merve Tezel

“…It was found that learning centers and the materials/toys in the learning centers are not in sufficient number and variety; children use the most block center and dramatic play center; science and nature, music and book centers are the least used centers; girls prefer the most dramatic play and art center, while boys prefer the most block center. …”
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Preverbal infants produce more protophones with artificial objects compared to natural objects by Violet Gibson, Eszter Somogyi, Iris Nomikou, Derry Taylor, Beatriz López, Innocent Chitalu Mulenga, Marina Davila-Ross

“…These vocalizations have been notably discussed in relation to toys and their importance for developing language skills. …”
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Routine Decontamination of Surfaces Relevant to Working Dogs: Neutralization of Superficial Coronavirus Contamination by Sarah L. Grady, Natalie M. Sebeck, Mellisa Theodore, Karen L. Meidenbauer

“…After correcting for these differences, however, wiping with 70% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and 0.5% chlorhexidine performed best, reducing viral titers by >3 log on plastic bumper toys and nylon collars, and by >2 log on rubber toys and tennis balls. …”
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Kajian status sosial kanak-kanak keperluan khas di Sarawak dan Kelantan by Rasidah Abd Wahab, Haironi Yusoff, Hashami Bohari, Norizan A. Majid, Wan Asma Wan Ismail, Kamaruzaman Che Su

“…The questions include 4 aspects ; (i) Problem in playing with friends, (ii) problem of sharing toys, (iii) problem of following instruction and (iv) take-turn problem. …”

The role of objects in understanding children's participation in paediatric rehabilitation by Wenche Bekken

“…The empirical case illustrates how the boy's participation appears when toys and equipment is used, and also when the conversation proceeds during the consultation. …”
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Once upon a time by Lee, Sin Li

“…The final deliverables are a set of embroidered books, wooden stamps that function as bowling toys, and a paper layered alphabet poster for children to enjoy and play with.…”
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An unusual cause of acute upper gastrointestinal obstruction in a child. A case report by Abd. Aziz, Azian, Govindarajan, Krishna Kumar, KRA, Mohanaprakash

“…In most countries these types of toys have been banned. …”
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Two cases of intestinal obstruction due to ingestion of water beads by Yang Hee Kim, Kwan Seop Lee, Soo Min Ahn, Kyung Jae Lee

“…Water beads are small, colorful toys that swell over the time in water. We report 2 cases of intestinal obstruction by unwitnessed ingestion of water beads. …”
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Apprendre l’hygiène by Stéphanie Korn

“…The toiletry sets are not merely toys, however, and were designed to teach children the rudiments of hygiene within the family setting. …”
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Rapid prototyping for kids by Budiman, Rusdi

“…Integrating Rapid Prototyping concepts into toys and games, we can produce educational toys with the purpose to educate kids about Rapid Prototyping concepts. …”
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Operationalizing atypical gaze in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: a cohesion-based approach by Quan Wang, Daniel J. Campbell, Suzanne L. Macari, Katarzyna Chawarska, Frederick Shic

“…Results The ASD group had lower gaze typicality scores compared to the TD and DD groups in the Dyadic Bid and Sandwich-Making conditions but not during Animated Toys. The DD and TD groups did not differ in any condition. …”
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Preschoolers Favor Their Ingroup When Resources Are Limited by Kristy Jia Jin Lee, Gianluca Esposito, Gianluca Esposito, Peipei Setoh

“…Experiment 2 was identical to the Group condition in Experiment 1, except that a third identical toy was introduced following the distribution of each toy pair. …”
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Il paese dei balocchi: Pinocchio tra Paradiso e Inferno by Maila Pentucci

“…In reality, the approaching road to the Land of Toys, before as a mental process, - a persuasion of himself – and then as real journey, it’s like a fall to hell. …”
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