Matryoshka

A photo: Getty Images "Daughters are 7 years old, she likes to play video games on a tablet, but when she saw a matryoshka in a tent at the fair, she forgot about everything. Begging to buy! Now she has a few nesting dolls, and this is her favorite toys. I remembered that I also loved matryoshka dolls in my childhood, "says 43-year-old Elena. The glossy wooden wooden dolls magically hide themselves in one another - the doll is still capable of captivating the child. It is not only pleasant to touch and look at, collect and disassemble. This is a wonderful developmental tool for teaching children the account and the concepts "more-less".

Tumbler

Photo:Alexander SerikovA red celluloid tumbler doll with a baby's face is practically a symbol of early Soviet childhood. The production of these dolls in the USSR began in 1959 in the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region, the first, most common model was called Masha. It is noteworthy that the production of tumblers in Kotovsk did not stop even with the active introduction of gadgets into children's lives. Now the plant sells its goods not only in Russia, but also abroad: to America, Canada, Asian and European countries. This is the best confirmation that modern children like the Soviet toy: bright, smooth, swinging, melodiously ringing. Cute and safe.

Ball

A photo: Getty ImagesLarge, small, rubber, leather football, semi-transparent inflatable - without the ball it is impossible to imagine childhood. Kids happily throw the ball to watch as he jumps, grown-up girls beat the ball rhythmically on the asphalt: "I know five names of boys ..." The ball is indispensable for playing dodgeball and other outdoor games. And if children do not know how to play dodgeballs, it's the direct wine of adults. "The more primitive the toy, the wider the field for imagination," says the child psychologist Yulia Kondratieva. - The current children, like the previous generations, can not help imagining. Just with electronic gadgets, fantasy is useless. "

School Designer

Photo:Alexander SerikovIt is not for nothing that the construction set with metal parts, complete with screws and nuts, was nicknamed a school set: it was very popular in labor lessons in Soviet primary schools. Modern children are also able to appreciate its capabilities. “The primitive metal construction sets of our childhood developed fine motor skills, which are directly connected to the speech center in the brain,” comments child psychologist Yulia Kondratieva. “No touch screen gives this to a child. More interaction with the small parts of the construction set means better handwriting at school. Not to mention that the opportunity to construct a completely unprecedented moving vehicle stimulates children's imagination.”

Rubik's Cube

A photo: Getty ImagesThe mechanical puzzle in the form of a cube with colored faces, invented by the Hungarian sculptor Erna Rubik, was a real hit of the 80s. "Magic cube" was a dream of Soviet schoolchildren. The ability to assemble a puzzle is a clear sign of intelligence above the average level. What is a good cube for modern children besides their bright mosaic facets? By developing motor skills, logic, memory, diction, perseverance, ability to concentrate. Like the cube of the Rubik's cube, a snake and a tetrahedron.

Children's furniture and dolls

Photo:Alexander SerikovChildren of all times and eras study the world through the example of their parents and the adults around them. The baby tries to be "like mom" and "like dad", so toys that help children simulate situations from the adult world will always be relevant. Doll furniture, dishes, children's kitchens with a stove, doctor, mechanic, cook sets - it's very good if your child puts down the phone with the game for these things. It's even better if you play together.

Paper doll with clothes

A photo: Elena FrolovaThis little man's creativity will not be canceled by any computer. Cardboard doll, trying on paper dresses, are the first attempts of girls to realize their ideas about fashion and style. Popular sets of differently-colored dolls with paper clothes in the USSR can now be found only in toy museums, but the principle is picked up by a new generation: puppets with clothes are downloaded from the Internet and painted independently.

Xylophone

Photo: Getty Images Children love music.But it's one thing to listen, sing along and dance, and quite another to become a musician yourself! A children's wooden piano with the inscription "Zvenigorod", a stunning metallophone producing a gentle raspberry ringing, pipes, toy guitars and balalaikas - little residents of the USSR who possessed such treasures felt lucky. No Chinese plastic singing toy on batteries can compare with one that gives the opportunity to play your own music.

Kaleidoscope

A photo: Getty Images Like everything is simple - colored glass in a tube with a system of mirrors inside. It's not even a game, and pure water meditation is to look at changing symmetrical patterns that resemble a scattering of precious stones. Each time the patterns change, they are unique, like snowflakes. Real magic. Modern children also draw inspiration, looking into the kaleidoscope.

Plastic horse on wheels

Photo:Alexander Serikov“I took my three-year-old son to his mother in the village. She pulled out my old toy from the storage room – a red plastic horse on wheels. I didn’t even expect that this simple faded horse would make such an impression on my son! And this despite the fact that he has plenty of the best toys. He sat on the horse and rode it around the room, and even agreed to have dinner only sitting on the horse,” says 39-year-old Vyacheslav. How can a Soviet horse made of rough plastic win not even against a computer, but against a similar horse of modern production? In that its heaviness resembles a tank, you can play with it to your heart’s content without fear of damaging it. In addition, sons are sensitive to the special attitude of their fathers to this toy: the horse is more valuable to a son because it is imbued with paternal love.

Yula

A photo: Alexander Serikov This is one of the oldest toys in the world, its varieties were made in China, European countries and in Russia (wooden kubar, driven by a whip). The Soviet yule was made of light tin with bright stripes, and the model with a transparent dome and a horse jumping over the obstacle became a symbol of the program "What? Where? When?". Children playing in the top, you can see in the pictures of classics of world painting. Modern children are happy to launch a spinning top. This game develops coordination of movements and gives the first concepts about the laws of physics.

Teddy bear

A photo: Getty Images A soft bear (a rabbit, a cat, a hippopotamus and so on) is not even a toy, but practically a friend. It can be taught, cured, dressed, hugged during sleep. "Soft toys are pleasant to the touch, and children are very useful tactile sensations. Who will come to mind to go to bed with a computer in an embrace? "- Says child psychologist Yulia Kondratyeva.

Figures of the heroes of Soviet cartoons

Photo: Alexander SerikovLet's start with the main thing:Why can Cheburashka or Carlson compete with toy Spider-Man or Batman? Because funny, talented, cozy Soviet cartoons are still popular with children. The figures of favorites can be rubber, plastic, textile - the main thing is that they look like the original.

Table hockey

A photo: Getty ImagesWhat is Santa now asking Santa to have in his letter a boy who has all electronic gadgets? On table hockey, which was once chopped with friends by his dad. Passion of passion, excitement! Soviet boys played table hockey so that the "ice" was heated. Now this toy is no less popular - this is confirmed by the sellers of sports stores. It is advised not to buy cheap Chinese versions of this game - it quickly breaks down.

Cubes

Photo: Alexander SerikovEverything ingenious is simple.That is why good old letter cubes still attract little children. Wooden cubes are especially attractive – smoothly turned, but showing the texture of wood, warm, light, pleasant to the touch. You can build towers and houses from them, lay out words. And not alone, but in pairs, threes. This is the case when wooden toys are not a symbol of a difficult childhood.

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