The document discusses the history of toys and games from ancient times to present day. It describes toys from ancient Greece, such as a terracotta statuette of a girl playing with a ball. It also discusses paintings depicting children playing with toy soldiers, dolls, and rocking horses from the late 19th/early 20th century. Traditional toys of grandparents are described, such as spinning tops, hoops and wooden toys. Outdoor games like hopscotch and hide-and-seek are summarized. Finally, modern toys like mobile games, PlayStation, and LEGO are contrasted with traditional toys.

1. THE STUDENTS OF CLASS 3 E
COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTE "G. MARITI “COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTE "G. MARITI “ MIDDLE SCHOOLMIDDLE SCHOOL
FAUGLIA (Pisa) - ItalyFAUGLIA (Pisa) - Italy
AS THE INTERESTS OF KIDS
GAMES CHANGE
TEACHERS INVOLVED
Teresa De Vito:Teresa De Vito: English Language teacher, Lorenza Biasci :Lorenza Biasci : Art teacher

2. TOYS IN THE WORKS OF ART
Games and toys are ancient as the
man and for this reason, we have
some examples in ancient times in
Greece.
This statuette portrays a girl who is
playing with a ball . Many of the toys
that existed in ancient times
couldn’t be preserved ,because they
were made of perishable material for
example wood, fruit shells, tatters or
material that didn’t endure for
centuries.
Terracotta Statuette which portrays a girl who is playing with a
ball, Magna Grecia,III century B.C.

3. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Felice Casorati, Toys, 1915, tempera on wood, cm. 57X61,
Private collection
TOYS IN THE WORKS OF ART
The tour that we want to
under take in the childhood
world started at the end of
the 19th century up until
today : a period of great
historic, technological and
social changes, in which the
interests for the child’s life,
his education and how he
related with the world and
with games awoke the
attention of artists,
philosophers and doctors.

4. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Elisabeth Chaplin,”Robert with toy soldiers”, 1935,
oil painting on canvas, cm.53x48,
Modern Art Gallery Palazzo Pitti, Florence
TOYS IN THE WORKS OF ART
One of the most favorite
children’s game has been
to imitate fights with small
toy soldiers as it can be
seen in this picture..

5. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Fausto Vagnetti, Nenella’s toys, 1934, oil painting on canvas, cm.72 x75,
Piero Giannini collection, Rome
TOYS IN THE WORKS OF ART
The favourite girls
‘toys were dolls or
stuffed and
wooden animals.

6. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Bruno Saetti, Little girl on her hobby horse , 1932,
oil on canvas, cm.96,56 x74, Banco BPM, Bergamo
The youngest boys and
girls loved to play with
rocking horses.
TOYS IN THE WORKS OF ART

7. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
SOME TOYS AT THE EXIBITION
Wooden Rocking Horse, 1900

8. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Skittles, rackets , small balls and net to play table tennis
SOME TOYS AT THE EXIBITION

9. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Wooden sword, catapult, behind a metal shield
SOME TOYS AT THE EXIBITION

10. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Wooden pram (on the left), bike, target shooting (on the right), behind a china doll
SOME TOYS AT THE EXIBITION

11. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Drum, and other musical instruments
SOME TOYS AT THE EXIBITION

12. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Alberto Magri, The rope game, 1912, watercolor on paper,
13 x 21 cm., Private collection
OUTDOOR GAMES

13. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Pietro Pajetta, Masked child under the arch, 1880, oil on canvas, cm. 40,5 x 56,
Bentivegna Gallery
OUTDOOR GAMES

14. I GIOCATTOLI NELL’ARTE
Pietro Pajetta, Masked child under the arch, 1880, oil on canvas, cm. 40,5 x 56,
Bentivegna Gallery
OUTDOOR GAMES

15. THE SPINNING TOP
The toys of our grandparents
were simple and built at home
with recycled material: the cloth
doll, the circle, the spinning top.
They preferred to play outside
and with friends.
THE SPINNING TOP
It was a wooden top with circular grooves and on the tip a large nail
that was used not to wear out too quickly rubbing on the ground.
Children took a piece of wood and attached a piece of string at one
end: it was the whisk with which the top was wrapped to make it start
with a tug. Before the top stopped spinning, you had to hit it with a
whip to give it more speed.
Whoever made it last longer won.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

16. THE CIRCLE
THE CIRCLE
To make the circle move there was a
stick. The circle and the stick were
made of wood or of iron. With the stick,
children could move from the back the
circle. They did circle races with other
kids. Everyone started at the beginning
of a road, and they rolled the circle
with the stick from the back. The winner
was who did it faster without dropping
the circle.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

17. THE BELL
On the ground, kids traced some boxes with chalk. The first kid had to throw a pebble in the
number 1 box, then, jumping with one leg, she had to retrieve the pebble and start from the starting
line without touching the signs.
Then the child would throw the pebble in the box number 2 and he would retrieve it in the same way
as before and doing all the way backwards and so up to the 12th
box. Only in box number 8 he/she
could rest on both feet and in boxes number 9 and 10 it was mandatory to jump with one foot in each
one. The winner was the one who made the entire course without errors.
THE BELL
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

18. ONE, TWO, THREE ... .. STAR !
A child held his head against a wall and covered his eyes with his hands. The other children stood
behind him, very far from the wall. The child with the eyes covered counted "one, two, three ... star!"
and while he was talking, the others had to run and get as close as possible to the wall. When he
finished counting the child he turned back and if he saw someone moving , he sent him/her back three
steps. The aim of the game was to reach the wall without being seen and to be able to touch it. The
child who could touch the wall first had to shout "star!" And he/she was the winner.
ONE, TWO, THREE ... .. STAR !
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

19. My mother when was young played with Barbies: it was the doll most
sold in all the world. She had fun to comb her long hair and to change
her dress, from the most sportive dress to the most stylish one.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

20. THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS
My grandmother used to play
with dolls, she always had care
of them or she held them in her
arms pretending to be her
mother. At that time little girls
used to play with rag dolls.

21. My Grandfather played the
game of bottle caps, this
game consisted of
throwing the bottle iron
caps to “biscuit” or using
the index and thumb, the
one who threw the furthest
cap won. My grandfather
usually played it on the
road.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

22. My grandmother used to play
also “hide-and-seek”, this
game consisted to hide for
example behind a bush and
the child had to count with
closed eyes. If he couldn’t
find the person, he had a
penance. The penance was
to choose a finger with closed
eyes. You had to KISS, DO,
LETTER, TESTAMENT the
person whose finger belonged
to.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

23. My dad used to play
football in the street
with his friends after
school, one of them
brought the ball and
the other brought the
school bag for the
goal post. Tootball in
the 1970s had a great
success because
everyone had a ball.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

24. My Grandmother used to play
also the game of the
“spanking”. Everyone had to
be in circle, and one child had
to run outside the circle and
give a spank to another child
and then they had to run
outside the circle and the first
who came to his place would
won while the other would
be eliminated.
THE GAMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS

25. OUR GAMES
Mobile phones and tablets aren’t games but the applications that
we install onthem.

26. The PlayStation is the most
technological game played since 2000
and we use to play also online with
person of all over the world or with
friends.
OUR GAMES

27. The LEGO are little bricks
that we used when we were
littl kids. This bricks can be
assembled to create things.
OUR GAMES

28. The LEGO are little bricks that we used when we were very
young. This bricks can be assembled to create things.
We also used to play with models of superhero when we
were young in order to make them fly, fight or to make
them speak .
OUR GAMES

29. The students of classes 3D-3E out of the” toys exibition palace “
We hope you will enjoy this journey in the ancient and modern world of games and toys !