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Toy is an object that can be used to play. Commonly associated with toy for children and pets. Playing with toys is often thought to be a fun workout in the life of young people in human society.

Different materials are used to make toy more fun and cuddly as well as children and adults. Many products are designed to serve as toys, but goods are produced for other purposes could also be used.



For example, a toddler picked up a household item and 'fly' it in the air to pretend that it's a plane. Another consideration is interactive digital entertainment, such as a video game.

Some toys are produced primarily collectibles and are intended for display only.

The origin of toys is prehistoric, dolls representing children, animals, and soldiers, as well as representations of tools used by adults are available at the sites. The origin of the word "toy" is unknown but is believed to be used for the first time in century 14.

Toys and games in general, are important when it comes to grow and learn about the world around them. The young use toy and play to find their identity, help their bodies grow strong, learn cause and effect, explore relationships and the practical skills they will need as adults.

Adults use toys and games to form and strengthen social bonds, teach, remember and reinforce lessons of their youth, discover their identity, exercise their minds and bodies, explore relationships, skills, and decorate their living spaces.

History

Most young humans have been observed to play with whatever they can find, turning such things as pinecones, rocks and food into toy. Toys and games have been unearthed from the sites of ancient civilizations.

They have been written about in some of our oldest literature. Toy excavated from the Indus valley civilization (3000-1500 BCE) include small carts, whistles shaped like birds, and toy monkeys which could slide down a string.

The earliest toy were made from materials found in nature, such as rocks, sticks, and clay. Thousands of years ago, Egyptian children played with dolls that had wigs and movable limbs which were made from stone, pottery, and wood.

In Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, children played with dolls made of wax or terracotta, sticks, bows and arrows, and yo-yos. When Greek children, especially girls, came of age it was customary for them to sacrifice the toy of their childhood to the gods. On the eve of their wedding, young girls around fourteen would offer their dolls in a temple as a rite of passage into adulthood.

A display of Roman toy, including several that would be familiar to children today: a doll, dice, rattles, and toy dishes for playing house

As technology changed and civilization progressed, toys also changed. Whereas ancient toys were made from materials found in nature like stone, wood, and grass modern toys are often made from plastic, cloth, and synthetic materials.

Ancient toy were often made by the parents and family of the children who used them, or by the children themselves. Modern toys, in contrast, are often mass-produced and sold in stores.

This change in the nature of toy is exemplified by the changes that have taken place in one of the oldest and most universal of human toys; dolls. The earliest and most primitive dolls were simple wooden carvings and bundles of grass. Egyptian dolls were sometimes jointed so that their limbs could move realistically. By the early 20th century there were dolls that could say "mama".

Today there are computerized dolls that can recognize and identify objects, the voice of their owner, and choose among hundreds of pre-programmed phrases with which to respond. The materials that toys are made from have changed, what toy can do has changed, but the fact that children play with toys has not changed.