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一次给更少玩具可能帮助幼儿更专注、更有创造力地玩耍
Fewer toys at once may help toddlers to focus better and play more creatively
入门 · 约 25 分钟读完前置知识：幼儿发展心理学基础、实验设计基础
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这篇论文研究玩具数量对幼儿游戏行为的影响：实验让幼儿分别在 4 个玩具和 16 个玩具的环境中玩耍，发现玩具较少时幼儿玩单个玩具的时间更长、游戏方式更有创造性。作者据此建议减少同时可接触的玩具数量，可能有助于幼儿更专注地游戏。
HN 关注点：这项研究的实际育儿启示，以及其小样本、短时实验设计是否足以支撑标题的结论。
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这几条评论里：支持 1 质疑 2 亲历 1
支持专业游戏治疗师的经验支持'少而精的玩具更好'的观点
太对了！我妻子是游戏治疗师，有两个相关硕士学位。她认为游戏空间里玩具少而精是关键。另外，给孩子一个会发光发声、功能固定的电子玩具，孩子往往玩得少，因为选择受限；而给孩子一把木勺和一口锅，他们能找到一千种玩法！她给自己定的规矩是：玩具数量不超过 10 分钟能收拾完的量。
jv22222查看英文原文
Yes, so true! My wife is a Play Therapist with 2 masters degrees in the subject. The organization of a play space with limited and well chosen toys is key. Additionally if you give a child an electronic toy that lights up and makes a lot of noise and does a specific thing, the kid will usually play with it less, because they find their options are limited. Whereas, if you give a kid a wooden spoon and a pot to play with they can find a 1001 uses for it! She has a rule for herself to not have more toys than it would take to clean up in 10 minutes. Here is a talk she recently gave to parents at our pre-school. She talks about this issue at the 33 min mark. https://playla.co/talk/1
质疑质疑研究设计：新环境、短时长、样本仅约 11 人，结论不可靠
这项研究有点可疑。/r/science 上有评论指出：幼儿被带到一个从未去过的房间，最多只玩 30 分钟。16 个玩具时切换更频繁、玩的玩具更多，单玩具时长自然就短——在陌生环境里孩子本来就会先把所有玩具都看一遍，这会天然扭曲统计结果。而且样本量似乎只有 11 人。在更多证据出现前，先别急着接受标题的结论。
gpmcadam查看英文原文
This study is a little questionable. A comment from /r/science: > Toddlers were taken to a room they had never been to > before and were given at most 30 minutes to play with > the toys. They switched toys more often when there > were 16 vs. 4 toys and played with more toys overall. > Duration of play will naturally be an inverse of that > - and if the kids wanted to check out all the toys > first before deciding to which one to use, which you > would expect them to do in a new environment, that's > naturally going to skew the statistics. The conclusion > that they were more distracted by other toys in the 16 > toy condition is unsurprising since all the toys were > novel. But it would seem rare that toddlers would be > given 16 new toys all at once and it's certainly > possible that if all the toys were familiar, they might > engage for longer and more in-depth types of play with > certain toys regardless of how many were present. And also apparently the sample size was around 11 participants. Wouldn't jump to the conclusion the headline of this article seems to draw just yet, without further evidence.
质疑认为结论是显而易见的，且质疑'创造力'结论缺乏依据
这不就是反过来的鸽笼问题吗？4 玩具组的孩子玩单个玩具更久，可能只是因为玩具少。为什么会有人对这个结果感到惊讶？而且这怎么能推出'更好专注、更有创造力'的结论？我不愿花 40 美元读原文，有人买过并能解释作者凭什么认为结果与创造力或注意力有关吗？
bdamm查看英文原文
Isn't this just the pigeonhole problem in reverse? The four toy group kids played with individual toys longer perhaps because there were fewer toys to play with. So... why would we be surprised with this result? Also, how does it lead to the conclusion that this allows "better focus to explore and play more creatively"? I'm not willing to pay the $40 to find out, did anyone do so and can provide the magical answer for why the authors believe their result shows anything about creativity or attention?
亲历亲历印证：玩具太多让孩子无所适从，轮换少量玩具效果更好
我儿子上一所很棒的幼儿园，每天教室都摆着不重复的活动桌：画画、化石、建构玩具等。而家里玩具太多，全部摆出来时孩子们反而无精打采、被选择淹没。我试着学幼儿园的做法，每次只拿出几件，我觉得有帮助，收拾也更快。我们还有很多'垃圾玩具'，每次都被翻出来扔得到处都是，却根本没人玩。
prawn查看英文原文
My son attends an excellent preschool. Almost every day this year, the room has been set out with activity tables that vary without repeat. Drawing, painting, fossils, construction toys, etc. I cannot imagine the repository they pull from to continuously provide such unique options. At home, my children have more than enough toys, to the point that when presented with the full set, they loll about listlessly and overwhelmed by choice. I've tried to follow the preschool's lead and select a few that are out at any one time. I think it helps, and also makes for a quicker clean up. We have a lot of incidental toys that are essentially rubbish; they get pulled out and scattered around each play time without actually being played with.
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