Boys’ learning ‘helped by toy guns’
Boys’ learning is aided by playing with toy weapons and should not be discouraged at nursery schools, the government has claimed.
In new guidance on the issue of boys’ education, the government has claimed that development in boys is improved when they are allowed to play and act out their games.
The guidance says that staff should resist the ‘natural instinct’ to stop boys from playing with weapons, although this has been criticised by a number of groups, which have claimed that toy guns and weapons are a symbol of aggression.http://www.atl.org.uk/atl_en/news/education/Default.asp?article=%7BBF788AF3-F376-4772-A6DB-EB69C9E942DC%7D&month=&year=&category=%7B0E2F2687-1425-4745-9222-09D1F20AB804%7D