… a safe place for free play under supervision

Without doubts toy libraries are greatly beneficial because of the way it works as it is easy on the pocket of the parents besides being a great way to let loose of kids to explore themselves. Rather than the parents buying toy after toy, a variety across all age groups is able to be offered by a toy library and if a kid doesn’t take too well to a toy then she/ he need not be stuck with it forever. A Toy library also adds immensely to a first time parent who is quite clueless on what to get for kids as they progress and while raising the little ones. SCAD’s Anbu Illam at Cheranmahadevi has the one and only Special Children’s Toy Library in south Tamil Nadu, that aims to hone new skills in children and boost their confidence, which offers a wide range of branded toys catered to the special needs of special kids in the category of mild, moderate and severe, with a complete store of toys and Montessori materials. The toy library is found to save a lot of time, money and space for parents as well as kids.

Established a year ago in 2016, with ideas from our Belgian friends at GIG()t)S, and with a vision and purpose – that every child should have access to the best toys that can significantly contribute to their physical and intellectual development, while also being a source of immense joy for the child, and that too, at an affordable price, the toy library has a collection of toys galore that cater to children with special needs as well as normal children based on the concept of Multiple Intelligence, besides an activity centre, a cool match, that engages little champs and angels in fun and creative to-dos. It aims to provide every developmental need for special children with the help of unlimited play and learning opportunities.

The toy library delivers ‘fun’ to special children and with the recent visit of students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, under the leadership of Arun Vasudev Krishnan, President, Tamil Literary Society (TLS) the toy library has acquired more branded toys and has become like a new generation toy library, a current favourite with not only the special kids but also a lot of new moms of special kids. With the latest in toys, it aims to engage children in activities that are entertaining as well as meaningful. The toy library lends smiles and happiness to these kids with its sanitized, branded, top quality toys, allowing the children to explore more and learn different skills each time. The toys have been carefully selected from leading brands and are categorized so that they can fulfil the children’s learning needs efficiently. These toys help in developing problem solving skills, motor skills, memory skills, train attention span and encourage physical development.

In addition, there are a whole range of educational toys, books, conceptual CDs, fine motor games, jigsaw puzzles, interactive books, flash cards, activity sets, riders, crafts, charts and other high value special toys, educational play games and outdoor play games, like trampoline, slides & more to aid the complete development of the special child. A place where learning takes place in traditional as well as modern mediums, this library makes the learning experience of the child upbeat and updated on technology as well, with multimedia access, mobile phones and tabs and serves as an educational resource centre in its own way. This not only strengthens child-bonding but also develops the child’s creativity and independent thinking very much and speaks clear and loud of the child’s behavior, learning patterns and observation traits.

Older, mild children can be entertained with several simple IQ games. Learning is fun through plays at SCAD’s Anbu Illam, a cool place to be at for parents/ caretakers as well as the child, where an hour of play based learning gives the experience of an entirely new form of learning that facilitates the physical, emotional and intellectual growth of the child. The economically poor differently abled children get the access to some of the finest toys and simple learning resources thereby promoting the educational value of play for young children and encourage positive adult-child interactions through the provision of quality toys, games and equipment from the first years of primary school.

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