Victorian Britain

Victorian Britain

W.A.L.A: Fun for Victorians

L.O: Activities engaged by the poor and the the rich children during their leisure time

Discussion

• Group 1:Describe and explain the activities engaged by the poor children during their leisure time

• Group 2:Describe and explain the activities engaged by the rich children during their leisure time

Poor children

• Poor children had very few toys to play ,so most of their toys were hand made and children would share toys such as marbles, hoops, skipping ropes and dolls

• Children also made up game to play in larger groups like "tag" or "catch".

• They also made balls from bundles of rags and bats from pieces of wood.

• Children were also able to safely play in the streets

Rich children

• Rich children had expensive toys such as rocking horses, animal arks and doll houses.

• Rich children had a special person to look after them known as a nanny.

• They also had their special rooms known as nurseries where they ate, played and slept.

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An example of the Rocking horse which wealthy victorian children could afford to play with

Additional information can be found at his site:

https://victorianchildren.org/victorian-toys-and-victorian-games/