https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 16:46:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-vs-tools#post-2393044 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:37:42 +0000 Raindrop 2393044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have not heard of this but it does sound very interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-vs-tools#post-2393000 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:37:56 +0000 californiadreams 2393000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i never thought of this as a specific method or type of teaching. I just honestly tell DS why he can't touch some things, and sometimes that reason is because they are not a toy (because it is breakable, he can hurt himself, it doesn't belong to him, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-vs-tools#post-2392992 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:32:49 +0000 MrsSRS 2392992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH does this. I'm not wild about it as DS has toy tools and I believe that his toys are his tools for the work of being a child, but whatever. So if DS wants to play with a saw, DH says, "that's not a toy it's a tool. Daddy uses it to..." DS now completes the thought, too. I took my toothbrush out of his hand the other day and absently said "that's not a toy, honey," and he completed it: "it's a tool, Mama?" Which it is...for hygiene, I suppose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toys-vs-tools#post-2383485 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:00:00 +0000 Boogs 2383485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone ever heard of this. Someone recently told me about using it on kids to teach them when they can and can't touch things. Just curious what this technique is because I've never heard of it and google isn't showing me anything. </p>