Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Education kit - Child's Stacking Toy, Mrs Wilkinson, late 1940s-early 1950s
... ...stacking tree toy...This child's stacking tree toy was made by Mrs Wilkinson, a lecturer at the Kindergarten Teachers College in Melbourne in the late 1940s-early1950s. ...Child's stacking tree toy. Heavy wooden. Consists of seven dark green removable rings that fit over a central pole which has a red base to suggest a plant pot....Alexander toys educational toys stacking tree toy kindergarten teachers college Mrs Wilkinson No markings Child's stacking tree toy. ...
This child's stacking tree toy was made by Mrs Wilkinson, a lecturer at the Kindergarten Teachers College in Melbourne in the late 1940s-early1950s. At that time, student teachers were taught how to make toys for the children they would teach. Karen Alexander's mother was a lecturer at the college and Mrs Wilkinson was her friend. The donor, Karen Alexander, has donated a range of objects from her childhood and from the family-owned farm at Emerald.This stacking tree provides an insight into kindergarten teachers' education at that time. The toy is plain and heavy and painted in a block color (dark green) and would not be considered nowadays as very engaging for a child.Child's stacking tree toy. Heavy wooden. Consists of seven dark green removable rings that fit over a central pole which has a red base to suggest a plant pot.No markingsalexander, toys, educational toys, stacking tree toy, kindergarten teachers college, mrs wilkinson
