1. Khelvigyan A project Developed by Children Toy Foundation UNO’s article 31 : “ The Child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation,which should be directed to the same purposes as education; Society and public authorities shall endeavour to promote the enjoyment of this right”

2. Toy Library – Khelvigyan background The Foundation has been instrumental in helping and guiding to set up 260 toy libraries in 11States and 2 Union territories of the country as shown below where 240 x 100 = 24000 children benefit by way of play. Maharashtra Gujarat M.P. A.P . West Bengal Karnataka . Kerala Orissa Delhi Bihar Rajasthan Pondicherry Andaman Nicobar Khel Vigyan is an extension of the Toy Library Project conceived from the need to cater to more number of children and in a more effective manner. Now 1500 children benefit 4 times a month at just one place.

4. Objectives Project Objectives: a.To impart all round learning to underprivileged children through alternate development tools such as Educational Toys, Games and Play activities. b.To establish a model play learning center that acts as a complement to formal primary education and that, which is effective, economical & replicable in nature. c. Specific development objectives include: 1. Motor and cognitive skills development 2. Behavioral and Social Skills development 3. Enhancement of Cerebral/Mental Faculties 4. Emotional, Confidence and Dignity/ Self-Esteem development d. To Create an effective Avenue for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Professionals to impart their skills. e. To provide an environment that fosters love and care that often eludes children hailing from impoverished backgrounds.

6. t Implementation

11. The Impact

12. Scholastic Achievement of Children in 5 Disciplines Before & After 8 week intervention: Interpretation: Experimental group children clearly indicate an improvement in scholastic aptitude After intervention in 3 of the 4/5 disciplines. Further they results are higher than control group children. Experimental group children showed a decline in History/Geography perhaps due to the lack of exposure to Toys that enhance knowledge in the same. Control group children showed marginal declines in post intervention results.

13. Distribution of Toys and game preference among children [sample study] Interpretation: Wide variance by children for Toy and Game preference, indicating that a variety of Toys And games are required to capture the imagination and interest of children. In this particular study Action Toys and games & Outdoor Games lead the percentages.

14. Experimental Group teacher Perception Towards Toy Library as additional mode of education TOY LIBRARY Complements classroom environment Children Showing greater Interest in school Dull / Slow Children helped Attendance Increases Math / language Concepts Improved Improved Expression of speech

15. Punctuality in attendance

16. Reading & Writing Skills at the end of 8 weeks E = Experimental Group C = Control Group

17. Maths Skills (after 8 weeks) Maths Excellent V.Good Average Poor V.Poor Tasks E C E C E C E C E C E = Experimental Group C = Control Group 18.3 - 4.6 15.4 10.06 15.4 10.06 34.8 21.3 40.2 Time 24.2 6.7 11.02 13.4 33.8 29.5 18.3 23.4 12.5 26.8 Fraction 13.9 - 11.7 1.3 19.8 20.1 30.8 36.9 23.5 41.6 Greater/ LessThan 17.6 12.0 25.0 16.1 30.1 24.1 12.5 20.8 14.7 26.8 Division 13.2 10.06 24.8 15.4 33.08 21.4 11.02 24.8 15.4 28.1 Multi- plication 12.7 6.7 18.1 8.0 33.3 23.4 16.9 26.8 16.9 34.8 Sub- Traction 11.7 10.6 19.8 4.0 35.2 18.7 16.5 28.1 16.1 38.9 Add- Ition

18. Perception of Co-relation of Developmental Areas Phy. Social Emo. Cognitive Language Devpt. Devpt. Devpt Devpt Devpt ** . Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level ( 1- tailed) *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (1 – tailed) 1.000 0.437** 0.126 0.100 0.291* Language Devpt Score 0.437** 1.000 0.269* 0.122 0.396** Cognitive Devpt Score 0.126 0.269* 1.000 0.462** 0.364* Emotional Devpt Score 0.100 0.122 0.462** 1.000 0.452** Social Devpt Score 0.291* 0.396** 0.364* 0.452** 1.000 Physical Devpt.Score