The text mentions several toys that helped children learn while playing:
- Building bricks with letters of the alphabet: These taught children the alphabet.
- Model kitchens, toy stoves, and tea sets: These taught girls how to run a home.
- Dolls of wood, clay, and wax: These were popular with girls and prepared them to become mothers.
- Tool kits, trains, cars, and trucks, and garages: These gave boys an interest in engineering.