Do you remember toys and games you played with when you were little? I do. Most of them were different then toys nowadays, but few simple toys and games have never changed…

Kids still have dolls (lalki, singular – lalka) and teddy bears (misie, singular – misio). I used to love them and my little daughter is the same. She loves misie and lalki. She is 2, so she just started putting sentences together. She calls lalka “lala”, which is another name you can use while describing a doll.

You can still find different types of blocks (klocki) and marbles (szklane kulki)  at the toy stores as well. It is always fun playing with yo-yo (jo-jo), puzzles (puzzle) or play checkers (warcaby).

Boys are usually interested in cars, planes and trains (samochody, samoloty i pociągi), sometimes robots (roboty). Although robots have been replaced by computers (komputery) and electric toy cars in recent years.

Artsy things have not really changed much. Kids still love to paint and draw (malować i rysować), either with paints (farby), crayons (kredki), markers (flamastry) or pencils (ołówki).

Last, but not least, I have to mention books (książki, singular – książka). Books were my favorite and they still are to this day. They may have nicer paper or pictures now, but there are still books that have been popular 30, 20 or 10 years ago. I’m sure each person have this one favorite book from their childhood. A book that still can be found in a bookshop. I buy them and share them with my daughter:). Each country has their own authors and books that are popular only in that country. However there are plenty of stories that have been published in most languages and are famous in all countries.

One of my favorite books was “The children of Noisy Village” (sometimes called “Children from Bullerbyn”) – “Dzieci z Bullerbyn”.

What is your favorite childhood book, toy or game?

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)