title: The Toymakers: an application activity.
abstract: Novel teaching strategies can help students recognize and experience, firsthand, the relevance of course content for clinical practice. The Toymaker Activity challenged students in a pediatric nursing course to use principles of growth and development in a creative and practical way. Student participation and feedback demonstrated successful application and improved understanding of the impact of growth and development in the nursing care of children.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D010988:Play and Playthings