India has been witnessing a transformation with the introduction of NEP 2020 that significantly focused on changing the framework in elementary Education. This article focused on the importance of toys in childhood and how they can be used in the learning experiences of the children in Elementary education period. The toy is the source of happiness for most of the children and it can bring changes the notion of Education in elementary level throughout the country. Educational Psychology has shown that children learn more concretely and vividly when they engage themselves in experiential and concrete experiences and it is more applicable when they play with toys. The New Education Policy focused on using toy based pedagogy to be used in foundational and Elementary stage and how it can be applied in the classroom by teachers. This article has also mentioned some of the toys existed in Indian Context and how it can be a useful learning tool in attaining different skills among children. This paper also focused on the values and the skill competencies among children that can be acquired with playing the toys.
Keywords: Toy-based Pedagogy, Foundational stage, Play based Experiential learning, Elementary level Education.