"Christmas toy trade fair 2018" whose distributor looks at products for the Christmas shopping season began in Tokyo on May 5. An educational toy with the theme of 'logical thinking ability' is drawing attention as a programming education begins in elementary school in 2020.
At the trade fair, 47 manufacturers and 8 wholesale distributors participated, and about 10,000 items were exhibited. It is expected to attract 10,000 retailers and others in two days until the 6th. Industry officials selected and announced "toys wanted to sell at Christmas" in five divisions such as "game and puzzle".
The No. 1 place in the "Educational & Infant Toys" department is "Logical Route Puzzle" by Kumon publication (suggested retail price is 3300 yen tax excluded). It is a puzzle that thinks of the way the ball rolls, assembling a straight line and a piece of intersection so that it goes into the goal of the same color as the ball. The person in charge will introduce that "the logical thinking ability of children is cultivated."
The third place in this department is Gakken Staffel's "Carding with the first programming car" (5980 yen without tax). Put a card written as "___ ___ ___ ___ 2 ___ ___ 2 ___ ___ 0 ___ ___ 0 It is a toy that drives a car according to the way I thought in advance. "Children have the power to think and think about" (development personnel). Assume parent-child purchasing that worries about compulsory training of programming education at elementary school.
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