It is often said that play is a child's work. Play provides an outlet for children's imagination, creativity and ingenuity. Toys are tools that children use to play. They learn essential skills through their playtime with toys.  Communication, fine and gross motor skills, cognition, creativity, problem solving, learning ability and social interaction are a few of the developmental areas that are stimulated by play activities. Toys can be categorized into various groups, depending on the part of the child it helps to stimulate.  Here we will discuss the classic toys of India.  We have divided the toys into these four broad categories.

Here the games have broadly categorized the games into 4 distinct categories.

1. Cognitive Toys: Toys that stimulate thinking and problem solving are cognitive toys.

2. Physical Toys: Toys that helps in developing the gross and fine motor skills are physical toys.

3. Sensory Toys: Toys that stimulate the senses of hearing, smell, touch, sight, and taste are sensory toys.

 4. Social Toys:  Toys that help children to develop social skills and understand emotions are social toys.