VOA常速英语:孩子们的新一代玩具

There’re videos on YouTube that only make sense to kids, like this one of hands unwrapping cheap toy eggs.

Seems fairly mundane but for kids, it’s the 2.0 version of opening a birthday present and has garnered close to 110 million views.That’s why at the Sweet Suite toy fair in New York, there was a lot unwrapping, cracking, and hatching.

Blind bags right now are huge, kids love opening them; love the surprise factor.

Blind bags in mystery packs typically contain miniature collectable figurines, like these little Sprouts from Cabbage Patch kids.

They’re small; they’re able to be purchased with the allowance money or you know, the money that kids earn pocket change.

The element of surprise is a big draw since products are revealed until opened.

Part of the fun passed you with the whole phenomenon of the unboxing trend that kids are watching on You Tube.

The video sharing sites are also giving a boost to the fidget spinner craze.

So they are seeing their peers do really cool tricks and also they’re collecting;they want a full collection of these; they don’t just want one.

Toy makers are moving quickly to speed the language of today’s digital natives with toys like the “Elmoji” by Sesame Street and While We.

It’s a visual language that kids get intuitively and we wanna have them solve problems using emojis cuz they’re comfortable with them.

The Lego booth teaches basic coding principles to kids as young as seven, but it’s not all work and no play.

You can build the robot and make him do things like churn and had a Target or Polis figure and make him pass gas so which kids love.

Tech trends may come and go after all but kids will still be kids.

Tina Trinh, VOA News, New York