--- title: Safe toys for you and little ones — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Safe toys for you and little ones», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Toys are made for fun, but some are dangerous for babies and toddlers, who put everything in their mouths. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Safe toys for you and little ones # Safe toys for you and little ones Lesson 241 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/241-safe-toys/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/0/) — Toys are made for fun, but some are dangerous for babies and toddlers, who put everything in their mouths. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/3/) — A swallowed button battery can burn through the throat within hours, and two swallowed magnets can stick together through the gut. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/4/) — Both are emergencies. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/5/) — Big children's toys need sense too: drive a remote-control car away from the street, fly a drone only where allowed, aim water guns at the body, not the face, and never take a realistic toy gun to a public place. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/6/) — Example: a boy in Manchester finds a button battery under the sofa where his baby sister crawls. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/7/) — He gives it to his dad at once, and they tape the toy's battery cover shut. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/8/) — Keep small parts, marbles, Lego bricks and balloons away from children under three, because small pieces can choke a baby or toddler. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/9/) — A swallowed button battery can burn through the throat within hours, so give a loose one to an adult at once; swallowing one is an emergency. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/10/) — Two swallowed magnets can stick together through the gut and cause serious injury, so pick up all small strong magnets. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/11/) — Age labels such as «3+» warn about choking and other dangers for young children. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/12/) — Stop playing with a toy with a broken sharp edge and show an adult, because it can cut skin or poke an eye. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/13/) — Drive a remote-control car only in the yard, park or a quiet path, never in the street, because you might run after it into traffic. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/14/) — Fly a toy drone only where allowed, with an adult, away from people, roads, airports and animals, because propellers can cut. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/15/) — Keep strings and cords away from babies and never put a cord around anyone's neck, because cords can strangle. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/16/) — Keep ride-on toys and scooters away from pools and stairs, because a child can roll into the water or fall down steps. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/17/) — Aim water guns at the body, not the face, and only at people who are playing too. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/19/) — Play with slime and play dough on a table, wash your hands afterwards and never eat it, because it is not food and can upset your stomach. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/20/) — Stop using a toy that has been recalled (the maker has asked for it back) and tell a parent, because recalled toys have been found to be dangerous. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/21/) — Ask a parent before giving away old toys to younger children, a charity shop or a donation box. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/22/) — A one-year-old in the USA found two small magnets that had fallen out of her brother's building set and swallowed them; they pulled together through her gut and she needed an operation. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/23/) — A girl in England gave her baby brother a toy car with a loose wheel; he put the wheel in his mouth and choked, and their mum had to do back blows until it came out. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/24/) — Two or more swallowed magnets can pull together through the walls of the gut and tear holes in it, so a swallowed magnet is always an emergency. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/25/) — Small parts are a choking danger for children under three, and pieces of burst balloon for children under eight. - ← previous: [The night sky and outdoor myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/) - next →: [Sharing toys and playing board games fairly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)