目前的经济状况可能会影响父母的收入。然而，孩子们可以从更少更合适的“现成的”玩具中获益，也可以自由地变得有创造力，创造自己的娱乐。例如，孩子们通常会对盒子更感兴趣一些东西进来然后把盒子变成汽车，坦克或者玩具屋。这样的创造性游戏将在许多不同领域扩展孩子的能力(Robson, 2006 p. 39-55) f。政府“关注每一个儿童”计划认识到儿童早年生活的重要性，并提出一系列建议，以支持儿童、家长及所有参与照顾和教育儿童的人士(H.M. Government, 2003)。通过这项规定，可以获得广泛的信息和指导，帮助提供良好、安全的环境和适当的资源，以促进学习。这包括政府编制的《儿童早期学习和发展文献评论》(可免费下载)等资源，其中载有丰富的基于证据的信息，以协助儿童发展的所有领域.
The current economic situation may have an impact on the money available to parents. However, children are able to benefit from fewer more appropriate ‘ready-made’ toys and the freedom to become inventive and create their own entertainment. Children will, for instance, often be more interested in the box something comes in and convert the box into a car or tank or dolls house. Such creative play will expand the child’s abilities in many different areas (Robson, 2006 p. 39-55) f.The Government scheme ‘Every Child Matters’ recognises the importance of the early years of life and sets out a range of proposals to support children, parents and all those involved in the care and education of children (H.M. Government, 2003). Through this provision there is a wide range of information and guidance available that can assist in providing good, safe environments and appropriate resources to facilitate learning.This includes such resources as Early Years Learning and Development Literature Review (available as a free download) produced by the Government which contains a wealth of evidence based information to assist in all areas of child development