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Suggested Play Materials: Preschoolers (3 to 6 Years)

  • Huge carton or box
  • Large and small transportation toys
  • Cuddly toy animals
  • Washable unbreakable doll
  • Simple musical instruments
  • Farm and zoo animal sets
  • Miniature circus, hospital, fire station sets
  • Bean bags
  • Large balls
  • Costume dress-up box
  • Sand box and sand toys
  • Water toys
  • Art materials: paints, modeling clay, paste, colored paper
  • Puppets (store-bought or homemade)
  • Wagon to ride in
  • Tricycle
  • Crawl-through play equipment
  • Simple construction sets
  • Toy walkie-talkie
  • Miniature household items: play telephone, toy garden tools, doll house and furniture, plastic dishes
  • Books:
    • Nonsense and nursery rhyme
    • Books about familiar people and places
    • Humorous, playful books

See also:

Preschool Play

Play

Toys


Written by Donna Warner Manczak, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems