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Which Toy for Which Child: A Consumer's Guide for SelectingSuitable Toys, Ages Birth through Five [and] Ages Sixthrough Twelve.Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC.1997-00-0051p.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office ofInformation and Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20207(Publication No. 285, Ages Birth through Five, and 286, AgesSix through Twelve).Guides Non-Classroom (055)MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.Age Differences; Age Groups; Child Behavior; Children;Childrens Games; *Consumer Education; Consumer Protection;*Developmental Stages; Elementary Education; Games; Play;Preschool Education; Purchasing; *Safety; *Selection Tools;*ToysChild Safety; *Consumer Product Safety Commission; PlayLearning; Play Materials; Toy Industry; Toy Preferences;*Toy Safety

Play is a natural activity for children that providesopportunities to learn and grow physically, mentally, and sccially. These twobooklets offer toy selection advice from the government agency charged withprotecting the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated withconsumer products. The first booklet outlines toy choices for: (1) younginfants (birth to 6 months); (2) older infants (7 to 12 months); (3) youngtoddlers (1 year); (4) older toddlers (2 years); and (5) preschoolers (3, 4

and 5 years), The second booklet outlines toy choices for: (1) primary schoolchildren (6, 7, and 8 years); and (2) older school children (9 through 12years). The abilities and interests sections in each booklet list physical,mental, and social abilities and interests for each age that are relevant totoy selection. The toy list sections give toy suggestions in six majorcategories, with subcategories under each to help in finding a particular toyincluding: (1) all toys (general toys); (2) active play; (3) manipulativeplay; (4) make-believe play; (5) creative play; and (6) learning play.Specific information is presented on the major areas of consideration for toysafety for each. age grouping. (SD)

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by

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catio

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sych

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a na

tura

l act

ivity

for

eve

ry y

oung

chi

ld.

r Pl

ay p

rovi

des

man

y op

port

uniti

es f

or c

hild

ren

to le

arn

and

grow

phys

ical

ly, m

enta

lly a

ndso

cial

ly. I

f pl

ay is

the

child

's w

ork

then

toys

are

the

child

's to

ols,

and

app

ropr

iate

toys

can

hel

pch

ildre

n do

thei

r w

ork

wel

l.Y

oung

chi

ldre

n ex

plor

e ob

ject

s in

thei

r en

vi-

ronm

ent b

y "m

outh

ing"

them

. Chi

ldre

n ca

n ch

oke

to d

eath

on

such

item

s. T

hese

item

s in

clud

e to

ys(s

uch

as b

allo

ons

and

smal

l bal

ls),

and

hou

seho

ldan

d fo

od it

ems

(suc

h as

hot

dog

s, p

eanu

ts, p

op-

corn

, coi

ns, b

atte

ries

, etc

.). A

lthou

gh to

ys in

tend

-ed

for

you

ng c

hild

ren

shou

ld b

e fr

ee o

f sm

all p

arts

that

cou

ld c

ause

a c

hoki

ng in

cide

nt, t

oys

inte

nded

for

olde

r ch

ildre

n m

ay f

ind

thei

r w

ay in

to th

eha

nds

of y

oung

er c

hild

ren.

Rem

inde

r: B

e su

reto

kee

p A

LL

sm

all i

tem

s ou

t of

the

hand

s of

child

ren

who

mou

th o

bjec

ts, e

spec

ially

chi

ldre

nun

der

the

age

of th

ree.

Rem

ind

thre

e an

d fo

urye

ar o

lds

to k

eep

such

item

s ou

t of

thei

rm

outh

s. I

nstr

uct o

lder

chi

ldre

n to

kee

p th

ese

item

s ou

t of

reac

h of

you

nger

chi

ldre

n.T

his

book

let o

ffer

s su

gges

tions

for

sel

ectin

gsu

itabl

e to

ys f

or c

hild

ren

birt

h to

5 y

ears

of

age.

It w

as p

repa

red

by th

e U

.S. C

onsu

mer

Pro

duct

Safe

ty C

omm

issi

on, t

he g

over

nmen

t age

ncy

that

isch

arge

d w

ith p

rote

ctin

g th

e pu

blic

aga

inst

unre

ason

able

ris

ks o

f in

jury

ass

ocia

ted

with

cons

umer

pro

duct

s.

Apa

rent

or

frie

nd c

hoos

ing

a to

y fo

r a

child

mus

t con

side

r se

vera

l thi

ngs.

A g

ood

toy

shou

ld b

e:

safe

for

that

chi

ld's

age

, wel

l con

stru

cted

, and

dura

ble;

appe

alin

g an

d in

tere

stin

g to

the

child

;

suite

d to

the

child

's p

hysi

cal c

apab

ilitie

s; a

nd

suite

d to

the

child

's m

enta

l and

soc

ial

deve

lopm

ent.

Thi

s bo

okle

t pro

vide

s so

me

guid

elin

es to

hel

p in

sele

ctin

g to

ys th

at m

eet t

hese

cri

teri

a. T

he s

ugge

s-tio

ns in

this

boo

klet

are

bas

ed o

n th

ree

sour

ces:

(1)

revi

ew o

f re

fere

nce

wor

ks o

n ch

ild d

evel

opm

ent;

(2)

obse

rvat

ions

of

child

ren

at p

lay;

and

(3)

prod

uct a

naly

ses

of to

ys to

det

erm

ine

whi

chch

arac

teri

stic

s ar

e m

ost c

ritic

al in

def

inin

g th

eap

prop

riat

e ag

es o

f th

e in

tend

ed u

sers

.

Thi

s bo

okle

t is

orga

nize

d in

the

follo

win

g w

ay:

Bri

ef o

utlin

es o

f ch

ildre

ns' A

BIL

ITIE

S A

ND

INT

ER

EST

S ar

e fo

llow

ed b

y ca

tego

rize

d T

OY

LIS

TS

for

each

of

five

age

gro

ups.

The

fiv

e ag

e gr

oups

are

:Y

oung

infa

nts

(bir

th to

6 m

onth

s)O

lder

infa

nts

(7 to

12

mon

ths)

You

ng to

ddle

rs (

1 ye

ar o

lds)

Old

er to

ddle

rs (

2 ye

ar o

lds)

Pres

choo

lers

(ag

es 3

, 4 a

nd 5

)

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

S se

ctio

ns li

stph

ysic

al, m

enta

l and

soc

ial a

bilit

ies

and

inte

rest

sfo

r ea

ch a

ge th

at a

re p

artic

ular

ly r

elev

ant t

o se

lect

-in

g ap

prop

riat

e to

ys. N

ote

that

thes

e lis

ts in

dica

teav

erag

e de

velo

pmen

tthe

age

rang

e at

whi

ch th

e"a

vera

ge"

child

can

be

expe

cted

to a

chie

ve a

par

-tic

ular

ski

ll or

dev

elop

a s

peci

fic

inte

rest

. The

age

sin

the

text

are

onl

y ap

prox

imat

e. C

hild

ren

deve

lop

skill

s at

une

ven

rate

sany

one

chi

ld m

ay b

e"a

bove

ave

rage

" in

one

ski

ll an

d "b

elow

ave

rage

"in

ano

ther

ski

ll. F

or a

n in

divi

dual

chi

ld, t

he p

aren

tis

the

best

judg

e of

the

child

's a

bilit

ies

and

inte

rest

sat

any

poi

nt in

his

or

her

deve

lopm

ent,

and

shou

ldse

lect

toys

sui

tabl

e fo

r th

at c

hild

's p

rofi

le o

f ca

pa-

bilit

ies. TO

Y L

IST

sec

tions

giv

e to

y su

gges

tions

in s

ixm

ajor

cat

egor

ies

with

sub

cate

gori

es u

nder

eac

h to

help

in f

indi

ng a

par

ticul

ar to

y ty

pe. T

he m

ajor

cate

gori

es a

nd s

ubca

tego

ries

are

list

ed o

n th

e fo

l-lo

win

g pa

ge. N

ote

that

thes

e se

ctio

ns d

o no

t con

sti-

tute

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

list

of

all t

oy p

rodu

cts

that

mig

ht b

e su

itabl

e fo

r a

part

icul

ar a

ge. T

hey

do s

ug-

gest

gen

eral

toy

type

s su

itabl

e fo

r th

at a

ge g

roup

.T

his

book

let d

oes

not j

udge

the

play

val

ueor

ben

e-fi

ts o

f sp

ecif

ic to

ys. F

or e

xam

ple,

sui

tabl

e ty

pes

ofpr

ojec

tile

toys

are

des

crib

ed in

the

TO

Y L

IST

S,al

thou

gh th

e po

tent

ial s

afet

y ha

zard

s of

thes

e to

ysle

ad m

any

in th

e fi

eld

to r

ecom

men

d ag

ains

t the

m.

AL

L T

OY

S (a

gen

eral

cat

egor

y or

ient

ing

the

con-

sum

er to

spe

cial

fea

ture

s of

toys

that

are

rel

evan

tto

the

part

icul

ar a

ge g

roup

).

2

AC

TIV

E P

LA

YPu

sh a

nd P

ull T

oys

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

Out

door

and

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

Spor

ts E

quip

men

t

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

Puzz

les

Patte

rn-M

akin

g T

oys

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g an

d St

ring

ing

Toy

sSa

nd a

nd W

ater

Pla

y T

oys

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

Dol

lsSt

uffe

d T

oys

Pupp

ets

Rol

e Pl

ay M

ater

ials

Play

Sce

nes

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

sPr

ojec

tile

Toy

s

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

YM

usic

al I

nstr

umen

tsA

rt a

nd C

raft

Mat

eria

lsA

udio

-Vis

ual E

quip

men

t

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

YG

ames

Spec

ific

Ski

ll D

evel

opm

ent T

oys

Boo

ks

TO

Y S

AFE

TY

. Maj

or a

reas

of

cons

ider

atio

nfo

r al

l toy

s ar

e sa

fety

and

dur

abili

ty. T

oys

shou

ldbe

con

stru

cted

to w

ithst

and

the

uses

and

abu

ses

ofch

ildre

n in

the

age

rang

e fo

r w

hich

the

toy

isap

prop

riat

e.T

he U

.S. C

onsu

mer

Pro

duct

Saf

ety

Com

mis

-si

on (

CPS

C)

has

safe

ty r

egul

atio

ns f

or c

erta

in to

ys.

Man

ufac

ture

rs m

ust d

esig

n an

d m

anuf

actu

re th

eir

prod

ucts

to m

eet t

hese

reg

ulat

ions

so

that

haz

ardo

uspr

oduc

ts a

re n

ot s

old.

In

addi

tion,

man

y to

y m

anu-

fact

urer

s al

so a

dher

e to

the

toy

indu

stry

's v

olun

tary

safe

ty s

tand

ards

.

Wha

t the

Gov

ernm

ent D

oes:

Man

dato

ry T

oy S

afet

y R

egul

atio

ns

For

All

Age

s

No

shoc

k or

ther

mal

haz

ards

in e

lect

rica

l toy

s.A

mou

nt o

f le

ad in

toy

pain

t sev

erel

y lim

ited.

No

toxi

c m

ater

ials

in o

r on

toys

Art

mat

eria

ls u

sed

by c

hild

ren

unde

r 12

sho

uld

beno

n-ha

zard

ous

and

indi

cate

they

con

form

with

AST

M D

-423

6.L

atex

bal

loon

s an

d to

ys a

nd g

ames

with

late

x ba

l-lo

ons

mus

t be

labe

led

war

ning

of

the

chok

ing

and

suff

ocat

ion

haza

rds

asso

ciat

ed w

ith p

iece

s of

and

unin

flat

ed b

allo

ons.

Und

er A

ge 3

Unb

reak

able

will

with

stan

d us

e an

d ab

use.

No

smal

l par

ts o

r pi

eces

whi

ch c

ould

bec

ome

lodg

ed in

the

thro

at.

Infa

nt r

attle

s la

rge

enou

gh n

ot to

bec

ome

lodg

ed in

child

's th

roat

and

con

stru

cted

so

as n

ot to

sep

arat

ein

to s

mal

l pie

ces.

No

balls

with

dia

met

ers

1.75

inch

es o

r le

ss.

For

Age

s 3

thro

ugh

6

All

toys

and

gam

es w

ith s

mal

l par

ts m

ust b

e la

bele

dto

war

n of

the

chok

ing

haza

rd to

you

ng c

hild

ren.

For

3 ye

ars

and

olde

r

The

fol

low

ing

toys

mus

t be

labe

led

to w

arn

of th

ech

okin

g ha

zard

to y

oung

chi

ldre

n:A

ll ba

lls a

nd to

ys a

nd g

ames

with

bal

ls w

ith a

diam

eter

1.7

5 in

ches

or

less

, and

All

mar

bles

and

toys

and

gam

es w

ith m

arbl

es.

Und

er A

ge 8

No

elec

tric

ally

ope

rate

d to

ys w

ith h

eatin

gel

emen

ts.

No

shar

p po

ints

on

toys

.N

o sh

arp

edge

s on

toys

.

CPS

C a

lso

can

rem

ove

from

the

mar

ketp

lace

toys

pres

entin

g ha

zard

s no

t cov

ered

by

the

regu

latio

ns.

Wha

t the

Ind

ustr

y D

oes:

Vol

unta

ry S

tand

ard

for

Toy

Saf

ety

Puts

age

and

saf

ety

labe

ls o

n to

ys.

Puts

war

ning

labe

ls o

n cr

ib g

yms

advi

sing

that

they

be

rem

oved

fro

m th

e cr

ib w

hen

babi

es c

anpu

sh u

p on

han

ds a

nd k

nees

(to

pre

vent

str

angl

ing)

.

Mak

es s

quee

ze to

ys a

nd te

ethe

rs la

rge

enou

ghno

t to

beco

me

lodg

ed in

an

infa

nt's

thro

at.

Ass

ures

that

the

lid o

f a

toy

ches

t will

stay

ope

nin

any

pos

ition

to w

hich

it is

rai

sed

and

not f

all

unex

pect

edly

on

a ch

ild.

Lim

its s

trin

g le

ngth

on

crib

and

pla

ype

n to

ys to

redu

ce th

e ri

sk o

f st

rang

ulat

ions

.

Wha

t a P

aren

t Can

Do:

Red

uce

Cho

king

Ris

k

Loo

k fo

r an

d re

ad a

ge a

nd s

afet

y la

bels

. Any

toy

that

is a

ge la

bele

d fo

r ch

ildre

n th

ree

year

s an

dol

der

shou

ld b

e ke

pt a

way

fro

m c

hild

ren

unde

rth

e ag

e of

thre

esu

ch to

ys m

ay h

ave

smal

lpa

rts

and

coul

d ca

use

chok

ing

if p

lace

d in

the

mou

th.

Kee

p un

infl

ated

bal

loon

s an

d br

oken

bal

loon

piec

es a

way

fro

m c

hild

ren.

Rou

nded

and

ova

l obj

ects

(e.

g., b

alls

, mar

bles

,et

c.)

that

fit

easi

ly in

to a

chi

ld's

mou

th m

ay b

edi

ffic

ult t

o re

mov

e fr

om a

thro

at a

nd c

ould

cau

sech

okin

g.

Red

uce

Stra

ngul

atio

n R

isk

Cri

b to

ys w

ith s

trin

gs, c

ords

, rib

bons

, etc

. (us

ed

4

to h

ang

toys

acr

oss

a cr

ib o

r to

the

side

of

a cr

ib)

pres

ent a

str

angu

latio

n ri

sk w

hen

babi

es a

re ju

stst

artin

g to

pus

h up

on

hand

s an

d kn

ees,

usu

ally

abou

t 5 m

onth

s of

age

. RE

MO

VE

. AL

L C

RIB

TO

YS

WH

ICH

AR

E S

TR

UN

G A

CR

OSS

CR

IB O

R P

LA

YPE

N A

RE

A W

HE

N B

AB

IES

BE

GIN

TO

PU

SH U

P O

N H

AN

DS

AN

DK

NE

ES

OR

AR

E 5

MO

NT

HS

OF

AG

E,

WH

ICH

EV

ER

OC

CU

RS

FIR

ST.

Gen

eral

Toy

Saf

ety

Kee

p to

ys in

tend

ed f

or o

lder

chi

ldre

n aw

ay f

rom

youn

ger

child

ren

such

toys

may

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child

ren.

Che

ck a

ll to

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erio

dica

lly f

or b

reak

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and

pote

n-tia

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ards

dam

aged

or

dang

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houl

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rep

aire

d or

thro

wn

away

imm

edia

tely

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e to

ys s

afel

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ach

child

ren

to p

ut to

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way

so th

ey a

re n

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ippi

ng h

azar

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toy

boxe

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fety

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re to

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oys

Suita

ble

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You

r C

hild

:

If yo

ur c

hild

is a

n in

fant

age

6 m

onth

s or

you

nger

,go

to p

age

6.If

your

chi

ld is

an

infa

nt b

etw

een

7 an

d 12

mon

ths,

go

to p

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9.If

your

chi

ld is

a 1

yea

r ol

d, g

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your

chi

ld is

a 2

yea

r ol

d, g

o to

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your

chi

ld is

a p

resc

hool

er a

ge 3

, 4 o

r 5

year

s,go

to p

age

24.

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

SY

oung

Infa

nts

0 to

6 M

onth

s

PHY

SIC

AL

visu

al fo

cus

mat

ures

follo

ws

obje

cts

with

eye

s.le

arns

to lo

caliz

e so

unds

and

turn

s to

see

.ga

ins

cont

rol o

f han

dsle

arns

to b

at, t

hen

reac

h an

d gr

asp

obje

cts.

disc

over

s fe

etbr

ings

feet

to m

outh

and

ex-

plor

es w

ith fe

et.

begi

ns to

sit

with

sup

port

.la

rge

mus

cle

play

may

incl

ude

rolli

ng, s

coot

-in

g, r

ocki

ng, b

ounc

ing.

ME

NT

AL

expl

ores

wor

ld w

ith e

yes

and

ears

and

beg

ins

to e

xplo

re w

ith h

ands

and

feet

and

mou

th.

enjo

ys c

reat

ing

effe

cts

in th

e en

viro

nmen

t by

own

actio

ns.

begi

ns to

rec

ogni

ze fa

mili

ar p

eopl

e, o

bjec

tsan

d ev

ents

then

to a

ntic

ipat

e th

em.

beco

mes

aw

are

of n

ovel

ty a

nd s

tran

gene

ss in

5

peop

le, o

bjec

ts a

nd e

vent

s.de

velo

ps d

efin

ite p

refe

renc

es fo

r ce

rtai

n pe

o-pl

e, o

bjec

ts a

nd e

vent

s.m

ay im

itate

sim

ple

mov

emen

ts if

in o

wn

repe

rtoi

re.

does

one

thin

g at

a ti

me.

SOC

IAL

spec

ial i

nter

est i

n pe

ople

(fa

ces

and

voic

es e

s-pe

cial

ly).

begi

ns to

sm

ile a

t fac

es, v

oice

s an

d m

irror

imag

e.qu

its c

ryin

g w

hen

sees

face

or

hear

s vo

ice.

begi

ns to

see

k at

tent

ion

and

cont

act w

ithpe

ople

.di

stin

guis

hes

amon

g fa

mili

ar p

eopl

e an

d ha

spr

efer

ence

s.be

gins

to c

oo a

nd g

urgl

e, b

abbl

e an

d la

ugh

alou

d, p

lay

with

sou

nds.

liste

ns to

voi

ces

and

may

imita

te s

ound

s al

-re

ady

in o

wn

repe

rtoi

re.

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G I

NFA

NT

S-0

TO

6 M

ON

TH

S

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Toy

s fo

r th

is a

ge a

re p

rim

arily

for

: loo

king

.Pu

sh a

nd P

ull T

oys

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

liste

ning

, suc

king

, or

fing

erin

g,no

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

from

abo

ut 4

mon

ths:

soft

blo

cks.

Infa

nts

0-2

mon

ths

enjo

y se

eing

and

hea

ring

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

inte

rest

ing

thin

gs.

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upPu

zzle

sno

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Infa

nts

2-6

mon

ths

show

gro

win

g in

tere

st in

Out

door

or

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

touc

hing

, hol

ding

, bat

ting,

turn

ing,

sha

k-in

fant

sw

ings

(w

ith a

dult

supe

rvis

ion)

.Pa

ttern

Mak

ing

Toy

sin

g, k

icki

ng, m

outh

ing

and

tast

ing

obje

cts.

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

Infa

nts

like

to s

ee:

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

brig

ht p

rim

ary

colo

rs.

from

abo

ut 6

-8 w

eeks

:hi

gh c

ontr

ast.

sim

ple

rattl

es.

sim

ple

desi

gns.

teet

hers

.cl

ear

lines

and

fea

ture

s.lig

ht, s

turd

y cl

oth

toys

.hu

man

fac

e fe

atur

es (

esp.

eye

s).

sque

eze

toys

.bu

ll's

eye

patte

rn.

toys

sus

pend

ed a

bove

or

to th

e si

de o

fin

fant

for

bat

ting

and

gras

ping

.In

fant

s en

joy

wat

chin

g ha

ngin

g ob

ject

s or

,"m

obile

s" th

at m

ove

by w

ind,

win

d-up

from

abo

ut 4

mon

ths:

actio

n, o

r in

fant

's o

wn

activ

ity.

disk

s, k

eys

on r

ing.

inte

rloc

king

pla

stic

rin

gs.

Toy

s fo

r w

atch

ing

shou

ld b

e su

spen

ded

only

smal

l han

d-he

ld m

anip

ulab

les.

8-14

inch

es (

200-

360

mm

) fr

om th

eto

ys o

n su

ctio

n cu

ps.

infa

nt's

eye

s an

d an

gled

tow

ard

his/

her

crib

gym

s (c

hild

ren

who

can

pus

h up

on

eyes

, the

n m

oved

up

out o

f re

ach

whe

nha

nds

and

knee

s ca

n st

rang

le o

n cr

ibhe

/she

can

touc

h th

em,

gym

sbe

sur

e to

rem

ove

crib

gym

from

cri

b or

pla

ypen

at t

his

time)

.

6,7

)

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G I

NFA

NT

S-0

TO

6 M

ON

TH

S (C

ont'd

)

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Toy

s fo

r w

atch

ing

are

mor

e ap

peal

ing

ifSp

orts

Equ

ipm

ent

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g, S

trin

ging

Toy

sth

ey m

ove

and

mak

e no

ise

(but

mov

emen

tfr

om a

bout

6-8

wee

ks:

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upsh

ould

be

slow

and

noi

se n

ot to

o lo

ud o

rcl

utch

bal

ls.

sudd

en).

text

ure

balls

.Sa

nd a

nd W

ater

Pla

y T

oys

soft

squ

eeze

bal

ls.

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upIn

fant

s en

joy

vari

ety.

(All

balls

giv

en to

this

age

gro

up s

houl

d be

at

Infa

nts

enjo

y pr

oduc

ing

effe

cts

on to

ys b

yle

ast 1

-3/4

inch

es (

44 m

m)

in d

iam

eter

:th

eir

own

activ

ity.

how

ever

, if

any

obje

ct a

ppea

rs to

fit

easi

ly in

the

child

's m

outh

, kee

p it

away

fro

m th

eT

oys

for

hold

ing

shou

ld b

e lig

ht a

nd e

asy

togr

asp.

child

.)

Mou

thab

le to

ys s

houl

d ha

ve a

ll sa

fety

fea

-tu

res

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r in

fant

s:

no s

harp

poi

nts

or e

dges

no s

mal

l par

ts to

be

lodg

ed in

thro

at,

ears

, nos

e.no

ele

ctri

cal p

arts

.no

ntox

ic m

ater

ials

.no

gla

ss o

r br

ittle

pla

stic

.no

par

ts to

ent

rap

fing

ers,

toes

, han

ds.

no lo

ng s

trin

gs.

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G I

NFA

NT

S-0

TO

6 M

ON

TH

S

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

Dol

ls soft

bab

y do

lls, s

oft-

bodi

ed d

olls

, or

rag

dolls

all w

ith m

olde

d (n

ot lo

ose)

hair

.

Stuf

fed

Toy

ssm

all p

lush

ani

mal

s.m

usic

box

ani

mal

s (o

pera

ted

and

mon

i-C

ored

for

saf

ety

by a

dults

).gr

ab-o

n so

ft to

ys.

Pupp

ets

soft

han

d pu

ppet

s (h

eld

and

mov

ed b

yad

ults

).

Rol

e-Pl

ay M

ater

ials

mir

rors

(la

rge,

unb

reak

able

) fa

sten

ed to

crib

, pla

ypen

or

wal

l (pe

ak in

tere

st in

mir

rors

4-6

mon

ths)

.

Play

Sce

nes

(Inc

ludi

ng S

mal

l Fig

ures

)no

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

sno

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Proj

ectil

e T

oys

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

Mus

ical

Ins

trum

ents

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

Art

and

Cra

ft M

ater

ials

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

Aud

io-V

isua

l Equ

ipm

ent (

Adu

lt O

pera

ted)

reco

rds,

tape

s. o

r C

Ds

(gen

tle r

egul

arrh

ythm

s, lu

llabi

es).

mus

ic b

oxes

.

Gam

esno

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Spec

ific

Ski

ll D

evel

opm

ent T

oys

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

Boo

ksm

ay e

njoy

list

enin

g to

a s

tory

bei

ng r

ead.

8

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

SO

lder

Inf

ants

7 to

12

Mon

ths

PHY

SIC

AL

begi

ns to

sit

alon

e.be

gins

to c

reep

and

cra

wl o

nto

or in

to th

ings

.be

gins

to p

ull t

o a

stan

d, c

ruis

e (w

alk

hold

-in

g fu

rnitu

re),

and

wal

k al

one

(10-

16 m

onth

s).

inte

rest

in m

ovin

g ab

out a

nd p

ract

icin

gm

otor

ski

lls.

deve

lops

"pi

ncer

" (t

hum

b an

d fi

nger

) gr

asp

and

begi

ns to

hol

d ob

ject

s w

ith o

ne h

and

whi

le m

anip

ulat

ing

them

with

the

othe

r.w

ith o

bjec

ts w

ants

to: b

ang,

inse

rt, p

oke,

twis

t, sq

ueez

e, d

rop,

sha

ke, b

ite, t

hrow

;op

en/s

hut,

push

/pul

l, em

pty/

fill,

dra

g al

ong.

enjo

ys b

ath

play

kick

ing

and

spla

shin

g.

ME

NT

AL

inte

rest

in a

ppea

ring

and

dis

appe

arin

g (o

b-je

cts

and

peop

le)d

evel

ops

"obj

ect p

erm

a-ne

nce"

(lo

oks

for

obje

ct o

ut o

f si

ght a

tap

prox

imat

ely

11 m

onth

s).

inte

rest

in c

onta

iner

/con

tain

ed r

elat

ions

hip

likes

to e

mpt

y cu

pboa

rds,

dra

wer

s, a

nd c

on-

tain

ers

of o

bjec

ts.

let

9

inte

rest

in le

tting

go

and

drop

ping

obj

ects

(will

use

str

ing

to p

ull b

ack

vani

shed

obje

cts)

.in

tere

st in

exp

lora

tion

and

likes

man

y ob

ject

sto

exp

lore

.lik

es to

ope

rate

sim

ple

mec

hani

sms

(ope

n/sh

ut, p

ush/

pull)

and

cre

ate

effe

cts.

rem

embe

rs p

eopl

e, o

bjec

ts, g

ames

, act

ions

with

toys

show

s pe

rsis

tenc

e an

d in

tere

st in

nove

lty.

begi

nnin

g in

tere

st in

pic

ture

boo

ks.

SOC

IAL may

fea

r st

rang

ers

or r

eact

toch

ange

play

s be

st w

ith f

amili

ar p

erso

nne

arby

.w

atch

es a

nd m

ay im

itate

oth

ers.

sens

itive

to s

ocia

l app

rova

l and

dis

appr

oval

.in

tere

st in

get

ting

atte

ntio

n an

d cr

eatin

gso

cial

eff

ects

.en

joys

sim

ple

soci

al g

ames

: "pe

ek-a

-boo

,""b

ye-b

ye':

babb

les

and

play

s w

ith la

ngua

gem

ay tr

y to

imita

te s

ound

s.re

cogn

izes

ow

n na

me

and

may

beg

in to

poi

ntto

nam

ed o

bjec

ts o

r ob

ey s

impl

e co

mm

ands

.

TO

YS

FOR

OL

DE

R I

NFA

NT

S-7

TO

12

MO

NT

HS

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Infa

nts

7-9

mon

ths

inte

rest

ed in

long

er a

ndPu

sh a

nd P

ull T

oys

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

mor

e ex

tens

ive

expl

orat

ion

of to

ys. I

nfan

tsof

this

age

like

to:

push

toys

with

out r

ods

(sim

ple

cars

,an

imal

s on

whe

els

or r

olle

rs).

soft

bloc

ks.

rubb

er b

lock

s.ba

ngro

unde

d w

ood

bloc

ks.

inse

rtR

ide-

On

Toy

spo

keno

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Puzz

les

twis

tfr

om a

bout

10

mon

ths:

sque

eze

Out

door

or

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

brig

htly

col

ored

, lig

htw

eigh

t crib

and

drop

infa

nt s

win

gs (

with

adu

lt su

perv

isio

n).

play

pen

puzz

les

(2-3

pie

ces)

.sh

ake

soft

low

clim

bing

pla

tform

for

craw

lers

.bi

tePa

ttern

-Mak

ing

Toy

sth

row

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upop

en a

nd s

hut

empt

y an

d fil

lM

anip

ulat

ive

Toy

ste

ethe

rs.

Infa

nts

10-1

2 m

onth

s sh

ow b

egin

ning

in-

light

stu

rdy

clot

h to

ys.

tere

st in

obj

ect m

aste

ry a

nd li

ke m

any

ob-

toys

on

suct

ion

cups

.je

cts

to e

xplo

re. I

nfan

ts o

f thi

s ag

e lik

e:sm

all,

hand

-hel

d m

anip

ulab

les.

stac

king

.di

sks/

keys

on

rings

.pu

tting

in a

nd ta

king

out

.sq

ueez

e-sq

ueak

toys

.po

urin

g ou

t.ro

ly-p

oly

toys

.fit

ting

one

obje

ct in

to a

noth

er.

activ

ity b

oxes

and

cub

es.

open

ing

and

clos

ing.

pop-

up b

oxes

(ea

sy o

pera

tion)

.pr

essi

ng le

vers

.co

ntai

ners

with

obj

ect t

o em

pty

and

fill.

turn

ing

thin

gs (

not u

nscr

ewin

g ye

t).

push

ing

balls

and

car

s.

10

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G I

NFA

NT

S-7

TO

12

MO

NT

HS

(Con

t'd)

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Gen

eral

ly, i

nfan

ts in

this

age

ran

ge a

re in

-Sp

orts

Equ

ipm

ent

larg

e ru

bber

or

plas

tic p

op b

eads

.

tere

sted

in:

tran

spar

ent b

alls

sim

ple

nest

ing

cups

.

oper

atin

g si

mpl

e m

echa

nism

s.ch

ime

balls

stac

king

rin

g co

nes

(few

rin

gs a

nd s

afe

cont

aine

rs a

nd th

e co

ntai

ner/

con-

flutte

r ba

llsst

ick)

.

tain

ed r

elat

ions

hip.

actio

n ba

llsgr

aspa

ble

(unb

reak

able

) m

irror

toys

whi

ch

appe

arin

g an

d di

sapp

earin

g ob

ject

s.ca

n be

hel

d an

d pl

ayed

with

.(A

ll ba

lls g

iven

to th

is a

ge g

roup

sho

uld

be a

tlo

ses

inte

rest

in c

rib g

yms

and

toys

sus

pend

ed

As

at e

arlie

r ag

es in

fant

s en

joy

prod

ucin

gle

ast 1

-3/4

inch

es (

44 m

m)

in d

iam

eter

;ab

ove

whe

n ca

n si

t up

and

mov

e ab

out (

crib

effe

cts

by th

eir

own

actio

ns.

how

ever

, if a

ny o

bjec

t app

ears

to fi

t eas

ily in

the

child

's m

outh

,ke

ep it

aw

ay f

rom

the

gym

s ca

n cr

eate

a s

tran

gula

tion

haza

rd:

.st

op u

sing

whe

n ch

ild c

an p

ush

up o

n ha

nds

Toy

s fo

r in

fant

sch

ild.)

and

knee

s at

abo

ut 5

mon

ths

of a

ge).

safe

for

mou

thin

g.no

n-to

xic

mat

eria

ls.

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g, S

trin

ging

Toy

sno

sha

rp p

oint

s or

edg

es.

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

nonb

reak

able

; no

glas

s or

brit

tle p

last

ic.

no s

mal

l par

ts to

be

lodg

ed in

thro

at,

ears

, nos

e.

Sand

and

Wat

er P

lay

Toy

sac

tivity

box

es fo

r ba

th.

no p

arts

to e

ntra

p fin

gers

, toe

s, h

and.

sim

ple

float

ing

toys

.

no lo

ng s

trin

gs.

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G I

NFA

NT

S-7

TO

12

MO

NT

HS

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

Dol

lsM

usic

al I

nstr

umen

tsG

ames

soft

bab

y do

lls, s

oft-

bodi

ed d

olls

, or

rubb

er o

r w

ood

bloc

ks th

at r

attle

or

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upra

g do

llsal

l with

mol

ded

(not

loos

e)tin

kle.

hair

.Sp

ecif

ic S

kill

Dev

elop

men

t Toy

sA

rt a

nd C

raft

Mat

eria

lsno

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Stuf

fed

Toy

sfr

om a

bout

12

mon

ths:

smal

l plu

sh a

nim

als.

larg

e pa

per.

Boo

ksm

usic

box

ani

mal

s (o

pera

ted

and

larg

e cr

ayon

s fo

r sc

ribb

ling.

clot

h bo

oks.

mon

itore

d fo

r sa

fety

by

adul

t).

plas

tic b

ooks

.gr

ab o

r so

ft to

ys.

Aud

io-V

isua

l Equ

ipm

ent (

Adu

lt O

pera

ted)

smal

l car

dboa

rd b

ooks

.bi

g so

ft to

ys f

or h

uggi

ng a

ndro

ughh

ousi

ng.

reco

rds,

tape

s, o

r C

Ds

(sim

ple

song

s,lu

llabi

es, m

usic

with

sim

ple

rhyt

hms)

.N

ote:

Som

e ch

ildre

n en

joy

"lap

read

ing"

(bei

ng r

ead

to)

from

this

age

onw

ard.

mus

ic b

oxes

.W

hen

adul

t-he

ld, p

aper

pic

ture

boo

ks a

rePu

ppet

sap

prop

riate

.so

ft h

and

pupp

etsc

hild

may

han

dle

but

mus

t be

oper

ated

as

pupp

ets

by a

dult.

Rol

e Pl

ay M

ater

ials

low

wal

l-m

ount

ed m

irro

rs to

see

sel

f si

t,cr

eep,

cra

wl,

etc.

Play

Sce

nes

(Inc

ludi

ng S

mal

l Fig

ures

)no

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

ssi

mpl

e pu

sh c

ars

(one

-pie

ce).

Proj

ectil

e T

oys

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

12

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

SY

oung

Tod

dler

s (1

Yea

r O

lds)

PHY

SIC

AL

endl

ess

exer

cise

of

phys

ical

ski

lls.

likes

to lu

g, d

ump,

pus

h, p

ull,

pile

, kno

ckdo

wn,

em

pty

and

fill.

likes

to c

limbc

an m

anag

e sm

all i

ndoo

rst

eps.

man

ipul

atio

n is

mor

e ex

plor

ator

y th

ansk

illfu

l.ac

tive

inte

rest

in m

ultip

le s

mal

l obj

ects

.by

2 y

ears

, can

kic

k, c

atch

a la

rge

ball.

by 2

yea

rs, c

an s

trin

g la

rge

bead

s, tu

rnkn

ob, u

se s

crew

mot

ion.

(A

ll be

ads

give

nto

this

age

gro

up s

houl

d be

at l

east

1-3

/4in

ches

(44

mm

) in

dia

met

er; h

owev

er, i

fan

y ob

ject

app

ears

to f

it ea

sily

in th

e ch

ild's

mou

th, k

eep

it aw

ay f

rom

the

child

.)

ME

NT

AL

inte

rest

in c

ausi

ng e

ffec

ts.

inte

rest

in m

echa

nism

s an

d ob

ject

s th

at m

ove

or c

an b

e m

oved

pref

ers

actio

n to

ys.

com

bine

s ob

ject

s w

ith o

ther

obj

ects

mak

essi

mpl

e bl

ock

stru

ctur

es, u

ses

sim

ple

stac

king

toys

, doe

s si

mpl

e pu

zzle

s.

very

cur

ious

cons

tant

exp

erim

enta

tion

with

obje

cts.

inte

rest

in h

idde

n-ob

ject

toys

.at

11/

2 to

2 y

ears

, gro

ups/

mat

ches

sim

ilar

obje

ctse

njoy

s si

mpl

e so

rtin

g to

ys.

iden

tifie

s ob

ject

s by

poi

ntin

gcan

iden

tify

pict

ures

in b

ook.

enjo

ys w

ater

, san

d pl

ay.

mak

es m

arks

on

pape

r, s

crib

bles

spo

n-ta

neou

sly.

firs

t im

itativ

e pl

ayim

itatio

n of

adu

lt ta

sks,

espe

cial

ly c

aret

akin

g an

d ho

usek

eepi

ng ta

sks.

SOC

IAL m

ost s

olita

ry p

layr

elat

es to

adu

lts b

ette

rth

an to

chi

ldre

n.tr

ies

to d

o ad

ult t

asks

.ex

pres

ses

affe

ctio

n fo

r ot

hers

show

s pr

efer

-en

ce f

or c

erta

in s

oft t

oys,

dol

ls.

likes

bei

ng r

ead

to, l

ooki

ng a

t pic

ture

boo

ks,

likes

nur

sery

rhy

mes

.by

11/

2, e

njoy

s in

tera

ctiv

e ga

mes

suc

h as

tag.

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G T

OD

DL

ER

S-1

YE

AR

OL

DS

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Chi

ldre

n pr

efer

act

ion

toys

, toy

s th

atPu

sh a

nd P

ull T

oys

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

prod

uce

mov

emen

t or

soun

ds b

y ch

ild's

push

toys

with

rod

s (r

ods

with

larg

esm

all l

ight

wei

ght s

tack

ing

bloc

ks (

15-2

5ow

n ef

fort

s:to

ys n

eed

not b

e hi

ghly

det

aile

d bu

tha

ndle

s on

end

s),

toys

to p

ush

on fl

oors

impl

e, s

turd

y.pi

eces

).

shou

ld b

e re

alis

tic lo

okin

g.w

ith la

rge

whe

els.

befo

re 1

1/2,

mos

t int

erlo

ckin

g m

echa

nism

sto

ys s

houl

d be

ligh

twei

ght f

or e

asy

lift-

spec

ial n

oise

and

act

ion

effe

cts.

are

too

diffi

cult

ing,

car

ryin

g.fo

r st

eady

wal

kers

, pul

l toy

s on

str

ings

from

aro

und

11/2

:br

ight

col

ors

pref

erre

d.(b

road

-bas

ed to

tip

less

eas

ily).

solid

woo

den

unit

bloc

ks (

20-4

0).

In p

lay,

.chi

ld a

lway

s on

the

mov

elar

gefr

om a

bout

11/

2:la

rge,

hol

low

bui

ldin

g bl

ocks

.

mus

cle

activ

ities

suc

h as

run

ning

, clim

bing

sim

ple

doll

carr

iage

s.la

rge

plas

tic b

ricks

(2-

4 in

ches

or

dom

inat

e ov

er s

mal

l mus

cle

activ

ities

suc

hw

agon

slo

w, o

pen.

big

eno

ugh

for

50-1

00 m

m)

to p

ress

toge

ther

.

as e

xplo

ring

obje

cts.

con

stru

ctin

g.ch

ild to

get

in.

Chi

ld b

egin

ning

to c

ombi

ne, p

ut to

geth

erob

ject

s.

smal

l roc

king

hor

sesc

onfin

ed r

ocki

ngar

c, s

tout

han

dles

rat

her

than

rei

ns,

knee

hei

ght o

n ch

ild.

push

/pul

l toy

s fil

led

with

mul

tiple

Puzz

les

sim

ple

pre-

puzz

les

or fo

rm b

oard

s2-

3 pi

eces

, eac

h pi

ece

a fa

mili

ar s

hape

.

Beg

inni

ng o

f im

itativ

e pl

ay.

obje

cts.

from

aro

und

1 1/

2:3-

5 pi

ece

puzz

les

with

kno

bs e

asie

r to

use

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

(kno

bs fi

rmly

atta

ched

).

ride-

ons

prop

elle

d by

pus

hing

with

feet

no p

edal

s.Pa

ttern

-Mak

ing

Toy

s

stab

le r

ide-

ons-

4 or

mor

e w

heel

s,w

heel

s sp

aced

wid

e ap

art,

child

's fe

et

peg

boar

d w

ith a

few

larg

e pe

gs.

flat o

n flo

or w

hen

seat

ed.

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

ride-

ons

with

sto

rage

bin

s.ac

tivity

box

es a

ttach

ed to

crib

or

play

-

ride-

ons

that

mak

e no

ise,

look

like

pen

or fr

eest

andi

ngsi

mpl

e ac

tion

anim

als.

mec

hani

sms

(doo

rs, l

ids,

sw

itche

s).

hidd

en o

bjec

t toy

s.si

mpl

e po

p-up

toys

ope

rate

d by

pus

hing

a bu

tton

or k

nob.

nest

ing

cups

roun

d sh

ape,

few

pie

ces.

sim

ple

stac

king

toys

few

pie

ces,

no

orde

r ne

cess

ary.

shap

e so

rter

sa fe

w c

omm

on s

hape

s,

14

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G T

OD

DL

ER

S-1

YE

AR

OL

DS

(Con

t'd)

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Toy

s sh

ould

mee

t saf

ety

regu

latio

ns f

or a

ge:

stur

dy, u

nbre

akab

le; n

ot li

kely

to b

reak

into

sm

all p

iece

s an

d st

rong

eno

ugh

for

child

to s

tand

on

or in

.no

ntox

ic m

ater

ials

.no

sha

rp p

oint

s or

edg

es.

too

larg

e to

be

lodg

ed in

win

dpip

e,ea

rs, n

ostr

ils.

no d

etac

habl

e sm

all p

arts

.no

par

ts th

at c

ould

pin

ch o

r en

trap

fing

ers,

toes

, hai

r.no

t put

toge

ther

with

eas

ily e

xpos

edst

raig

ht p

ins,

sha

rp w

ires

, nai

ls.

no e

lect

rica

l par

ts, u

nles

s su

perv

ised

by

adul

t.

Out

door

and

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

all g

ym e

quip

men

t nee

ds a

dult

supe

r-vi

sion

.lo

w, s

oft c

limbi

ng p

latf

orm

s.tu

nnel

s fo

r cr

awlin

g.sw

ings

(pu

shed

by

adul

t)se

ats

curv

edor

bod

y-sh

aped

. of

ener

gy-a

bsor

bing

mat

eria

l with

res

trai

ning

str

ap.

from

abo

ut 1

1/2:

sim

ple,

low

clim

bing

str

uctu

res.

low

slid

es w

ith h

andr

ails

.ou

tdoo

r pl

ay e

quip

men

t with

sta

tiona

ryra

ther

than

mov

ing

part

s.

Spor

ts E

quip

men

tso

ft li

ght w

eigh

t bal

ls, e

spec

ially

with

inte

rest

ing

visu

al e

ffec

ts, n

oise

s.un

pred

icta

ble

mov

emen

t.ch

ime

ball,

flu

tter

ball.

larg

e ba

lls (

easi

er f

or c

hild

to m

aneu

ver)

.

(All

balls

giv

en to

this

age

gro

up s

houl

d be

at

leas

t 1-3

/4 in

ches

(44

mm

) in

dia

met

er:

how

ever

, if

any

obje

ct a

ppea

rs to

tit e

asily

inth

e ch

ild's

mou

th, k

eep

it aw

ay f

rom

the

child

.)

from

aro

und

10:

fit-

toge

ther

toys

of

abou

t 5 p

iece

s.ac

tivity

box

es w

ith m

ore

com

plex

ac-

tion

mec

hani

smst

urni

ng k

nob

or d

ial,

turn

ing

sim

ple

key.

poun

ding

/ham

mer

ing

toys

.ne

stin

g to

yssq

uare

or

othe

r sh

apes

.st

acki

ng to

ys o

f 4-

5 pi

eces

.si

mpl

e m

atch

ing

toys

.si

mpl

e nu

mbe

r/co

untin

g bo

ards

(1-

5)w

ith la

rge

pegs

.si

mpl

e lo

ck b

oxes

& lo

ck/k

ey to

ys.

jack

-in-

the-

box

toys

(ad

ult s

uper

visi

onif

toys

spr

ing

back

qui

ckly

).to

ys w

ith s

crew

ing

actio

n (c

hild

can

usua

lly m

anag

e on

ly 1

turn

).

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g, S

trin

ging

Toy

sla

rge

colo

red

bead

s (f

ewer

than

10)

.(A

ll ba

lls g

iven

to th

is a

ge g

roup

sho

uld

be a

tle

ast 1

-3/4

inch

es (

44 m

m)

in d

iam

eter

;ho

wev

er,

if a

ny o

bjec

t app

ears

to f

it ea

sily

inth

e ch

ild's

mou

th, k

eep

it aw

ay f

rom

the

child

.)

from

aro

und

11/2

:la

cing

cub

es o

r bo

ard

with

thic

k, b

lunt

spin

dle.

Sand

and

Wat

er P

lay

Toy

ssi

mpl

e fl

oatin

g to

ys-1

or

2 pi

eces

,ea

sy to

gra

sp in

one

han

d.sp

onge

s: s

mal

l sho

vel a

nd p

ail.

from

aro

und

11/2

:ne

stin

g tu

b to

ys.

bath

tub

activ

ity c

ente

rs.

funn

els,

col

ande

rs.

smal

l san

dbox

tool

s (r

ake

shou

ld h

ave

blun

t tee

th).

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G T

OD

DL

ER

S-1

YE

AR

OL

DS

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

Dol

lsM

usic

al I

nstr

umen

tsG

ames

soft

-bod

ied

or a

ll-ru

bber

bab

y do

lls.

rhyt

hm in

stru

men

ts o

pera

ted

by s

haki

ngno

t sui

ted

to a

ge g

roup

sim

ple

dolls

with

no

hair

, mov

ing

eyes

,or

mov

able

lim

bs.

encl

osed

bel

ls, r

attle

s.Sp

ecif

ic S

kill

Dev

elop

men

t Toy

sdo

lls to

fit

easi

ly in

chi

ld's

arm

s, o

rfr

om a

roun

d 11

/2:

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upsm

all d

olls

(5-

6 in

ches

).rh

ythm

inst

rum

ents

, ope

rate

d by

ban

ging

sim

ple

acce

ssor

ies

for

care

taki

ngbo

ttle,

bla

nket

.cy

mba

ls, d

rum

s, x

ylop

hone

s.

sim

ple

doll

clot

hes,

nee

d no

t be

Art

and

Cra

ft M

ater

ials

deta

chab

le.

larg

e cr

ayon

s.

from

aro

und

11/2

:st

urdy

, lar

ge-s

ize

larg

e pe

g pe

ople

.

Stuf

fed

Toy

sve

ry s

oft,

light

wei

ght,

easy

to h

old.

slen

der

limbs

on

toys

for

eas

y gr

asp.

for

safe

ty r

easo

ns n

o w

hisk

ers,

but

tons

.bo

w, b

ells

.

Pupp

ets

pupp

ets

oper

ated

by

adul

t.

from

aro

und

11/2

:sm

all h

and

pupp

ets

size

d to

fit

child

'sha

nd.

soft

, plu

sh p

uppe

ts th

at d

oubl

e as

stuf

fed

toys

.

Rol

e-Pl

ay M

ater

ials

toy

tele

phon

e; f

ull-

leng

th m

irro

r.si

mpl

e ho

usek

eepi

ng e

quip

men

t.si

mpl

e do

ll eq

uipm

entc

arri

age,

bed

.

16

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G T

OD

DL

ER

S-1

YE

AR

OL

DS

(Con

t'd)

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

from

aro

und

11/2

:A

udio

-Vis

ual E

quip

men

tB

ooks

and

'Pee

k-a-

Boo

' Boo

ks

sim

ple

dres

s-up

shat

s, s

carv

es,

ties,

shoe

s, je

wel

ry.

oper

ated

by

adul

t:ta

pes,

rec

ords

, or

CD

s of

nur

sery

rhy

mes

stur

dy c

loth

, pla

stic

, car

dboa

rd b

ooks

with

few

pag

es.

role

-pla

y to

ys th

at c

an b

e pu

shed

&an

d rh

ythm

s.pi

ctur

e bo

oks,

nur

sery

rhy

mes

. sto

ries

mak

e no

isem

ower

, vac

uum

.ha

nd-c

rank

ed m

usic

box

, wor

ked

byw

ith r

epet

ition

.

child

-siz

ed e

quip

men

tove

n, f

ridg

e,si

nk, t

able

and

cha

irs,

Pla

y S

cene

s

child

if c

rank

is la

rge

and

easy

to tu

rn.

book

s to

be

held

and

rea

d by

adu

lt ca

nbe

mor

e fr

agile

, with

pap

er p

ages

.

from

aro

und

11/2

:to

uch-

me

or ta

ctile

boo

ks.

(All

figu

res

shou

ld b

e at

leas

t 1-3

/4 in

ches

(44

mm

) in

dia

met

er: h

owev

er, i

f an

y ob

ject

appe

ars

to f

it ea

sily

in th

ech

ild's

mou

th.

keep

it a

way

from

the

child

.)

befo

re 1

1/2:

child

may

enj

oy h

andl

ing,

car

ryin

gar

ound

fig

ures

.fr

om a

roun

d 11

/2:

fam

iliar

, rea

listic

sce

nes

farm

, air

-

port

, gar

age

not o

verl

y de

taile

d pi

eces

(4-6

pie

ces)

.pr

efer

sce

nes

with

mov

ing

part

s or

that

mak

e no

ise.

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

slig

htw

eigh

t veh

icle

s of

a s

ize

for

easy

hand

ling

(not

too

smal

l) a

nd w

ith s

ecur

ew

heel

s.pu

sh o

r pu

ll ca

rs a

nd tr

ains

.ve

hicl

es th

at m

ake

nois

e.fi

rst t

rain

-1-2

car

s, n

o tr

acks

, sim

ple

or n

o co

uplin

g sy

stem

.

TOYS FOR YOUNG TODDLERS-1 YEAR OLDS (Cont'd)

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

from

aro

und

11/2

:m

ore

deta

iled

vehi

cles

door

s, h

oods

that

ope

n.tr

ains

with

sim

ple

coup

ling

syst

emla

rge

hook

s, m

agne

ts.

Proj

ectil

eT

oys

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

18

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

S

Old

er T

oddl

ers

(2 Y

ear

Old

s)

PHY

SIC

AL

skill

ed a

t mos

t sim

ple

larg

e m

uscl

e sk

ills.

lots

of

phys

ical

test

ingj

umpi

ng f

rom

heig

hts,

clim

bing

, han

ging

by

arm

s, r

ollin

g,ga

llopi

ng, s

omer

saul

ts, r

ough

-and

-tum

ble

play

.th

row

s an

d re

trie

ves

all k

inds

of

obje

cts.

push

es s

elf

on w

heel

ed o

bjec

ts w

ith g

ood

stee

ring

.by

21/

2 to

3 y

ears

, goo

d ha

nd a

nd f

inge

rco

ordi

natio

n.lo

ts o

f ac

tive

play

with

sm

all o

bjec

tsex

plor

es d

iffe

rent

qua

litie

s of

pla

y m

ater

ials

.

ME

NT

AL

inte

rest

ed in

attr

ibut

es o

f ob

ject

stex

ture

,sh

ape,

siz

e, c

olor

.ca

n m

atch

a g

roup

of

sim

ilar

obje

cts.

play

s w

ith p

atte

rn, s

eque

nce,

ord

er o

f si

ze.

firs

t cou

ntin

g sk

ills.

firs

t cre

ativ

e ac

tiviti

es (

draw

ing,

con

strb

c-tio

n, c

lay)

proc

ess

still

mor

e im

port

ant t

han

fina

l pro

duct

.be

ginn

ing

to s

olve

pro

blem

s in

hea

d.im

agin

ativ

e fa

ntas

y pl

ay in

crea

sesc

ontin

ued

inte

rest

in d

omes

tic im

itatio

n.fa

ntas

y pl

ay a

lone

or

with

adu

ltchi

ld a

lso

mak

es to

ys c

arry

out

act

ions

on

othe

r to

ys.

SOC

IAL mai

n in

tere

st s

till i

n pa

rent

s, b

ut b

egin

s to

play

coo

pera

tivel

y w

ith o

ther

chi

ldre

n (e

spe-

cial

ly 3

0 to

36

mon

ths)

.us

es la

ngua

ge to

exp

ress

wis

hes

to o

ther

s.en

gage

s in

gam

e-lik

e in

tera

ctio

nsw

ithot

hers

also

som

e pr

eten

d pl

ay w

ith o

ther

s.en

joys

hea

ring

sim

ple

stor

ies

read

fro

m p

ic-

ture

boo

ks, e

spec

ially

sto

ries

with

rep

etiti

on.

stro

ng d

esir

e fo

r in

depe

nden

cesh

ows

prid

ein

acc

ompl

ishm

ent.

TO

YS

FOR

OL

DE

R T

OD

DL

ER

S-2

YE

AR

OL

DS

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Beg

inni

ng o

f co

oper

ativ

e, s

ocia

l pla

y.

Incr

easi

ng in

tere

st in

pre

tend

pla

y.

Lov

e of

phy

sica

l, ac

tive

play

.

Chi

ld p

refe

rs a

ctio

n to

ys, t

oys

that

pro

duce

mov

emen

t or

soun

ds b

y ch

ild's

ow

nef

fort

s.

Mor

e re

alis

m p

refe

rred

:be

gins

to p

ay a

ttent

ion

to q

ualit

ies

ofob

ject

s.pr

efer

s to

ys w

ith w

orki

ng p

arts

.

Toy

s sh

ould

be

light

wei

ght e

noug

h fo

r ea

sylif

ting,

car

ryin

g.

Bri

ght c

olor

s pr

efer

red.

Push

and

Pul

l Toy

spu

ll to

ys w

ith s

trin

gs.

doll

carr

iage

s.w

agon

s.sm

all,

light

whe

elba

rrow

.in

tere

st in

pus

h to

ys th

at lo

ok li

ke a

dult

equi

pmen

tlaw

nmow

er, v

acuu

m, s

hop-

ping

car

t.

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

inte

rest

in r

ealis

tic-l

ooki

ng r

ide-

ons

trac

tors

, mot

orcy

cles

.ri

de-o

ns w

ith s

tora

ge tr

ays

or b

ins.

ride

-ons

pro

pelle

d by

bou

ncin

g up

and

dow

n.w

hen

child

ren

begi

n to

ped

al (

arou

nd2

1/2-

3), s

mal

l tri

cycl

e.

Out

door

and

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

all g

ym e

quip

men

t nee

ds a

dult

supe

r-vi

sion

.tu

nnel

s.cl

imbi

ng s

truc

ture

s an

d sl

ides

.st

atio

nary

rat

her

than

mov

ing

outd

oor

equi

pmen

t.sw

ings

with

cur

ved,

sof

t sea

ts a

ndre

stra

inin

g st

raps

.

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

solid

, woo

den

unit

bloc

ks.

larg

e, h

ollo

w b

uild

ing

bloc

ks (

card

-bo

ard,

woo

d, p

last

ic).

larg

e, p

last

ic b

rick

s (2

-4 in

ches

or

50-1

00 m

m)

to b

e pr

esse

d to

geth

er.

plas

tic in

terl

ocki

ng r

ings

; lar

ge p

last

icnu

ts a

nd b

olts

.

Puzz

les

fit-

in p

uzzl

e:2

to 2

1/2

year

s, 4

-5 p

iece

s.21

/2 to

3 y

ears

, 6-1

2 pi

eces

.pu

zzle

s w

ith k

nobs

eas

ier

(kno

bs s

houl

dbe

fir

mly

atta

ched

).

Patte

rn-M

akin

g T

oys

peg

boar

ds w

ith la

rge

pegs

.co

lor

cube

s.m

agne

tic b

oard

s w

ith s

hape

s, a

nim

als,

peop

le.

colo

r fo

rms

(fro

m a

roun

d 21

/2).

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

fit-

toge

ther

toys

of

5-10

pie

ces.

nest

ing

toys

with

mul

tiple

pie

ces,

in-

clud

ing

barr

el to

ys th

at r

equi

re s

crew

-in

g m

otio

n.

20

TOYS FOR OLDER TODDLERS-2 YEAR OLDS (Cont'd)

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Toy

s sh

ould

mee

t saf

ety

regu

latio

ns f

or a

ge:

Spor

ts E

quip

men

tnu

mbe

r/co

untin

g bo

ards

with

larg

e pe

gs.

stur

dy, u

nbre

akab

le; n

ot li

kely

to b

reak

sled

s si

zed

to c

hild

(sh

orte

r le

ngth

than

shap

e so

rter

s w

ith c

omm

on s

hape

s.

into

sm

all p

iece

s an

d st

rong

eno

ugh

for

child

's h

eigh

t).

poun

ding

/ham

mer

ing

toys

.ch

ild to

sta

nd o

n or

in.

spin

ning

sea

t.sm

ellin

g ja

rs.

nont

oxic

mat

eria

ls.

pool

toys

(tu

bes,

mat

s) w

ith a

dult

su-

feel

bag

or

box.

no s

harp

poi

nts

or e

dges

.pe

rvis

ion.

colo

r/pi

ctur

e do

min

oes.

too

larg

e to

be

lodg

ed in

win

dpip

e,ea

rs, n

ostr

ils.

balls

of

all s

izes

, but

esp

ecia

lly la

rge

balls

. (A

ll ba

lls g

iven

this

age

gro

up

sim

ple

lotto

mat

chin

g ga

mes

bas

ed o

nco

lor,

pic

ture

s.no

det

acha

ble

smal

l par

ts.

shou

ld b

e at

leas

t 1-3

/4 in

ches

(44

mm

)no

par

ts th

at c

ould

pin

ch o

r en

trap

in d

iam

eter

; how

ever

, if

any

obje

ctD

ress

ing,

Lac

ing,

Str

ingi

ng T

oys

fing

ers,

toes

, hai

r.ap

pear

s to

fit

easi

ly in

the

child

's m

outh

,la

rge

colo

red

bead

s. (

All

bead

s gi

ven

to

not p

ut to

geth

er w

ith e

asily

exp

osed

keep

it a

way

fro

m th

e ch

ild.)

this

age

gro

up s

houl

d be

at l

east

1-3

/4

stra

ight

pin

s, s

harp

wir

es, n

ails

.in

ches

(44

mm

) in

dia

met

er; h

owev

er, i

f

no e

lect

rica

l par

ts, u

nles

s su

perv

ised

by

any

obje

ct a

ppea

rs to

fit

easi

ly in

the

adul

t.ch

ild's

mou

th, k

eep

it aw

ay f

rom

the

child

.)la

cing

car

d or

woo

den

shoe

for

laci

ng.

dres

sing

boo

ks a

nd d

olls

.fr

ames

, cub

es f

or la

cing

, but

toni

ng,

snap

ping

, hoo

king

.

Sand

and

Wat

er P

lay

Toy

s (w

ith A

dult

Supe

rvis

ion)

bath

tub

activ

ity c

ente

rs.

nest

ing

tub

toys

.tu

b to

ys w

ith r

emov

able

fig

ures

, acc

es-

sori

es.

linki

ng tu

b to

ys.

smal

l boa

ts (

no m

etal

par

ts).

smal

l and

larg

e sa

ndbo

x to

ols

(with

blun

t edg

es).

wat

er/s

and

mill

s.sp

rink

lers

.

e,

21

TOYS FOR OLDER TODDLERS-2 YEAR OLDS

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

Dol

lsM

usic

al I

nstr

umen

tsG

ames

soft

-bo

died

and

rub

ber

baby

dol

ls.

all r

hyth

m in

stru

men

tsbe

lls, r

attle

s.lo

tto m

atch

ing

gam

es b

ased

on

colo

rm

ore

real

istic

dol

ls w

ith h

air

and

mov

-in

g ey

es.

cym

bals

, dru

ms,

tria

ngle

, rhy

thm

stic

k,sa

nd b

lock

s, x

ylop

hone

s.pi

ctur

es.

dom

inoe

s, e

spec

ially

gia

nt d

omin

oes.

dolls

to f

it in

chi

ld's

arm

s; a

lso

smal

l,re

alis

tic d

olls

.ho

rns

and

whi

stle

s (a

roun

d 21

/2).

boar

d ga

mes

bas

ed o

n ch

ance

only

afe

w la

rge

piec

es o

r pa

irs.

talk

ing

dolls

ope

rate

d by

pul

ling

stri

ng.

larg

e pe

g do

lls.

doll

acce

ssor

ies

sim

ple

and

stur

dy.

care

taki

ng a

cces

sori

esbo

ttle,

bla

nket

.

Art

and

Cra

ft M

ater

ials

larg

e cr

ayon

s.no

n-to

xic

pain

ts (

fing

er a

nd te

mpe

ra)

and

shor

t han

dled

bru

shes

with

blu

nt e

nds.

Spec

ific

Ski

ll D

evel

opm

ent T

oys

sim

ple

teac

hing

toys

for

:m

atch

ing/

sort

ing,

sha

pes,

col

ors,

let-

ters

/sou

nds,

num

bers

, con

cept

s.si

mpl

e re

mov

able

gar

men

ts (

hook

and

clay

.al

l ele

ctri

cally

pow

ered

toys

nee

d ad

ult

loop

, lar

ge s

nap

fast

ener

s).

stur

dy m

arke

rs.

supe

rvis

ion.

blun

t-en

d sc

isso

rs.

Stuf

fed

Toy

sch

alkb

oard

, lar

ge c

halk

.so

ft, p

liabl

e an

imal

s.co

lore

d co

nstr

uctio

n pa

per.

mot

her

and

baby

com

bina

tions

.pr

efer

ence

for

rea

listic

ani

mal

s, r

eplic

asof

fam

iliar

cha

ract

ers.

toys

with

mus

ic b

ox in

side

.

Pupp

ets

smal

l han

d pu

ppet

s (h

and-

and-

arm

pup

-pe

ts to

o la

rge)

.lig

htw

eigh

t, si

zed

to f

it ch

ild's

han

d.pu

ppet

s do

ublin

g as

stu

ffed

toys

.pu

ppet

s re

pres

entin

g fa

mili

ar c

hara

cter

s.

22

2

TO

YS

FOR

OL

DE

R T

OD

DL

ER

S-2

YE

AR

OL

DS

(Con

t'd)

MA

KE

BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

Rol

e-Pl

ay M

ater

ials

Aud

io-V

isua

l Equ

ipm

ent

Boo

ksdr

ess-

ups

and

cost

umes

.op

erat

ed b

y ad

ult;

tape

s, r

ecor

ds, C

Ds.

stur

dy b

ooks

with

hea

vy p

aper

, car

d-eq

uipm

ent s

houl

d be

rea

listic

-loo

king

.ha

nd-c

rank

ed m

usic

box

if c

rank

isbo

ard

page

s.ch

ild-s

ized

equ

ipm

ent

stov

e, c

ooki

ngla

rge

and

easy

to tu

rn.

shor

t sim

ple

stor

ies

with

rep

etiti

on a

ndbo

ard,

ref

rige

rato

r.fa

mili

ar s

ubje

cts.

doll

equi

pmen

t.si

mpl

e pi

ctur

es w

ith c

lear

col

or, f

ewal

l hou

seke

epin

g eq

uipm

ent

clea

ning

deta

ils.

sets

, pot

s an

d pa

ns, b

ath

and

laun

dry.

pop-

up b

ooks

.to

ys th

at c

an b

e pu

shed

vacu

um,

law

nmow

er, s

hopp

ing

cart

.hi

dden

pic

ture

boo

ks.

dres

sing

boo

ks.

full-

leng

th m

irro

r.

Play

Sce

nes

fam

iliar

, rea

listic

-loo

king

sce

nes

farm

, gar

age,

air

port

.sc

enes

with

mul

tiple

pie

ces

but n

othi

ghly

det

aile

d.pr

efer

ence

for

mov

ing

part

s, p

arts

that

mak

e no

ise.

inte

rior

of

scen

es e

asily

acc

essi

ble.

vehi

cle

sets

with

fig

ures

.

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

ssm

all,

real

istic

car

s (n

ot m

etal

).ve

hicl

es w

ith m

ovin

g pa

rts.

larg

e tr

ucks

(m

etal

too

heav

y)m

ov-

ing

part

s, p

arts

ope

rate

d by

larg

e le

ver

(with

kno

b on

end

).ca

rs, t

ruck

s w

ith r

emov

able

fig

ures

,ac

cess

orie

s.sm

all t

rain

s w

ith s

impl

e co

uplin

gm

echa

nism

no tr

acks

.

Proj

ectil

e T

oys

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

up

23

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

SPr

esch

oole

rs 3

,4 a

nd 5

Yea

rs

PHY

SIC

AL

runs

, jum

ps, c

limbs

, bal

ance

s w

ith a

ssur

ance

by 5

, gro

ss m

otor

ski

lls a

re w

ell d

e-ve

lope

d.lik

es r

isks

, tes

ts o

f ph

ysic

al s

tren

gth

and

skill

love

s ac

roba

tics

and

outd

oor

equi

pmen

t.in

crea

sing

fin

ger

cont

rol

can

pick

up

smal

lob

ject

s, c

ut o

n a

line

with

sci

ssor

s, h

old

penc

il in

adul

t gra

sp, s

trin

g sm

all b

eads

. (M

ost c

hild

ren

inth

is a

ge g

roup

can

beg

in u

sing

toys

with

sm

alle

rco

mpo

nent

s. I

f ch

ild is

stil

l mou

thin

g ob

ject

s,se

lect

toys

with

out s

mal

l par

ts.)

expe

rt b

uild

erlo

ves

smal

l con

stru

ctio

nm

ater

ials

and

als

o vi

goro

us a

ctiv

ity w

ith b

igbl

ocks

, lar

ge c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

ls.

by 5

, rud

imen

tary

inte

rest

in b

all g

ames

with

sim

ple

rule

s an

d sc

orin

g.

ME

NT

AL

fam

iliar

with

com

mon

sha

pes,

pri

mar

y co

lors

.in

tere

st in

sim

ple

num

ber

activ

ities

, alp

habe

tpl

ay, c

opyi

ng le

tters

, mat

chin

g/so

rtin

g.by

5, s

orts

and

mat

ches

usi

ng m

ore

than

one

qual

ity a

t a ti

me.

24

arou

nd 4

, beg

ins

to b

e pu

rpos

eful

and

goa

l-di

rect

ed, t

o m

ake

use

of a

pla

n.in

tere

st in

pro

duci

ng d

esig

ns, i

nclu

ding

puz

-zl

es, a

nd in

con

stru

ctin

g pl

ay w

orld

s.fi

rst r

epre

sent

atio

nal p

ictu

res.

pref

ers

real

ism

.in

tere

st in

nat

ure,

sci

ence

, ani

mal

s, ti

me,

how

thin

gs w

ork.

peak

inte

rest

in d

ram

atic

pla

yre

crea

tes

adul

t occ

upat

ions

, use

s co

stum

es a

nd p

rops

.

SOC

IAL be

ginn

ing

to s

hare

and

take

turn

s; le

arni

ngco

ncep

t of

fair

pla

y.by

5, p

lay

is c

oope

rativ

e, p

ract

ical

, con

-fo

rmin

g.in

tere

sted

in g

roup

pre

tend

pla

y.no

t rea

dy f

or c

ompe

titiv

e pl

ay b

ecau

se h

ates

to lo

se.

enjo

ys s

impl

e bo

ard

gam

es b

ased

on

chan

ce,

not s

trat

egy.

mor

e se

x di

ffer

entia

tion

in p

lay

role

s, in

-te

rest

s.en

joys

look

ing

at b

ooks

and

list

enin

g to

sto

ries

from

boo

ks.

TO

YS

FOR

PR

ESC

HO

OL

ER

S-3,

4, A

ND

5 Y

EA

RS

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Pres

choo

lers

pre

fer

toys

with

rea

listic

det

ail

and

wor

king

par

ts.

Incr

easi

ng in

tere

st in

dra

mat

ic a

nd p

rete

ndpl

ay, b

y ag

e 5,

pea

k pe

riod

for

dra

mat

icpl

ay, w

ith a

ll so

rts

of p

rops

.

Peri

od o

f pe

ak in

tere

st in

pup

pet p

lay,

Incr

easi

ng c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity, o

ften

with

plan

or

goal

.

Peri

od o

f pe

ak in

tere

st in

pla

y sc

enes

, sm

all

figu

res

and

cars

.

Mos

t chi

ldre

n in

this

age

gro

up c

an b

egin

usin

g to

ys w

ith s

mal

ler

com

pone

nts.

If

child

is s

till m

outh

ing

obje

cts.

sel

ect t

oys

with

out s

mal

l par

ts.

Push

and

Pul

l Toy

ssm

all w

agon

s.sm

all w

heel

barr

ow,

push

toys

res

embl

ing

adul

t too

lsla

wnm

ower

s, v

acuu

m, s

hopp

ing

cart

.do

ll ca

rria

ges

and

stro

llers

.

from

age

5:

full-

size

wag

ons,

sco

oter

s.

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

tric

ycle

s si

zed

to c

hild

.3-

and

4-w

heel

ped

al to

ys.

vehi

cles

with

ste

erin

g m

echa

nism

s.pr

efer

rea

listic

; det

aile

d ve

hicl

es.

full-

size

roc

king

hor

se.

from

age

4:lo

w-s

lung

tric

ycle

s.ba

ttery

-ope

rate

d ri

de-o

ns.

from

age

5:

smal

l bic

ycle

with

trai

ning

whe

els

and

foot

brak

es, s

ized

to c

hild

.bi

cycl

e he

lmet

.

Out

door

and

Gym

Eui

pmen

tad

ult s

uper

visi

on r

ecom

men

ded

for

gym

equ

ipm

ent.

stat

iona

ry o

utdo

or c

limbi

ng e

quip

men

t.sl

ides

(w

ith s

ider

ails

) an

d la

dder

s.sw

ings

with

cur

ved,

sof

t sea

ts.

bala

nce

boar

d.

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

solid

woo

d un

it bl

ocks

larg

e an

dsm

all.

larg

e ho

llow

blo

cks.

mos

t typ

es o

f in

terl

ocki

ng b

uild

ing

sys-

tem

s, p

iece

s of

all

size

s (p

last

ic r

athe

rth

an m

etal

, pie

ces)

.no

mot

oriz

ed p

arts

.pr

efer

set

s th

at m

ake

real

istic

mod

els.

can

conn

ect p

iece

s in

spe

cifi

c or

der

tocr

eate

sim

ple

mod

els.

Puzz

les

fit-

in o

r fr

amed

puz

zles

:ag

e3,

up

to20

pie

ces;

age

4, 2

0-30

pie

ces;

age

5,

up to

50

piec

es.

larg

e, s

impl

e jig

saw

puz

zles

(10

-25

piec

es).

num

ber

or le

tter

puzz

les;

' puz

zle

cloc

ksca

rdbo

ard

puzz

les.

Patte

rn-M

akin

g T

oys

bead

str

ingi

ng -

long

er, t

hinn

er s

trin

gw

ith s

tiff

tip),

larg

e be

ads.

(If

chi

ld is

still

mou

thin

g ob

ject

s, a

ny o

bjec

t tha

tap

pear

s to

fit

easi

ly in

the

child

's m

outh

shou

ld b

e ke

pt a

way

fro

m th

e ch

ild.)

peg

boar

d w

ith s

mal

l peg

s.co

lor

cube

s/co

lor

form

s.m

agne

tic b

oard

s w

ith s

hape

s.

TO

YS

FOR

PR

ESC

HO

OL

ER

S-3,

4, A

ND

5 Y

EA

RS

(Con

t'd)

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

from

age

4:

from

age

4:

Toy

s sh

ould

be

stur

dy:

equi

pmen

t with

mov

able

par

ts: s

mal

lbe

ginn

ing

inte

rest

in d

esig

n m

ater

ials

not l

ikel

y to

bre

ak e

asily

into

sm

all

piec

es o

r le

ave

jagg

ed e

dges

.se

esaw

s, h

angi

ng r

ings

.sw

ings

with

flat

sea

ts, p

last

ic o

r ru

bber

mos

aic

bloc

ks, f

elt b

oard

s; c

an fo

llow

,co

py s

impl

e se

quen

ce.

no s

harp

poi

nts

or e

dges

.be

lts.

not m

ade

of g

lass

or

britt

le p

last

ic.

rope

ladd

ers

and

rope

s.gy

m s

ets

with

enc

losu

res

for

pret

end

from

age

5:

s sim

ple

wea

ving

(lo

oper

& h

eddl

e lo

om);

Toy

s sh

ould

be

of n

onto

xic

mat

eria

ls.

hous

e or

fort

.sm

all b

eads

to s

trin

g (1

/2in

.); b

lock

prin

t-in

g eq

uipm

ent.

Toy

s sh

ould

hav

e no

ele

ctric

al p

arts

unl

ess

supe

rvis

ed b

y ad

ult.

Spor

ts E

quip

men

tba

lls o

f all

shap

es, s

izes

(If

child

is s

till

mou

thin

g ob

ject

s, a

ny o

bjec

t tha

t

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

mat

chin

g to

ys b

y co

lor,

sha

pe, o

r pi

c-

appe

ars

to fi

t eas

ily in

the

child

's m

outh

,ke

ep it

aw

ay f

rom

the

child

.)

ture

: fro

m a

ge 4

, by

conc

ept,

lette

rs(A

BC

), n

umbe

rs (

1-10

).so

rtin

g to

ys; n

umbe

r ro

ds.

doub

le-b

lade

ice

skat

es.

num

ber

boar

ds w

ith s

mal

ler

pegs

.sl

eds

size

-gra

ded

(no

hand

brak

es o

rsi

mpl

e co

untin

g to

ys; l

ock

boxe

s.st

eerin

g m

echa

nism

s).

nest

ing

toys

with

mul

tiple

pie

ces

and

from

age

4;

scre

w c

losi

ng.

light

wei

ght s

oft b

aseb

all a

nd b

at.

from

age

4:

juni

or-s

ized

soc

cer

ball,

foot

ball.

geom

etric

al c

once

pt to

ys.

spee

d-gr

aded

rol

ler

skat

es (

plas

ticw

heel

s, n

o ba

ll be

arin

gs fo

r re

duce

dfr

om a

ge 5

:sp

eed)

.si

mpl

e m

odel

s of

mec

hani

cal d

evic

es o

rki

tes.

natu

ral o

bjec

ts; m

ore

com

plex

lotto

mat

ch-

wad

ing

pool

.in

g to

ys.

from

age

5:

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g St

ring

ing

Toy

sju

mp

rope

s.fr

ames

/car

ds to

but

ton,

hoo

k, ti

e.sk

is (

size

d to

chi

ld).

flyin

g di

sks

(esp

ecia

lly li

ghtw

eigh

tfr

om a

ge 5

:on

es).

sim

ple

sew

ing

kits

with

thic

k cl

oth

& b

lunt

.fla

t nos

ed m

agne

tic o

r V

elcr

o da

rts.

need

le (

with

sup

ervi

sion

).in

ner

tube

s, k

ickb

oard

s, m

attr

esse

s fo

rSa

nd a

nd W

ater

Pla

y T

oys

begi

nnin

g sw

imm

ers

(adu

lt su

perv

isio

nla

rge

and

smal

l san

dbox

tool

s; b

ubbl

esne

eded

).w

ind-

up b

ath

toys

; bat

h ac

tivity

cen

ters

.

from

age

4:

sand

mol

ds; w

ater

pum

p.re

alis

tic w

orki

ng m

odel

s of

boa

ts(n

o sh

arp

met

al p

arts

).

26

TO

YS

FOR

YO

UN

G P

RE

SCH

OO

LE

RS-

3, 4

, AN

D 5

YE

AR

S

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

Dol

ls real

istic

dol

ls w

ith d

etai

l and

acc

esso

-ri

es, e

spec

ially

bab

y do

lls.

dolls

with

hai

r, m

ovin

g ey

es, m

ovab

lelim

bs, s

peci

al f

eatu

res.

from

age

5:

child

-pro

port

ione

d do

lls (

can

dres

s do

llsif

gar

men

ts a

nd f

aste

ning

s ar

e si

mpl

e).

pape

r do

lls to

be

punc

hed

out.

Stuf

fed

Toy

sst

uffe

d to

ys w

ith a

cces

sori

esri

b-bo

ns. b

ells

, sim

ple

clot

hes.

real

istic

-loo

king

toys

. rep

licas

of

fa-

mou

s ch

arac

ters

.m

usic

box

toys

.

from

age

5:

colle

ctin

g to

ys in

set

s.

Pupp

ets

sim

ple

sock

or

mitt

en p

uppe

ts.

fing

er p

uppe

ts.

sim

ple

pupp

et th

eate

r (n

o sc

ener

y).

from

age

5:ha

nd-a

nd-a

rm p

uppe

ts.

mor

e de

taile

d pu

ppet

s: p

uppe

ts w

ith li

mbs

.

Rol

e-Pl

ay M

ater

ials

dres

s-up

s, c

ostu

mes

of

all t

ypes

.re

alis

tic, d

etai

led

equi

pmen

tby

5.

wan

t it t

o re

ally

wor

k.ho

usek

eepi

ng a

nd c

ooki

ng e

quip

men

t.to

y te

leph

one:

toy

cam

era;

doc

tor

kits

.

Mus

ical

Ins

trum

ents

all r

hyth

m in

stru

men

ts.

xylo

phon

es.

inst

rum

ents

that

req

uire

blo

win

gha

r-m

onic

a, h

orns

, whi

stle

s, s

impl

ere

cord

er.

win

d-up

mus

ic b

oxes

.pi

ano

one-

fing

er tu

nes.

Art

and

Cra

ft M

ater

ials

from

age

3:

larg

e cr

ayon

s w

ith m

any

colo

rs.

colo

r pa

ddle

s.m

agic

mar

kers

.fi

nger

and

tem

pera

pai

nt.

adju

stab

le e

asel

.br

ushe

s of

var

ious

siz

es.

clay

, inc

ludi

ng m

odel

ing

clay

and

tool

s.ch

alkb

oard

s an

d ch

alk

of v

ario

us s

izes

.sc

isso

rs w

ith r

ound

ed e

nds.

past

e an

d gl

ue.

sim

ple

bloc

k pr

intin

g eq

uipm

ent.

pop-

it be

ads.

larg

e be

ads

to s

trin

g.si

mpl

e se

win

g ki

ts (

with

out n

eedl

es)

until

age

5.

from

age

4:in

crea

sed

inte

rest

in a

rt p

rodu

cts:

als

o,ca

n co

py o

rder

.w

orkb

ench

. ham

mer

, nai

ls. a

nd s

aw(w

ith s

uper

visi

on).

from

age

5:

smal

ler

cray

ons:

col

orin

g bo

oks:

wat

er-

colo

r-pa

ints

: sim

ple

wea

ving

loom

.sm

all b

eads

to s

trin

g: s

ewin

g ki

ts w

ithla

rge.

blu

nt n

eedl

es.

pool

toys

(tu

bes,

mat

s) w

ith a

dult

supe

rvis

ion.

Gam

es dom

inoe

s (c

olor

or

num

ber)

.si

mpl

e m

atch

ing

and

lotto

gam

es b

ased

on c

olor

, pic

ture

s.si

mpl

e ca

rd g

ames

.bi

ngo

(pic

ture

).

from

age

4:fi

rst b

oard

gam

es, b

ased

com

plet

ely

onch

ance

gam

es s

houl

d ha

ve f

ew r

ules

,si

mpl

e sc

orin

g, n

o re

adin

g re

quir

ed b

e-yo

nd A

BC

, onl

y a

few

pie

ces.

gam

es r

equi

ring

sim

ple

fine

mot

orco

ordi

natio

n (p

icki

ng u

p or

bal

anci

ngob

ject

s).

Spec

ific

Ski

lls D

evel

opm

ent T

oys

sim

ple

elec

tron

ic a

nd o

ther

teac

hing

toys

for: m

atch

ing/

sort

ing.

shap

es, c

olor

s:nu

mbe

rs a

nd le

tters

.

from

age

4:

sim

ple

com

pute

r pr

ogra

ms

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mili

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l equ

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hand

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mus

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ater

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ay S

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a v

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f rea

listic

acc

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d w

orki

ng p

arts

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vorit

e th

emes

- g

arag

e, fa

rm, a

irpor

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ace.

fort

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from

age

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reco

rd a

nd ta

pe p

laye

rs fo

r ch

ild to

oper

ate.

sim

ple

vide

o ga

mes

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:

cloc

k.pr

intin

g se

t.to

y ty

p ew

riter

or

com

put

er.

sim

ple

calc

ulat

or.

com

pute

r pr

ogra

ms

to te

ach

sim

ple

actio

n/ad

vent

ure

sets

; act

ion

figur

es.

radi

o.pr

ogra

mm

ing.

first

dol

l hou

se -

sim

ple,

few

roo

ms:

Boo

ksea

sy a

cces

s, s

pace

to m

ove

obje

cts

pict

ure

book

s, s

impl

e st

orie

s, r

hym

es.

arou

nd, s

turd

y fu

rnis

hing

s.co

mpl

ex p

op-u

p bo

oks.

like

com

plex

illu

stra

tions

with

an

abun

-fr

om a

ge 5

:da

nce

of d

etai

l.ca

n m

anip

ulat

e ve

ry s

mal

l pie

ces;

atte

n-tio

n to

rea

listic

det

ail.

age

3 in

tere

sts:

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

she

re-a

nd-n

ow s

torie

s.to

y ca

rs o

f all

size

s -

smal

l met

al c

ars,

truc

ks w

ith v

ery

real

istic

det

ail.

larg

e-sc

ale

truc

ks, r

oad

mac

hine

ry th

at

anim

al s

torie

s.al

phab

et b

ooks

.w

ords

and

rhy

mes

.

real

ly w

orks

(du

mps

, dig

s).

age

4 in

tere

sts:

actio

n/ad

vent

ure

vehi

cle

sets

.w

ild s

torie

s, s

illy

hum

or.

smal

l, re

alis

tic tr

ains

.in

form

atio

n bo

oks.

from

age

5:

fam

iliar

pla

ces,

peo

ple.

smal

l tra

ins

with

trac

ks; c

an w

ork

mos

tag

e 5

inte

rest

s:tr

ain

coup

ling

syst

ems;

can

pla

n, b

uild

real

istic

sto

ries.

sim

ple

trac

k la

yout

s; w

ind-

up a

nd s

prin

g-po

etry

.dr

iven

car

s.pr

imer

s.P

roje

ctile

Toy

snon

e be

fore

age

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imal

s w

ho b

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e lik

e pe

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ft, fl

exib

le p

roje

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tion

figur

es w

ith p

roje

ctile

wea

pons

.

from

age

5:

guns

sho

otin

g pi

ng-p

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or fo

am b

alls

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ft da

rts.

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furt

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info

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duca

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ambr

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sach

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lay

is a

nat

ural

act

ivity

for

eve

ry y

oung

chi

ld.

PPl

ay p

rovi

des

man

y. o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

child

ren

to le

arn

and

grow

phys

ical

ly, m

enta

lly a

ndso

cial

ly. I

f pl

ay is

the

child

's w

ork

then

toys

are

the

child

's to

ols,

and

app

ropr

iate

toys

can

hel

pch

ildre

n do

thei

r w

ork

wel

l.T

his

book

let o

ffer

s su

gges

tions

for

sel

ectin

gsu

itabl

e to

ys f

or c

hild

ren

6 to

12

year

s of

age

. It

was

pre

pare

d by

the

U.S

. Con

sum

erPr

oduc

t Saf

ety

Com

mis

sion

, the

gov

ernm

ent a

genc

y th

at is

char

ged

with

pro

tect

ing

the

publ

ic a

gain

stun

reas

onab

le r

isks

of

inju

ry a

ssoc

iate

d w

ithco

nsum

er p

rodu

cts.

Apa

rent

or

frie

nd c

hoos

ing

a to

y fo

r a

child

mus

t con

side

r se

vera

l thi

ngs.

A g

ood

toy

shou

ld b

e:

appe

alin

g an

d in

tere

stin

g to

the

child

;

suite

d to

the

child

's p

hysi

cal c

apab

ilitie

s;

suite

d to

the

child

's m

enta

l and

soc

ial

deve

lopm

ent;

wel

l con

stru

cted

, dur

able

and

saf

e fo

r th

at c

hild

'sag

e.

Thi

s bo

okle

t pro

vide

s so

me

guid

elin

es to

hel

p in

sele

ctin

g to

ys th

at m

eet t

hese

cri

teri

a. T

he s

ugge

s-tio

ns in

this

boo

klet

are

bas

ed o

n th

ree

sour

ces:

(1)

revi

ew o

f re

fere

nce

wor

ks o

n ch

ild d

evel

op-

men

t; (2

) ob

serv

atio

ns o

f ch

ildre

n at

pla

y; a

nd(3

) pr

oduc

t ana

lysi

s of

toys

to d

eter

min

e w

hich

char

acte

rist

ics

are

mos

t cri

tical

in d

efin

ing

the

appr

opri

ate

ages

of

the

inte

nded

use

rs o

f to

ys.

Thi

s bo

okle

t is

orga

nize

d in

the

follo

win

g w

ay:

Bri

ef g

ener

al o

utlin

es o

f ch

ildre

ns' A

BIL

I-T

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

S ar

e fo

llow

ed b

y ca

tego

-ri

zed

TO

Y L

IST

S fo

r ea

ch o

f fi

ve a

ge g

roup

s.

The

two

age

grou

ps a

re:

Prim

ary

scho

ol c

hild

ren

(age

s, 6

, 7 a

nd 8

)O

lder

sch

ool c

hild

ren

(age

s 9,

10,

11,

& 1

2)

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

S se

ctio

ns li

stph

ysic

al, m

enta

l and

soc

ial a

bilit

ies

and

inte

rest

sfo

r ea

ch a

ge th

at a

re p

artic

ular

ly r

elev

ant t

o se

lect

-in

g ap

prop

riat

e to

ys. N

ote

that

thes

e lis

ts in

dica

teav

erag

e de

velo

pmen

tthe

age

rang

e at

whi

ch th

e"a

vera

ge"

child

can

be

expe

cted

to a

chie

ve a

par

-tic

ular

ski

ll or

dev

elop

a s

peci

fic

inte

rest

. The

age

sin

the

text

are

onl

y ap

prox

imat

e. C

hild

ren

deve

lop

skill

s at

une

ven

rate

sany

one

chi

ld m

ay b

e"a

bove

ave

rage

" in

one

ski

ll an

d "b

elow

ave

rage

"in

ano

ther

ski

ll. F

or a

n in

divi

dual

chi

ld, t

he p

aren

tis

the

best

judg

e of

the

child

's a

bilit

ies

and

inte

rest

sat

any

poi

nt in

his

or

her

deve

lopm

ent,

and

shou

ldse

lect

toys

sui

tabl

e fo

r th

at c

hild

's p

rofi

le o

fca

pabi

litie

s.T

OY

LIS

T s

ectio

ns g

ive

toy

sugg

estio

ns in

six

maj

or c

ateg

orie

s w

ith s

ubca

tego

ries

und

er e

ach

tohe

lp in

fin

ding

a p

artic

ular

toy

type

. The

maj

orca

tego

ries

and

sub

cate

gori

es a

re li

sted

on

the

fol-

low

ing

page

. Not

e th

at th

ese

sect

ions

do

not c

onst

i-tu

te a

com

preh

ensi

ve li

st o

f al

l toy

pro

duct

s th

atm

ight

be

suita

ble

for

a pa

rtic

ular

age

. The

y do

sug

-ge

st g

ener

al to

y ty

pes

suita

ble

for

that

age

gro

up.

Thi

s bo

okle

t doe

s no

t jud

ge th

e pl

ay v

alue

or

bene

-fi

ts o

f sp

ecif

ic to

ys. F

or e

xam

ple,

sui

tabl

e ty

pes

of

proj

ectil

e to

ys a

re d

escr

ibed

in th

e T

OY

LIS

TS,

alth

ough

the

pote

ntia

l saf

ety

haza

rds

of th

ese

toys

lead

man

y in

the

fiel

d to

rec

omm

end

agai

nst t

hem

.

AL

L T

OY

S (a

gen

eral

cat

egor

y or

ient

ing

the

con-

sum

er to

spe

cial

fea

ture

s of

toys

that

are

rel

evan

tto

the

part

icul

ar a

ge g

roup

)

AC

TIV

E P

LA

YPu

sh a

nd P

ull T

oys

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

Out

door

and

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

Spor

ts E

quip

men

t

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Con

stru

ctio

n T

oys

Puzz

les

Patte

rn-M

akin

g T

oys

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g an

d St

ring

ing

Toy

sSa

nd a

nd W

ater

Pla

y T

oys

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

Dol

lsSt

uffe

d T

oys

Pupp

ets

Rol

e Pl

ay M

ater

ials

Play

Sce

nes

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

sPr

ojec

tile

Toy

s

CR

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TIV

E P

LA

Y (

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s, C

raft

s an

d M

usic

)M

usic

al I

nstr

umen

tsA

rt a

nd C

raft

Mat

eria

lsA

udio

-Vis

ual E

quip

men

t

2

LE

AR

NIN

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YG

ames

Spec

ific

Ski

ll D

evel

opm

ent T

oys

Boo

ks

TO

Y S

AFE

TY

. A m

ajor

are

a of

con

side

ratio

nfo

r al

l toy

s is

the

dura

bilit

y an

d sa

fety

of

the

toys

.T

oys

shou

ld b

e co

nstr

ucte

d to

with

stan

d th

e us

esan

d ab

uses

of

child

ren

in th

e ag

e ra

nge

for

whi

chth

e to

y is

app

ropr

iate

.T

he U

.S. C

onsu

mer

Pro

duct

Saf

ety

Com

mis

-si

on (

CPS

C)

has

set s

afet

y re

gula

tions

for

cer

tain

toys

. Man

ufac

ture

rs m

ust d

esig

n an

d m

anuf

actu

reth

eir

prod

ucts

to m

eet t

hese

reg

ulat

ions

so

that

haza

rdou

s pr

oduc

ts a

re n

ot s

old.

In

addi

tion,

man

yto

y m

anuf

actu

rers

als

o ad

here

to th

e to

y in

dust

ry's

volu

ntar

y sa

fety

sta

ndar

ds.

Wha

t the

Gov

ernm

ent D

oes:

Man

dato

ry T

oy S

afet

y R

egul

atio

ns

For

All

Age

s

No

shoc

k or

ther

mal

haz

ards

in e

lect

rica

l toy

s.A

mou

nt o

f le

ad in

toy

pain

t sev

erel

y lim

ited.

No

toxi

c m

ater

ials

in o

r on

toys

Art

mat

eria

ls u

sed

by c

hild

ren

unde

r 12

sho

uld

beno

n-ha

zard

ous

and

indi

cate

they

con

form

with

AST

M D

-423

6.L

atex

bal

loon

s an

d to

ys a

nd g

ames

with

late

x ba

l-lo

ons

mus

t be

labe

led

war

ning

of

the

chok

ing

and

suff

ocat

ion

haza

rds

asso

ciat

ed w

ith p

iece

s of

and

unin

flat

ed b

allo

ons.

Und

er A

ge 3

Unb

reak

able

will

with

stan

d us

e an

d ab

use.

No

smal

l par

ts o

r pi

eces

whi

ch c

ould

bec

ome

lodg

ed in

the

thro

at.

Infa

nt r

attle

s la

rge

enou

gh n

ot to

bec

ome

lodg

ed in

child

's th

roat

and

con

stru

cted

so

as n

ot to

sep

arat

ein

to s

mal

l pie

ces.

No

balls

with

dia

met

ers

1.75

inch

es o

r le

ss.

For

Age

s 3

thro

ugh

6

All

toys

and

gam

es w

ith s

mal

l par

ts m

ust b

e la

bele

dto

war

n of

the

chok

ing

haza

rd to

you

ng c

hild

ren.

For

3 ye

ars

and

olde

r

The

fol

low

ing

toys

mus

t be

labe

led

to w

arn

of th

ech

okin

g ha

zard

to y

oung

chi

ldre

n:A

ll ba

lls a

nd to

ys a

nd g

ames

with

bal

ls w

ith a

diam

eter

1.7

5 in

ches

or

less

, and

All

mar

bles

and

toys

and

gam

es w

ith m

arbl

es.

Und

er A

ge 8

No

elec

tric

ally

ope

rate

d to

ys w

ith h

eatin

gel

emen

tsN

o sh

arp

poin

ts o

n to

ysN

o sh

arp

edge

s on

toys

CPS

C a

lso

can

rem

ove

from

the

mar

ketp

lace

toys

pres

entin

g ha

zard

s no

t cov

ered

by

the

regu

latio

ns.

Wha

t the

Ind

ustr

y D

oes:

Vol

unta

ry S

tand

ard

for

Toy

Saf

ety

Puts

age

and

saf

ety

labe

ls o

n to

ys

Puts

war

ning

labe

ls o

n cr

ib g

yms

advi

sing

that

they

be

rem

oved

fro

m th

e cr

ib w

hen

babi

es c

ange

t up

on h

ands

and

kne

es (

to p

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tran

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quee

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ethe

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not

to b

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in a

n in

fant

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roat

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ures

that

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lid o

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toy

ches

t will

sta

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any

pos

ition

to w

hich

it is

rai

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and

not f

all

unex

pect

edly

on

a ch

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it st

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leng

th o

n cr

ib a

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layp

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red

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the

risk

of

stra

ngul

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king

Ris

k

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k fo

r an

d re

ad a

ge a

nd s

afet

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bels

. Any

toy

that

is a

ge la

bele

d fo

r ch

ildre

n th

ree

year

s an

dol

der

shou

ld b

e ke

pt a

way

fro

m c

hild

ren

unde

rth

e ag

e of

thre

esu

ch to

ys m

ay h

ave

smal

lpa

rts

and

coul

d ca

use

chok

ing

if p

lace

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mou

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infl

ated

bal

loon

s an

d br

oken

bal

loon

piec

es a

way

fro

m c

hild

ren.

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nded

and

ova

l obj

ects

(e.

g., b

alls

, mar

bles

,et

c.)

that

tit e

asily

into

a c

hild

's m

outh

may

be

diffi

cult

to r

emov

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om a

thro

at a

nd c

ould

cau

sech

okin

g.

Red

uce

Stra

ngul

atio

n R

isk

Crib

toys

with

str

ings

, cor

ds, r

ibbo

ns, e

tc. (

used

to h

ang

toys

acr

oss

a cr

ib o

r to

the

side

of a

crib

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esen

t a s

tran

gula

tion

risk

whe

n ba

bies

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just

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ting

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n ha

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knee

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sual

lyab

out 5

mon

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child

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away

from

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child

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such

toys

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ck a

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toy

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furt

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wri

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oys

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ble

for

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r C

hild

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ur c

hild

is a

ge 6

,7, o

r 8

year

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pag

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is a

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,10,

11, o

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page

11

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

SPr

imar

y Sc

hool

Age

6, 7

and

8 Y

ears

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SIC

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larg

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uscl

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ilitie

s an

d in

tere

sts

incl

ude:

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prop

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opsc

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nts

and

clim

bing

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es, t

rape

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skat

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rol

ler

skat

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ridi

ng b

icyc

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ater

spo

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bal

l pla

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utm

ost n

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com

petit

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team

spo

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smal

l mus

cle

abili

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rest

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raw

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pen

cils

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an s

aw s

trai

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ting

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aper

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peer

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ized

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puz

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mpl

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cal t

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ttern

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sde

sign

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tern

toys

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us ty

pes

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in to

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ood

time

plas

ticco

llect

ions

of t

hing

spa

per

line

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fant

asy

and

real

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likes

card

boar

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mag

ic a

nd d

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kits

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ads

prod

ucin

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oduc

ts in

art

s, c

rafts

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mic

tile

s

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quip

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kill

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lopm

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skat

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7 ye

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mes

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by d

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inte

rest

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for

mal

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sson

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n) a

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tere

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in f

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he

84

TO

YS

FOR

PR

IMA

RY

SC

HO

OL

AG

E-6

, 7, A

ND

8 Y

EA

RS

(Con

t'd)

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PL

AY

CR

EA

TIV

E P

LA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts,

mus

ic)

LE

AR

NIN

G P

LA

Y

mag

ic a

nd d

isgu

ise

kits

loom

s (h

eddl

e an

d lo

oper

)m

ore

com

plex

pri

ntin

g se

tspr

ops

for

dram

atic

pla

y (s

tore

, sch

ool,

libra

ry, o

ffic

e, w

ar g

ames

, rob

ots,

spa

ce,

etc.

)

knitt

ing

spoo

lle

athe

rwor

k ki

tsje

wel

ry-m

akin

g ki

ts

mor

e co

mpl

ex v

ideo

and

com

pute

r ga

mes

(che

cker

s an

d ch

ess

prog

ram

sage

7 a

ndol

dera

nd s

ome

targ

et g

ames

)co

okin

g an

d se

win

g eq

uipm

ent t

hat r

eally

bead

/bra

idin

g ki

tsel

ectr

onic

/com

pute

r te

achi

ng g

ames

:w

orks

sew

ing

kits

with

nee

dles

arith

met

icm

osai

c til

e ki

tsdr

awin

g/gr

aphi

csPl

ay S

cene

sje

wel

ry/c

oppe

r/en

amel

ing

kits

stor

y w

ritin

gdo

ll ho

uses

(nu

mbe

r of

roo

ms,

sto

ries

, spe

-m

ore

com

plet

e w

oodw

orki

ng to

ols

(with

wor

d pr

oces

sing

cial

fur

nitu

re a

nd d

olls

)int

eres

ted

inad

ult s

uper

visi

on)

sim

ple

prog

ram

min

g co

ncep

tsm

inut

e de

tail

begi

nnin

g ph

otog

raph

yrea

l cam

era

mus

ic w

ritin

gm

odel

s w

ith m

ore

grow

n-up

them

es (

spac

e,m

ilita

ry to

y so

ldie

rs)

mod

el a

irpl

ane,

oth

er k

itsB

ooks

Aud

io-V

isua

l Equ

ipm

ent

deve

lopi

ng in

divi

dual

rea

ding

pre

fere

nces

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Toy

sre

cord

or

tape

pla

yer

to r

un b

y se

lf (

not t

ooco

mm

on in

tere

sts:

little

veh

icle

s (3

-4 in

ches

) pa

rtic

ular

lyfr

agile

)ch

ildho

od c

lass

ics

pref

erre

dcol

lect

ible

veh

icle

sra

dio

myt

hs, l

egen

dsla

rge-

scal

e re

alis

tic tr

ucks

, pla

nes,

etc

. with

blan

k ta

pes

to m

ake

own

reco

rdin

gsbi

ogra

phie

sw

orki

ng p

arts

mor

e co

mpl

ex s

tori

es a

nd b

ooks

on

reco

rds

poet

ryel

abor

ate

woo

d or

met

al tr

ain

sets

or ta

pefa

iry

tale

sel

ectr

ic tr

ains

(8-

9 ye

ars)

folk

son

gsdi

ctio

nari

es (

age

appr

opri

ate)

sim

ple

rem

ote

cont

rol v

ehic

les

elec

tric

rac

ing

cars

intr

oduc

tion

to o

rche

stra

rec

ords

fast

dan

cing

(su

ch a

s fo

lk d

anci

ng)

reco

rds

book

s ab

out:

child

ren,

ani

mal

s, n

atur

e,sp

ace,

pla

nes,

ele

ctri

city

, mag

ic

Proj

ectil

e T

oys

actio

n fi

gure

s (5

-7 in

ches

) w

ith p

roje

ctile

wea

pons

guns

that

sho

ot p

ing-

pong

bal

ls o

r so

ft d

arts

helic

opte

r-ty

pe p

roje

ctile

sw

ater

pre

ssur

e ro

cket

s (8

+ y

ears

)

.

9

AB

ILIT

IES

AN

D I

NT

ER

EST

SO

lder

Sch

ool A

ge 9

, 10,

11

and

12 Y

ears

PHY

SIC

AL

spor

ts im

port

ant t

o bo

th s

exes

this

age

rang

e is

rea

dy f

or a

thle

tic a

nd te

am s

port

s:ri

ding

(bi

cycl

e an

d ho

rseb

ack)

, ska

ting,

swim

min

g, s

ailin

g, te

nnis

, fis

hing

, and

ava

riet

y of

bal

l gam

es in

clud

ing

base

ball

and

socc

eren

joys

dex

teri

ty g

ames

: pic

k-up

stic

ks,

mar

bles

, jac

ks, d

arts

, rin

g to

ss, t

iddl

ywin

ksca

n m

ake

com

plex

con

stru

ctio

ns a

nd m

odel

s,an

d do

jigs

aw p

uzzl

es o

f 10

0 to

100

0 pi

eces

inte

rest

ed in

a v

arie

ty o

f ar

ts a

nd c

raft

ssm

all m

uscl

e ab

ility

is e

ssen

tially

that

of

anad

ult b

y ag

e 10

may

be

inte

rest

ed in

for

mal

mus

ic, d

ance

and

art o

r cr

aft l

esso

ns

ME

NT

AL

able

to p

lay

and

carr

y ou

t act

iviti

es o

n ow

nem

erge

nce

of in

depe

nden

t cri

tical

thin

king

eval

uate

s id

eas

and

peop

lem

ay b

e in

ter-

este

d in

bio

grap

hies

and

his

tory

10

incr

ease

d in

divi

dual

dif

fere

nces

in a

bilit

ies

and

inte

rest

sm

ay b

e in

tere

sted

in s

cien

cein

crea

sing

abi

l-ity

to a

rran

ge, c

lass

ify

and

gene

raliz

em

ay e

njoy

hob

bies

, col

lect

ions

, or

scra

pboo

ksin

tere

st in

sto

ries

or

play

s, a

nd a

ctin

g in

them

inte

rest

in g

adge

ts a

nd in

vent

ions

(in

clud

ing

com

pute

rs)

SOC

IAL ca

n w

ork

coop

erat

ivel

y w

ith o

ther

s an

d is

inte

rest

ed in

clu

bs a

nd in

gro

up a

ctiv

ities

and

prod

uctio

nsca

n pl

ay c

ompl

ex c

ard

and

tabl

e ga

mes

with

rule

sbeg

ins

to b

e ab

le to

lose

gra

cefu

llyen

joys

com

petit

ive

gam

es a

nd s

port

sin

tere

st in

dra

ma

and

dram

atic

gam

es (

cha-

rade

s, g

estu

res)

grow

ing

inte

rest

in th

e la

rger

com

mun

ity a

ndth

e w

orld

TO

YS

FOR

OL

DE

R S

CH

OO

L A

GE

-9, 1

0, 1

1 A

ND

12

YE

AR

S

ALL

TO

YS

AC

TIV

E P

LAY

MA

NIP

ULA

TIV

E P

LAY

Gre

at in

crea

se in

indi

vidu

al d

iffer

ence

s in

Pus

hing

and

Pul

ling

Toy

sC

onst

ruct

ion

Toy

sab

ilitie

s an

d in

tere

stsm

ay b

e in

tere

sted

not s

uite

d to

age

gro

upla

rge

sets

of b

lock

s or

bric

ks (

at le

ast

in:

80-1

00 p

iece

s)re

adin

g (a

nd in

spe

cific

kin

ds o

f boo

ks)

Rid

e-O

n T

oys

cons

truc

tion

sets

(w

ood/

plas

tic/m

etal

)can

scie

nce

(with

som

e sp

ecifi

c in

tere

st li

ketw

o-w

heel

ed b

icyc

le (

can

usua

lly m

anag

epu

t tog

ethe

r co

mpl

ex p

arts

, man

ipul

ate

chem

istr

y or

ast

rono

my)

adul

t siz

e by

11

or 1

2 an

d ca

nm

anag

e a

tiny

nuts

and

scr

ews,

and

follo

wco

mpu

ters

(so

me

like

to m

ake

thei

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cycl

e w

ith g

eare

d sp

eeds

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rect

ions

own

prog

ram

s)ba

ttery

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ered

rid

e-on

s (m

any

can

man

age

sets

with

mot

oriz

ed p

arts

hobb

ies

gear

shift

s)co

mpl

ex g

ear

syst

ems

craf

ts (

skill

app

roac

hes

adul

t lev

el b

y(1

2-ye

ar-o

lds

not y

et r

eady

to h

andl

e m

otor

-ca

n co

py o

r bu

ild m

odel

s fo

llow

ing

age

12)

ized

rid

e-on

s th

at r

equi

re c

onsi

sten

t jud

g-in

stru

ctio

nspr

efer

set

s th

at p

rodu

cebu

ildin

g m

odel

sm

ent a

bout

spe

ed, s

afet

y, e

tc.)

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istic

mod

els

colle

ctio

ns (

som

e be

com

e se

rious

col

-le

ctor

s an

d m

any

enjo

y sm

all c

ol-

Out

door

and

Gym

Equ

ipm

ent

Puz

zles

lect

ions

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mpl

ex g

ym s

ets

with

rin

gs, b

ars,

sw

ings

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saw

puz

zles

form

al tr

aini

ng in

art

s (m

usic

, dra

ma,

draw

ing)

or

spec

ific

craf

ts (

potte

ry,

wea

ving

, car

pent

ry, s

ewin

g, e

tc.)

rope

s, r

ope

ladd

ers,

slid

es (

man

y ch

ildre

nge

tting

too

big

for

aver

age

size

of h

ome

sets

)

age

8-10

, 100

-500

pie

ces

age

10+

, 500

-200

0 pi

eces

thre

e-di

men

sion

al p

uzzl

espr

oduc

ing

show

s or

pla

ys (

live

acto

rs,

anim

als,

pup

pets

, etc

.)'

com

plex

clim

bing

str

uctu

res

jum

prop

esco

mpl

ex ta

ngra

ms

both

sex

es n

ow e

njoy

ath

letic

s an

d/or

som

e lik

e w

eigh

tlifti

ngP

atte

rn-M

akin

g T

oys

com

petit

ive

spor

ts, b

ut s

peci

fic in

tere

sts

grea

t inc

reas

e in

des

ign

skill

s in

this

age

vary

child

may

be

inte

rest

ed in

form

alra

nge

trai

ning

in s

ome

athl

etic

ski

llde

sign

or

patte

rn w

ork

in v

irtua

lly a

nym

ediu

m (

woo

d, p

last

ic, p

aper

, car

dboa

rd,

clot

h, ti

les,

bea

ds, e

tc.)

kits

to p

rodu

ce d

esig

n pr

oduc

tsde

sign

inte

rest

mer

ges

into

art

s an

d cr

afts

inte

rest

s

TOYS FOR OLDER SCHOOL AGE-9, 10, 11 AND 12 YEARS (Cont'd)

AL

L T

OY

SA

CT

IVE

PL

AY

MA

NIP

UL

AT

IVE

PL

AY

Fin

e m

otor

abi

litie

s be

gin

to a

ppro

ach

that

Spo

rts

Equ

ipm

ent

Man

ipul

ativ

e T

oys

of a

n ad

ultm

ay e

njoy

dex

terit

y ga

mes

,ba

seba

ll, b

aske

tbal

l and

soc

cer

equi

pmen

tm

ay e

njoy

pro

duci

ng o

r m

anip

ulat

ing:

com

plex

con

stru

ctio

ns, o

r pu

zzle

s(r

egul

ar s

ize)

mat

h m

odel

sIn

tere

sted

in m

ore

com

plex

tabl

e ga

mes

and

foot

ball

(reg

ular

siz

e)m

echa

nica

l mod

els

enjo

ys s

trat

egy

and

com

petit

ionc

an n

owst

ick

to th

e ru

les

and

lose

gra

cefu

llyfly

ing

disk

s (r

egul

ar s

ize)

rolle

r an

d ic

e sk

ates

scie

nce

mod

els

(of b

ody,

sta

rs, p

lane

ts,

etc.

)sk

i equ

ipm

ent

hock

ey e

quip

men

tsi

mpl

e ph

ysic

s m

odel

s

sled

s w

ith s

teer

ing

mec

hani

sms

and

hand

Dre

ssin

g, L

acin

g, S

trin

ging

Toy

sbr

akes

strin

ging

bea

ds o

f any

siz

e or

mat

eria

l

tobo

ggan

sm

any

skill

s su

ch a

s se

win

g no

w b

ecom

ing

croq

uet s

ets

craf

ts

ping

pon

g se

ts_

may

enj

oy:

hors

esho

e se

ts \

sim

ple

to c

ompl

ex h

andl

oom

sba

dmin

ton

equi

pmen

tje

wel

ry m

akin

g ki

tste

nnis

equ

ipm

ent

knitt

ing

kits

golf

equi

pmen

tne

edle

poin

t kits

swim

min

g an

d un

derw

ater

equ

ipm

ent

leat

her

sew

ing

kits

leat

her

and

plas

tic b

raid

ing

kits

Sand

and

Wat

er P

lay

Toy

sca

n op

erat

e sm

all r

eal b

oats

with

adu

ltsu

perv

isio

n (s

ailb

oats

, raf

ts, c

anoe

s)el

abor

ate

mod

el b

oats

, inc

ludi

ng g

aspo

wer

ed b

oats

(w

ith s

uper

visi

on)

rem

ote

cont

rol b

oats

12

4 7.

TO

YS

FOR

OL

DE

R S

CH

OO

L A

GE

-9, 1

0, 1

1 A

ND

12

YE

AR

S

MA

KE

-BE

LIE

VE

PLA

YC

RE

AT

IVE

PLA

Y(a

rts,

cra

fts, m

usic

)LE

AR

NIN

G P

LAY

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lsM

usic

al In

stru

men

tsG

ames

dolls

are

incr

easi

ngly

dec

orat

ive

piec

es o

rho

bbie

sm

ay b

e in

tere

sted

in r

eal i

nstr

umen

ts(p

iano

, aut

ohar

p, u

kule

le, c

hild

ren'

sno

w li

kes

gam

es r

equi

ring:

spe

ed, d

exte

rity,

stra

tegy

, com

petit

ion,

ext

ende

d co

ncen

-pr

efer

ence

for

lots

of a

cces

sorie

sso

usap

hone

, rec

orde

r, v

iolin

, hor

n, e

tc.)

trat

ion

inte

rest

in c

aree

rs (

dolls

with

rol

es)

and

form

al le

sson

sla

byrin

th g

ames

; che

ss; c

ardg

ames

; mor

em

ay e

njoy

: fas

hion

dol

ls/te

enag

e do

lls,

cost

ume

dolls

, col

lect

or d

olls

, dol

lhou

sem

ay b

e in

tere

sted

in fo

rmal

dan

ce le

sson

s(b

alle

t, m

oder

n da

nce,

tap

danc

ing,

folk

com

plex

mat

h ga

mes

; com

plex

det

ectio

nga

mes

; wor

d ga

mes

/spe

lling

gam

es; q

uiz

or m

inia

ture

dol

ls, h

airc

uttin

g do

lls, d

olls

danc

e, a

crob

atic

s)ga

mes

; dom

inoe

s; c

heck

ers;

Chi

nese

repr

esen

ting

fam

iliar

cha

ract

ers,

fan-

may

be

inte

rest

ed in

son

gboo

ks a

nd g

roup

chec

kers

; bin

go; m

arbl

es; p

arch

eesi

;ta

sy/a

ctio

n ch

arac

ters

sing

ing

them

e an

d st

rate

gy g

ames

Stu

ffed

Toy

sA

rt a

nd C

raft

Mat

eria

lsS

peci

fic S

kill

Dev

elop

men

t Toy

ssm

all c

olle

ctib

le to

ysag

e 10

-13f

orm

al a

rt le

sson

s fo

llow

ing

conc

eptu

al m

odel

s (h

uman

bod

y, p

hysi

cal

larg

e, fl

oppy

stu

ffed

toys

(so

me

inte

rest

inin

tere

stw

orld

, sta

rs, s

pace

, moo

n)ov

ersi

zed

anim

als)

very

rea

listic

toys

cray

ons,

pai

nts,

mar

kers

, pen

cils

, art

chal

ks, c

asei

n pa

ints

scie

nce

kits

(ch

emis

try

sets

, sci

ence

mod

els,

wea

ther

kits

)re

plic

as o

f fam

ous

anim

als

varie

ty o

f pap

ers,

ske

tch

pads

, art

pap

ers

mic

rosc

ope

(may

hav

e pa

rtic

ular

love

of h

orse

s, d

ogs,

cats

, bea

rs, e

tc.)

and

card

boar

ds

very

com

plex

col

orin

g/de

sign

boo

kste

lesc

ope

field

bin

ocul

ars

unus

ual,

uniq

ue s

tuffe

d to

ysst

enci

lspr

otra

ctor

papi

er m

ache

cloc

ks, w

atch

es, s

topw

atch

es

Pup

pets

all g

lues

exc

ept d

ange

rous

one

sca

lcul

ator

sca

n m

anip

ulat

e pu

ppet

thea

ter,

cur

tain

s an

dre

gula

r sc

isso

rsst

anda

rd ty

pew

riter

(ca

n le

arn

to ty

pe)

scen

ery

clay

(oi

l-bas

ed, s

elf-

hard

enin

g, p

otte

ry c

lay)

mor

e co

mpl

ex v

ideo

gam

es in

clud

ing

targ

etin

tere

sted

in s

crip

ted

pupp

et p

lays

may

enj

oy: h

and

pupp

ets,

pup

pets

on

rods

,st

ringe

d m

ario

nette

s

plas

ter

of p

aris

gam

es

Rol

e-P

lay

Mat

eria

lsm

irror

s (u

sed

in a

dult

way

)

TO

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