Thursday, March 29, 2012

Play materials and games for infants and toddler


Play materials and games for infants and toddler

                 Age :  0-4 months
Ø Colourful mobile items
Ø Dangling  toys
Ø Music carousals
Ø Finger play
Ø Rattles
Ø Rubber or plastic rings

                    4-8 Months
Ø Plastic spoons
Ø Pots and pans
Ø Cereals for finger feeding
Ø Non breakable mirrors
Ø Colourful plastic cups
Ø Textured balls
Ø  Squeeze toys
Ø Balls
Ø Stacking toys
Ø Water play
Ø Peek-a-boo-type games

                  9-12 months
Ø Soft toys
Ø Bathtub play with toys that float
Ø Large beads and spools for stringing
Ø Cloth or cardboard books
Ø Beanbags
Ø Playground exploration

                  1-2 years
Ø Chasing and hiding games
Ø Imitation play
Ø Play phone
Ø Soft toys
Ø Bathroom play with squeezing and pouring toys
Ø Toys to hammer
Ø Pull toys
Ø Wooden and large cardboard blocks
Ø Toys with screw tops or plastic nuts and bolts
Ø Shape toys or disks to drop through slot in box
Ø Low sliding boards
Ø Sand play
Ø Water play
Ø Large crayons
Ø Books
Ø Sound producing toys ( horns, drums, recorded player etc)

                 2-3 years
Ø Toy materials for imaginative and imitative play
Ø Dolls
Ø Dress-up clothes
Ø Household toys (e.g., small  brooms, toy kitchen, common using items realistic moving toys etc.).
Ø Water play with sponges, containers, doll clothes, soap , straws, or bubble blowers
Ø Modelling clay
Ø Paints, finger paints, blow paints etc.
Ø Simple shape puzzle
Ø Little toys (e.g., cars, trains, animals, people etc)
Ø Children’s  scissors top cut with
Ø Playground for climbing
Ø Large balls to kick and throw 
Ø Wagons and wheelbarrows
Ø Wheel toys with pedals (e.g., tricycles, cars)
Ø Sand play, with sand toys and shovels
Ø Walking on balance beams
Ø Rough house play
Ø Short field trips (e.g., zoo, carnival)

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