3-5 years
Preschoolers are very active and adept at most physical activities both indoor and outdoor.
All Preschoolers love toys which look more realistic and require a greater deal of concentration and participation to play.
Role Playing is also more popular at this age as is making their own creations from either paper, play-dough or other materials.
At this stage many boys start showing interest in making model cars and trains or copying what their Dads do.
Girls on the other hand particularly love to play house and copy a lot of what they see their Mother doing from day to day.
Popular toys for preschoolers include:
- Ride-Ons – Tricycles and rocking horses
- Model building sets with large and few pieces
- Soft Baseball and bat
- Kites
- Dolls
- Role Play Equipment like household and cooking accessories
- Toy phones, cameras, kits
- Crayons, Magic Markers, Easels,
- Clay modelling
- Simple board games
- Interactive Video Games
- Interactive Computer Games