2 TO 3 1/2 YEARS
What Children Are Like
- Enjoy learning new skills
- Learn language rapidly
- Are always on the go
- Have some sense of danger
- Gain more control of hands and fingers
- Frustrated easily
- Act more independent, but are still dependent, too
- Act out familiar scene
Types Of Good Toys And Worthwhile Activitie
- Wood puzzles with 4 to 20 pieces
- Pegboards, sewing cards, stacking toys, picture lotto, dominoes
- Picture/story books, poems about familiar things
- Classical, fold, children's music
- Finger or tempera paint, 1/2" brushes, blunt scissors, white glue
- Unit blocks & accessories, wood train set with large pieces
- Hammer (13 oz steel shanked), soft wood, roofing nails, nailing block
- Triangle, wood block; texture- & sound-matching games
- Wagon or wheelbarrow, large rubber ball, riding toy
- Washable doll with a few clothes, doll bed
- Dress-up clothes: hats, shoes, shirts; hand puppet
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