Children under three:
- Shape sorters Puzzles (wooden with handles for each piece; suggested brand: Melissa and Doug)
- Board books Stacking blocks and cups
- Cause-and-effect toys with lights, sounds and/or music (e.g., Pop Up Pals, Fisher-Price Sing-Along activity Barn, Wiggles products)
- Plush toys and animals Dolls and large action figures
For children age three – five:
- Games (e.g., Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Don’t Break the Ice, Connect Four, Hi-Ho Cherry-O, Cariboo, Hullabaloo, Lucky Ducks)
- Puzzles with up to 25 pieces (suggested brand: Melissa & Doug)
- Action figures/dolls and related accessories Play sets (e.g., kitchen, construction) Dress up items and beads Puppets Story books with large pictures
- Art supplies (markers, crayons, construction paper, glue, clay)
- Small building blocks (e.g., LEGOS) Trucks and cars Sorting items (counting sets such as fruit and animals, stacking shapes, peg boards)
For both groups (children five and under):
- Large building blocks (suggested brands: Mega Blocks or Duplo)
- Electronic learning toys (suggested brands: Leap Frog, V Tech)
- Fisher-Price Little People sets (e.g., houses, farms)
- Magna-Doodle Play Doh and Play Doh activities
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