Comments on: Essential Toy Guide: 3-to-5-Year-Olds

By: My Boaz's Ruth

My Boaz's Ruth — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:32:40 +0000

No, Timmi. Not when used with supervision. I know there are kids in that age range (and even older) who are too immature to trust with marbles. That is where parents become involved, they have to know their kids. But most kids in that age range I know are perfectly safe when left to play with marbles in a supervised environment.

By: Timmi

Timmi — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:49:17 +0000

Marbles are dangerous even for 3 to 5 year olds!

By: Kelly K

Kelly K — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:29:50 +0000

Guidecraft Feel and Find!

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:25:22 +0000

Puzzles

board games… especially cranium ones! My daughter LOVES Cranium Cariboo… I highly recommend it! I’m asking the grandparents to get some Cranium Bloom games for her for Christmas this year.

By: Kelly K

Kelly K — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:15:52 +0000

I want to second Laralara’s marble / marble run suggestion. My four year old is enchanted with marbles right now. We have spent hours using his regular set of assorted wood blocks + a set of nesting boxes (to make a stairway to build momentum) + our wood rainbow pieces (to catch and redirect fast moving marbles and as a launch pad, rolling down the sides) as a sort of home made marble run… cardboard tubes, folded paper all kinds of things.

By: dayna

dayna — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:55:11 +0000

Fisher Price makes My First Dollhouse which is excellent for 1.5 – 4 year old kids. It has been priceless in our house.

By: MIdge

MIdge — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:45:56 +0000

My daughter is five, these are her current favorites for the past year:

Wood Horse Stable, with horses. Also doubles as a dollhouse/jail/kitchen/classroom or whatever she needs for the current imaginative “set up”. It was a gift from the Grandparents last year:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067BIE/ref=nosim/coffeeresearch106316-20

She has a collection of Schleich and Papo fantasy characters. We plan to add a few to her collection each year. She loves them!!

http://www.kitestailstoys.com/home.php?cat=534

By: Ticia

Ticia — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:09:44 +0000

dress up clothes in your child’s interests. My kids are into superheroes and princesses and knights, so we have lots of different costumes

By: Laralara

Laralara — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:30:59 +0000

I forgot to mentionn marbles can be used to rowll or for immaginary play, ours were used for a family going into and out of school the other day. Perhhaps with a marble run to go with them we have the bassic quadrilla set.

Puppits are also good, any sellections really.

Some sort of creative toty either playdough or something like that or playfoam makes less mess.

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:24:49 +0000

Good guide. What about some play food such as the haba food you reviewede the other day. How about cars and a garrage.