Interesting toys for children 4 5 years old

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Purchasing a toy for boys over 3 years old requires special attention from parents. Boys have different interests in games than girls. And at the age of 3 years this becomes very noticeable. Cars and construction sets come to the fore, the constant exploration of the world, even by a small but real man, is activated.

Boyish interests

The Kinderly online store carefully selects toys for growing boys. The most interesting things for male children are undoubtedly cars and everything connected with them.

Our assortment includes:

racing cars,
trucks,
tow trucks,
fire trucks,
construction equipment (excavators, loaders, cranes).

Trains and railways are very popular. And if the vehicle is equipped with batteries and can move independently, then be sure that the baby will be occupied with the new product for a long time.

Racing tracks and figurines of your favorite cartoon characters will bring true joy to boys of any age.

Constructors for the development of logical thinking

Men, as a rule, are distinguished by strict logic. And it is worth developing this feature in childhood. Children's construction sets allow you to activate logical thinking and develop imagination. Construction allows you to assemble new toys every day and play with new interest.

The following models are presented in the Kinderly online store:

wooden cubes,
cars and other plastic equipment,
magnetic constructors,
soft rubber options,
much more.

You will find a purchase for your baby to your liking. By playing interestingly and excitingly, the child develops fine motor skills, learns colors, and vividly fantasizes. A properly selected arsenal for games will allow children to develop their physical, emotional and psychological areas well.

Constructors help develop perseverance in a child. After all, in order to get the coveted model of an airplane, house or motorcycle, you need to spend time designing it.

Activated logical thinking between the ages of three and seven will allow the child to do well in school, be more attentive, and remember new material better. Therefore, purchasing the right gaming gift will allow your child to be successful in the future.

The Kimberly store offers its customers to buy the best gifts for their beloved boy!

From the age of 4, play becomes a fundamentally important part of a child’s life. The entertainment component is increasingly inferior to the educational one. Children's play is a way and means for the harmonious all-round formation of a child. The baby receives intellectual, physical and emotional development. The role of toys in this process cannot be overestimated. A toy shapes taste, needs, and a value system. And it’s not at all about the price of the toy. The point is its functionality, aesthetic design and safety for your baby.

I'm like dad

At 4-5 years old, children become aware of their gender identity. A division between boys and girls is also observed in gaming preferences. Future men actively imitate their dads, which is why they love toys that look like dad’s tools, kits for a repairman, cars and motorcycles.

Over the course of 4 years, my son usually accumulates a lot of different toy cars. But there will always be something on sale that you don’t already have. If earlier boys’ attention was paid more to the color, size of the car, its main parts (wheels, body, steering wheel), then from the age of 4-5, children remember with interest the models and brands of cars. Together with their dads and older brothers, they happily distribute toys - cars by purpose, by size, by class. With a 5-6 year old son, it’s interesting to create your own toy parking lot or garage. You can purchase ready-made models in the store, or you can build them yourself from cardboard boxes and other scrap materials.

Boys are especially fond of radio-controlled cars. Such toys delight with the ability to move “on their own.” Radio control of a car develops coordination, thinking, quick reaction, and logic. And even dads will enjoy racing radio-controlled cars.

Children 5-6 years old will not leave indifferent the children's auto track. This toy will allow you to organize races even in a small apartment. Auto track configurations can be very diverse (depending on price). Assembling a car track develops design abilities, teaches team play, competition and fair male struggle.

An excellent component of the game will be the organization of a repair shop. There will always be toys that require repair and repair. This is where tools, intelligence, and fine motor skills come in handy. Reanimate broken toys together. This instills in boys a sense of responsibility, thrift and thrift. And the process itself will allow you to communicate more and closer with your son, develop perseverance and patience in him.

Bicycle and scooter

Among small toys, children's bicycles, cars and scooters occupy a special place among boys. Riding them perfectly develops and strengthens physically, promotes the development of coordination, attention, and responsibility. Riding on the playground and in the park requires compliance with the rules of behavior in a public place and teaches you to respect others. However, you should not restrain your child from showing bright positive emotions. Let him loudly and loudly express his pleasure and delight, which is so often suppressed at home.

Games with children's vehicles are a great way to get acquainted with the rules of the road for the first time. They reinforce the distribution of social roles pedestrian - driver - passenger, and help unobtrusively learn the rules of behavior for everyone.

Sports section

The constant need for movement and active games at home will be perfectly satisfied by a children's sports corner. A mini-complex of a horizontal bar, rope, wall bars, rings, rope ladder can be supplemented with a slide, swing, ball net and basketball basket, etc. To protect against inevitable falls, it is better to lay mats on the floor. Give boys 4-6 years old the opportunity to explore the capabilities of their body, strengthen physically, develop flexibility, coordination, reaction, and learn to overcome fear and doubt.

For adults, the main thing is to securely fasten the parts and ensure the safety of the structure. Periodically check the fastenings and adjust the mats.

Constructor

Construction toys for boys can be picked up as early as 2 years old. They perfectly develop fine motor skills, cultivate perseverance, and develop imagination. At 4 years old, children are ready to design, arranging large and small parts, using tools.

The designer creates great scope for the manifestation of imagination, creativity, and engineering talents. Designing a toy using parts of different colors, thematic and plot restructuring, technical experiments - all this attracts both children and adults.

From 5-6 years old, children will be interested in thematic construction sets. It provides the opportunity to create new forms, develops fantasy and imagination. Together with your son, you can create a car, a ship, a circus arena, a car park, etc. A varied number of options will allow you to hold the child’s attention for a long time.

Particularly popular are interactive toys - construction kits of robots and dinosaurs. All stages of the game are interesting: assembling the toy, mastering the controls, and playing directly using the remote control. This develops fine motor skills, intelligence, attentiveness and perseverance, and responsibility.

Railway

This toy is unrivaled for many generations of boys. All stages of the game are of great interest: assembling the structure, forming trains, starting the movement, creating different situations, controlling the movement of trains. Depending on the configuration of the “Railroad” game set, you will have semaphores and barriers, passenger and freight trains. The child tries himself as a driver, technician, builder, passenger and conductor. The measured clatter of wheels, smooth movement, and situation management develop endurance, determination, and responsibility in the game participants.

Board games

A great alternative to outdoor games. Changing the mood and playing conditions benefit children 4-6 years old. Board games allow you to switch attention, develop perseverance and patience, teach you to think logically and make decisions.

Puzzles of various sizes and designs allow you to create both flat and three-dimensional figures. They develop architectural abilities, fine motor skills, and color perception. The collected pictures can perfectly decorate the interior of a children's room and complement the story game. Collecting puzzles calms and concentrates, extinguishes emotions.

For boys from 4 years old, board games related to adventure stories, favorite fairy-tale characters and cartoon characters are entertaining. Children learn to make choices, make decisions, take responsibility for mistakes made, establish correspondences, and look for ways out of dead-end situations. Children develop cognitive interest, spatial and logical thinking, endurance and perseverance.

Table football or hockey are still exciting. Excitement and the spirit of competition allow you to express your emotions. Such games develop reaction speed and fine motor skills well, and teach how to balance strengths and capabilities. Quite simple rules enable children from 4-5 years old to participate in the game with dignity.

Children's lotto and dominoes are still relevant for the development of mathematical abilities, logic, and counting skills. These games perfectly develop attention, memory and perseverance. They teach team games, stimulate the ability to make decisions and bear responsibility for them.

Twister

This game is suitable for boys of any age, starting from 4-5 years old. It will force active and overly mobile children to calm down and collect themselves, and mobilize their attention. And for calm children it will create a situation that requires physical activity and mobility. Twister develops flexibility, dexterity, and coordination from an early age. This game creates favorable conditions for communication and development of communication skills. Fun and goodwill always reign on the play mat. Players easily overcome psychological barriers.

Musical toys

A children's music center or synthesizer is a great way to introduce a child to music, develop musical abilities, taste and hearing. This toy makes it possible to get acquainted with musical notation, learn the sound of different instruments, learn children's songs, improvise and experiment. Games with a musical center from 4-5 years old develop attention, fine motor skills, coordination, and a sense of proportion.

Stuffed Toys

From the first year of life, soft toys surround your child. You shouldn’t give them up when your son turns 4 years old. Let the baby have a favorite bear or dinosaur that will calm him down, lie next to him on the pillow, and take part in games. Children often dream about their favorite cartoon or book character. Small soft toys will be wonderful passengers in cars and trailers. They can be used to organize an auditorium during musical games.

For a 4 year old child, pleasant tactile sensations are very important. The feeling of something soft, fluffy and cozy.

Of course, in a boy of 4-5 years old you see a future man, strong, courageous and confident. But do not forget about the importance of developing intelligence and positive character traits. Therefore, your baby’s games and toys should be diverse and varied. Take into account the interests of the child, open up new possibilities for him, play with your children.

If at an early age children simply master different skills and actions with objects, then at the age of 4-5 years a real children's game becomes obvious to everyone. In play, the child develops comprehensively: physically, emotionally, intellectually. A five-year-old child is already a preschooler, for whom it is important to learn to think logically, establish relationships, follow rules, and find solutions to various problems. Toys play a very important role in this process, because with the help of them the child models the future “adult” reality, receives the necessary experience and simply enjoys the process of play. This article contains a rating of the 20 best toys for boys and girls aged 4-5 years.

10 toys for girls

Girls start playing “mother and daughter” quite early. This interactive baby can not only be rolled in a stroller or swaddled. The Baby Bon doll “can” drink water, eat porridge, pee in a potty, blink, and move her arms and legs. In addition, you can purchase various accessories for the doll, from clothes to diapers. By playing with such a doll, a girl learns to care for a baby, “training” the instinct of caring for a helpless creature. During these games, the girl is already beginning to prepare for the main period in her life - motherhood.

2. Easel

Drawing for a 4-5 year old child is not just a way to pass the time. This is an integral part of the development and knowledge of the world around us. Drawing on an easel allows a child to feel like a real creator. There are a great variety of easel options: floor and tabletop, with a surface for drawing with markers, crayons or paints on an attached sheet of paper. Most models combine several functions. Drawing on an easel takes some getting used to, because it has some nuances compared to drawing on a horizontal surface, but children easily overcome all barriers.

3. Cubes for learning to read

At the age of 4-5 years, many children already know letters, so they can move on to the next stage - learning to read. For such children, there are proprietary methods of teaching reading, with the help of which, in a playful way, you can teach the child to put letters into syllables, and syllables into words. Zaitsev's cubes and Chaplygin's cubes have proven themselves well in this topic. Both methods are suitable for home learning, but they differ from each other: syllables are written on Zaitsev’s cubes, and individual letters are written on Chaplygin’s cubes.

4. Dance mat

5. Craft kits

Now, when manual labor is becoming less and less, girls simply need to be introduced to needlework. Craft kits are convenient because one box contains instructions and all the necessary materials. In specialized stores you can choose a set for every taste: weaving bracelets from rubber bands or beads, creating hair accessories, jewelry, cross-stitching and much more. In addition to developing fine motor skills, handicrafts train perseverance, accuracy, and develop the ability to sit patiently at painstaking work.

6. Sets for story games

In a role-playing game, a child plays out familiar situations from “adult” life. For girls there are wonderful play sets on the theme of household chores: kitchens, kitchen utensils, washing and ironing, cleaning. An excellent option would be sets for story games in the profession: a doctor's set, a hairdresser's, a cash register and children's scales for playing shop.

7. Board games

Board games have always been popular with children. In addition to the well-known lotto and dominoes, there are now a huge number of games that develop different abilities. For example, expressive girls always really like the board game “Activity”. The game involves several participants, each of whom needs to explain a word or concept using pantomime, drawing or synonyms. This game promotes the development of imaginative thinking and the emotional sphere.

Puzzles have not lost their popularity for a very long time. If kids assemble puzzles from 2-3 elements, then children 4-5 years old are already able to assemble pictures from many parts. Putting together puzzles is a meditative activity and is very calming. In addition, during this lesson, attention, imaginative thinking, and hand motor skills develop. Assembling a picture from individual parts involves almost all mental operations.

9. Creativity kits

Of course, it is the creative component in such sets that is a little lame, because the child does not create anything new, but acts according to the instructions, but, nevertheless, such sets are very loved by children. Rather than developing creativity, they allow you to practice a skill and specific actions. Depending on what the child is drawn to, these can be kits for creating plaster figures, sand paintings, stained glass paintings, etc. Some kits contain blanks: photo frames, piggy banks, wooden figurines that need to be decorated. Having practiced certain skills on a ready-made set, the child can safely begin his own creations.

10. Anti-stress soft toy

You literally don’t want to let go of soft toys with a special “ball” filling. This toy can be crushed and squeezed in every possible way, it is very soft, pleasant to the touch and never loses its shape. The effect of this toy is extremely positive: the release of psycho-emotional stress, the release of emotions, and in addition to this, the development of fine motor skills.

10 for boys

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1. LEGO constructor

The constructor is a universal and very useful toy. Games with construction kits promote the development of fine motor skills, imagination, and engineering thinking. An excellent option for a 4-5 year old boy are Lego constructors and their analogues. Such construction sets are produced in series, so you can select them according to themes and plots: pirates, knights, etc. Entire cities can be built from construction kit parts, without being limited by the manufacturer’s instructions. Usually this activity does not leave adults indifferent either, so the whole family is involved in Lego construction.

2. Radio-controlled dinosaur construction kit

The dinosaur construction kit, which, after assembling and installing a motor, is able to move on its own, is already very popular with the boys. During the assembly process, you can try different combinations of parts, using imagination and imagination. The very work with the constructor develops fine motor skills and logical thinking.

At the age of 4-5, a boy is already able to comprehend the intricacies of remote control, so a remote control machine will definitely cause delight. This toy perfectly develops coordination of movements, reaction speed and spatial thinking.

4. Railroad

Despite its age, this toy has still not lost its relevance. It will be very interesting for any boy to first build a railway and then watch how the train moves along it. By the way, toys usually offer several options for movement patterns, so a child can develop design skills by choosing one or another pattern.

Any boy loves auto racing, so the auto track will definitely appeal to him. You can play with this toy either in a group or alone. Building a track is a fun activity that develops design skills. Playing on a team is accompanied by competition, and this is a very important experience for a child: accepting victory and losing. A huge advantage of such a toy is that it can supplant a computer game, because real racing is much more interesting.

6. Table hockey or football

Another great alternative to computer games is table football or hockey. The rules of these games are quite simple, and the benefits are simply enormous. In addition to the sports component - excitement and competition - such games develop the vestibular apparatus, reaction speed, and motor skills.

7. Board games for boys

Boys are very interested in logical board games in which they need to find the right paths, make decisions, and look for ways out of dead ends. The games “Pathfinder Kolobok” and “Pirates Hide and Seek” would be very suitable for a 4-5 year old boy. These games promote the development of spatial, logical thinking, cognitive abilities and even hand motor skills.

8. Sports corner

At the age of 4-5 years, boys are very active. It is better to direct their activity in a peaceful direction, especially since the child himself becomes interested in testing the capabilities of his body: climbing a rope, doing pull-ups on a horizontal bar, hanging on a wall bar. The most important thing is to make the sports area safe: securely fasten and place mats on the floor. At a minimum, the sports corner should have rings, a rope ladder, a wall bars and a horizontal bar. If budget and space allow, the corner can be equipped with a slide, swing and other “tricks”.

A children's synthesizer is an excellent toy for introducing a child to music. You can start playing by numbers (you can find sheet music for songs written in numbers on the Internet), and eventually get to the point of notation. The advantage of the synthesizer is that it reproduces not only piano sounds, but also allows you to use other sound options.

10. Twister

Good afternoon, dear readers!

With the advent of 2 beautiful children, a sea of various toys appeared in the house. Recently I asked myself, is this amount necessary? After all, there are donated things that the kids are not even interested in! Has this ever happened to you? So a lot of valuable luggage has accumulated.

Somewhere between 3 and 4 years old, children are not very selective when it comes to games. They listen to their relatives' stories about this or that object and play with it. But by the age of 4, fidgets begin to develop their imagination rapidly. The child begins to discover his personality and tirelessly demonstrate this to others. So, children 4 years old need special toys. Which will not lie like a dead weight, but will be able to interest the little one. After studying this information and talking with other mothers, I highlighted a few points for myself.

To understand what a 4-year-old baby needs, you need to analyze what stage of physical and mental development he is at. Ask yourself this question.

Physical

At the age of 4 years, physical activity gives way to perseverance. I can tell from my son that before this period he was more active. Of course, perseverance is good. You can captivate your little one with useful creative work. But we need a balance, what do you think? It seems to me that the matter is in the development of speech function. Think for yourself, from 3 to 4 years old, conversational talent actively manifests itself. Now the little researcher can ask about the subject of interest. Than earlier, in 2 years, when the walking skill improves! And there is no word yet. And in order to appreciate any thing, you need to approach it, touch it, feel it, lick it, in the end!

Mental

Because of the rapidly growing pace of the conversational function and unquenchable curiosity, the time comes for “why, what, how.” Thousands, no, millions of questions! Yes? And here we need our parental patience. If we evade answers and use stock phrases, we may disappoint the child. He will simply consider that no one needs him. Believe me, at 4 years old his mind is capable of achieving this. You probably recognized some of your tomboys here.

Now that we've briefly talked about the peculiarities of age, let's decide what toys should be in the arsenal of a fidgety 4-year-old.

Objects that can hold attention

Like any mother, I want what my children do to be useful. So that these classes help improve skills characteristic of their age. Fortunately, stores now offer such items for every taste and budget. Toys should encourage imagination, mental work and intelligence.

List of interesting entertainment for toddlers:

Developmental. Curious tomboys need educational smart kits. These include various puzzles and pictures with animals and seasons. Satisfy your curiosity through this.
Brain teaser. At 4 years old, the toddler is already familiar with some numbers and knows something about the world around him. Try cutting the picture into several parts and numbering it. And ask your child to collect. Or ask which number comes before the number 3 and which comes after it. Get the most basic riddles for this age.
Formation of speech, correct sound pronunciation. This includes various. Let them be in a fun way.
Mobile activities. Stimulate mobility by purchasing balls of different sizes. Even a large one for fitness can be adapted for such activities. It's great to run and jump in the fresh air.
Anything to do with fine motor skills. My godmother gave us something fun in the form of pictures for our birthday. There are two people involved here: the adult tells the story and shows the child the movements. And the baby reproduces these movements in the picture. For example, jellyfish are depicted, the baby shows them with his hands. Or a winding road, and several points on it: a store, a house, a restaurant. I ask you to come to one of the places. And the child leads with his finger along the drawn road to the designated point.

Of course, you need to select entertainment according to the age of the baby. This way you can develop his abilities in the right direction. But there are also selection criteria based on gender: for boys and for girls. I want to look at these criteria in more detail.

From an early age, girls pay attention with great curiosity to what their mother is doing. This includes washing, cleaning, and cooking dinner. A great way to combine business with pleasure. Do household chores together, involving your little housewife in the process. This will instill in her a caring attitude towards home and a love of cleanliness. Nowadays there are a lot of mini-kits on sale that imitate home appliances and other household items.

The dishes are a classic! Age-old, well-established. The fashion for children's dishes will never end. It's up to you to decide which one to give. There is plenty to choose from: pots with plates and spoons, tiny cups! A wonderful addition to children's sets will be fake fruits and vegetables. Do you remember, dear mothers, with what pleasure we cooked in such a dish when we were little? In addition, this process perfectly develops fine motor skills. For the holidays, we gave Dominic and Ivonka a children's kitchen and a separate set (4 cups, 4 saucers, 4 spoons) from Ivonka's aunt. Now this is one of their favorite role-playing games.
Sets for doctor, cosmetologist, cook. Now stores sell entire complexes that include the necessary attributes. So, the baby gets acquainted with professions, developing thinking and logic.
Household kits. I was surprised by the imagination of manufacturers who create such mini-things that are so close to reality! These are objects in miniature. Sets of iron and ironing board, washing machines with spinning laundry. Mops and brushes, sold as whole sets and individually. The main thing is that this allows you to captivate the little one with the same things that mom does.

Exciting fun for boys

The boy, of course, is interested in men's accessories. I remember our neighbor, the same age as my son, who at 2.5 years old walked with a drill. Yes, with a real one, without a drill, of course. The fact is that when he was given a child's dummy instrument, he threw terrible hysterics. I lay down with my dad under the car, with an adjustable wrench... The picture is hilarious! In my opinion, it’s certainly not worth indulging to such an extent. But the future man needs to be introduced to serious attributes through tiny workshops and sets for boys.

The railway is a legend whose popularity does not fade. We have one made of wood from Ikea, and the second with a train that drives itself and smoke comes out of its chimney. Interesting, but for older children. For now we have left one from Ikeevka, and Dominic (4.5 years old) and Ivonka (1.8 years old) walk with her. The second is waiting in the wings, as they say.
Mini workshops. They allow you to introduce the little one to the details of dad’s work. Trains imagination and intellect.
Lego constructors. A fidget over 3 years old can be introduced to small details. Have you seen these miniature cities? I think it's great! The variety of sets is amazing. You can collect airplanes, houses, towns.
Table football. This is an excellent option for developing logic, thinking and attention. There will be undoubted interest!

Universal children's entertainment

And now I want to talk about fun things that will be useful for both boys and girls at the same time. This includes all development kits:

coloring pages
books (for children 4-5 years old)
modeling from plasticine
space sand

If everything is clear with the first positions, then space sand was new to me. I will dwell in more detail on this unique little thing. During the New Year's winter season, children do not have the opportunity to play in their favorite sandbox outside.

Do your kids like to make sand cakes? Mine just love it. There is no way to get them out of there in warm weather. And this new product allows you to do what you love at home. High-quality sand does not stick to your hands, is easily collected from the rug, and does not dry out. The made figurine is quite strong, but when pressed with the palm it crumbles.

It is 98% quartz sand. The rest is plasticizer. The sets contain molds, in general, the cost depends on this. Yes, a quality product has a light color, like natural sand. I've seen a yellow one, it's fake. But there is a special multi-colored product. If you combine colors, you get very interesting compositions. The advantages of this innovation are that fine motor skills are perfectly trained and the activity is relaxing. It's good for everyone to play together.

Our experience of use: how to choose, where to buy, how to play.

These options are for variety, so that the baby doesn’t get bored and learns something.

But every little one has his own favorite doll with which he sleeps and eats. There are soft animals. Their benefits should not be pushed aside. After all, they teach goodness and order.

You probably had your favorite bunnies, cats, etc. as a child. Don't you?

What to give your baby

This question is sometimes confusing. After all, there are many holidays, but you can’t leave your baby unattended. Of course, the gift must be useful. Whether the tomboy will like it or not depends on how observant you are. The preferences of the little creature change very often as children grow. Remember that from 3 to 5 years old a fidget loves to study everything with special care.

One of my friends’ daughters abandoned dolls after 3 years, but the mosaics and construction sets went with a bang. Consider the interests of your child. In principle, all of the above will look great as a gift for a birthday or. And, my advice to you, if you give an exciting trinket, dilute the surprise with any development!

Where can I buy?

Many parents ask this question, because they want to buy a lot of things, but the funds do not always allow.

I admit, I don’t go to children’s stores in our city at all, since the prices for toys and other children’s goods are simply amazing.

Where do I buy games for children? The answer is quite simple and banal. In the Internet!

I buy books from an online store Labyrinth, sometimes in Ozone or Riede.

I also purchase toys through online stores or joint purchases. I can suggest you several such stores. You may also want to spend less and buy more.

So, a list of the most popular online stores that I know (by clicking on the logo, you can get to the store page):

Perhaps you know of other online stores, please share them in the comments to the article, I will be grateful.

Some useful tips:

Before buying, do not forget to compare prices in different stores and buy really cheaper.
Be sure to read reviews from other mothers about the product you decide to purchase.
Walk to a store in your city to touch the item you're looking for and compare prices.
Read the methods of payment and delivery of goods in different stores and choose the one that is more suitable for you.

What excites Dominic the most about his 4.5 years?

So, my son is exactly 4.5 years old tomorrow. By this time, certain trends in games had emerged and a predilection for certain types of activities had emerged.

I’ll make a list of his favorite activities in descending order:

Build houses and huts from various available materials. Moreover, he can build them in any part of the apartment, using completely different things. What’s interesting is that the houses always turn out to be unique. Next, Dominic takes a flashlight, turns on the light in his house and invites his sister to his home.
Play with the kitchen. He and his sister are cooking something there, stirring it, putting it on plates. True, sometimes the kitchen is disassembled into parts and used as a means to build a house, see point 1.
Play with kinetic sand. Builds various towers, using not only sand, but also pebbles, pencils and sticks. Fantasy works to its fullest.
Drive the car throughout the apartment. We have a lot of cars. Most of all I like the iron ones, where you can open all the doors, hood and trunk. Favorite color is red.
Wooden railway. True, I haven’t reached out to her for the last week. Before this, it was simply unstoppable.

Regarding developmental activities and exercises. The list is also in descending order of desire to engage.

I like to draw with felt-tip pens on an easel. We have such and I'm happy with it.
Use paints. Drawing your own drawing or coloring an existing one does not matter.
I recently started asking people to put together the puzzle myself.
Speech therapy classes. It doesn’t last long and I don’t see much desire to do anything at home. Although I started working well with a speech therapist. But necessary means necessary. Dominic understands that sometimes you have to do something that you don't really like and don't really resent (now). Does what I ask, but without enthusiasm. But thanks for that too.
We don't really like drawing with pencils. Especially decorating something. Dominic's interest only lasts for a couple of seconds.
We will outline it only at the big request of mom.

This is the list of my son's games. Anyone who wants to write about what interests their children at this age, I’m waiting for comments on the article.

With this, dear blog readers, let me say goodbye to you. I wish you successful, and, most importantly, correct purchases that will delight little researchers.

At this age, children are very restless. It is almost impossible to keep them interested for a long time, because great adventures are constantly awaiting them. But everything can change with an interesting educational gadget. Which is better? What to look for when choosing these devices? Find all the answers below.

How to choose educational toys for children 3-4 years old

To understand for a parent what exactly a child needs, it is enough to just study his preferences. At the age of 3, children are interested in everything, but interest in something new usually quickly disappears. Such inconstancy in behavior also depends on the temperament of the little fidget. Buying everything in a row is also not an option, because in this way you can easily spoil the baby. Therefore, in order for a new toy to interest a toddler for a long time, you need to take its choice seriously.

When purchasing educational material for moms and dads There are several factors to consider.

Make sure the quality of the product: textiles should not be dyed, and plastic should not have an unpleasant, pungent odor.
Pay attention to the age limit indicated on the product box.
Consider the interests and gender of the child.

IMPORTANT! Remember that starting from the age of 3, toys for boys and girls begin to differ.

Make sure that the product is safe: there should be no piercing or cutting objects in its design.

The best children's educational toys for children from 3 years old

The variety of developmental material is enormous. Analyzing their number, we can distinguish the following types of toys for children aged 3 to 4 years:

An interactive toy has a bad effect on the development of children's imagination, because it is limited by its functionality and, for example, a toy dog that always responds to its name (or voice) can never get lost.
After “researching” all the functions of this device, there is a high probability that the baby will not perceive ordinary dolls. After all, they don’t speak, don’t sing songs, and in general, it’s boring to be with them;

Are you wondering what puzzles will interest your 3-year-old child? Then watch the following video:

lacing games. Perfect for three-year-olds, they will have a good effect on the development of fine motor skills, thinking, hand coordination, and will teach children over 3 years of age perseverance and patience;
realistic toys. This includes toy tea sets, cash registers, medical and hairdressing instruments, etc. In a word, all those gaming materials that help kids adapt to different life situations.

It must be said that parents should also not forget about dolls, soft toys, cars, plasticine and other simple toys. After all, they not only promote the development of imagination and creativity, but also teach basic social skills. Sets of toy pets or animals of wild Africa also have a good influence on development. They will help the baby learn about the varieties of the animal world and teach them to classify their inhabitants. In addition, when playing such games, the child is given the opportunity to fantasize. For example, you can divide the roles among the animals and play Doctor Aibolit.

Matryoshka sorter “Magic cube”

A fun and multifunctional developmental aid with which your baby will be able to:

learn basic geometric shapes and find the corresponding cell;
build a tall pyramid;
learn numbers;
stack the cubes according to the matryoshka principle.

The set consists of 10 items: 5 pieces are cubes of different sizes, and the remaining 5 are of different shapes. The manufacturing material is completely safe for little fidgets from three years old.

average price: 750 rub.

Tactile puzzle DJECO Farm 20 pcs.

The set is perfect for kids who are just starting to get acquainted with the magical world of puzzles. There are 20 of them in a set, made of thick three-layer cardboard. Help your child collect all the parts, put the picture together and see the colorful picture. This process will teach your baby not only perseverance and patience, but also to finish everything he starts. In addition, the product contributes to the development of a child’s tactile perception.

average price 1700 rub.

Harmonica musical instrument for children aged 3-8 years

Little fidgets will undoubtedly be delighted with such an acquisition, which will not only help parents instill in their children a love of music, but will also have a great effect on the development of the child’s speech, as well as strengthening the body in general. How? Very simple! Trying to play this musical instrument, the baby, without knowing it, will perform breathing exercises with interest.

In addition, it is worth saying that such a toy will please not only kids, but also their parents: the device is not loud, but on the contrary, has a pleasant sound. The baby will be able to exercise even every day and not irritate the ears of adults.

The product is made of high quality and safe material.

average price: 700 rub.

What educational toys are needed at 3 years old: useful video

In this video you can learn even more about interesting educational toys that are sure to attract the attention of children aged 3 years and older: