• Dolls that can be bathed, fed and changed
• Toddler Kitchen – stove, fridge, sink, washing machine, fake food, brooms & mops
• Kitchen equipment (pretend ones or appropriately safe real ones)
• Play household items like, tea sets, pots, pans, shopping carts & telephones
• Toy typewriters, cash registers, shopping trolleys
• A work bench or tool belt – turning & screwing toys
• Character figures or soft toys
• Preschool computer
• Toddler Tape / CD Player
• Beads or Cotton Spools to thread
• More elaborate dress-up items and costumes – handbags, umbrellas, aprons, fireman’s / policeman’s hat, doctors bag, dancer’s tutu etc…
• More complex cars, trucks, trains & aeroplanes
• Hand & finger puppets, bought or handmade
• Simple wooden jigsaw puzzles
• Books with more words and longer stories
• Shape sorters with a wider range of shapes
• Pegboards with pegs of varying shapes and sizes
• Building bricks / building systems such as Duplo
• Arts & Crafts materials – clay, finger & poster paints, paint brushes & sponges
• Musical toys/ instruments – drums, xylophones, tambourines, music boxes etc…
• Alphabet blocks, simple number and letter games, abacus, letter & number mat
• Climbing / Gross Motor Development toys, such as an indoor or outdoor jungle gym, hang tough rings, ladder, slide, tunnel, toddler balance beam or bouncing ball.
• A real tricycle
• Sandpit & sandpit toys
• Toys for water play that either float, squirt or can be used for pouring, filling & emptying.
• Skittles
• Bean bags & Balls
• Hammer Toys
• Black board & chalk
• Magnetic Sketcher