My daughter has a million of the "Little People" toys and doesn't even look at any of it anymore (the dollhouse, car, bus, pirate ship...). Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else to get her that will hold her attention and allow her to use her imagination? I really try to stay away from too many electronic toys. Any suggestions???
Thanking you in advance, Flamingo.
2007-03-03 07:28:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
True, it is about her, but electronic toys are causing mass speech impediments in children. I'd rather her be a coherant adult than a child who has the latest gadget.
2007-03-03 07:34:45 · update #1
A toddler-sized shopping cart and fake food, a playhouse, ColorWonder by Crayola has a wonderful line of art supplies that DON'T MAKE A MESS!, books, flash cards,( blocks-my 1 year old LOVES blocks), go to the park and fly a kite with her or play catch, Memory(the card game)is great for pre-preschoolers! a BubbleMower, bubbles!, dress-up clothes and shoes, a Hermit Crab, go to the beach and collect shells, let her play with your hair(beauty salon), toy dinosaurs, I could go on forever, but I hope I helped:)
2007-03-03 10:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by Lulu 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My daughter has a Rubbermaid container filled with dress-ups. Some of them are those outfits that you can buy at Target, like Ariel, Snow White, etc. However, most of them are hand me downs from my mother or my grnadmother. Old bracelets, and necklaces. Floppy hats and vests. Lots of little pretend make-up. My daughter loves to pretend to put makeup on me. I give her the little face poofs, and a small compact (empty) and pretend eyeshadow. She loves to play dress-up, and loves it even more when I dress up with her.
Other than that I would suggest Legos, try a keyboard, maybe she would like something like a baby doll with a baby bed and a small stroller. Try some simple board games like Lucky Ducks, or Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, or Connect Four (my daughter is 3 and she LOVES connect four!)
If you cant decide on anything, I would take her to the toy store when you have nothing else going on and its not too crowded (maybe on a weekday) Spend some time walking up and down each aisle and have her list some of the toys that she would be interested in, or ones that she would like to have. Even if you dont buy anything that day, its quality time together and then it will give you an idea for next birthday or Christmas.
2007-03-03 11:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by jayde_eyez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at 3 she is now able to have a lot of toys that will probably hold her interest.
the 3's where i work really like:
all kinds of puzzles
sorting bears, linking chains
plastic medium size animals to sort
legos & wooden blocks
baby dolls, strollers, diaper bags with "stuff"
books
kitchen center things - even if you don't have an actual play kitchen the dishes and food and other accessories
dress up clothes: high heels, hats, purses, shirts to use as dresses, halloween costumes, tiaras, feather boas, sunglasses, scarves, play jewelry
play doh
crayons (metallic ones are the best), markers, colored pencils, safe scissors, glue sticks, construction paper, coloring books, stickers, washable stamp pad, and rubber stamps, water colors, and pencils and a notebook
magnets (magnetic letters, shapes, numbers, etc)
art easel with chalk and dry erase board and markers
Barbie dolls or other dolls that size
play cell phone
Dr's kit
Toy cash register
Games: Memory, Hi Ho Cherry O, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders
Magna Doodle
Good Luck. I am sure that you have many of these items around your house that you can put together. I organized my sons toys (and my classroom toys (4)) and had them clearly marked so they could get them in and out and put them away easily. Once they were easily reachable and sorted they played with them much more.
I put together a box of "birthday party" stuff - leftover hats, blow toys, some wrapping paper and boys, candle, etc. If they want to pretend birthday they have all the stuff to get them started.
In another box I have a pretend cash register, money, notebook and pen, grocery bags, old gift cards etc. This can be used with the kitchen center items to play grocery store or whatever they want.
I have a box with foam blocks. Baby food jars with buttons and beads and then ice cube trays for sorting.
In different boxes, legos, snap blocks, tinker toys, lincoln logs, mr. potato head, view finder and cartridges
Art supply area that he can go into freely. All washable things. If he doesn't use them right he will lose them.
You get the idea I am sure...this is my whole life so I can get carried away! I am sorry! lol
Take Care,
SD
2007-03-03 14:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by SD 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know you are against electronic toys but there is a great must have:
Barbie B-Bright Advanced v4 - i ts a laptop its around $30 but very good for teaching a little girl about everything they would need to know at 3 while actually getting them to learn with out getting bored. It teaches a lot on how to pronounce words etc.so there's no worry at all of speech impediments.
Dora the Explorer dolls and doll houses etc. are great if she likes that show.
Also My little pony makes larger ponies that have soft bodies and come in a few ranges (Make me better, new born, etc.) The say about 4 phrases and come with accesories. - about $15 each
Moon sand is also great!! kids love it and keeps them busy using their imagination - about $20
2007-03-03 15:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by Lucy W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Megabloks and Duplo. can't beat them. Also Sticklebricks, stacking beakers, alphabet blocks, shape posting and matching toys, simple jigsaws. Dolls, bears, play food, dolls pram. Football. Toy cars and trucks. Brio-style train set. BOOKS! Above all, time with you (but not all the time - sit back and watch) Forget all that electronic cr@p, there's time for that later, and ration TV time (inc dvd's). Biggest things they can learn right now are sharing and co-operation, and imitative play keeps them going for hours. OK, the 3mo will still get mileage from your existing baby toys, but there are lots of cool things. Please forget the "girls' toys, boys' toys" rubbish. Not all things have to be pink, and girls love traffic and rough-and-tumble too.
2016-03-16 03:42:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Playdoh, markers, crayons, a sensory table that you change in and out with a variety of sensory materials. Make toys for her yourself. If you are worried about her speech, play with her and talk to her about what she is doing, ask her questions and have fun with her. Even rotate your "Little People" in and out of the play area. Children get bored when they see the same toys all the time. Have a closet that you can use to store and rotate toys bi-weekly and you will see that they are played with more when you rotate them.
2007-03-03 10:44:02 · answer #6 · answered by sllcone 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try the Dora Dress Up doll. There are a lot of costumes to go with the doll. She can read the little books. Dora can be a Vet, ballerina, babysitter, surfer, ect. My little girls loves to play with it.
2007-03-03 17:54:00 · answer #7 · answered by Valerie D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try, Baby Doll play. Life like baby dolls with dolls clothes, toy prams, fake food with spoons, pretend baby bottles.
Duplo/lego manipulative toys for stacking, building. The duplo with the animal and people characters are popular.
Plastic animals/insects. add these to blocks, duplo and see what she makes up.
Dress ups. Your old unwanted clothes/hats/purses etc.
hope this helps! :)
Sarah
2007-03-03 10:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
my daughter loves books.
She likes books about animals, or jobs, or characters she recognizes. The also has toys like cars and dolls and a bike. Even though she doesn't ride it very often becasue of where we live, she has fun when using it.
2007-03-03 08:10:18 · answer #9 · answered by chelly01 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A stick and rock, it worked for me.The simplest things in life are the most wonderful is what I mean by that.
2007-03-03 07:37:34 · answer #10 · answered by Ronald. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋