TOP-20 best toys for children 4-5 years old (best-selling toys)

If at an early age children are more likely to simply learn different skills and actions with objects, then at the age of 4-5 years old, the real children's game becomes obvious to everyone. In the game, the child comprehensively develops: physically, emotionally, intellectually. A five-year-old child is already a preschooler who needs to learn how to think logically, establish relationships, abide by the rules, and find solutions to various problems. Toys in this process play a very important role, because with the help of them the child models the future "adult" reality, gets the experience necessary for him and just enjoys the game process. In this article - a rating of the 20 best toys for boys and girls 4-5 years old.

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10 toys for girls

• 1. BABY Born Doll

Girls start playing “mother-daughter” quite early. This interactive little baby can not only be rolled in a stroller or swaddled. The Baby Bon doll "knows how" to water, eat porridge, write in a pot, blink, move its arms and legs. In addition, you can purchase various accessories for the doll from clothes to diapers. Playing such a doll, the girl learns to care for the 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.

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• 2. Easel

Drawing for a child of 4-5 years old is not just a way to pass the time. This is an integral part of the development and knowledge of the world. Drawing on an easel allows the child to feel like a real creator. There are a great many variants of easels: floor and table, with a surface for drawing with markers, crayons or paints on an attached sheet of paper. Most models combine several functions. You need to adapt to drawing on an easel, because it has some nuances compared to drawing on a horizontal surface, but children easily overcome all barriers.

• 3. Cubes for reading instruction

At the age of 4-5 years, many children already know the letters, so you can move on to the next step - learning to read. For such kids there are author's methods of teaching reading, with the help of which you can teach your child to fold letters into syllables and syllables into words. Zaitsev’s cubes and Chaplygin’s cubes worked well in this topic. Both methods are suitable for home schooling, but they differ among themselves: syllables are written on Zaitsev’s cubes, and separate letters are written on Chaplygin’s cubes.

• 4. Dance mat

A great option for unrestrained fun is a dance platform or dance mat. The toy will be good both for the company and for the single player game. You can choose a dance mat for every taste: on a soft or hard basis, on batteries or from the mains, with the ability to connect to or without a TV.Such a toy develops a sense of rhythm, speed of reaction, and also gives a lot of positive and gives a good physical load, so necessary for modern children. A rug is a great way to keep children busy and distract them from your computer. (read the article: 10 signs of children's addiction to computer games and the Internet: harm from a computer).

• 5. Needlework kits

Now, when manual labor is becoming less and less, girls simply need to be attached to needlework. Needlework kits are convenient in that in one box there is immediately an instruction and all the necessary materials. In specialized stores you can choose a kit for every taste: weaving bracelets from rubber bands or beads, creating hair accessories, jewelry, cross stitching and much more. In addition to the development of fine motor skills, needlework classes train perseverance, accuracy, develop the ability to sit patiently at painstaking work.

• 6. Kits for story games

In the role-playing game, the child loses situations familiar to him from an "adult" life. For girls, there are wonderful play sets on the topic of household affairs: kitchens, kitchen utensils, laundry and ironing, cleaning. A great option would be sets for story games in the profession: a set of doctors, a hairdresser, a cash register and baby scales for playing in the store.

• 7. Board games

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

• 8. Puzzles

Puzzles have not lost their popularity for a very long time. If the kids collect puzzles of 2-3 elements, then children 4-5 years old are already able to collect pictures from many details. Collecting puzzles is a meditative activity, it is very reassuring. In addition, in the process of this lesson, attention, imaginative thinking, and motor skills develop. Collecting pictures from individual parts involves almost all mental operations.

• 9. Kits for creativity

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. They allow you rather than develop creativity, and work out any skill and specific actions. Depending on what the child gravitates to, these can be sets for creating gypsum figures, sand paintings, stained glass paintings, etc. Some sets have blanks: photo frames, piggy banks, wooden figures to decorate. Having worked out certain skills on the finished set, the child can safely proceed to his own creations.

• 10. Soft toy antistress

Soft toys with a special “ball” filler literally do not feel like letting go of your hands. Such toys can be crumpled and squeezed in every way, it is very soft, pleasant to the touch and never loses its shape. The effect of this toy is exceptionally positive: the removal of psycho-emotional stress, the release of emotions, and in addition - the development of fine motor skills.

10 for boys

• 1. LEGO Constructor

The designer is a versatile and very useful toy. Games with a designer contribute to the development of fine motor skills, imagination, and engineering thinking. An excellent option for a boy 4-5 years old are Lego designers and their analogues. Such designers are produced in series, so you can choose from according to themes and plots: pirates, knights, etc. Whole cities can be built from the designer’s details, not limited to the manufacturer’s instructions. Typically, this activity does not leave indifferent adults, so the whole family is engaged in lego-construction.

• 2. Designer dinosaur in radio control

The dinosaur designer, who, after assembling and installing the motor, is able to move himself, was already very fond of the boys. During the assembly process, you can try different combinations of parts, using imagination and imagination. The work itself with the designer develops fine motor skills and logical thinking.

• 3. Radio-controlled machine

At 4-5 years old, the boy is already able to comprehend the wisdom of remote control, so the machine on the remote control will certainly cause delight. Such a toy perfectly develops coordination of movements, speed of reaction and spatial thinking.

• 4. Railway

Despite its age, this toy still has 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, usually toys involve several options for movement patterns, so the child can develop design skills by choosing one or another scheme.

• 5. Auto Track

Any boy loves car racing very much, so the auto track is sure to please. You can play such a toy as a group, or alone. Construction of the track is a fascinating activity, developing design skills. The game in a team is accompanied by rivalry, and this is a very important experience for the child: to accept victory and loss. A huge plus of such a toy is that it can displace a computer game, because real races are much more interesting.

• 6. Table hockey or soccer

Another great alternative to computer games is table football or hockey. The rules of these games are quite simple, and the benefits are simply huge. In addition to the sports component - excitement and competitiveness - such games develop the vestibular apparatus, reaction rate, 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 the dead ends. Very suitable for a boy of 4-5 years old are the games "Pathfinder Gingerbread Man" and "Pirates of Hide and Seek." These games contribute to the development of spatial, logical thinking, cognitive abilities and even hand motility.

• 8. Sports corner

At the age of 4-5 years, the boys are very mobile. It’s better to direct their activity in a peaceful direction, especially since the child himself becomes interested in trying out the capabilities of his body: climbing a rope, pulling himself up on a horizontal bar, hanging on a “Swedish wall”. The most important thing is to make the sports corner safe: securely fasten and put mats on the floor. At a minimum, in the sports corner there should be rings, a rope ladder, a Swedish wall and a horizontal bar. If the budget and space allow, the corner can be equipped with a slide, a swing and other “tricks”.

• 9. Children's synthesizer

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

• 10. Twister

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This fun game is liked by both adults and children. In addition to physical activity, which is so necessary for everyone, it contributes well to the development of coordination of movements, dexterity, and also develops social skills. In the process of the game, many communication barriers disappear, and the players rally together.

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Younger preschool age is the best time for the full development of the child. One age crisis has already passed, the next is still far away, the child is full of strength and energy to gain new knowledge, skills and experience. Properly selected toys contribute to the harmonious development of the child and help parents in the difficult task of education.