Birth to 3 Months

• Brightly colored and/or musical mobiles
• Large, bright, simple pictures
• Baby crib mirror

3 to 6 Months

• Rattles
• Soft rubber squeeze toys
• Soft washable animals and dolls
• Busybox
• Crib gym

6 Months to 1 Year

• Pull or push toys (avoid long strings that can entangle)
• Cloth or heavy cardboard books
• Nesting bowls or tumblers
• Floating bath toys
• Teething toys

1 Year to 18 Months

• Shape sorters
• Nesting blocks
• Large "Ride-Em" toys
• Security toys
• Water and water play toys (with supervision)
• Books
• Snap-together beads

18 Months to 2 Years

• Simple wooden puzzles
• Rubber balls
• Cars and trucks
• Dolls
• Tea sets
• Books, blocks
• Mattel "See and Say"

2 to 3 Years

• Large beads to string
• Cloth books with pages for lacing
• Blunt scissors
• Housekeeping toys (carpet sweeper, broom, etc.)
• Toy telephone
• Books
• Sandbox
• Fisher-Price play sets with hard plastic people

3 To 4 Years

• Musical and rhythmic toys
• Tricycle
• Books
• Fingerpaint
• Drawing items
• Records and tapes
• Colorform sets
• Stickers and sticker albums
• Simple games (Animal Lotto and Candy Land)
• Large interlocking toys
• TV and movie figures

4 To 5 Years

• Slides, swings, see-saw
• Costumes and parts of costumes (e.g. cowboy hat)
• Blackboard and chalk
• Cash register
• Child size playhouse
• Tent
• Large play stove and sink
• Simple jigsaw puzzles
• Coloring books
• Paints and small brushes