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Recommendations From Kids at Heart (on Hawthorne)     ( Back )

Age Two

• Brio / Thomas the Tank Engine Train Sets and accessories
• Radio Flyer Walker Wagon, Rolling Pony, Tiny Trike
• Small World Sound Blocks
• Lauri Tall Stacker Pegs & Pegboard Set
• Lights, Camera, Interaction Peg Puzzles
• Manhattan Toy / Folkmanis Finger Puppets
• Crocodile Creek Star or Glitter Balls
• Board / Paperback / Hardcover Books
• Alex / Faber Castell Crayons, Finger Paints, Modeling Dough
• Kettler Tricycles

Age Three

• Plan Unit Block (30 Pieces and up)
• Folkmanis Puppet
• Pintoy / Cafe Play Stove, Sink, Refrigerator
• Brio / Ambi Bath Toys (Fishy Friends, Family Ducks, etc.)
• Advanced Shape Sorters
• Uniset (Static) / smethport (magnetic) stickers with playboards
• Crocodile Creek Star or Glitter Balls
• Board / Paperback / Hardcover Books
• Alex / Faber Castell Crayons, Finger Paints, Modeling Dough
• Kettler tricycles
• dress up hats, capes, skirts, wings etc.

Age Four

• Dover Coloring / Sticker / temporary tattoo books
• Manhattan Toy Lilly Dolls and Accessories
• D & L Junior Stomp Rockets
• Brio / Siku Cars & Trucks
• Uniset (static) / smethport (magnetic) Stickers with playboards
• Crocodile Creek Star or Glitter Balls
• Paperback / Hardcover Books
• Alex / Faber Castell Crayons, Finger Paints, Modeling Dough, Poster Paints
• Dress Up Hats, Capes, Skirts, Wings, Etc.
• Ravensburger Board Games

Age Five to Six

• Scientific Explorer Meteor Rocket, Rocket Car, Rocket Glider
• Manhattan Toy Groovy Girls and Accessories
• Playmobil Creative Play Toys
• Learning Resources Cash Registers
• Woodstock Musical Instruments:  Accordion, Guitar, Drums, etc.
• Language Littles Learning Dolls
• Alex Art Easel and Art Supplies
• Paperback or Hardcover Books
• Ty / Mary Meyer Stuffed Animals
• Plan / Ryan's Room Doll Houses and Accessories
• Calico Critters Doll Houses and Accessories
• Ravensburger Board Games and Puzzles
• Madeline Doll House and Accessories
• Dover Coloring, Sticker, Temporary Tattoo Books
• Fuzzy Town Plush Tree Trunks and Plush Woodland Animals
• Bock & Roll / Frigits Marble Runs
• Reeves Big Dig sand Box Digger

Age Seven to Eight

• Klutz Craft and Activity Kits
• Creativity for Kids Arts and Crafts Kits ( Window Art, Friendship Bracelets, Solar Powered Car)
• Slinky Science Mini Lab Science Kits ( Crystal Radio, Slime Science, Electric Motor)
• Norman & Globus Science Kits ( Chemistry, Inventions, Electricity)
• Educational Insights Dino Dig Excavation Kits
• Hart Toys Moon Shoes
• Get Real Girl Dolls
• Wild Planet Spy Tools (Spy Camera, Spy Listener, Metal Detector)
• Playmobil Creative Play Toys
• D & L Super and Parachute Stomp Rockets
• Breyer Horses and Accessories
• Swingset Press Ultimate Spy and Secret Stuff Blacklight Journals
• Cranium Caddo Board Game
• Erector Sets Construction Sets
• Alex Puppet Theatre
• Folkmanis Puppets