Constructive
Blocks; large size, as paving blocks, in hard wood, utilizing trunk and arms, for floor use; 2-inch cubes and half-cubes for table use; cut exactly to inch measures, if possible; range of sizes for towers; interlocking blocks
Montessori tower and stair
Carpentry tools; real tools in child’s size
Sand, modeling clay, paints, large size crayola; blackboard or large sheets Manila paper (2 × 3 feet)
Large wooden beads, pegboard
Sliced animals, birds
Soap bubble apparatus
Sticks in ¼ and ½ inch diameters, assorted lengths, 4 to 36 inch; plain, or dyed in primary colors
Color bobbins, spools, blocks
Quart and pint measures
Sand forms
Clothespins, boxes, spools
Stones, leaves, twigs, acorn cups
Zinc sand box; can be purchased; or a box may be made, having boards free from splinters, or planed smooth, lined with zinc (leaving no rough edges or corners), or made waterproof with several coats of cheap varnish.
Toy bank
Musical toys:
Triangle, tubephone, musical bells, drum, trumpet, horn (with care for mouth hygiene); toy musical notes and bars for later months
Four to Six Years. Fundamental muscles. Imagination, construction, measuring; experimenting with mechanical principles, simple chemistry, electricity; making toys.
Imaginative Play
Dolls (for both girls and boys)
Unbreakable, washable
Representing children of different races, countries
Doll accessories:
Carriage, trunk
Doll houses more complete
Stove and cooking utensils more ample
Laundry equipment that can be used
Indian suits (fireproof)
Punch and Judy
Toy theater
Kaleidoscope; magnets
Musical
Continue those of previous period
Wind harp, bugle or flute, tambourine, musical bells and glasses, toy piano
Outdoor, Active