Our toys for 4-year-old children
Children at this age are really on the ball – some love to invent stories with dolls, play kitchens & co., others send marbles racing across the room on a marble run. If you're looking for toy ideas for ages 4 and up, you've come to the right place:
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How quickly the little ones grow up! The first year of kindergarten is almost over, and new toys are already in demand. If you're wondering which toys truly excite 4-year-olds and at the same time support their development, you've come to the right place. Because in the HABA shop you'll find popular toys for 4-year-olds, current trends and great inspiration for a colorful world of play:
Suitable toys for children aged 4 and up
Age-appropriate toys are central for 4-year-olds because they develop important skills every day. Their play behavior becomes increasingly sophisticated and creative. With wooden building blocks they already create entire cities in the playroom. They let their creativity run free while playing, invent their own stories, and have great fun with creative toys and role play, alone or with other children. That's why dolls, play kitchens, play shops and puppet theaters are the hits in the playroom. But also lacing games, in which the little ones get creative with beads and figures, or first craft kits specifically for 4-year-olds encourage them to create their own little works of artAt age 4, children also already learn
basic game rules and follow them. Therefore, children's games become increasingly interesting and help them expand their knowledge. And they can already do quite a lot: they count to 4 and grasp basic quantities. Also their cognition and perception as well as their gross and fine motor skills steadily improve: They eagerly reach for different building blocks, can consider colors, sizes and shapes simultaneously during play and are little experts at puzzling with up to 10 piecesIf parents wonder which toys are educationally valuable for 4-year-olds, the answer is obvious: games that accompany them well in these important developmental steps! At age 4, children also already learn
Puzzlesarranging and matching games, , and first learning games for problem-solving, for example from Logic! CASE, are just right to playfully foster multiple skills at once. The small games from Logic! CASE are also great as travel toys for 4-year-olds.Popular toys for 4-year-old boys & girls
At this age
children already show clear interests: Some boys and girls are interested in marble runs and zooming marbles, for vehicles or the construction site. Others are the biggest fans of unicornshorses and .No matter which toys your boys and girls are interested in, it's important that you consider and nurture their preferences when selecting toys – for example for builders, puzzle aces, or bookworms.Discover current toy trendsYou want the
newest toy trends for 4-year-olds
discover? Then the HABA Online Shop is your dream destination! In our toy editorial team, real highlights are regularly created that delight children and their parents alike. This includes ourmemo and collecting game Sternschnuppern, which invites you into an enchanted forest, just like our Unicorn Glitzerglück games, which invite children aged 4 and up into the magical cloud castle with skill games, bingo, dice & Co. By now the little ones can already help tidy up
. That's why you can also together
tidy up the toy box with your 4-year-oldsWe recommend: transparent storage boxes and symbols that are easy for children to recognize to distinguish the different toys. With the boxes you can distinguish the different types of toys: building blocks, puzzles, musical toys, etc. Tidying the children's room and sorting into the different boxes can become a ritual for children – they know where everything belongs and thus help with household chores. /magazine/family-life/household-children/helping-with-household-choresRead here, why it's good to encourage your children to help with household chores.Lest hierbest toys for every taste