Our toys for 4-year-old children
Children at this age are really on the ball – some like to invent stories with dolls, play kitchens & co., others send marbles racing along the marble run across the room. If you're looking for toy ideas for ages 4 and up, you've come to the right place:
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Discover our loveliest toys for 4-year-olds
How quickly the little ones grow up! The first year of kindergarten is almost over, and already new toys are in demand. If you're wondering which toys truly excite 4-year-olds and at the same time support their development, you're in the right place. Because in the HABA shop you'll find popular toys for 4-year-olds, current trends and great inspirations for a colorful play world:
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 can already create entire towns in the playroom. They let their creativity run free while playing, invent their own stories and have great enjoyment of creative toys and role play, alone or with other children. Therefore, dolls, play kitchens, play shops and puppet theater the favorites in the playroom. But also lacing games, where 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 already learn
basic rules of games and stick to 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 initial quantities. Also their cognition and perception as well as their gross and fine motor skills are steadily improving: They eagerly grab different building blocks, can consider colors, sizes and shapes simultaneously in play and are little masters 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 already learn
Puzzlesplacement and matching games, , and first educational puzzle games, for example from Logic! CASE, are just right to promote multiple skills at the same time through playPopular toys for 4-year-old boys & girlsAt this age
children already show clear interests
: Some boys and girls are interested in marble runs and zooming balls, for vehicles or the construction site. Others are the biggest fans of unicornshorses. No matter which toys your boys and girls are interested in, it's important that you and take their preferences into account when choosing and encourage themloveliest toys for every taste – for example for builders, puzzle aces or bookworms.Discover current toy trendsDo you want the latest toy trends for 4-year-olds
discover? Then the HABA online shop is your destination of choice! Because our play editorial regularly creates real highlights that delight children and their parents alike. This includes our
, which invites you into an enchanted forest, as well as ourMemo and collecting game Sternschnuppern, which invites you into a magical forest, as well as our Unicorn Glitter Bliss games, which invite children aged 4 and up with dexterity games, bingo, dice & Co. into the magical cloud castle.By now the little ones can already help tidy up
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tidy the toy box with your 4-year-olds. We recommend: transparent storage boxes and symbols that are easy for children to recognize to distinguish between 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. Discover our loveliest toys for 4-year-oldsRead here, why it's good to motivate your children to participate in household chores.By the way, the small games from Logic! CASE are also great as travel toys for 4-year-olds.If you're looking for a gift based on preferences, you've come to the right place. Because we show you the