Preschool children have longer attention spans than toddlers. In general they talk a lot and ask many questions. Entertain and inspire young minds and promote an interest in a particular area, such as photography, math, arts and crafts, and language.
At this stage they enjoy physical skills and active play like jumping, climbing and throwing. During the preschool years children have good hand and finger coordination and enjoy putting these skills to work with basic arts and crafts, puppets, blocks and simple puzzles.
Make-believe is big at this age, they like to act out grown-up roles and create imaginary situations. Choose costumes and equipment that help them in their pretend worlds. Some possibilities include pretend money, play food, a toy cash register or telephone, a make-believe village, fort, circus, farm, gas station or restaurant, a puppet theater and play with dolls and doll furniture. Trucks, cars, planes, trains, boats and tractors are all fun preschool toys. It is common for preschool children to develop strong attachments to favorite toys, expressing feelings to a special doll or teddy bear. 
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