Six to Ten Year Old Developmental Play and Recommended Toys
Six Years Old
- Takes more active part in reading.
- He may “read” stories from memory as though he were really reading the printed page aloud.
- Recognizes single words in books and magazines.
- Daily comics and comic books telling about animals are beginning to make a steady in-read into his life
Seven year Old
- Enjoys reading those portions of stories which are within his ability.
- Boys interested in army-navy stories, and books on airplanes, electricity, earth and nature.
- Girls choose such books as Heidi.
Eight year Old
- Enjoys reading spontaneously.
- Still enjoys being read to.
- Enjoys hearing classics of childhood.
- Interested in books of travel, geography, and far away times and places.
- Comic books are still favorites, they are collected, borrowed and hoarded.
- Still likes the animal and slap-stick comics.
- Beginning to branch out into the blood and thunder type.
- Likes to look at pictorial magazines and catalogues.
Nine Year Old
- They are great readers at this age and may even appear to be living in the book world.
- The books he likes, he reads over and over again.
- Very fond of animal stories.
- Repeated favorites are Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, King Arthur and Bambi.
- Biographies, mysteries and the encyclopedia or reference all interest him.
- Fond of comic books which deal with adventure, war, and slap-stick, domestic humor.
- Is not so fanatical about reading comic books and will accept other books.
Suggested list of toys for early childhood:
Six to Ten Years
- Development of Physical Strength and Skill - Gym Equipment, Jungle Gym, Ring Toss Games, Archery with Rubber, Tipped Arrows, Croquet, Hoops, Tops to Spin, Kites, Jump Ropes, Marbles, Ball and Jack Set, Stilts, Sleds, Skis, Woodworking
- Develop Constructive and Creative Play - Metal and Wood Construction Sets, Picture Puzzles (12 pieces and over), Modeling Wax and Clay, Paper Craft Materials, Felt-O-Grams, Construction Blocks (complicated), Leatherwork, Model Airplanes
- Develop Dramatic and Imitative Play - Circus Sets, Toy Theater, Puppets and marionettes, Toy Greenhouse, Play Stories, Cash Register, Boats, Dolls and Paper Dolls, Doll Houses, Families of Small Dolls, Doll Trunks, etc., Costumes
- Social Development - National Costume Dolls, Games Such as Parchesi, Games of Checkers, etc., Ping-Pong, Bean Bag, Ring Toss, Tiddliewinks, Card Games, Marble Games
- Artistic Development, Arts and Crafts - Painting Sets, Weaving Sets, Sewing Sets, Modeling Clay, Bead Looms, Xylophone, Drums, etc., Pot Holders, Linoleum Block Print, Wood Flowers Over Cardboard, Tapestry, Colonial Mats, Crepe Paper Dolls
- Educational Stimulation - Map Puzzles, Lotto, or Keeno, Dominoes, Blackboard and Crayons, Counting Games, Puzzle Games, Puzzle Clock, Printing Sets, Desk and Chair Play, Books
