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Growth and Development |
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What can I do to help promote play in my child?
While all children are different and may enjoy different toys and interactions, the following are suggestions for activities and toys for the preschooler:
preschooler:
- needs space in which to run and explore
- swim lessons
- enjoys simple sports and other activities
What you can do as a parent:
- read to your child
- take trips to the park, beach, and other places
- encourage play with other children
- regulate your child's television watching
Toys for the preschooler:
- slides
- seesaws
- toys that can be ridden
- small pool
- wagons and wheelbarrows
- skates
- dolls
- playhouses
- trucks, cars, and airplanes
- clothes in which to play dress-up
- doctor and nurse play equipment
- nails, hammer, and saw
- play makeup and shaving supplies
- books
- puzzles
- toys that play music
- art supplies
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000
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