Toys for pre-school children

Abstract

The age for starting school varies throughout the world, but is usually between the ages of 5 and 7 although nursery education is sometimes provided before then. For the purposes of this article, however, pre-school children are considered to be those up to the age of 5, which is the age at which schooling begins in the United Kingdom.

Wherever an age is mentioned, in relation to a suitable toy, it is intended only as a general guide, for children vary to some extent in their rates of development. The differing economic situations, customs, cultures and environments of every country must also affect rates of growth, physical, mental and emotional.