Getting Started with The Center Activity Table & Materials

Getting Started

1. Table (train table or table with a lip)

2. Manipulatives (four to five options)
0 - 2+ Years: Set of large Lego blocks, sorting cubes, stacking cups or rings
3 - 6+ Years: Magnetic shapes, tower building sets, connecting sets

3. Puzzles (four to five options)
0 - 2+ Years: Wooden 5- to seven-piece sets
3 - 6+ Years: Ten- to 25-piece sets, floor puzzles

4. Toy house and Figurines (one to two options)
0 - 2+ Years: Farmhouse with a set of animals
3 - 6+ Years: Dollhouse with five or more figurines, parking garage with five or more vehicles, dinosaur forest with a mat and five or more dinosaurs

5. Other (one to three options)
0 - 2+ Years: Food cutting kits, wooden magnetic boy or girl dress-up set, lacing cards
3 - 6+ Years: Spell and learn, puzzle, picture boards (see and spell, self-correcting, sequencing sets)

Materials for the Center Activity Table
• Open-ended toys
• Structured toys
• Construction equipment
• Blocks
• Puzzles
• Toy houses
• Figurines
• Lego sets
• Garages
• Food sets

REFER TO
• Open-Ended Toys
• Structured Toys,
• Creating Collections

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