Play is the principal business of children,and more and more in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being.From earliest infancy,every child needs an opportunity and the right materials for play,and the main tools of play are toys.(1) ___________________________________.Therefore it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child’s development.In recent years research on infant development has shown the standard a child is likely to reach,within the range of his inherited abilities,is largely determined in the first three years of his life.(2)_______________________________________________.A baby who is encouraged and stimulated,talked to and shown things and played with,has the best chance of growing up successfully.(3) ________________________________.Every type of suitable toy should be made available to the child,for trying out, experimenting and learning,for discovering his own particular ability.Bricks and construction toys;painting and make things;sand and water play;toys for imaginative and pretending play;the first social games for learning to play and get on with others.By the third stage of play development—from five to seven or eight years—the child is at school.But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning,at home or at school.It is easier now to see which type of toys the child most enjoys.