How to Play With Fisher-Price Little People

Foster your child's creativity, problem solving, role-playing and social skills with Fisher-Price̵7;s Little People. The characters and toy sets you can find are numerous, giving your toddler or preschooler plenty of options for playtime. Show your kiddo how to play with these Little People and let his imagination take it from there.

Things You'll Need

  • Little People characters and sets

Instructions

    • 1

      Set up and implement the Little People housing structures. Read the toy̵7;s instructions thoroughly to properly construct them, if needed. Push the people through the doors. Walk them around the scene. Open and close the windows. Go down the slides and up any ladders.

    • 2

      Place one of the Little People on a vehicle and drive it around; you can also race them with your child. Don̵7;t forget to do the motor sounds. Depending on the set you have, transportation options may include a tractor, car, tricycle, sled, sleigh, train, bus, airplane, boat or another vehicle. If there is a vehicle attachment, like a trailer, connect it and add more people, animals or toys to it.

    • 3

      Role-play and demonstrate how the Little People can talk to each other. Have your child hold one and you hold another. Have a conversation and act it out. Don't be afraid to use different voices for various characters. For instance, talk about going for a walk to the neighbors or petting a cat and then do it with the toy.

    • 4

      Use the Little People for educational lessons. Line them up and count them with your child. Talk about how the people are the same and how they are different. Separate them according to the colors they wear, their gender or their hair color. The animals can be named and separated into groups, too.

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