Imitative Play Targets
You
donít have to do every one of these targets (or any of them). I include the list of our imitative play
targets just to give you ideas of how to proceed with imitative drills and some
mistakes to avoid. It probably is better to concentrate on a few common
preschool toys and have many targets for each one rather than buying the toy
store
A. CASTLE--FISHER PRICE
1. Man climbs wall (with foot holes)
2. Man falls/jumps off top
3. Barbarian/giant knocks on castle
4. Raise/lower drawbridge
5. Man falls down trap
6. Shoot cannon
7. Battering ram rams castle
8. Man on battering ram
9. Put up table
10. Walk on inside ledge
11. Rescue men (secret door on side)
12. Sleep in bed
13. barbarian says: "I want food"
B.DUPLO/LEGO SETS
1. Water animals
2. Race driver
1. put man in race car
2. 'shoot' race car
3. tow race car with towcar
4. put car in garage
5. mechanic looks at car
3. Playground
4. Indians/teepee
1. put up teepee
2. Indian in teepee
3. put up fire
4. sit indians at fire
5. dance at fire
5. Dinosaur park set
C. MAGI-THEATRE SETS
1. Arthurs
2. Busytown
D. PLAYDOH
1. make snake (noodle)
2. roll ball
3. make "pancake"
4. make hot dog (one flat piece, one rolled piece...put together)
5. make snowman
6. use cookie cutters on playdoh
7. make bracelet
8. make hamburger
9. make spaghetti (thinner noodles)
10. make a clown (eyes, hair, nose) face only
11. use rolling pin
12. make donut
E. WESTERN TOWN--FISHER PRICE
1. Put man on horse
2. Make horse gallup
3. put man in jail and close jail door
4. walk man up side stairs
5. catapult man off top of roof
6. pull flag backwards and slide man down chute
7. say "giddy up"and push stagecoach forward
8. say "whoa..." and stop stagecoach
9. fire stage coach cannon
10. make man fall off trick staircase
11. make horse drink at trough
F. DOLLS (BABY)
1. Hug doll
2. Comb doll's hair
3. Pretend feed doll (spoon)
4. Kiss doll
5. rock doll
6. cover doll with blanket
7. put shirt on doll
8. put doll in crib
9. pat baby on the back (over shoulder...like burping)
10. Put diaper on doll
11. Put pants on doll
12. feed baby with bottle
G. DOCTOR'S KIT
1. put on bandaid
2. take temperature
3. give shot
4. use doll as patient
5. listen to heart with stethoscope
6. put cast on doll's leg
7. take doll's blood pressure
8. tutor as patient
H. LEGOS
1. build car
2. move car
3. car noises
4. car falls over
I. PUPPETS
1. open mouth
2. close hands (clapping)
3. nod head
J. FELT BOARDS
1. felt board-one item on board
2. felt board--person on board
3. felt board--person on board. put on clothes
K. CARS/GARAGE
1. Crash two cars together and say "crash"
2. Push car and say "zoom
3. Push car over ramp (made with blocks)
4. Put gas in car (gas pump in garage)
5. Park car in garage
6. Make car go up garage elevator
7. Go down jump ramp (garage)
8. Knights jump on top of cars
9. .Police car comes to arrest knight
10. Put knight in jail (make up the jail)
11. Tow car with tow truck
12. say "we're going up" (elevator)
13. say "let me off" (elevator)
14. car exits elevator
15. car does donuts
16. little car drives over big car
17. do wheelie
18. car runs off table
L. FIRESTATION/CAR CITY--HOT WHEELS
M. TRAIN SET
1. lay track down (hook them together)
2. put train engine and cars together
3. move train over bridge
4. move on the turntable
5. train noises (chug a chug, toot-toot)
6. crash trains
7. make bridge with blocks over track
N. BLOCKS
1. make tower
2. make bed
3. make road
4. make bridge
5. make house
6. make house with chair inside
7. build car
8. people drive car
9. crash car
10. walk people across bridge
11. people under bridge
12. people slide down end of bridge
13. manipulative imitation structures
O. PIRATESHIP
1. "sail" the ship
2. steer the ship...man at helm
3. shoot cannonball-- say "boom"
4. shoot harpoon
5. put man in crow's nest
6. row dinghy to island
7. shoot cannonball from island tree
8. put pirate in jail on island
9. put treasure chest in dinghy
10. drop anchor (another tough one...stimming)
11. shoot harpoon at whale
12. "man overboard" and have man fall off
13. shark attack on dinghy
14. put men on sails (they snap on)
P. FIGURINES
1. "walk" figures
2. dog run and bark
3. dog lick face
4. figurines run across table
5. jump off diving board into pool (manipulative imitation)
6. say 'splash!"
7. Dragon--walk
8. knock over with car
9. scooby do--ask for a scooby snack
Q. DOLLHOUSE
1. set up kichen
2. set up living room
3. set up bedroom
4. set up bathroom
5. put doll at kitchen table
6. doll washes face
7. dollgoes to bed
8. doll goes on potty
9. doll takes bath
10. doll climbs up rope ladder
11. dolls sit in chairs
12. dolls slide down slide
13. doll swings
14. dolls on see-saw
15. plant garden
R. DRILL TRUCK
1. change drill bits
2. drill on lugnuts on tires/undrill
3. do wheelie
S. LARGE CRANE/CONSTRUCTION SET
1. climb crane (people)
2. fall down inside
3. rescue people
4. raise elevator (with button)
5. put up crane (hook)
6. men walk along top
7. board elevator
8. say "time for lunch"
9. say "good crew here"
10. exit elevator
11. ride truck to lunch
12. jump off crane
13. hook up lift/platform to crane
14. load supplies on lift
15. say "lift 'er up"
T. SUBMARINE--FISHER PRICE
1. put man inside sub
2. man looks through telescope
3. spin propellor
4. shoot torpedos
5. push around sub (like under water)
6. man dives off sub
7. octopus attacks man
8. shark eats man
9. drill into mtns/hills with sub drill
10. sing "kokomo"
11. octopus attacks gold fish
12. splashing noises
13. man climbs sub
14. put on door
15. hook man
16. raise him from water
U. POTATO HEADS
V. TINKER TOYS
1. make dumbell
2. lift weights
3. make designs
4. action figures jump over design
5. child jumps over design
W. TOOBERS AND ZOTS
1. make crown
2. wear crown on head
3. limbo under toobers
4. make hat (cowboy)
5. make sword
6. sword fight
7. put hat on head
8. say "yee haw!"
9. pretend to ride horse
10. wear belt "super powers"
11. necklace
X. SOCKEM BOPEM
1. put on hand
2. fight with tutor (hitting bopper only)
3. pretend to hit self in head and fall down
4. hit fish on mat
5. pretend to be a pumpkin (squat and put boppers on top of you
6. punch forward (not side armed)
Y.DANCES
1. Hokey Pokey
2. Bunny Hop
3. Freeze dance
4. Disco
5. YMCA
6. Macarena
Z. Lincoln Logs
AA.DUMPTRUCK
1. load (with anything)\
2. dump out
3. drive around
4. make truck noises
5. back up truck
6. make "beep noise"for reversing
7. say "thanks for the delivery"
8. men in truck (back)
9. truck roll over hills (rug wrinkles)
10. people fall out
BB.VEHICLES (big trucks not the small ones)
1. crash trucks
2. run over people
3. jump ramp (made from blocks)
CC.PANAMA CANAL/BOATS
1. pump water
2. push boats
3. crash boats
4. use crane to lift out boats
5. release water from central lock
DD.CAMPING SET/TENT
1. pretend with flashlight like looking through woods
2. drink from canteen
3. eat with fork and pan
4. make fire (with blocks)
5. cook food over campfire
6. pour water into cup
7. eat food out of bowl
8. "food's ready!"
9. "that's delicious!"
10. "mmm--I was thirsty"
11. drink from cup
12. "oohits spooky/dark"
EE.BARREL OF MONKEYS
1. hook monkeys
2. act like captain hook (barrel on hand)
3. shake barrel like macara
4. throw in lid
FF.OUTSIDE SWING SET
1. swing legs out
2. swing legs in
3. pump arms
4. lean back
5. slide
6. hang by knees on trapeze
7. train on slide scott in front tutor in back (say choo choo)
GG.STAR WARS SET
1. walk yoda across bridge
2. man falls in hole
3. put up tree
4. men climb tree
HH.WRESTLING (use stuffed animals or dolls)
1. close line
2. elbow drop
3. raise the roof
4. "the rack"
II.CASH REGISTER
… cashier
1. "what would you like?"
2. "that will be $____"
3. "thank you--have a nice day"
4. give shopper desired object
5. say 'cash or charge?"
… shopper
1. "I want to buy _____"
2. "here's the money" (or credit card)
3. "thank you"
4. put things to buy on counter
JJ. COOKING
1. pretend to cook in pot
2. put various food items in pot (food cards)
3. set table (be creative--use anything)
4. eat food from food cards
5. eat like a pig (hands behind back--snort and eat off cards
KK.GYMNASTICS
1. forward roll
2. walk on balance beam (pretend)
LL. BLUES CLUES
1. draw a clue
2. look for clue
MM.PRETEND PLAY
1. pretends to be a sky diver
2. pretend to be a crab (make pinchers with hands); swim in water
NN.POOH HOUSE
1. walk to door
2. knock on door
3. "is anybody home?"
4. grab him and put in jail
5. "oh no I've been captured!"
OO.DINOSAURS
1. climb on each other
2. eat trees
3. say "yum yum"
4. fly the pterodactil
5. make noises while flying "wak wak"
6. jump on spongue
7. fall in hole
PP.DRESS UP
1. ambulance drivers
2. put on hat and coat
3. drive ambulance
4. make siren sounds
5. find sick person (doll)
6. give CPR (push chest, blow on mouth)
QQ.COLORFORMS
1. Spiderman
2. Batman
3. Blue's Clues
DISCONTINUED TARGETS (WE DON'T HAVE THESE TOYS ANYMORE)
MAISY DOLLHOUSE (this is a paper fold out dollhouse I got at the bookstore.)
1. Put maisy in bathtub
2. Brush Maisy with brush
3. Put clothes on Maisy
4. Put Maisy in Bed
5. Give Maisy OJ
6. Make Maisy look in cupboard
7. Make Maisy hang up clothes in closet
TOOLBENCH (FISHER-PRICE)
1. hammer nail
2. screw in bolt-screwdriver
3. unscrew bolt-screwdriver
4. screw in bolt-wrench
5. unscrew bolt-wrench
6. put square in vise
7. put on belt-put tools in belt
8. measure with measuring tape
9. wash hands in sink
10.