This practicum paper describes a fantasy play program designed for 3- and 4-year-old preschoolers with Barbie dolls that could be used as a tool in regularly scheduled center play activity. Because of strong biases held by teachers against commercial toys, children were not afforded the ability to experiment with these tools, or discover the role of fantasy play in the preschool classroom. The program presented teachers with an active design and implementation role to eliminate the bias against the Barbie doll. The strategy began with an in-service training for teachers. The dolls were introduced to the children during an "Around the World" focus, and placed in the classroom for the preschoolers to discover at their own pace. The results showed that the responses of faculty, children, and parents were favorable, and the strategy opened up a new way for children to play and for teachers to facilitate a preschool classroom. Teachers supported the importance of fantasy play and the use of Barbie dolls as fantasy figures. Five appendices are included containing samples and results of faculty, parent, and preschool classroom surveys, curriculum checklists, and the "Around the World" curriculum. Contains 25 references. (AP)