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Maileg Maileg Winter Dad Mouse with Ski Doll
$40.00A mouse ready for hours of fun on the slopes during the cold wintertime. Each playset contains a warmly dressed mouse with a pair of skis and poles. A funny...
Maileg Maileg Winter Mum Mouse with Ski Doll
$40.00A mouse ready for hours of fun on the slopes during the cold wintertime. Each playset contains a warmly dressed mouse with a pair of skis and poles. A funny...
Maileg Maileg Wooden Firetruck
$18.00This classic Maileg Wooden Firetruck is crafted with sustainable wood and is hand-painted so the painting style may vary. Perfect for little hands and their imaginary adventures. Pull these fun cars back, and...
Maileg Maileg Wooden Firetruck and Car Bundle
$30.00These classic wooden cars are crafted with sustainable wood and are hand-painted so paint style may vary. Perfect for little hands and available in multiple colors, perfect for imaginary adventures. Pull these fun...
Tender Leaf Toys Make Me a Pizza!
$40.00A handy pizza oven with 5 logs to fire up your very own pretend play pizza oven! Make your own pizza with 6 different pizza toppings on a red felt...
Ooly Make No Mistake Erasable Markers
$14.00Didn’t you mean to make that green unicorn pink? Well, erase it! The Make No Mistake Erasable Markers fix your mistakes in an instant. No-stress coloring unleashes powerful creativity in...
Bajo Manhattan Blocks
$57.00Bajo’s Manhattan blocks feature minimalist non-toxic painting styles and easy to stack skyscrapers. Teach your children about architecture while helping them learn to stack with these beautiful blocks. Product...
Rubbabu Mascot Toy Car
$16.00The Rubbabu Mascot Car is an easy-to-hold, easy-to-roll car. With a cute rounded design, in bright colors, this 5" high car is available in many colors and is popular in toy,...
Hape Master Workbench
$130.00Hape’s Master Workbench is the perfect toy for your little builder! It includes shelves and storage to keep all their tools within reach and organized! Suitable for children 3 years+...
Le Toy Van Mayberry Manor Doll House
$250.00Welcome to Mayberry Manor. This truly stunning, deluxe dollhouse is ready for any aspiring Duke or Duchess to move right into and makes a perfect addition to your child’s imaginative...
Compendium Me Museum Activity Book
$16.95A Great Big Place Full of Awesome Activities, Exciting Exhibits, and Astonishing Artwork The Me Museum is pretty much exactly unlike any other museum you’ve ever seen—here you can do...
Me&Mine Me&Mine Cooking Set
$48.00Inspire the creativity of cooking with this 6-piece kitchen playset! Inside, you will find a wooden spoon, spatula, rolling pin, and pestle, enamel mortar, and a fabric carrying bag. On...
Little People, Big Dreams Memory Game Amazing Women
$16.99A Memory Game! Match up the Little People to their BIG DREAMS! Discover amazing women in this simple memory game, from the creator of the bestselling Little People BIG DREAMS...
Wee Gallery Memory Game Jungle
$30.00For parents looking to encourage cognitive skills while having fun — this Memory Game is a match! The sturdy and adorable leaf shaped cards are perfect for play and just the right...
Janod Memory Touch Recognition Wooden Game
$30.00An ideal game for developing your child’s sense of touch and fine motor skills. Put your hand in the bag and try to be the first to find the 4...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Helmet V2 Doodle
$52.00Keep your child’s noggin safe while scooting with our upgraded Micro Kickboard Helmets! Available with safe sizing via head circumference, you can be sure that your Micro helmet will be the perfect...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Helmet V2 Rocket
$52.00Keep your child’s noggin safe while scooting with our upgraded Micro Kickboard Helmets! Available with safe sizing via head circumference, you can be sure that your Micro helmet will be the perfect...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Helmet V2 Unicorn
$52.00Keep your child’s noggin safe while scooting with our upgraded Micro Kickboard Helmets! Available with safe sizing via head circumference, you can be sure that your Micro helmet will be...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Foldable ...
$165.00This scooter has it all! The Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Foldable LED offers our customers favorite Maxi features - foldability AND light-up wheels! The Maxi Deluxe Foldable LED takes the multi-award-winning,...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe LED Scooter
$155.00The Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe LED Scooter takes the multi-award-winning, much-revered children's three-wheeled scooter to the next level. This deluxe version has LED light-up front wheels, an anodized stem for extra...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Pro Scooter
$155.00The Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Pro Scooter offers wide front wheels, a cool chopper-style handlebar, and five trendy color combinations. Besides its unique new look, this classic kickboard scores high with...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Scooter
$145.00This Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Scooter version has an anodized stem for extra protection against wear and tear, a unique, silicone-injected footplate for improved grip, and an adjustable T-bar, meaning that...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Mini 3in1 Deluxe Scooter
$125.00The perfect gift for one-year-old’s, the Micro Kickboard Mini 3in1 Deluxe Scooter grows with ages 1 through 5, is virtually indestructible, and is the highest-rated scooter of its kind. Micro...
Micro Kickboard Micro Kickboard Mini Deluxe Foldable ...
$110.00The Micro Kickboard Mini Deluxe Foldable Scooter is for traveling tots and kids on the go. The new folding mechanism means that taking your child’s Mini with you wherever you go is...
Play is essential for children because it contributes to their intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. When children play, they exercise their creativity, develop their imagination, master their dexterity, improve their cognitive ability and build physical strength. Experts agree that the best kinds of play allow kids to set their own goals, negotiate challenges, develop and share ideas, and make their own rules.
But how can we make sure our kids are getting enough healthy, unstructured play time when they’re growing up in an overscheduled and stressful environment, when parents are overly focused on producing high academic achievers, and safety concerns prevent us from letting our kids roam around freely and unsupervised? Perhaps the best thing we can do for our kids is to make sure they have the right kinds of toys at home to make play time most rewarding.
First and foremost is safety. Safe toys for young children are sturdy, without sharp parts or splinters, free of pinching hazards, and easy to clean. If the toy will be used by an infant, it’s important that parts aren’t small enough to become a choking hazard.
Toys must be made from non-toxic materials and coated with lead-free paints. You should steer clear of antique toys, second-hand toys and homemade toys that have not been tested and approved by a certified testing lab, or may have been produced before the current regulations governing toy manufacturing were in effect.
In addition to being safe, a good toy will match the child’s appropriate stage of development and abilities.
The best baby activity toys for infants between 0-6 months are things they can reach, grasp, suck on, shake, and make noise with. Some age-appropriate toys for little babies are squeeze toys, teething toys, soft dolls, textured balls, and board books.
Infants between 6-12 months are starting to crawl, sit up and pull themselves to a standing position. They are capable putting things in and out of containers and placing objects on top of each other. Some of the best baby activity toys for this age group are dolls, vehicles with wheels, bath toys, large beads, nesting toys, large soft blocks, wooden blocks, and push & pull toys.
As your child continues to grow, look for toys that will encourage them to explore, create, pretend, imagine, and learn from trial and error.