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Omy Design Omy Design Giant Frameable Coloring P...
$20.00Join the party with this festive poster! Hundreds of tiny details, and a huge sense of humor for the entire family to enjoy! Hours of coloring fun alone or with...
Omy Design Omy Design Giant Frameable Coloring P...
$20.00Ships, hidden treasures, and skulls, discover the world of pirates! Hundreds of tiny details, and a huge sense of humor for the entire family to enjoy. Product Features: Content 1...
Omy Design Omy Design Giant Frameable Coloring P...
$20.00Discover the ancient Egyptian Pyramids with this poster! Hundreds of tiny details, and a huge sense of humor for the entire family to enjoy! Kids can express their creativity alone...
Omy Design Omy Design Giant Frameable Coloring P...
$24.00Space adventures fascinate everyone, and recently NASA's latest voyage inspired the world to dream. This incredible craft imagined by OMY takes us on an intergalactic journey with astronauts and UFOs! Perfect...
Stockmar Opaque Colors Paint Set 12 Colors
$28.00The Opaque Colors are based on Goethe's color circle and have unique luminosity. This is due to the fact that the concentration of the color pigments in our Opaque colors...
Eeboo Opposites Educational Puzzle Pairs
$20.00Up & down, big & little, match the opposites. Once a critical mass of words is recognized, preschoolers love to engage in wordplay. The elder person may select a puzzle...
Tegu Original Pocket Pouch Magnetic Wooden...
$30.00Tegu’s Pocket Pouch Prism is the perfect travel toy for your little builder to create any structure by magnetically connecting the colorful blocks, the ideal set for imaginative play! Dimensions:...
Tegu Original Pocket Pouch Magnetic Wooden...
$32.00The Pocket Pouch is the perfect introduction to the world of Tegu magnetic wooden blocks. It's just the right sized toy for the purse, restaurant, airplane, or desk. Age: 12...
Penguin Our Little Adventures Set Book
$29.99Jump-start your young child's education with vocabulary and early language concepts using these beautiful books created by a speech therapist to help build your child's language skills and encourage them...
Janod P'tite Little Miss Vanity Case Toy
$36.00This toy has everything needed for your little girl to become the prettiest Little Miss! Includes 9 wooden accessories: a large mirror, a makeup palette with brush and built-in mirror,...
18-G Paint Plush Toy 27 Inch
$98.00A beautiful chocolate brown stuffed horse is available in a super size now. High quality materials make for a soft, fluffy touch Super Flopsies lay in a resting position for...
Le Toy Van Palace Doll House
$650.00A truly palatial doll's house, fit for royalty. The grandest house ever designed by Le Toy Van. With four floors plus an attic room, there's plenty of space for extensive...
Lucky Boy Sunday Pale Nulle
$120.00Handmade from 100% baby alpaca wool, this soft, thoughtful pillow is 27.6 inches long. Machine washable (cold water and on the gentle or wool cycle) Height: Approximately 27.6 in 100%...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Anik
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Blanca
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Evi
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Frederica
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Lily
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Rachel
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Rebeca
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Baby Gordis Doll Ruby
$72.00Here are the Paola Reina, the most beautiful dolls in the world! They come from Spain and they have beautiful faces. And they smell like vanilla! Meet Baby Gordis...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Los Manus Doll Alberta
$72.00Their sweet face is so endearing, kids love them! Their soft body allows an easy grip for the child. The doll's eyes close when she is lying down. Paola Reina...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Sonia Doll with Antique P...
$72.00Here are the Alex & Sonia dolls, by Paola Reina. This cute doll will charm your little one! Meet Sonia wearing an antique pink dress with a matching headband and...
Paola Reina Paola Reina Sonia Doll with Caramel D...
$72.00Here are the Alex & Sonia dolls, by Paola Reina. This cute doll will charm your little one! Meet Sonia wearing a caramel dress, a headband, a black fur jacket, and...
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.