Line these water-filled cars up next to each other and see what colors you can create! These super-cool racers incorporate light, color and liquid play.
Line these water-filled cars up next to each other and see what colors you can create! These super-cool racers incorporate light, color and liquid play.
Discover various ways of balance by yourself! This toy comes with a curved plywood board and rope that can help children learn to balance by standing up, sitting down, and...
Clear the way at the building site! This PlanToys Bulldozer has a special handle so that children can direct it left or right. They can move, haul, lift, and pull....
The PlanToys Dump Truck is a perfect toy for any vehicle-mad kid. Featuring realistic details including a moveable rear tipper and chunky, moving wheels, it's a great toy for inspiring...
This product is designed to excite your child's imagination and story-building capability. The Fire Truck is equipped with a rotating and extendable ladder, a fire hose, and a fire extinguisher....
Stack the rocks without letting them fall! Strengthen fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and concentration ability through play. The GEO Stacking Rocks encourage interactive play inviting children to playfully compete...
Get excited about the multiple realistic features that this Motor Mechanic offers - a steering wheel, gearshift, horn, brake, accelerator, turnable car key, air conditioner, radio, side mirrors, hood lift...
This 20-piece wooden tileset makes learning numbers as easy as 1-2-3! The two-sided tiles feature numbers 1-10, colorful pictures, and words that help children count, match, spell and trace the...
It's time for dinner! Who's hungry? Let your little one role play as a chef at your favorite Italian restaurant, serve dinner to a group of friends, or simply incorporate...
It's time for dinner! Who's hungry? Let your little one role play as a chef at your favorite cafe, serve dinner to a group of friends, or simply incorporate this...
The Spinning Tops set consists of 4 different tops and colors. Good for developing fine motor skills and bring fun time to you and your friends. Suitable from 3-99 years...
It's hard to enjoy a meal without the correct dishware! Invite children to pretend play with the PlanToys Tableware Set included. With 2 plates, bowls, spoons, forks, knives, and glasses,...
Would you like to come to my tea party? There will be a cup for you and me, and you can have your tea however you'd like! The Tea...
Let's open a waffle shop! Will you have a chocolate-covered strawberry waffle? Or, perhaps you want a plain waffle with syrup. Whatever it is, little ones can pretend to make...
This beautifully designed Workbench includes 22 pieces of tools: a hammer wrench with screwdriver nuts and bolts. With a portable design, this workbench can be used on a table shelf...
Action Racer is at the line and ready to go. Press one of the four direction buttons on the car’s dashboard and then buckle up for a chase as...
Design your own artistic display with this ingenious take on the classic stress ball. This wooden ART Ball features twelve pastel color interconnected spheres that can be turned, twisted, and scrunched into...
Bruno is a Playforever original. Born from a childhood fascination with tin cars and inspired by the beauty of classic cigar racers, founder Julian Meagher set out to create a...
Bruno is a Playforever original. Born from a childhood fascination with tin cars and inspired by the beauty of classic cigar racers, founder Julian Meagher set out to create a...
Bruno is a Playforever original. Born from a childhood fascination with tin cars and inspired by the beauty of classic cigar racers, founder Julian Meagher set out to create a...
Bruno is a Playforever original. Born from a childhood fascination with tin cars and inspired by the beauty of classic cigar racers, founder Julian Meagher set out to create a...
This series of Egg cars are named as such given the shape from the back-side view. Pilot Karlos makes his first appearance sitting all snug in his roadster. The Scrambler,...
This series of Egg cars are named as such given the shape from the back-side view. Pilot Karlos makes his first appearance sitting all snug in his roadster. The Scrambler,...
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.