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Le Toy Van Le Grand Garage
$130.00Let imaginations run wild with this wooden toy garage. An exciting three storey wooden toy garage with 2 spiral ramps and a working lift. The garage includes a car, helicopter...
PlanToys PlanToys Parking Garage Toy
$130.00The Parking Garage has 3 floors of parking space, a working elevator tower, a helipad, 2 cars, and an electric charging station. A perfect toy for pretend play. Age: 3 years+...
PlanToys PlanToys Wooden Fire Truck
$130.00This 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....
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Large Mosaic
$126.00The elemental cubic form of these blocks inspires children to build simple walls, foundations, fences, stalls as well as houses, towers, and castles. The basic shape is also very useful...
PlanToys PlanToys Baby Walker
$126.00Cruise through early developmental stages with the PlanToys Baby Walker! This toy can help develop fine and gross motor skills while encouraging children to walk on their own two feet....
Sabo Concept Wooden Castle Building Blocks Light Pink
$125.00Let your child's imagination run wild with this beautiful Castle Building Blocks Set that features all the shapes needed to build their own castle, city, race track, or whatever their creative minds...
Grapat Lola Stack and Sort Play Set
$124.00A wonderfully imaginative collection with endless play possibilities, this features 36 charming Lola figures in 12 colors and 3 sizes, along with beakers and solid and hollow tubes in...
PlanToys PlanToys Forklift
$120.00The design and function are based on an actual forklift. The back knob helps direct the forklift left and right. The lift makes a sound when the pallet containing the...
Tender Leaf Toys Wild Pines Train Set
$120.00This 30 piece track allows for creative layouts and endless storytelling. Accessories that move include an engine and 3 carriages holding 27 small logs of various colors. A logging truck...
PlanToys PlanToys Wooden Dump Truck
$120.00The 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...
Tender Leaf Toys Rosewood Cottage Dollhouse
$110.00The cutest woodland cottage you ever did see. With a rose-colored gabled roof, opening front doors and a removable back panel, this little house can be carried to be played...
Tender Leaf Toys Greenhouse and Garden Set
$110.00This set is ideal for encouraging green fingers. A traditional plywood greenhouse with base has an opening door, and 2 removable roof panels. It can be filled with 2 seed...
Tender Leaf Toys Farm
$110.00Made throughout from top quality plywood, this farm has been designed to be open and accessible for little hands. It features a barn with barn doors and a feeding trough,...
Le Toy Van Dino's Wooden Garage
$100.00Head out on the Highway. A brightly painted red and yellow wooden garage featuring 3 stories, spiral ramps, a car & a working lift. All are presented on a detailed...
Tender Leaf Toys My Forest Floor
$100.00An extensive open-ended play tinker tray box for your little one to sort, stack and arrange their woodland treasures. The lid is removable and can be turned around and used...
PlanToys PlanToys Pirate Ship
$100.00Aye aye, Captain! Let's adventure across the sea with the PlanToys Pirate Ship! This playset comes with a variety of realistic features including a mast, sail, treasure chest, canon,...
Tender Leaf Toys Noah's Wooden Ark
$100.00The ark has a wide opening door on one side as well as a top hatch that lifts to reveal a double-deck interior. One end slides out to allow easy...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Little Land Yachts ...
$100.00Your child is the captain of these vessels, as they sail the Seven Seas -- rolling along on any smooth surface! Included on board each is a captain of the...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Rainbow Bowls Sorti...
$100.00This open-ended game is a fun challenge for young children! The Rainbow Bowls Sorting Game comes with six colored bowls, each of which has three matching wooden pieces in the shape of...
Goki Wooden Vehicle Dump Truck
$96.00Goki's wooden dump truck is a great toy for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of solid wood with real rubber tyres. Colored with water-based...
Grapat Nins Carla Teaching Game with Figures
$96.00This game allows for the development of logical-mathematical thinking by classifying, grouping, and matching elements through colors and/or shapes. These actions improve hand-eye coordination and motor skills. The rings become...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Large Rainbow Paste...
$96.00Grimm’s 12 Piece Rainbow Pastel is a versatile toy perfect for your growing little one. Toddlers can use the rainbow for stacking and sorting, and as they get older your...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Large Rainbow Natur...
$96.00Grimm’s 12 Piece Rainbow Natural is a versatile toy perfect for your growing little one. Toddlers can use the rainbow for stacking and sorting, and as they get older your...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Large Rainbow Monoc...
$96.00Grimm’s 12 Piece Rainbow Monochrome is a versatile toy perfect for your growing little one. Toddlers can use the rainbow for stacking and sorting, and as they get older your...
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.