Holztiger’s Elephant with a raised trunk is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic...
Holztiger’s T-Rex is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 3.9 x...
Holztiger’s White Mouse is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Made in...
Holztiger’s Tournament Black Knight is a great toy for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Made in Europe Suitable...
A stylish mixer with metal swivel whisk, wooden bowl, and clacking on and off button. Ingredients to weigh out on a modern kitchen scale include a wooden egg that opens...
Let your little ones enjoy as they pretend to build projects while learning what each tool is meant to do. This set is packaged in a wooden carrying case illustrated...
Janod’s Wood Shapes Quiz is a round shape sorter, the perfect toy for your little one so they can learn their shapes and colors! Includes 6 colored shapes: star, triangle,...
Who doesn't love ice cream? A gorgeous wooden push-along cart on wheels, with 4 wooden ice lollies, 4 cornets, 4 magnetized colorful ice creams, a magnetic ice cream scoop, and...
Full of ingredients, this ice-cream set will create loads of fun regardless of the season. Includes: ice-cream cones and cups: 1 ice-cream scoop, 1 ice-cream cup, 2 ice-cream cones,...
Roll up, roll up! Serve up an icy treat with this sweet set of four, hand painted, ice-cream cones, from our inspired pretend play foods collection. Lovingly crafted from solid...
Cooking on the go! A portable fold-away kitchenette with a hob and clacking dial and a pretty clock with moving hands helps teach how to tell the time. Included are...
A great new twist on an old-time favorite. The classic friction-powered motor car made from wood. Just pull back and vrooooooooom! Off you go! Beech wood, wind-up motor
A great new twist on an old-time favorite. The classic friction-powered motor car made from wood. Just pull back and vrooooooooom! Off you go! Beechwood, wind-up motor
A great new twist on an old-time favorite. The classic friction-powered motor car made from wood. Just pull back and vrooooooooom! Off you go! Beech wood, wind-up motor
A great new twist on an old-time favorite. The classic friction-powered motor car made from wood. Just pull back and vrooooooooom! Off you go! Beechwood, wind-up motor
A great new twist on an old-time favorite. The classic friction-powered motor car made from wood. Just pull back and vrooooooooom! Off you go! Beechwood, wind-up motor
A great new twist on an old-time favorite. The classic friction-powered motor car made from wood. Just pull back and vrooooooooom! Off you go! Beech wood, wind-up motor
With wobbly wheels that have rubber grippers and a bobbly head that moves with the car, the Janod Rabbit Carrot Car is a fun way to encourage motor skills and...
A rabbit to reassemble by stacking the different wooden pieces to create a lovely roly-poly toy. A ring with colorful balls that happily ring out when the rabbit moves! The...
A brightly painted stacking castle with 22 elements for building. Spread it out and restack it like a puzzle or see what imaginative combinations you can create! 22 pieces Age:...
Let 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...
All aboard! Build your first BRIO World with this Brio Lift and Load Starter Set. The layout is packed with machine toys – grab crane, truck, a pop-up hood engine...
Building vertical shapes have a natural thrill to it. The Brio Lift and Load Warehouse Set make just that possible, even irresistible. Build the stackable bridges, curves, and sloping tracks...
A 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...
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.