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Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Convertible C...
$20.00Grimm's Small Convertible Car is simple and an off-road wooden convertible car that can take a Rainbow Friend off-roading on a jaunt into the countryside. Afterward, the vehicles do not...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Convertible C...
$20.00Grimm's Small Convertible Car is a simple and off-road wooden convertible car that can take a Rainbow Friend off-roading on a jaunt into the countryside. Afterward, the vehicles do not...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Pastel Balls
$23.00These small solid wooden balls are the perfect size for a variety of marble runs. They are a wonderful 3-D matching puzzle and sorting game for even the littlest...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Stacking Boxe...
$60.00This Set of Boxes is a versatile toy for children: they can stack and sort the boxes by size and color, build with them, use it as dollhouses or carports,...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Stacking Boxe...
$60.00This Set of Boxes is a versatile toy for children: they can stack and sort the boxes by size and color, build with them, use it as dollhouses or carports,...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Stepped Count...
$65.00An exciting way for children to discover the world of numbers and learn the color sequence of the rainbow! Through tactile touch, each number can be counted by feeling with...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Stepped Pyram...
$65.00The blocks of this building set are ideal for so many creations. You can build up walls, towers, houses with furniture, castles and so much more. These smaller building blocks...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Tunnel Monoch...
$22.00Grimm’s Small Tunnel Monochrome is the perfect versatile toy for your little one! Your toddler can have endless fun stacking the tunnel, and as they grow your children can use...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Small Waterwaves
$22.00Carved out of a single block of hardwood, these six Water Waves Nesting Blocks nestle together to create a stacking toy as well as a simple nesting puzzle. Children love...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Sorting Board Rainbow
$25.00Here not only the 12 Small Wooden Balls can be assigned and stored in matching colors, but also the Rainbow Friends. As a complement to our Rainbow Friends, the Sorting...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Stacking Tower Boat
$79.00Grimm’s Stacking Tower Boat is the perfect stacking toy for your little one! Your toddler can have endless fun stacking the boat to create different forms and lovely colorful structures...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Building Boa...
$62.00These Grimm's wooden building boards are the perfect complement to the 12-piece rainbows, tunnels, and semicircle. So many wonderful balancing and skill games, as well as new construction projects, can be created,...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Building Boa...
$62.00These Grimm's wooden building boards are the perfect complement to the 12-piece rainbows, tunnels, and semicircle. So many wonderful balancing and skill games, as well as new construction projects, can be created,...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Building Rin...
$44.00These pastel building rings along with the small and large solid wooden balls by Grimm’s enable amazing building and stacking possibilities and much more! This is how fir tree...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Building Rin...
$44.00These rainbow building rings along with the small and large solid wooden balls by Grimm’s enable amazing building and stacking possibilities and much more! This is how fir tree forests...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Building Set...
$150.00Experience the world of 1001 nights! Even younger children will be fascinated by the intense colors and beautifully formed elements. As the children get older, they will create more and...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Bus Toy Natural
$60.00A wooden bus with a natural finish and cheerful, bright yellow wheels. With an open roof and three 'seats' for easy access to loading and unloading passengers and drivers. Its shape...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Four Seasons...
$64.00The Assorted Figures are meant as an addition to the Annual Ring and the Circular Disc For Year Calendar. Each figure stands for one month and illustrates it for the...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Large Truck ...
$34.00These rugged vehicles are impressive, simple in design, and easy to load. They work quite well off-road and are suitable for rides in the countryside. Vehicles don’t need a full...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Pull Along E...
$68.00If children have learned to walk, they like to pull something behind them. The blue Elephant is a great companion! Materials: lime wood, non-toxic water based color stain. Authentic Grimm's...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Small Truck ...
$26.00These rugged vehicles are impressive, simple in design, and easy to load. They work quite well off-road and are suitable for rides in the countryside. Vehicles don’t need a full...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Wooden Telephone Toy
$56.00This Rotary Dial Telephone enables your child to imagine using the phone like Mom and Dad! Authentic Grimm's Wooden Telephone Toy Details: Materials: made from alder wood, non-toxic plant-based oil finish,...
Grimm's Authentic Small Rainbow Balls
$23.00These small solid wooden balls are the perfect size for a variety of marble runs. They are a wonderful 3-D matching puzzle and sorting game for even the littlest...
Grimm's Authentic Wooden Building Boards Rainbow
$62.00These Grimm's wooden building boards are the perfect complement to the 12-piece rainbows, tunnels, and semicircle. So many wonderful balancing and skill games, as well as new construction projects, can be created,...
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.