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Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Trunk Raised ...
$22.00Holztiger’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 Holztiger Wooden Animal Mother Zebra
$20.00Holztiger’s Mother Zebra 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: 5.9...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Flamingo
$12.00Holztiger’s flamingo 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: 7.3 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Elephant
$20.00Holztiger’s Elephant 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: 7.5 inches...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Small Goose
$12.00Holztiger’s small goose 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: 5.6...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Polar Bear Fe...
$16.00Holztiger’s Polar Bear Feeding 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:...
Tegu Magnetic Shape Train 9 Pieces
$55.00Tegu Baby & Toddler toys are the perfect entry-point to the wondrous world of Tegu. Specifically designed for the little hands and budding imaginations of children between the ages 6...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Swan Swimming
$12.00Holztiger’s Swan Swimming 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: 10.5 x 2.3...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Standing Tiger
$18.00Holztiger’s Tiger Standing 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: 14x 2.8 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Rhinoceros
$18.00Holztiger’s Rhinoceros 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: 20 x 2.8...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Leopard
$18.00Holztiger’s Leopard 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: 13 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Lioness
$14.00Holztiger’s Lioness 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: 11.5 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Lion
$18.00Holztiger’s Lion 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: 5.9 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Penguin
$14.00Holztiger’s penguin 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: 5 x 2.3...
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....
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...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Fox Running
$14.00Holztiger’s Running Fox 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: 5.7...
Grimm's Authentic Grimm's Fire Flames
$32.00Grimm’s Fire 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 children can use...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Dalmatian
$12.00Holztiger’s Dalmatian 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: 11.5 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Farm Dog
$14.00Holztiger’s farm dog 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: 5...
PlanToys PlanToys Banjo Musical Toy
$36.00PlanToys Banjo is the perfect toy to inspire your little ones' musical creativity, PlanToys Banjo Details: Age: 3 years+ Strum to hear the music! Features various sounds Dimensions: 12.52 x...
PlanToys PlanToys Musical Band
$70.00Is your little one ready to take center stage? The PlanToys Musical Band includes 2 differently-sized drums, a pair of drumsticks, a cymbal, and a guiro. The set stands over 13...
PlanToys PlanToys Oval Xylophone Musical Toy
$30.00PlanToys Oval Xylophone features five colorful panels that help with hand-eye coordination. Please note this xylophone is made for fun and may not be musically accurate. PlanToys Oval Xylophone Details: Age: 12...
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.