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Llorens Soft Baby Doll Kelsey Crying
$86.00Kelsey is dressed in a pretty floral dress and complementary pink knit hooded sweater, with pom pom ties and grey fur collar. Booties and blonde pigtails with bows complete the...
Llorens Soft Baby Doll Marie Crying
$70.00Marie is dressed in a white star polka-dot dress, with a long-sleeve white sweater with a grey-white fur hood. Marie's black hair in bow-tie pigtails and brown eyes complement her...
Llorens Soft Baby Doll Tasha
$70.00Tasha is dressed in a white star polka-dot dress, with a long-sleeve white sweater with a grey-white fur hood. The white pacifier is attached to the doll's clothing with a...
Llorens Soft Baby Doll Taylor Crying
$60.00Baby Doll Taylor is dressed in a pretty peach dress, and complementary knit sweater and booties. Taylor has adorable pigtails and bangs in blonde hair. She has blue eyes and a...
Llorens Soft Baby Doll Victoria Crying
$60.00Victoria is ready for Spring with a pretty pink floral dress, and a complementary knit sweater coat, booties, and hat. Victoria has lovely brown hair with fashionable flip and bangs....
Sophie La Giraffe Soft Maracas Rattle
$20.00Adorable Sophie La Girafe Soft Maracas Rattle with many exciting discoveries for baby Baby will love to shake this back and forth to watch and listen to all of its...
Plushies Softie Bear 16 Inch
$28.00Softie bear is a traditional teddy bear with a warm brown fur coat, button nose, and round facial features. Made from buttery soft materials and standing at 16 inches tall,...
Bear Company Some Bunny Loves You
$44.00White Plush Stuffed Animal Bunny Rabbit, Adorable, Cuddly, Great Gift for Bunny Lovers of All Ages. Size: 12 inches Suitable for 1 year+
Jellycat Soother Bashful Blue Bunny
$28.00Little Jellycat offers bunny security as standard, so when your little one’s not snuggling up to their Bashful Blue Bunny Soother, it’s being looked after by a fluffy expert! This...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie Bath Book
$18.00The Sophie Bath Book by Calisson is the perfect addition to the tub to make bath time fun! Features: Book consists of 8 pages filled with different kinds of...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie by Me
$30.00Sophie by Me edition is in the Je t'aime Sophie pattern! Made with the same natural materials and techniques that we all know and love, get this limited edition Sophie by Me! Made...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie La Giraffe Fragrances Ring
$20.00Easy to grasp and handle, the scent ring is composed of 3 medallions with the delicate sweet smell of vanilla, strawberry, and coconut. Subtle and light, each scent awakens a baby's sense of smell from the very first months and arouses his curiosity. ...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie La Giraffe Mille-Feuille Teeth...
$20.00A 100% natural rubber teething ring with multiple textures to relieve baby's teething! Its soft texture and its more or less long leaves are adapted to the baby's mouth. They make it possible to...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie La Giraffe Motor Skills Cloud
$68.00A module made of 100% foam to promote the learning of gross motor skills and baby's sensory exploration! Age: 6 months + Equipped with a non-slip base and high-density 28kg/m3 foam. Care...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie La Giraffe Multi-Sided Activit...
$44.00A Multi-Sided activity board that offers more than activities to awaken baby's senses and develop fine motor skills: various materials and textures, labels to manipulate, bright and contrasting colors, black...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie Plush Toy with Beads
$20.00Sophie La Girafe Plush Toy with Beads is a 2in1 treat for your little one. A plush with ultra-soft micro velvet fur, and flexible thanks to the microbeads and a rattle...
Sophie La Giraffe Sophie Teether Ring
$19.00The Sophie So'Pure Teether by Calisson is the ideal teething toy for your little one when their teeth are beginning to grow! It is an all-natural teether designed to soothe...
Le Toy Van Sophie's Wooden Car
$32.00A pretty pink wooden car scaled for Le Toy Van dolls. Includes stylish matching luggage! Age: 3 years+ Made from durable, sustainable wood to allow long-lasting fun, whilst caring for...
Le Toy Van Sophie's Wooden Doll House
$250.00Sophie's Doll House includes a wooden staircase that plays the role of room divider. Fully painted and decorated, the wallpaper is full of details children love to spot. It also...
Kid O Sort a Shape House Toy
$35.00Kid O’s Sort-a-Shape House is the perfect toy to help your little one practice color and shape sorting! Suitable for infants 1 year+ Match the forms to assemble doors, a...
Janod Sound Camera Wood
$16.00A camera just like the grown-ups! camera with sound, made from beech wood. It has a kaleidoscope and capture button that emits the same sound like a camera. The camera...
Janod Sound Telephone Wood
$20.00A ringing telephone just like the grown-ups! Telephone with sounds made from beech wood. It comes with 7 soft plastic sound keys: home key, email, alarm, ring, camera, settings, and...
Wide-Eyed Edition Sounds of Nature: World of Forests Book
$22.99The Sounds of Nature series brings the natural world to life with the sounds of real animals recorded in the wild. Travel the world with the Sounds of Nature series –...
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.