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BeginAgain A To Z Puzzle & Playset Ocean
$40.00The Ocean A to Z Puzzle is a wooden puzzle, alphabet learning toy, and character play set all in one! It’s a challenging preschool puzzle and helps develop fine motor...
BeginAgain A to Z Puzzle Animal Parade
$36.00From letters to colors to animal names to storytelling, BeginAgain Animal Parade A-Z Puzzle game for toddlers is a wooden puzzle with a world of possibilities. Age: 2 years+ Measures...
BeginAgain A To Z Puzzle Dinosaur
$26.00Alphabet and puzzle based problem solving come together to make this chunky wooden dinosaur come to life. Made from durable rubberwood, this 26 piece alphabet toy is one top selling...
BeginAgain A to Z Space Puzzle
$40.00The Space A to Z Puzzle is an out-of-this-world science adventure. The chunky durable pieces teach the alphabet through space-related objects, from A is for Astronaut Armstrong to Z is...
Cottage Door Press ABC and 123 Learning Songs Book
$19.99Singing is learning and learning is fun! Toddlers and preschoolers can sing along with these popular learning songs in this fun songbook. Featuring a wooden inlay and sturdy construction, this book is...
Sophie La Giraffe Activities Plush Toy
$42.00Sophie La Giraffe Activities Plush to stimulate baby's senses. The plush toy is full of softness thanks to its ultra-soft micro velvet fur, but also very flexible due to the...
Fat Brain Toy Activity Dimpl
$14.00Little fingers can't resist these beautiful buttons of the Fat Brain Toys Dimpl! Built safely into the sturdy ABS plastic frame are five vibrant silicone bubbles in varying sizes and...
Fat Brain Toy Activity Dimpl Digits
$22.00Touch, push, pop, and learn! Squishy, silicone bubbles captivate the fingers in a way that's impossible to put down while simultaneously opening a unique new avenue for learning. On one...
Fat Brain Toy Activity Dimpl Duo
$27.00Textures, colors, shapes, and words! On one side, each silicone button is embossed with a different shape and labeled with its matching word in English and in Braille. Flip the whole...
Fat Brain Toy Activity Dimpl Stack
$22.00A vibrant stack-and-discover experience!The top of each cup features a squishy silicone bubble embossed with a unique texture pattern. Little fingers will love to touch, push, and pop them again...
Fat Brain Toy Activity InnyBin
$32.00An incredibly unique shape-exploration experience! Play freely with InnyBin. The six chunky shape blocks are each designed with fascinating textures that are sure to thrill the fingers. There's a cube,...
Fat Brain Toy Activity OombeeCube
$28.00Fun to feel, beautiful to admire, and amazingly durable so you never lose a single shape, the Fat Brain Toys OombeeCube truly is early tactile learning perfected. Toys OombeeCube Details:...
Fat Brain Toy Activity Sensory Rollers
$22.00Fat Brain Toys Sensory Rollers are the perfect toys for your little one to fascinate their senses! Hands of all ages reflexively reach, grab, and explore their fascinating, rubbery...
Tikiri Activity Spiral Toy Meiya & Alvin
$26.00This activity spiral is just wonderful, it has all the interactive elements that help stimulate a growing baby. A wonderful mix of patterned and plain fabrics with have been shown...
Calico Critters Adventure Tree House Gift Set
$80.00Take a family trip full of fun and adventure! The Adventure Treehouse is the ultimate playset for Calico Critters babies, with three exciting levels and endless ways to play! Babies...
Plushies Agaric The Shroom Fairy
$28.00Mythical Creatures feature some fantasy-filled friends looking for a companion to frollick around the forest with Agaric the Shroom Fairy is filled with enchantment, featuring a bright red mushroom cap...
The Pencil Grip Aircolor Airbrush Kit
$50.00Unleash your child's inner artist with the Air Color Airbrush Marker Kit—the ultimate airbrush tool designed for young creators! Perfect for kids ages 6-14, this easy-to-use, washable airbrush kit lets...
Sophie La Giraffe Al'Thir the Camel
$36.00Sophie's newest friend! Featuring a squeaker, Al'Thir entertains babies and develops their sense of hearing while helping to establish the relationship of cause and effect. Made using 100% natural rubber from rubber...
Gibbs Smith Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp
$10.00BabyLit® is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar’s...
Maileg Alarm Clock - Mouse
$14.00The bell rings and a new day of adventures starts. The small alarm clock is made in metal and with lots of small details.Dimensions:Height: 1.2in, Width: 1.0in, Depth: 0.6in, Net weight:...
Paola Reina Alex and Sonia Doll Floral Blouse and...
$76.00Get ready to fall in love! Sonia is here to steal hearts and become your little one’s new best friend.This interactive baby doll cries, says “Papa” and “Maman” in French,...
Paola Reina Alex and Sonia Doll Floral Overalls a...
$68.00Meet Sonia — a darling interactive doll that little ones will instantly fall in love with! 💕She cries, says “Papa” and “Maman” in French, and calms down with her pacifier,...
Artesanal Dolls Alex Liberty Doll
$82.00The Alex collection is full of surprises, and super beautiful models. Their clothes are special, full of tulle, cotton, knit, etc. As a novelty, they open and close their eyes. Pacifier...
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.