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Wood Train Name Train Clear Finish X
$7.49NameTrains Letter Car X is crafted from locally sourced and sustainably harvested hard maple. Magnets allow you to attach cars to form names and words. Age: 3 years+ Non-toxic finish....
Wood Train Name Train Clear Finish Y
$7.49NameTrains Letter Car Y is crafted from locally sourced and sustainably harvested hard maple. Magnets allow you to attach cars to form names and words. Age: 3 years+ Non-toxic finish....
Wood Train Name Train Clear Finish Z
$7.49NameTrains Letter Car Z is crafted from locally sourced and sustainably harvested hard maple. Magnets allow you to attach cars to form names and words. Age: 3 years+ Non-toxic finish....
Tonies Nap Time Nature Sounds Audio Play Fig...
$14.99Nap Time: Nature Sounds Tonie plays the relaxing sounds of nature, providing rhythmic background noise to help your little one fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. Tonies Nap...
Tonies Nap Time White Noise Audio Play Figurine
$14.99Nap Time: White Noise Tonie plays soothing white noise, providing an ambient environment that helps your child fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. Tonies Nap Time White Noise Audio Play...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Glitter Cup Mermaid Lagoon
$10.00On an enchanted island in the sparkling sea, there’s a mystical lagoon where the mermaids swim. Shimmering purple tails sparkle through the aqua water, while pink sand shimmers all around....
Land of Dough Natural Dough Glitter Cup Princess Pink
$10.00Pretty in pink. Shades of blush, rose, and magenta topped with sparkling pixie dust create a fairytale world where any little dreamer can be a princess for a day. Product...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Glitter Cup Sand and Sn...
$12.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. A private paradise to call their own. Powdery white sand, small beach stones, and...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Glitter Cup Space Galaxy
$10.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. Let them hold the galaxy in the palm of their little hands. A backdrop...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Glitter Cup Unicorn Dream
$10.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. Make unicorn dreams come true! Perfect for imaginative play, mythical magic comes alive in...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Bowtie Bunny
$15.00Some-BUNNY is stylin’! Land of Dough® Bowtie Bunny is too hip to hop. Squish and sculpt this dough to have a hoppin’ fun time. Product Details: Includes 7 oz. of...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Cherry on Top
$15.00Put some cherry cheer in your day! Pluck ‘em fresh, mix ‘em in, and serve ‘em up! This one says, I Love You CHERRY much! Product Details: Includes 7 oz....
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Dino
$15.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. Dig, excavate, uncover and discover! Time to explore your inner ROARSOMENESS! Product Details: Includes...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup My Treasure Is...
$15.00X marks the spot. Three paces left and straight past the palm tree, you'll find a buried treasure of glittering gold. Product Details: Includes 7 oz. of dough Color: blue,...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Not a Peep
$15.00Invite your peeps! Land of Dough® Not a Peep will make you squeak with joy as you squish and sculpt with friends. Product Details: Includes 7 oz. of dough Colors:...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Over the Rainbow
$15.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. Lucky you. Sparkling puffy clouds and a full-spectrum rainbow transport you to a land...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Planet Earth
$15.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. Part art. Part science. All fun. Explore our planet in a whole new...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Saturn Sparkle
$15.00Get outta this WORLD and be a planetary visionary! Have a blast on this journey, and discover your own SPACE! Product Details: Includes 7 oz. of dough Color: Orange, Blue, Light...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Under the Sea
$15.00SPLASH! Dive in and discover what the commotion in the ocean is all about! Product Details: Includes 7 oz. of dough Color: Light Green, Turquoise, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Black, Orange...
Land of Dough Natural Dough Luxe Cup Unicorn Horn
$15.00These cups feature multilayered dough colors, fun surprises, and charming patterns that are sure to delight. Make a wish and work your magic. This is the you-do-YOU-Dough, so do you,...
Oli & Carol Natural Rubber Bath Toy Orlando the O...
$24.00Adopt Orlando the Octopus, the coolest albino bath toy meant for teething, bath time and sensory play! It’s made out of one piece with no hole, making it perfect for...
Oli & Carol Natural Rubber Bath Toy Sharon the Crab
$24.00Adopt Sharon the Crab, the coolest albino bath toy meant for teething, bath time and sensory play! It’s made out of one piece with no hole, making it perfect for...
Natruba Natural Rubber Bath Toy Swan
$24.00Natruba Natural Rubber Bath Toy White Swan is particularly suited for your baby's small hands and the different textures will stimulate your baby's senses. It will entertain them for hours during bath time....
Oli & Carol Natural Rubber Bath Toy Walter the Whale
$24.00Adopt Walter the Whale, the coolest albino bath toy meant for teething, bath time, and sensory play! It’s made out of one piece with no hole, making it perfect for...
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.