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Ages 0-1 toys that are essential for development and growth
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items Great toys to help with learning, development, and milestones. I have bought and played with each toy listed. My son loved them all and they helped tremendously with growth and development.
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0-4 months
Great toys for the newborn to first foods phase.
These help with tummy time, hand eye coordination, and "kicking". My son loved this piano and he loved doing tummy time to hit the buttons with his hands. It also features a map for laying that has an arc that has various hanging things to encourage ...
Fisher Price Kick And Play Piano
Babies hand coordination are not the best when they are born. A shaker toy teaches them how to grab and move their hand/arm back and forth to create sound. It teaches them movement.
Baby Shaker Toy
Not only does this encourage tummy time but it helps them explore while doing it. You just fill with water (add a little vinegar to keep the water clear). Once its filled your baby can move the fish and water around while encouraging tummy time and e...
Water Tummy Time Play Mat
These books are textured and feature a lot of different objects to touch and pull. They also make a noise when you crinkle them. My son loved these books they were easy for him to hold and he loved the surprise everytime he opened one.
Books For Newborns
These books help your baby follow along as their sight isnt these best when they are first born. It enhances there enrichment experience and allows them to follow along while you play and read with them.
Black And White Baby Books For Infants
A great interactive toy for tummy time. It keeps your child entertained while they develop their muscles!
control future Crawling Crab Baby Toy
Baby's love to grab things. They make various balls that have different texture, is easier for them to grab, and light enough to learn how to throw.
Best Balls for Babies & Toddlers
The lovevery toys do run a little more expensive then traditional toys but they specifically designed for your child's age group. They go from newborn and up. Each milestone or stage your child is in they make a toy/toys for that specific group.
Amazon.com: LOVEVERY
Car rides and store visits can be boring especially for a baby that is confined to a certain area. These are great early on in development as encourage play and reaching. Its also a great source of entertainment.
Car Seat Toys
Babys love to look at and interact with themselves. A mirror is perfect for use at tummytime or playtime
Baby Mirror
4-8 months
Great toys for the beginning stages of exploring and learning through crawling, sitting, and maybe walking.
My son absolutley loved this. It has a string you can pull, teaches them to count, helps practice hand eye coordination by putting the ball in the hole, and teaches them construction tools like saw and screwdriver.
VTech Drop and Go Dump Truck Yellow
A great toy to improve hand eye corrdination and to help your child put the balls in the holes. Each fish is a color and each ball is colored to the correct fish teaching color match as well.
Move2Play Feed The Fish Interactive Toy
Stacking blocks is extremely important in development. Depending on the block it teaches letters, numbers, and shapes. Some blocks come with different shapes that stack only one way teaching your child that circle goes with circle etc.
Stacking Blocks
This chair encourages the first stages of "sitting up" while also teaching them to reach for objects in front of them. They should be sitting at least assisted before use.
Fisher-Price Portable Baby Sit-Me-Up Seat
A great chair/toy for those who have become better at sitting. It still stabilizing them but they are able to sit on their own and play with the toys in front of them. It helps develop the muscles established with sitting and better head holding.
Infantino Music & Lights 3-in-1 Discovery Seat
Teaching counting, colors, and foods associated with those colors. I.e. purple grapes.
VTech Chomp &Count Dino, Green : Toys & Games
Textured books are a way to teach different textures and it also keeps them interactive with story time.
Texture Books
I did not use the for the bath. I used these for playtime. Its helps your child touch the animal while learning what the animal is and what noise they make.
Farm Animal Bath Toys
This toy is super fun and very interactive. It teaches animal sounds, piano notes, and follow along based on color/note depending on mode.
Hape Baby Activity Centre - Piano
This teaches your child to put objects in a box by pushing the bands or moving them out of the way and then taking them out.
Fat Brain Toys InnyBin Shape Learning Toy
This is a super fun and interactive toy that develops leg strength and creates a fun play environment. The best part ? It grows with your baby as they reach different milestones.
Skip Hop Baby Activity Center 3-Stage
Stacking rings are a great way to teach stacking, colors, different size circles(order), and counting.
Baby Stacking Ring
8-12 months
Great learning toys for crawlers, walkers, and babblers who are starting to say their first words besides mama and dada.
These are so helpful when it comes to your child learning to walk and getting confident in their walking. My child loved this toy and would walk around the house constantly. It helped him walk and learn balance while "playing". They also make noises,...
Fisher Price Walkers & Push Toys
A great way to teach your child words, letters, objects, jobs, colors, and so much more. Not only are the cards visual, the card reader helps the child pronounce the world and recognize the image and the word together.
Toddler Talking Flash Cards for Ages 1-6
A great toy to teach animals sounds/names and the letters of the alphabet.
LeapFrog Spin and Sing Alphabet Zoo : Toys & Games
Its hours of fun for your toddler while also improving their balance and ability to climb.
SoftZone Playtime Essentials: Climbers, Mats & More
Encourages your child to begin to write (it will be scribbles) but teaches them how to hold an object that write while they scribble. Its the first step for writing.
Bathtub Crayons
These teach your child to scribble and develop the first steps of writing which come later. This helps encourage them into the writing journey.
Learning Educational Etch Sketch Doodle Board
Fake food is a great way for your child to learn foods. Its a 3d object they will be able to hold and feel. It helps relate the food to the name.
Pretend Play Food for Kids Kitchen - Toys & Games
Its important to have at least one stuffed animal for your child and encourage them to show love and affection to the stuffed animal. It helped my son so much in interacting with animals, it taught him to gentle while also petting and hugging our cat...
Cats - Stuffed Animals & Plush Toys
My son loved to clean when I would. We purchased a rechargeable vacuum for him at 9 months and he hasn't stopped playing with it (18 months). It helped developed his balance and it encouraged him to "clean" and "help". He always wants to help and be ...
Kids Vacuum
A water table is a great way to encourage water play. Most kids love water and will find playing outside with water is extremely fun. It also encourages them to love being outside and they get fresh air.
Toddler Water Table
Helps your child learn new words and how to pronounce them!
LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book
Encourages soccer and basketball play. Teaches your child how to kick and score or shoot and score.
VTech Smart Shots Sports Center : Toys & Games
Your child should be walking and have a sense of balance before use. At least a year old. It helps encourage play and teaches them how to climb and use a slide.
Climbers & Slides for Kids | Active Play Fun
My son still loves this toy (he is 18 months). He learned how to push the buttons, push the toy, and learned how to move the toy forward and backwards. Its a great toy full of learning opportunities.
Marvel Lights 'N' Sounds Spidey Activity Plane Ride on Toy (12 to 36 Months, 1 ...
This is a great toy for interaction and teaching. It teaches a child different skills such as rotating a gear with a handle, pushing a button up and down, and spinning a wheel.
Fat Brain Toys PlayTab Essentials Board