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Educational Toys My Kids Actually Play With
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items Educational Amazon toys that my kids actually play with and have lasted years. As a screen free house, we need toys that entertain, but I want to encourage healthy development, curiosity, and creativity. These toys have been massive at helping.
This activity table is great for 1-2 year olds but honestly even 3 year olds would still find use out of it. It’s made out of wood and has no batteries, which is always a plus. Such a great toy to buy for a 10 month+ that they can use as they grow an...
Montessori Activity Table
I got this when my daughter turned 1. Now she’s 3 and she still spends so much time playing with it. I bought it after my sister recommended it to me and I’m so glad I did!
Busy Book
Not for babies under 2 because there are a lot of little pieces! I got this for my 3 year old and we have so much fun building gardens together. She gets to express creativity and use her imagination. She’ll be using it for years to come.
Garden Building Set
These surprised me! The whole trick with these is learning how to balance them and it isn’t super easy. It makes your kid really focus on what they’re doing and teaches them patience when they don’t get it right away. It’s been amazing for my kids!
Wooden Stacking Animals
For our girlies!! Tea sets are a MUST if you have little girls and I found the cutest set. It’s good quality and comes with a lot! We have daily tea parties in my house with this one.
Tea Party Set for Little Girls
My toddler loves puzzles and these ones have been a huge hit! They aren’t traditional puzzle shapes, they’re more intuitive with how you piece them together. Great for cognitive development!
Wooden Animal Puzzles
This toy uses magnetics to sort the colors into the correct spot. I thought my 1 year old wouldn’t be ready for it, but she was full blown sorting colors herself by the time she was 16 months!
Magnetic Color and Number Maze
Get them ready for preschool! My kids love these workbooks and started using them at 2. They used them so much we had to order more because they got so worn out 🤣
Preschool Learning Activities
For 5+ year olds who are super interested in building things! I thought this was so creative and could keep a child engaged with it. They figure out how to connect and build in a whole new way that’s more advanced than building blocks or legos.
STEM Explorers Machine Makers
This exercises your child’s ability to plan something out logically and execute it. It has a lot of tiny pieces, so 5+ is recommended!
STEM Logical Road Builder
Not a toy but some great hacks for kids that love art! I can’t wait to try some of these with my own.
16 CREATIVE DRAWING HACKS