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Toys that you get at 1 and keep until 5 ☺️
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items These can be given for 1st birthdays and kept in the toy rotation for years! My 9 month old also loves when these come into rotation
So many ways to utilize this. Color sorting, grasping skills, fine motor development 🥰
Build Up Hand Muscles with Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog
I think these are better than Legos. So many different ways to connect them and play. My toddler is obsessed with these. We got them at 3 since they’re smaller. He’ll play with these for years
Learning Resources MathLink Cubes Set - 100pc
Ashamed on how much paper we wasted before I found this. Perfect for 2.3/3 + year olds. We’re doing our learning activities with this every morning. We both love it and then after he just doodles / plays with the white board.
Gamenote Classroom Magnetic Alphabet Letters
I don’t even have to comment on this one… doors, a chute, twisting corn.
Little People Caring For Animals Farm
Ya’ll THISSS. It beeps when scan (which every kid loves). Comes with money to help them learn to pay for things. Our kid loves using the quarter with his cart like at Aldi!!
Ring It Up Register
Had this since 1. Helps with so many things, water pouring, motor skills, sensory development. So versatile!!
Splash-n-Scrub Sink | Sink Play Set
Listen this is a STAPLE. Go to dollar tree and pick up some bowls, spatulas & spoons and let your kid free. This keeps our kiddo entertained for over 30 minutes in increments!!
Mud Kitchen
We loveeee a good stacking cup. Obviously you can use these to stack but we use them for color sorting, Dino homes, puff ball activity’s. Really these are endless!!
Stacking Cups
Start em young!!! Whenever I’m sweeping he’s sweeping. He LOVES this cleaning set. He started out using it as textures and then around 2.5 he used them for the right purpose.
Dust! Sweep! Mop! Cleaning Play Set
Hugeeee!! Let the imagination run wild, we’ve used them to build cargo trains, zoo cages for animal, towers. So many options!
MAGNA-TILES® - America's #1 Magnetic Building Sets – MAGNA ...
The way our kid is OBSESSED with this 🤦🏽♀️ we set up a grocery store around the house and he goes shopping. He puts his stuffy in the front and goes out. I would say he’s used this atleast every other day for the past year. Plus it comes with food...
Target Toy Shopping Cart
My 3 year old is just not starting to match the shapes. However my 9 month old loves to play with these 😂 so many colors and noises.
Egg Carton Toy
He got these when he was 2 and they were a challenge but he loved working towards it. Now we set them up for obstacle courses to get energy out inside 🤪
Sensory Balance Beams
Both my kids LOVE these. My 9 month old loves the squish them as they squeak a little and my oldest loves the build and build and build….
Elemenosqueeze Baby Blocks - 26 Soft Alphabet Blocks
My toddler LOVES this. He takes pictures of everything and it’s nice to look back and see how small the kids were 🥲
Toddler Camera
Both my kids LOVE this. As a screen free home this is perfect background noise
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