As a former early childhood educator (and parent who actually uses these!), I’ve rounded up the toys that truly hold a one-year-old’s attention while supporting real developmental milestones. This list skips the gimmicks and focuses on open-ended, du...
This toy is a great way for your one year old to practice fine motor skills. Great for hand-eye coordination and pincer grasp practice! My daughter reaches for this toy every day.
mushie Coin & Tube Sorting Set
This toy has been a favorite for long time. There is so much you can do with them! The eggs are not only great for color and shape recognition, but also those fine motor skills of pulling the eggs apart and putting them back together.
Matching Eggs Toys Color & Shape Recognition
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My toddler loves making noise and music. These are items she reaches for every day. She has so much fun!
Baby Musical Instruments for Toddlers 1-3
She loves the colors in this set. She is learning to stack the blocks and these make it so fun.
Fisher-Price Wood Toddler Toy Castle Block Set
This has been great for object permanence and fine motor skills!
Busy Edition Montessori Toys for Babies 6-12M
Shape boards are a great way to talk about colors, shapes and matching.
Jumlys Montessori Toys for Toddlers 1-3
Stacking tools area a great way to pracitce hand-eye coordination!
Sassy Stacks of Circles STEM Toy, 9 Pc
These are a great “first step” to coloring! It encourages the creativity, but also helps with their little hands and learning the coloring motion.
JUPITEARTH 6 Colors Egg Crayons for kids
This keeps my toddler occupied for a long time! Between taking the animals out of the cars and then putting them back in. This is a fun one!
Counting train for toddlers
Toddlers are all about learning how their body moves. This set is so fun to allow my toddler to fall and climb and do it safely!
Sumbababy Toddler Foam Climbing Blocks - 4 Pcs
Again, having kiddos practice their fine motor skills is so important at this age! This is agreat way to practice those.
