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Best Toys for 1-Year-Olds, Chosen by a Former Early Childhood Educator
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items 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.
Wooden Play Food for Kids Kitchen Cutting Fruits
These puppet books are always a hit. It's a plus to sing to your baby while reading it!
Itsy Bitsy Spider (Finger Puppet Board Book)
This is a great way for your little one to practice hand-eye coordination. It is a plus to sing the alphabet too!
A is for Apple: Interactive Alphabet Book
Have a long car ride? Or sitting at a restaurant but don't want your child running around or looking at screen? This is a great way to keep them occupied.
Hot tip: Only let them see this when you are at a restaurant or on a long car ride. That way, when they do see it, they are excited about it.
Hot tip: Only let them see this when you are at a restaurant or on a long car ride. That way, when they do see it, they are excited about it.
Exorany Busy Board Montessori Toys for Toddler
Totally #1 busy book I have seen! This is a must if you are in need of variety for your child and want them to be learning while they play.
Hadley Designs My First Busy Book Toddlers 3-5