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Development Toys for Babies
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items For my son, I am only allowing limited screen time. I try to fill my baby's activities with as many toys and books as possible. In our world today, technology is a huge part of our daily lives. I want my son to not watch TV as much as possible due to...
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Development is Key
Development toys help babies grow by stimulating their senses, building motor skills, and encouraging problem-solving.
Supporting growth through multiple play stages—tummy time, kicking, sitting, and reaching. Its light-up piano keys, colorful toys, and maracas engage babies’ senses and encourage movement, helping build motor skills and coordination. It’s interactive...
Fisher-Price Deluxe Kick & Play Piano Gym
The Infinno high-contrast development toy is a great choice for newborns because its bold black-and-white patterns support early vision, encourage visual tracking, and stimulate brain development. It’s simple, engaging, and perfect for tummy time or ...
High Contrast Black & White Baby Toys 0-6M
These are perfect to help babies understand they have hands and feet. It is the cutest thing to watch babies realize they have hands and feet!
Infinno Baby Wrist Rattle Socks & Foot Finder
Babies love to see their reflection and look at contrasting images. This is a perfect toy to add to the tummy time rotation.
Tummy Time Baby Mirror Infant Toys 0-6 Months
This rattle and teether set is a great choice because it helps babies develop grasping skills, hand-eye coordination, and early cause-and-effect understanding, while the teething pieces offer safe chewing relief. It’s a versatile, engaging set that s...
Baby Rattles & Teethers Set 0-6 Months (10-Pack)
This musical caterpillar is a sweet pick for young babies because it combines soft textures, gentle sounds, and built-in teething features to support sensory exploration and early motor development. Its colorful design and crinkle elements keep littl...
LIGHTDESIRE Musical Caterpillar Baby Toy
These silicone teethers are my sons favorite currently. They are both cute and efficient to help those babies get some relief on their gums.
TYRY.HU Baby Teething Toys 4-Pack BPA Free
For my son, I wanted easy to clean toys and these are the best! Easy to clean to help germs stay at bay during this flu season.
SpringFlower 3-in-1 Montessori Baby Toys 23PCS
This is another tummy time toys my son loves. Just make sure you boil water before putting water in the mat to avoid mold buildup.
Infinno Inflatable Baby Water Play Mat
I am in love with Montessori toys currently. All toys from this brand are a huge leap into a baby's development.
WOODMAM 9-in-1 Montessori Toys for Babies
Keep babies away from screens as much as you can to help with their development. This is one toy on my son's Christmas list this year, and I can't wait to do this activity with him and help him learn.
Startcan Talking Flash Cards for Toddlers
The crawling crab toy is a fun, engaging choice for babies because its moving, light-up design encourages little ones to reach, scoot, and practice early crawling skills. The music and motion stimulate sensory development, while the playful movement ...
Yeaye Crawling Crab Baby Toy with Music Green
This Eric Carle Around-the-World play-sound book is a wonderful pick for little ones because the bright illustrations, simple text, and engaging sound buttons make early reading exciting and interactive. It helps build early listening and language sk...
World of Eric Carle Around the Farm Sound Book
The Baby Einstein Explorer’s Activity Toy is a great choice because its buttons, textures, lights, and sounds keep babies engaged while encouraging sensory exploration and fine motor development. Its playful design makes learning feel fun and helps l...
Baby Einstein Ocean Explorers Go Opus 4-in-1 Toy
The Melissa & Doug Shape-Sorting Cube is a fantastic developmental toy because it helps babies and toddlers learn to match shapes, develop fine motor skills, and understand spatial relationships — all while having fun by dropping colorful blocks ...
Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube Toy
This fantastic all-in-one toy, combining a bead maze, shape sorter, clock, gears, and more to help babies and toddlers develop fine motor skills, shape recognition, and problem-solving.
Wooden Activity Cube Montessori Toy 12+ Months
This busy board is a perfect way to keep your little one busy once they learn to sit up by themselves!
8-in-1 Montessori Activity Table for Toddlers
This toy promotes hands-on play, fine motor skills, problem-solving, and independent learning.
Montessori Wooden Shape Sorting Toy for Toddlers
No Screens during car rides? No problem with this busy board set that toddlers love to move the objects on the board.
Winblo Toddler Busy Board Montessori Toy
This toy encourages sensory exploration, builds fine motor skills, and keeps little ones engaged with soft, colorful “tissues” that are safe to pull, grab, and explore
Youuys Baby Tissue Box Toy Montessori Ocean
Everything Books
Reading to babies is great for development because it builds early language skills, strengthens their listening and memory, and helps them learn the rhythm and sounds of speech.
These sturdy board books are simple, colorful illustrations make early reading fun and engaging for babies. The short themes help build early language and cognitive skills, and reading together strengthens bonding from the very beginning.
Baby Einstein My First Library 12-Book Set
The My First Library Boxset is a great choice for babies because its sturdy board books and bright, simple pictures make early reading engaging and durable for little hands. The set helps build first words, supports early language development, and ma...
My First Library: 10 Board Books Boxset
I used this book as my attendance for my baby shower-having everyone write a cute little note to the baby on the way.
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
My son is currently in the scratching and feeling part of sensory development. This Touch-and-Feel board book is a fantastic choice for babies because its different textures—like shells and seaweed—help develop touch awareness and fine motor skills.
Ocean Friends Touch & Feel Sensory Book
Fun and rhyming board book that makes saying goodbye playful and silly — helping build early language skills, phonemic awareness, and bonding through shared, rhythmic reading.
See You Later, Alligator
Reading about emotions and expresses deep love in a simple, poetic way, making it perfect for bedtime or quiet moments.
I Love You to the Moon and Back
This bright, colorful illustrations and simple, repetitive text engage young minds, and the story naturally introduces counting, days of the week, and the concept of transformation.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Good way to read to your child read movies, rather than watching it on the TV.
12 Disney Classic Little Golden Books Set
The bold, colorful illustrations paired with simple questions also help with color recognition, vocabulary building, and interactive, shared reading.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Keeping the good stories alive-rhymes and repetition support early language and phonemic awareness, while the colorful illustrations keep babies and toddlers engaged.
Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Boxed Set Collection
Classic Goldilocks rhyme with a magical twist, making it a fun and imaginative story that supports early language skills, problem-solving, and creative thinking.
Goldilocks and the Beanstalk by Carson Dellosa
This book is a fun and imaginative winter-themed story that engages young readers with its playful rhymes and clever tactics for finding the snowman.
How to Catch a Snowman