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Vilac Vintage Roadster White
$55.00Vintage Roadster Car in solid wood. Perfect size for your kid's little hands. 100% Made in France. From 2 years of age. Dimensions: 13 x 8 x 10 cm
Tender Leaf Toys Visual Sensory Tray
$24.00This set includes 4 solid wood shapes that let you see through various windows. Presented on a shape sorter tray and the 4 pieces encourage color and shape recognition through...
Jellycat Vivacious Eggplant Vampire
$22.00Sometimes vegetables bite back! Vivacious Aubergine Vampire is a stretchy purple spook with a black-and-red collared cape, tied with a cord. With a weighted base, green leafy crown and embroidered...
Jellycat Vivacious Vegetable Bok Choy
$20.00Vivacious Vegetable Bok Choy is a sturdy scamp in stretchy fur! Chunky, cheery and huggably hearty, with a mighty crown of stitchy leaves, this veggie has a cool ombre stalk...
Jellycat Vivacious Vegetables Pumpkin
$20.00Every day is Halloween with Jellycat Vivacious Vegetable Pumpkin! Roly-poly and splendidly stretchy, with soft orange fur and stitchy ruched segments, this perky pumpkin has a kooky curly stem. Patch-perfect!...
Vilac VLC Jules Verne Container-ship
$58.00Container ship Jules Verne. Stack wooden containers on this lovely solid wood cargo ship.
Wobbel Waldorf Balance Board Natural
$159.00What is WOBBEL? It is a sturdy, beautifully crafted beechwood rocking balance board, a seat, a safe haven, a bridge, a house, a step, a slide, a yoga aid, a...
Wobbel Waldorf Balance Board Natural/Foliage...
$199.00What is WOBBEL? It is a sturdy, beautifully crafted beechwood rocking balance board, a seat, a safe haven, a bridge, a house, a step, a slide, a yoga aid, a...
Wobbel Waldorf Balance Board Natural/Forest ...
$199.00What is WOBBEL? It is a sturdy, beautifully crafted beechwood rocking balance board, a seat, a safe haven, a bridge, a house, a step, a slide, a yoga aid, a...
Wobbel Waldorf Balance Board Natural/Grey
$199.00What is WOBBEL? It is a sturdy, beautifully crafted beechwood rocking balance board, a seat, a safe haven, a bridge, a house, a step, a slide, a yoga aid, a...
Wobbel Waldorf Balance Board Natural/Wild Rose
$199.00What is WOBBEL? It is a sturdy, beautifully crafted beechwood rocking balance board, a seat, a safe haven, a bridge, a house, a step, a slide, a yoga aid, a...
Hape Walk A Long Pepe The Puppy Pully Toy
$28.00Hape’s Walk-A-Long Puppy is the perfect adorable toy for your little walking explorer, with a pull-string so that he/she can take a friend for play on-the-go! Suitable for children 12m+...
Hape Walk A Long Snail Pull Toy
$34.00Hape’s Walk-A-Long is the perfect toy for your little walking explorer, with a pull-string so that he/she can take a friend for play on-the-go! Suitable for children 12m+ Includes snail...
PlanToys Walk N Roll
$38.00When the wheel turns, the wooden balls inside the Walk N Roll hit the panels — creating a fun and exciting sound. Gain self-esteem by learning to walk on your...
Knitted World Walking Mermaid 12"
$44.00Marina can swim as fast as a sailfish! Little do you know though, there is something special about Marina...she can also run as fast as a cheetah! Marina the Mermaid Knit Doll has...
Knitted World Walking Mermaid 18"
$58.00Marina can swim as fast as a sailfish! Little do you know though, there is something special about Marina...she can also run as fast as a cheetah! Marina the Mermaid Knit Doll has...
Knitted World Walking Mermaid 7"
$36.00Marina can swim as fast as a sailfish! Little do you know though, there is something special about Marina...she can also run as fast as a cheetah! Marina the Mermaid Knit Doll has...
Tender Leaf Toys Wall Decor
$18.0010 accessories to give your dolls house interior a facelift! All have double-sided sticky tape on the back. Age range: 3 Years And Older Product size: 9.84 x 8.66 x...
Loog Guitars Wall Hanger
$19.00Loog guitar wall hanger that will look amazing in your kids' bedroom. Made with baltic birch Easy installation, saves space, and looks great at home Screws and plastic dry wall...
Stockmar Watercolor Paint 20ml Basic Set of 6
$62.00Stockmar Watercolor Paints make their mark with their excellent scumbling properties, natural transparency and lightfastness. The color range follows the extended version of Goethe's "Theory of Colors". Each tone has...
Sonria Slime Watermelon Popsicle Slime
$19.99SCENT: Watermelon PopsicleTexture: Jelly Cube SlimeThis slime is infused with lemon essential oil for a mood boost.SIZE: 7 fl oz.SHELF LIFE: 2 MONTHSWith every slime you order, we'll happily include...
Stockmar Wax Block Crayons in Tin Case 16 Colors
$34.00Stockmar Wax Blocks, made from the same materials and available in identical colors to the stick crayons, have outstanding drawing properties and appeal to the senses. Their size and flat...
Stockmar Wax Block Crayons in Waldorf Tin Case...
$20.00Stockmar Wax Blocks, made from the same materials and available in identical colors to the stick crayons, have outstanding drawing properties and appeal to the senses. Their size and flat...
Play is essential for children because it contributes to their intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. When children play, they exercise their creativity, develop their imagination, master their dexterity, improve their cognitive ability and build physical strength. Experts agree that the best kinds of play allow kids to set their own goals, negotiate challenges, develop and share ideas, and make their own rules.
But how can we make sure our kids are getting enough healthy, unstructured play time when they’re growing up in an overscheduled and stressful environment, when parents are overly focused on producing high academic achievers, and safety concerns prevent us from letting our kids roam around freely and unsupervised? Perhaps the best thing we can do for our kids is to make sure they have the right kinds of toys at home to make play time most rewarding.
First and foremost is safety. Safe toys for young children are sturdy, without sharp parts or splinters, free of pinching hazards, and easy to clean. If the toy will be used by an infant, it’s important that parts aren’t small enough to become a choking hazard.
Toys must be made from non-toxic materials and coated with lead-free paints. You should steer clear of antique toys, second-hand toys and homemade toys that have not been tested and approved by a certified testing lab, or may have been produced before the current regulations governing toy manufacturing were in effect.
In addition to being safe, a good toy will match the child’s appropriate stage of development and abilities.
The best baby activity toys for infants between 0-6 months are things they can reach, grasp, suck on, shake, and make noise with. Some age-appropriate toys for little babies are squeeze toys, teething toys, soft dolls, textured balls, and board books.
Infants between 6-12 months are starting to crawl, sit up and pull themselves to a standing position. They are capable putting things in and out of containers and placing objects on top of each other. Some of the best baby activity toys for this age group are dolls, vehicles with wheels, bath toys, large beads, nesting toys, large soft blocks, wooden blocks, and push & pull toys.
As your child continues to grow, look for toys that will encourage them to explore, create, pretend, imagine, and learn from trial and error.