15 Baby Toys You Can Use to Boost Their Developmental Skills
Playing is a natural part of babies’ growth and development. Through various activities, they get to know the world around them. Below, 5-Minute Crafts made a list of baby toys that you can use to boost their developmental skills and creativity.
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1. Wooden Activity Cube
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This educational toy combines 8 different games in one: bead maze, learning clock, shape matching, abacus, spinning gears, xylophone, sorting and stacking, and word learning. This toy is designed to promote hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, number counting, and language development.
2. Hammering Bench
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Play and learn
This toy hammering bench develops fine motor skills for hands and eyes. It enables the cognitive development of children from 3 years of age. With this Montessori wooden toy, children will also learn to recognize colors and develop the basic social skills of communication, turn taking, and cooperative play.
3. Preschool Learning Locks With Keys
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Lots of fun
In this set, you get 6 different colored vehicles, with a number dot on the front, English letters from 1-6 on the back of the car, and 6 keys with numbers. With lots of fun, these toy cars stimulate the baby’s hands-on and exploration abilities and introduce the baby to vehicles and numbers. Suitable for children from 1 to 4 years old.
4. Wooden Pull-Along Dog
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With this wooden dog, your child can practice their first steps. In addition, it can help kids sort shapes and colors by inserting wooden blocks into it. This toy is ideal for children over 18 months. With it, kids will learn shapes and colors, hand-eye coordination, concentration, and problem-solving.
5. Pounding Bench
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Durable wooden construction
This is a classic wooden pounding bench toy with a mallet. It is made of high-quality materials and a durable wooden construction. The built-in studs cannot be removed, and every component is made of solid wood. This toy is a splendid gift for children ages 2 to 4.
6. Musical Turtle Toy
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Early educational learning toy
With this early educational learning toy, your baby will crawl and build muscle. Your baby can learn numbers and letters while entertained as well as practice fine finger skills by pressing different buttons. The toy can play 8 lullabies and has 7 types of phone ringtones.
7. 5-in-1 Montessori Toy
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For ages 2 and up
The 5-in-1 Montessori motor skills toy includes 8 wooden carrots, one wooden woodpecker, 10 magnetic worm wooden insects, and 12 wooden fruit blocks. It is for ages 2 and up and provides motor skills practice and hand-eye coordination.
8. Wooden Threading Toys
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Parent-child interaction game
The thread assembly toy set includes 75 beads (letters, numbers, geometric shapes, cars), a portable storage bag, and 6 red ropes. They will build up hand-eye-brain coordination, improve fine motor skills, and solve problems independently. This toy is a great interactive toy between parents and children.
9. Baby Sensory Toys
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Letter matching and shape recognition
A sensory shape sorter toy for babies contains 14 blocks of different shapes and a rectangular sensory box with colored elastic bands. Babies will learn how to pull toys through one side and practice cognitive skills in letter matching and shape recognition. This toy is intended for babies 6-12 months.
10. Caterpillar Gear Toy
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Great gift for toddlers and preschoolers
This toy makes a great gift for toddlers and preschoolers. Your child can turn the gears and watch each interlocking segment move to the next, or they can make the caterpillar “crawl” on the wooden base. The toy caterpillar has 6 changeable gears in 6 bright colors.
11. Shape ‘N’ Spin Gear Sorter
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Stem based learning
The gear sorter toy will introduce your child to problem-solving. It will also teach them cause and effect while developing their visual thinking, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills. The toy enhances STEM-based learning and is ideal for children ages 1 to 3.
12. Rainbow Rainmaker Toy
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The Rainbow Rainmaker toy is fun for your baby. Cascading colored beads create the sound of rain that will stimulate the baby’s senses and help develop their skills. The toy is suitable for ages 6 months and up. It is made of safe and durable material.
13. Pineapple Soft Stacker Infant Toy
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Sort, squeeze, shake, and stack
The pineapple soft stacker toy contains one plastic and 3 soft pineapple rings. With it, babies and toddlers will discover texture and sounds. Fine motor and problem-solving skills will be encouraged by sorting, squeezing, shaking, and stacking this toy.
14. Wooden Sorting Stacking Toy
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16-piece animal wooden block toy
This sorting stacking sensory toy for babies is made of natural wood and it includes 16 pieces in different shapes and colors of animals and 4 column-shape pairs. It is excellent for improving eye coordination, exercising hand muscles, recognizing colors, and developing imagination.
15. Wooden Hammering Toy
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This toy is a classic percussion bench, musical xylophone, and number puzzle. It includes 10 pegs on the bench, and when hit, hamsters pop up and down. The hitting process encourages hand-eye coordination and tactile development in children. 2 or more children can simultaneously play because it has 2 hammers and a mallet.