Developmental Toys

Recommended Toys

Carefully selected toys that support developmental skills for each age group. Each toy is linked to specific skills it helps develop.

49 Toys8 Age Groups17 Skills
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🧸The Newborn(8 toys)

Oball Classic Ball

Kids II

A flexible, easy-to-grasp ball with 32 finger holes, perfect for little hands.

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Winkel Rattle & Sensory Teether Toy

Manhattan Toy

A mesmerizing maze of soft, continuous tubes and a gentle rattle sound.

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Penguin Music Wobbler

Hape

A wobbly penguin that makes soothing, chime-like sounds when pushed.

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The Play Gym

Lovevery

An activity gym with five developmental zones and a guide for age-appropriate activities.

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Flip Fish Soft Baby Toy

Melissa & Doug

A crinkly, squeaky fish with multiple textures, tags, and a peek-a-boo mirror.

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Indestructibles: Baby, Let's Eat!

Workman Publishing

A chew-proof, rip-proof, and drool-proof book with colorful illustrations.

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Wooden Baby Rattle Clutching Toy

HABA

A classic wooden rattle with colorful beads, made with non-toxic, water-based stain.

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Take Along Tunes Musical Toy

Baby Einstein

A popular musical toy with classical melodies, a light-up display, and a caterpillar handle.

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🧸The Toddler(8 toys)

Fun with Sounds Wooden Discovery Blocks

HABA

A set of 6 wooden blocks, each with a unique acoustic effect, including a rattle, bell, and squeaker. These blocks encourage auditory exploration and sensory development.

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Walker Wagon Push Toy

HABA

A sturdy wooden walker that provides support for toddlers learning to walk. It also has a seat for a favorite doll or stuffed animal and a small storage space for other toys.

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Rainbow Fabric Baby Ball

HABA

A soft, colorful ball with different textures and a rattle inside. It's perfect for rolling, tossing, and sensory exploration.

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Wooden Shape Sorting Grocery Cart

Melissa & Doug

A wooden walker and shape sorter in one. Toddlers can push the cart and sort the chunky wooden food shapes into the corresponding holes.

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GO Tots Barnyard Tumble

Melissa & Doug

A wooden barn with a silo that toddlers can drop the GO Tots into and watch them tumble out the bottom. It encourages cause-and-effect learning and fine motor skills.

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Rocking Horse

Little Tikes

A classic and durable rocking horse that helps toddlers develop balance and coordination. Its smooth edges and low-to-the-ground design make it safe for young riders.

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Rainbow Stacker Classic Toy

Fisher-Price

A classic, colorful stacking toy with five rings and a wobbly base. It helps babies and toddlers with hand-eye coordination, size differentiation, and color recognition.

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Object Permanence Box

Montessori Generation

A wooden box with a drawer and a hole on top. A ball is dropped into the hole and disappears, then reappears in the drawer, teaching the concept of object permanence.

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🧸The Explorer(6 toys)

Classic ABC Blocks

Melissa & Doug

A set of 50 wooden blocks with letters, numbers, and pictures to encourage stacking, sorting, and learning.

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Shape-Sorting Cube

Melissa & Doug

A classic wooden toy with 12 colorful shapes and a hardwood cube to help teach shape and color recognition.

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Caterpillar Xylophone

Hape

A colorful wooden xylophone in the shape of a caterpillar that helps develop auditory and musical skills.

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My First Wooden Daily Magnetic Calendar

Melissa & Doug

An interactive magnetic calendar to teach children about days, months, seasons, and weather.

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Primary Science Mix and Measure Set

Learning Resources

A set of chunky, colorful science tools for hands-on exploration and early science skills.

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Jumbo Nuts and Bolts

Skoolzy

A set of large plastic nuts and bolts to help develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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🧸The Apprentice(5 toys)

See & Spell Learning Toy

Melissa & Doug

A set of wooden puzzles with letters to help children learn to spell. Each puzzle has a picture of an object and the letters that spell its name.

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Dust! Sweep! Mop! Cleaning Play Set

Melissa & Doug

A six-piece cleaning set for kids that includes a broom, mop, duster, dustpan, and brush. The tools are kid-sized and made with natural wood handles.

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Wooden Railway Set

Melissa & Doug

A classic wooden train set with tracks, a train, and accessories. It encourages imaginative play and helps develop fine motor skills.

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Deluxe Wooden Standing Art Easel

Melissa & Doug

A double-sided easel with a chalkboard on one side and a dry-erase board on the other. It includes a paper roll holder and trays for art supplies.

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Top & Bake Pizza Counter - Wooden Play Food

Melissa & Doug

This 34-piece wooden play pizza-making set lets kids create and bake their own pizzas. It includes a pizza counter, pizza paddle, and all the toppings.

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🧸The Maker(5 toys)

Deluxe Wooden Standing Art Easel

Melissa & Doug

A multi-use easel with a dry-erase board, chalkboard, and paper-roll holder to inspire painting, drawing, and other creative activities.

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Blockables™ Town Play Set

Melissa & Doug

A set of connectable, stackable, and playable solid wood building blocks that allows kids to create a fun neighborhood playground and vehicle.

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Sort, Stock, Select Wooden Vending Machine Play Set

Melissa & Doug

A wooden vending machine play set that lets kids sort, stock, and select play food items.

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Water WOW! Take-Along Multi-Activity Drawing Set

Melissa & Doug

A reusable water-drawing set with a built-in rainbow drawing board and reusable activity cards for no-mess creative play.

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LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698

LEGO

A large box of classic LEGO bricks in 33 different colors, with lots of windows, doors, and other special pieces to inspire imaginative building.

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🧸The Innovator(7 toys)

LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox

LEGO

A robotics kit that combines LEGO building with a simple, block-based coding language. Kids can build and code robots that move, talk, and respond to sensors.

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Elenco Snap Circuits Classic

Elenco

An electronics exploration kit that uses color-coded, snap-together parts to teach the basics of circuitry. Kids can build over 300 projects, including a fan, a radio, and a burglar alarm.

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K'NEX 70 Model Building Set

K'NEX

A classic construction toy with rods and connectors that allows for building a wide variety of models. This set includes instructions for 70 different models, from a simple car to a complex Ferris wheel.

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ThinkFun Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game

ThinkFun

A single-player logic game where the goal is to slide cars and trucks out of the way to clear a path for the red car to exit. It comes with 40 challenge cards of increasing difficulty.

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Kala Learn to Play Ukulele Starter Kit

Kala

A beginner-friendly ukulele kit that includes a high-quality instrument, a quick start guide, and access to online lessons. The ukulele is a great first instrument for pre-teens.

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Made By Me My Very Own Pottery Wheel

Made By Me

A beginner's pottery wheel that comes with air-dry clay, sculpting tools, and paint. It's a great way for kids to explore their creativity and develop fine motor skills.

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Ravensburger GraviTrax Starter Set Marble Run

Ravensburger

A STEM toy that allows kids to design and build their own marble runs. It teaches concepts of gravity, magnetism, and kinetics in a fun and interactive way.

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🧸The Trailblazer(5 toys)

STEM Newton's Laws Engineering Kit

MindWare

A hands-on kit that allows teens to build and experiment with models that demonstrate Newton's three laws of motion.

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KEVA Brain Builders

KEVA

A set of wooden planks and puzzle cards that challenge players to recreate 2D patterns into 3D structures, enhancing spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills.

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Q-BA-MAZE 2.0: Super Race Set

MindWare

A unique marble run system with interlocking cubes that can be assembled in various configurations, allowing for creative and unpredictable marble races.

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KEVA Maker Bot Maze

KEVA

A creative building set where teens can design and build their own marble mazes with a fun robot theme, promoting engineering and design skills.

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REGIS Steel Tongue Drum

REGIS

A calming percussion instrument that is easy to play and produces beautiful, meditative tones. It's a great way for teens to explore melody and rhythm without prior musical experience.

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🧸The Polymath(5 toys)

LEGO Architecture Studio

LEGO

A LEGO set with over 1200 white and transparent bricks, and a 272-page guidebook to inspire teens to create their own architectural designs.

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Arturia MiniLab 3

Arturia

A compact MIDI keyboard and controller that comes with a suite of software for music production, perfect for teens interested in electronic music creation.

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3Doodler Create+ 3D Printing Pen

3Doodler

A 3D printing pen that allows teens to draw in 3D, creating anything from small models to wearable art. It's a great tool for artistic and spatial reasoning development.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit

Raspberry Pi

A complete kit to learn programming, electronics, and computer science with the latest Raspberry Pi. Perfect for aspiring engineers and developers.

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Arduino Mega Starter Kit

ELEGOO

A comprehensive electronics kit with an Arduino Mega board and components for building robots, IoT projects, and learning embedded systems.

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