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(Note: this is a large span of development, some toys will not be appropriate for very small baby’s)
( 0 – 1 2 M O N T H S )
• Bouncy seat with fixed toy attachments
• Brightly colored cloth balls or rubber
textured balls that can be easily grasped
• Cloth books
• Educational toys from the Whoozit
Company
• Exersaucers
• Jolly jumper
• Leap Frog Learning Table
• Musical and moving mobiles
• Overhead activity gym
• Peek-a-boo blocks (see-through blocks
with objects inside them)
• Round-About ball game
• Smooth plastic or soft toys that can
be chewed
• Stacking rings
• Unbreakable large handled rattles
• Washable soft dolls and stuffed animals
Age 1+
• Band Away Boat (Discovery Toys)
• Blocks (large building blocks)
• Board books
• Fisher Price little people and play sets
• Gertie balls by Small World Toys. They
are soft balls of varying sizes, textures
and colors.
Indoor plastic slide, if you have the space (purchase used and had for 3 years inside)
• Magical push walker, once walking starts
• Non-glass mirrors
• Photo albums
• Push and pull toys
• Sandbox
• Shape sorter
• Stacking cups
• Take-apart toys with large pieces
• Xylophone
Age 2+
• Animal sets, including dinosaurs,
knights and horses, etc.
• Beach balls
• Busy box
• Child size table and chairs
• Duplo blocks
• Items that assist in identifying color,
size and shapes
• Low rocking horse
• Outdoor swing set
• Peg boards
• Petite kitchen and accessories
(play food and pots and pans)
• Play-Skool See & Say
• Puzzles with large pieces and handles
• Ride-on toys, such as wagons and tricycles
• Set up a nursery for baby dolls with a
stroller, clothing, blankets and bottles
• Silk fabric for a multitude of uses such
as costumes, forts, and creative play
• Simple musical instruments
• Tape recorder with cassette tapes and
a microphone
• Telephone that makes noise when
buttons are pressed
• Toy vehicles
• Train set with table
Age 3+
• Action figures
• Camera
• Construction sets with easily connecting
pieces
• Doctor and other role playing sets
• Doll house with accessories
• Dolls with wrap around clothing
• Etch-a-Sketch
• Inertia toys made of wood such as ramps
and small cars
• Large rubber ball with a handle to
bounce on
• Leap Pad computer – it can be a great
alone or together activity
• Legos
• Magnetic ABC’s for refrigerator or metal
cookie sheet
• Matchbox cars
• Mr. Potato Head with Spud in a carrying
case
• Play-Doh and accessories
• Puppet theater with puppets
• Radio Flyer wagon with two seats and
seatbelts
• Simple card and board games
(Candyland, Lucky Ducks, Memory, and
color and shape matching games)
AGE 4+
• Activity books
• Bicycle with 20 inch wheels, and training
wheels with helmet
• Bingo games, such as “Zingo”
• Cut out paper dolls
• Felt boards
• Flash cards
• Kites
• Lite-brite
• More demanding board games and card
games
• More elaborate dress-up play
• Polly Pockets
• Race cars and remote control cars
• Ravensburger puzzles and games
• Sewing cards
• Sporting equipment, such as a basketball
net or t-ball set
• Stencils
• Three wheel scooter, along with elbow
and knee pads and a helmet
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