Developmental Educational Baby Toys
Children grow up quickly, especially infants – they move from one stage of development to another in what seems the blink of an eye. One fun way to be ready for each new stage is to order the baby toys matched to a baby’s development from ebeanstalk. A new age appropriate toy arrives every 3 months. There are several gift series to choose from starting at $83 for 4 toys. All series include free shipping. If this is your first purchase with ebeanstalk, you can receive a 15% discount with promotion code TGS345 . Check out the Newborn Gift Series and One Year Old Gift Series.
Need a little help picking toys for your baby or for a newborn gift? Here are some baby facts that should help with selection:
1. A newborn will briefly follow objects with their eyes and will also attempt to imitate facial expressions. Visiual toys are important at this age. Newborns also love to be held and will quiet down when picked up.
2. A three month old likes to play a little more, reaching for objects and starting to show repetition with their activities. A three month old baby toy might offer more hand manipulation in addition to visual stimulus. Your baby will begin to respond to your voice and even understand words like “no” while they begin their own babbling.
3. A six month baby will play more with toys. They enjoy peek a boo with hidden objects and baby will even search for the toy. Your baby will probably be more mobile, starting to roll onto their back. Baby will often now understand their name and respond to your voice.
4. A nine month old baby toy will allow even more child interaction, such as pushing a toy vehicle or animal. They will enjoy games with sound such as pat a cake and toys with sound too. Baby may be crawling around or pulling themselves up in attempt to learn to stand and walk.
For more help with selecting age appropriate developmental toys, check out ebeanstalk’s baby toys page.
Find additional gift ideas, you might also want to look at our Infant Toys and Preschool Toys pages.
Comment by asweeney
I just found a great new toy that just came out…my kids love it and it is by a company right in Michigan. It is called the Puppetteller they have three different adorable puppets that come with a story player and two stories…you put the stories in a little player that tucks in the back of the puppet and the kids can hear the story and play with the puppet. The stories are all classic fairytales…. go to http://www.puppetteller.com to see them. I think these are going to be a hot new toy for christmas 2009.
Comment by Kate Bell
Yes! We buy all our educational and developmental toys at a local store here in Austin called Anna’s Toy Depot. They have been selling new and used toys for over 20 years. They say not to buy toys like you buy kid’s clothes. We buy our kids’ clothes for them to “grow into them”..but if you do this with toys..kids can become frustrated and discouraged. They have lots of used toys too…but their focus is on traditional type developmental and educational therapy toys.