Babies are in their formulative stage, and the toys they play with can impact their learning, social, and physical growth. When you have to get a gift for baby, it is a good idea to choose one that is going to help them learn something, or improve physically.
Here are a few toys that will help with sensory perception, and infant development.
Musical Octotunes – Lamaze
$24.95
With this toy you can introduce your baby to cause and effect. It is a plush, musical toy, with eight legs, each producing their own different musical note when squeezed. It has a handle, which makes it easy to carry, and colorful tentacles to introduce the baby to color. It is available in green, and allows your child to learn and enjoy music.
Baby’s First Drum by iPlay
$21.95
This is a flash beat drum designed for toddlers. It offers three modes of play, background music, drum sounds, or funny sounds. In addition, it offers colorful lights for added sensory perception. If it rolls, it will play music, it can be turned off or on, and your child can play it like a drum. It takes 3 “AA” batteries, which are surprisingly included. It offers a great deal of color, and sound options, fun for babies and toddlers.
ArkiPlay Interactive & Musical Animal Activity Ark
$39.95
This is a great little ark, with nine animals, and a captain. It offers a wide variety of activities your baby can do. It has buttons that can be pressed for songs, you can press other buttons for steering the ark, or even others for hearing flowing water, a boat motor starting, or even the galley bell dinging. It has an eight key piano for playing little songs, and the ark can be scooted or pushed. In other words, it does a lot, offering hours of learning and play.
Earlyears- Pound N Play
$15.95
This Pound ‘n Play is designed to do just what it says, pound and play. It will keep your baby busy for several hours, as it repeatedly enjoys pushing colored balls with silly faces on them through the matching holes. There is a hammer to help them learn movement and hand control, and better develop their motor skills. There is a ramp that returns the balls to the child after they hammer them through the hold. In addition, there is a mirror on the toy to help keep the child’s attention.
Mozart Magic Music Cube
$39.95
This Magic Cube is going to help your child learn about different instruments, how sounds combine, and will allow them to create their own Mozart masterpiece. The buttons help baby add or subtract different instruments, such as harp, French horn, piano, flute, and violin. The buttons flash as they are used in the Mozart song, and flash according to the beat.
Sometimes the simplest toys, such as colored rings, or cloth books, are going to provide your baby with a great deal of satisfaction and fun.
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