what toys will help with my 1 year old's developement?

Answer 1

To promote physical develop you can:
-Give your baby blocks for stacking and other toys for grasping and holding. Items should be at least 1 ½ to 2 inches wide.
-Provide busy boxes and toys to push or pull.
-Provide wheeled toys without pedals.
-Play music for listening and movement.
- Provide a safe area with furniture that is appropriate for your child to practice pulling self to an upright position.

For Intellectual Development you can:
-Play peek-a-boo or pat-a-cake so your child has the opportunity to imitate your actions.
-Hold your child and dance with him.
-Hold your child and show him picture books with animals, toys and people. Talk to him about what he sees in the pictures and teach him names of objects and animal sounds.
-Provide stacking toys such as blocks, nesting rings or cups. In addition to stacking, they can be sorted by color, shape and size.

Good toys for all round development for a 1 year old:-
Rings on a spindle and blocks or nesting cups to stack. Blocks should be 1 ½ to 2 inches across.
Pull toys, push toys, busy boxes, activity boxes and musical toys.
Cloth toys, musical toys, bath toys and balls.
Cloth books, hard cover books with bright, colorful pictures.
Stuffed animals and cuddly toys, and those that make sounds.
Mirrors for infants and toddlers.
Household items such as measuring cups, plastic containers with lids.
Music for listening or for motion (dancing).
Wheeled toys without pedals or ride on toys.
Nesting toys.
Bath toys that float or for filling and emptying.

Answer 2

I am an educational consultant with Discovery Toys. DT sells educational toys, books and games for children from birth to age 10.

We have some wonderful items for 1year olds. Each catalog comes with a chart that tells you what would be appropriate for each age range.

For children that are 1 year old we have the "Block Buddy". It is a pull toy that also carries many learning activities. It has four puzzles that introduce letters, number, colors and shapes. The blocks can also be stacked, or arranged in the buggy.

"Stacktivities" It's four toys in one. Toddlers can twist, twirl, rattle, and whirl the moving parts. This toy introduces spatial awareness, size and shape.

These are just two examples. Please check out my website for more great toys! www.discoverytoyslink.com/evelynlopez

Answer 3

I really have to agree with Ally H and Atteroc with their comments on toys and development. Be careful of Lego as there are ages of maturity for different levels. However Lego does have Duplo with is good for younger children. I found that the Manhattan Toy company is great for toys for younger children. BTW my niece is 2 years of age. She has been a Dora fanatic since 1 1/2 years of age. Dora does have a number of good toys too. Be careful of the toys with noise levels, Sharp edges and small pieces as they are not suitable for children under 3 years of age. Also do play with the child and read to them, sing to them.

Answer 4

My daughter's Favorite things at that age were:
1. A wallet that she picked out at a dollar store and I filled with the gimmic cards you get from junk mail from Credit Card offers. This was great for fine motor (pulling the cards in and out of the sleeves and finding new places they would and wouldn't fit). She liked to put it in a purse and take it shopping with us. When she found money on the ground she would put it in her purse and put it in a piggy bank when we got home.
2. A set of nesting cups. Simple. Colorful. This helps the concept of inside and outside and small and large as well as colors. You can get them at some dollar stores and in grocery stores in the baby isle (Where you pay more for a name brand but the cups are virtually the same).

Kids are copy cats, if you can find a version of an adult thing ( like nesting measuring cups) they are happy to "help" and pretend. Boost a kid's imagination by letting them come up with most of the play, I personally avoid toys that move on their own or make their own sounds. I want my child to figure that out by herself and learn to entertain herself. So far so good.

Answer 5

Firstly congratulations on your (obviously) first child. What a joy they bring.

Now to answer your question....which I believe was written with the best intentions...it depends on whether you are genuinely interested in making your one year old develop to their expected pace or to be a super baby that will end up miserable in a competitive world with mum/dad never happy with their achievements.

If you want to have a happy child, get some cellophane and make some craft together (he/she may just like to watch you at this stage) take your child to the park, read, kiss him/her and sing songs together. Nothing is better than that.

Flashcards and insisting your child learn his/her ABC's is child abuse....whatever you do, don't jump on the bandwagon.

Answer 6

Toys with lots of colors and they don't have to be fancy. they can be very basic. Like colored blocks. just make sure the blocks or any other part of another toy aren't small enough for your child to choke on.

Answer 7

Musical toys are good as children of that age love noise.
Toys that encourage children to insert things are also good for hand eye co ordination. Water play is fantastic too.

Answer 8

V-tech has a lot toys that are good. Also, Baby's First Leap pad is good.

Answer 9

here's just what i would do

leap frog...room tons of colors..stimulates the brain & learning tables
opera & classical music stimulates the brain
no smokeing but rare for the pollution we've already got & baby tai bo & areobics with nutritinal food & fluids ...also affects the develoment & growth of your child

Answer 10

legos, get the toy with shapes, get a set of the ABC's blocks. I;d read a lot to him.