Toddler Toys: Finding “the perfect fit” for busy minds and bodies

A toddler is a proverbial ball of energy. If you doubt this, just ask anyone who’s tried to keep up with one. They’re eager to try all sorts of physical feats and curious to investigate everything that catches their eyes.

Toddler toys, then, should captivate them at one or both of these levels. Push toys (like Counting Corn Popper™, Bubble Mower, and Laugh & Learn™ Shop and Learn Walker) and outdoor toys (like I Can Play™ Basketball, I Can Play™ Baseball and Rock, Roll ’n Ride Trike™) give toddlers an opportunity to enjoy the benefits of physical exercise and improve the large motor skills important to development. Playsets (like Little People®, GeoTrax™ and My First Dollhouse™ playsets) capitalize on toddlers’ budding interest in role-play, while shape sorters help them learn about cause-and-effect relationships.

Remember, children are sponges at this age. They absorb concepts at a staggering rate, and they often do so through play. When you choose toys for your toddler, keep in mind not only how much enjoyment it will offer him, but what kind of educational benefits it will deliver. Learning toys like the Laugh & Learn™ collection introduce a world of learning toys to delight and teach toddlers through everyday experiences. Even toys as basic as blocks (like Little People® Builders and Stack ’n Surprise™ Blocks) are considered learning toys: when kids engage in the great fun of building up and tearing down they’re developing skills they’ll eventually need to grasp basic principles of math!