Toys for babies aged 0-6 months
In the first months of life, it's especially important to develop your baby's visual perception and sense of touch. At this age, the optimal distance for a moving object from the baby's eyes is 20-30 cm.
Recommended toys:
- Crib gyms
- Balls, knitted items, and clocks
- Rattles
- Teethers
- Crib mobiles or a crib activity gym
- Mirror
- Squeaky toys (that make a sound when pressed)
- Simple colorful pictures and images of smiling faces
- Music box
- Marionette doll
- Soft dolls and knitted stuffed animals
- Peekaboo (hiding games)
- Bath toys (floating)
- Toy animals with claws
- Large beads on a string
- Soft knitted animals
- Large drum for grasping
- Large soft blocks with pictures
Toys for children aged 6-12 months
During this period, the child becomes more active, starts crawling, and tries to pull up to stand. You can keep using toys from the previous stage while adding new ones.
New toys recommended for this age:
- Simple shape-sorter toys
- Plastic picture cards
- Soft rubber ball
- Large plastic ball
- Tapes with lullabies, castanets, or animal sounds
- Medium or large ticking clocks
- Marionette dolls with happy/sad faces
- Doll
- Squeezable rubber toys
- Simple bath-time shapes
- Smooth toys with suction cups
- Walking bird toy
- Noise-making instruments
Toys for children aged 12-23 months
At this age, children are actively exploring the world around them, learning to walk, and developing fine motor skills. Toys from previous stages remain useful, with these additions:
- Books with soft and board pages
- Crayons and paper
- Toy cars with wheels and other push toys
- Small wooden blocks
- Stacking rings
- Bags filled with small balls or beans
- Zippers or buttons on clothing
- Building or sorting blocks
- Peg-and-hole games
- Large beads for stringing
- Velcro toys
- Foot-powered ride-on toy
- Knitted items
- Stacking toys from small to large
- Rocking toy animals
- Rocker toy
- Doll stroller
- Toy slide projector
- Sand toys
Toys for children aged 24-36 months
By age three, a child walks well, is actively developing speech and vocabulary, and shows creative abilities. At this age, children start engaging in pretend play, acting out situations from adult life. Toys that stimulate imagination and social skills are especially important during this period.
- Building sets with large pieces
- Puzzles with a small number of pieces (4-6 pieces)
- Pretend-play sets (kitchen, hospital, shop)
- Dollhouses with furniture
- Musical instruments (xylophone, drum, whistle)
- Toy phones for developing communication skills
- Simple board games with large pieces
- Themed figurine sets (animals, people, vehicles)
- Books with short stories and dialogue
Conclusion
Well-chosen toys aren't just entertainment — they're an important tool for your child's balanced development. They help your little one explore the world and develop motor skills, coordination, and creative thinking.
