20 Great Developmental Toys for Toddlers

With Christmas just around the corner, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite toys for the babies and toddlers in your life! These toys target fine motor, gross motor, sensory and cognitive development. The toys listed below encourage creative play and discovery. 

Be sure to check out our post on How to Pick the Best Toys for Your Child to ensure the toys you purchase for your special little one this year are fun and promote development.

Wooden Blocks (Hape Wooden Blocks)

Balls (Infantino Textured Multi Ball Set)

Shape sorters (Play Toy Shape and Sort It Out)
Pegboards (Plan Toy Geometric Peg Board)

Bubbles (Rhode Island Bubble Bottles Assortment)
Lacing beads (Melissa & Doug Primary Lacing Beads)

Musical instruments (Melissa & Doug Band in a Box)
Push-pull toys (Radio Flyer Classic Walker Wagon)
Ride-on toys (Little Tykes Push and Ride Racer)
Chalk and chalkboard (Crayola Multi-colored Chalk)
Art supplies (Crayola Washable Finger Paints
Toy vehicles (Kidoozie Little Tuffies Trucks)

Toy tools (Melissa & Doug Wooden Take Along Tool Kit)
Puppets (Melissa & Doug Farm Friends Hand Puppets)

Toy food and dishes (Melissa & Doug Wooden Sandwich Making)
Baby doll and accessories (Gund My First Dolly)
Stuffed animals (Schylling Sock Monkey)
Books (Fisher Price My First Books)