ACTIVE PLAY
MY FIRST LACING SET
Dexterity lessons on a shoestring budget. Motor skills need a tune-up? Turn your toddler loose on these bright, soft-foam objects that lace up with colorful laces.
Let's Play School Set Replacement Materials
Includes 2 pads of hall passes, certificates of excellence, report cards, grade books, worksheets and 1 set of stickers.
My First Little Kitty Playset
This cat carrier from Gund , experts at plush creations, leaves nothing out. The kitten meows with a squeeze. The ball jingles. The food dish crinkles. And, of course, the mouse squeaks. All to your baby's delight.
Pull Along Zoo
This toy really got us excited. First, because it's wood and really well made. Second, it's the kind of toy you keep around for a couple of generations. Stack the parts of the giraffe, elephant and zebra, or mix and match. Then you connect them for a really great pull toy.
Sunshine Safari Animal Parade
Cheerful colors. Friendly animals. Lots of baby-friendly interactive play. What's not to love with this 3-piece set? The soft, plush Munch Giraffe, Stomp Elephant and Slumber Lion (with squeak, chime and crinkle noises inside) are great grab-on toys.
ZOOM AROUND GARAGE
Rev up your child's motor skills. There's action and surprises at every turn when your child "floors it" with this turbo-charged, sound-filled garage and its 2 racing ramps, working elevator and 3 speedy magnetic cars that can be linked together or driven separately.
Leapfrog Learning Connections Train
Babies love trains (parents, too). This musical train from Leapfrog is a conductor of knowledge: important concepts like colors, numbers and animal names. Three modes of musical play (color, creativity and music) elicit different responses when cars are linked.
BALLI-BELLY JACKY
Clowning around for active infants. Simply attach to crib, playpen of chair, and this clown gets the party started.
Choo Choo Tracks Magnetic Marble Maze
Bright and colorful is this hand-held magnetic marble maze. Use the attached magnetic wand to guide colorful marbles through this wood maze.
Loaf of Fun
Numbers on one side/alphabet on the other. Sandwich these slices together in order (they fit like a puzzle and only work in sequence), and you've got a dozen simple, easy-to-grasp concepts.