20 best educational toys up to 1 year old

A cheerful little hammer with a cute face and funny sounds made when tilting and tapping causes a lot of delight in kids who love to knock something and watch this process. At such moments, the child is not just having fun - he learns to influence the object on the object, develops coordination of movements, observes what is happening and receives some household skills for future adulthood. The toy is made of high-quality plastic and has bright colors, which is very important for young children who, looking at an object, study it to the smallest detail.

According to parents, the hammer is safe for the smallest, it attracts attention, interesting, light, cheerful, sonorous, makes funny sounds. The design and dimensions of the toy are such that it is convenient for the baby to hold it in his hands. But some are still dissatisfied with the shock part, which is made of harsh plastic - I would like it to be made of softer plastic.

Tumbler is a legendary educational toy that was invented about 200 years ago. It is a round-shaped doll, which, due to a special sinker inside, always strives to return to its original position, i.e. it's impossible to drop it. For the children of the Soviet era, it was the first and often the most favorite toy. The doll itself can have a completely different appearance, sometimes it is painted in the style of different animals or characters.

Games with a roly-poly help develop color perception, coordination, sense organs, and imagination in a child. Important advantages of a tumbler are a safe shape, materials, and the absence of small parts.Bright appearance attracts the interest of children from birth to 1 year.

The first serious skill of a child is the ability to assemble a pyramid. It is usually reached by the age of 10-12 months. Until this time, the kids are happy to touch, throw, shift multi-colored mugs. Despite the simple design and appearance, the pyramid can give a huge impetus to the development of several important skills at once: logic, motor skills, intelligence in general. She also teaches the child to perceive different colors, shapes, sizes, and eventually distinguish them.

Playing with the pyramid usually starts at the age of 6 months, when the baby is trying or already knows how to sit. The advantage of this toy is its great variety. Modern manufacturers make pyramids from wood, plastic, fabric, make them different in height, number of rings and add musical or light elements.

As the baby grows older, more interesting educational toys are required. Cubes are a great option for children from 3 months to 1 year (sometimes even longer). First, they will be useful for developing hand motor skills, then for building different towers and stimulating the imagination. Modern cubes are made of soft stuffing lined with fabric. The most important advantage of a toy is safety. Kids can throw, fall on it (unlike wooden or plastic counterparts).

Useful drawings (numbers, letters, animals, etc.) are applied to the cubes, which attract the attention of the child because of the brightness.In the production, special materials are used that do not adversely affect the health of children. Special paint does not fade and does not emit toxins. Another advantage of the cubes is that they are very pleasant to the touch. Sold in almost all stores and are quite inexpensive.

The rattle is the very first educational toy for a child. It is interesting to him because it makes new unusual sounds, it is made in bright colors and it is convenient to hold it in small hands. Some babies get so used to their first toy that they can't even sleep without it. She should always be near in the crib.

Traditionally, a rattle is a small plastic object with a special filling that provides a special sound when moving. But modern manufacturers offer many other options: soft fabric instead of plastic, a variety of melodies, shapes of any animals or objects, etc. The rattle plays a key role in the development of the first important skills of the baby (hearing, vision). Fabric inserts are convenient because they are safe to chew on, which children really like to do.

Opens the best B kids group, which has embossed surfaces, develops tactile skills, promotes long-term useful play. There are rattling balls inside. The kid trains his hearing, rotates the wheels, studies cause-and-effect relationships. The toy has several curves on the body, it is comfortable to hold it in your hand. Bright bulbs attract attention, you can learn accuracy. Children have fun, actively crawl, press keys and listen to sounds.

The toy is filled with beads, it acts as a large rattle. You can use B kids as a simple constructor, the variety of elements will not let your child get bored. Each ball has a tactile pattern, there are wavy and zigzag surfaces. However, many parents say that children cope with the toy quickly, it is suitable for very young children. The puzzle is very simple, enough for 10-15 mi. This category includes educational toys, each of which is multifunctional. They allow you to form an ear for music, sing songs, compose melodies, observe and touch various elements, developing fine motor skills. The toy is heavy and difficult to carry.

The RED BOX music TV with clock and clockwork is a rather difficult toy to understand in this category. It is designed for babies from 7-8 months, but even at this age, parents must help the child in mastering. The toy has a clockwork mechanism. It is enough to scroll the wheel so that you can start admiring the colorful images that come to life to the lullaby melody.Next to the screen is a clock face that has movable hands. The music TV can be used not only at home - you can take it with you to visit or to the clinic, which is facilitated by a convenient carrying handle.

Parents in the reviews assigned the toy the status of "growth". They like the presence of a large number of elements that allow them to study time, observe the movement of a picture, study cause-and-effect relationships, and train fine motor skills. The toy is made of light and safe plastic. It attracts children with bright colors and a moving image. The product is considered one of the best for the development of thinking, but does not encourage active play at all.

Umka is made in the form of a large fire engine with a multi-colored body that instantly attracts the attention of a child. There are several buttons on the toy that play songs and sounds. The machine reads the poems of a children's writer, sings well-known melodies from domestic cartoons. During the game, the lights flash, the child does not come off the toy. The manufacturer writes about safe durable plastic, recommending the product to children from 6 months. The machine runs on AA batteries that are included.

Parents call the toy excellent, praise the clear loud sound. The lights do not irritate, the words are easily distinguished in the songs. The machine is very light and comfortable. However, there are complaints about the short service life: children under 1 year old rarely handle things carefully, the buttons stop working in a couple of months. The reviews say that the problem is seen with many products of this manufacturer.Although the machine can be rolled on the floor without sound, active crawling is encouraged.

From the usual pyramids that need to be strung on a stick, this option is more functional. Cups can not only be stacked on top of each other from largest to smallest, but also in reverse order, inserted into each other. You can take it with you outside to put pebbles, sand, leaves and many other small items in them, allowing you to explore the world around you and perfectly develop fine motor skills. Also, cups diversify the process of bathing in the bathroom - you can pour, pour, pour water from one cup to another. Pyramid cups allow you to study colors, numbers, learn the concepts of "more - less".

The toy is intended for children who have reached the age of six months. Bright color perfectly attracts the attention of the baby. Parents praise the toy, noting the good quality of plastic, the absence of sharp corners and some other traumatic elements. The cups fit perfectly into each other and take up very little space.

Wooden knocker sorters are produced in different versions - rectangular or square, it can be a bus, a house, a butterfly, a rocket. But the meaning is the same for everyone - in the hole there are multi-colored balls that need to be knocked out by knocking on them with a hammer. In each hole there is a ring of a certain color - you need to return the ball of the corresponding color to its place.The toy allows the baby to knock with a wooden hammer from the heart, make some noise, throw out energy, strengthen the muscles of the hand, and train the eye. In addition, the baby learns colors, develops coordination of movements and fine motor skills, spatial thinking, and fantasy. Rolling out balls force the child to be physically active.

Parents note that babies closer to a year perceive the toy perfectly, showing great interest in it. It is made of durable and environmentally friendly material - wood. The toy gives a lot of positive emotions, develops in many directions and motivates for active movements.

The piano puppy is recommended for babies from six months. The toy allows you to introduce the child to songs, colors, numbers, animal names, develops imagination and creativity. It will give a lot of positive emotions, attracting with light and sound effects, reproduction of notes, animal sounds and funny melodies. To the beat of the music and when you press the keys, multi-colored lights light up, which further piques the interest of little explorers. Using the slider, you can change the modes, switching to learning, animal sounds or piano.

The reviews write that children like the cheerful piano, who begin to compose melodies themselves, imitate the voices of animals and learn songs. Parents note that the toy is of sufficient quality, bright, beautiful, has large keys, many melodies, it is convenient to take it with you thanks to a convenient handle. But there is dissatisfaction with the number of keys - some buyers believe that there are too few of them.

Bright Starts is designed for the comprehensive development of a child from 6 months. The possibilities for playing are extremely diverse. She knows how to ride on surfaces, encouraging active crawling. Sound special effects attract attention, make the toy more fun and interesting. To activate the music, just press the button, to the delight of parents, the sound is adjustable. The train shoots soft balls that come with the kit. It is enough to lower them into the body to practice accuracy.

Parents write that the train is made of high-quality plastic without impurities, it is safe for the child. During the game, fine motor skills, dexterity and accuracy develop. Children learn colors, have fun with perky melodies. Quite kids can play with soft balls, roll them. However, closer to the year, interest in the locomotive falls, it is not suitable for growth. There are several complaints about the short service life, the product is afraid of careless handling.

In modern families, children often see phones in the hands of their parents. Naturally, these objects attract their attention.Instead of giving a child a real smartphone, it is much more useful to offer him his own children's phone. It has the form of a stationary tube, is made of high quality plastic and is equipped with a number of useful features. Standard number keys produce different sounds and melodies when pressed.

Such a toy plays many different songs, fairy tales. She teaches the baby the knowledge of numbers, letters, the ability to distinguish sounds, colors. Light effects attract attention and develop the child's vision. Children's phone is relevant from 3 months to 1 year, and in some cases even longer. Among the functions there is a voice recorder that allows the baby to hear his voice from the side.

A rug is a universal device that helps not only to develop a child up to a year, but also to occupy him for a while. Bright drawings are applied to it and a special design with toys on top is attached. Up to 3 months, the baby lies and watches them, or tries to touch them, then bright images from below stimulate him to roll over, at an older age he already learns to crawl on the rug and examines it with pleasure.

Toys of different shapes and materials teach the baby to distinguish textures, colors, sounds. They can even be chewed, which is very popular with children up to a year. But from the moment the child begins to sit, the rug most often ceases to be interesting to him.

Sometimes the baby is very bored away from the mother. It's about being in your bed. When rattles do not help, a unique device comes to the rescue - a mobile.It is installed to the sidewall or base of the crib to a certain height and is a special rotating mechanism with bright toys.

The variety of models is amazing: there are the simplest devices that are manually wound and equipped with several plastic pendants; more modern mobiles have a built-in electronic mechanism and incredibly beautiful bright toys that make sounds when they rotate. An integral part of the mobile is musical accompaniment. Expensive models have a whole control panel with a variety of melodies (sounds of nature, lullabies, fairy tales), some of them are equipped with a remote control. The mobile develops attention, color perception, hearing, vision.

Kiddieland Multicube is an interactive musical toy fully voiced in Russian. On each side of the cube there are buttons and keys that make sounds of pets, instruments. On one side, a fun clock works, there is a mink for a mouse, a player, and tactile inserts. The toy comes with a disc that plays songs about charging, active play, etc.The product is shown to children under 1 year old, it grows and develops with them.

Parents praise the toy's variety of reactions. Animals read rhymes, the mouse jumps out, says a rhyme. The clock contributes to the study of numbers, the piano introduces music. Despite the high cost, the cube is popular because it replaces several toys. The comments praise the clean, quiet sound. However, there are also complaints about the fragility, the toy does not tolerate throws and careless handling. Not everyone likes quiet melodies, the volume is not adjustable.

The Scientist Pup with Smart Stages technology is designed to be your little one's friend for a long time. He learns with the child, responds to pressing, knows more than 100 words, pronounces phrases, sings songs. Children develop in different ways, so parents can choose the appropriate level of education. The toy has 3 stages of the game, corresponding to the knowledge of the child. The body parts of the puppy are signed and highlighted when pressed, the heart blinks to the beat of the music. The toy is deservedly considered one of the brightest, most interesting.

Parents note the high interactivity of the puppy. First, he teaches the child the parts of the body, the letters of the alphabet and the names of colors. Then he rewards the baby for the correct phrases, notes when he correlates the names. At the last level, children play along with songs, replenish their vocabulary. However, due to one minus, we did not put the toy in a higher place: it cannot be washed. In addition, the songs are a translation from English, in Russian they sound clumsy.

The developmental board, fashionable among young parents, was invented 100 years ago, but acquired a modern look quite recently. Now the business board is a wooden panel, to which all kinds of items are attached: hooks, locks, sockets, laces, doors, abacus, etc. All of them are reduced copies of ordinary everyday items. Experts believe that the most effective development of the baby occurs at the moment when he studies the surrounding objects. This board just gives an excellent opportunity to spend time with benefit.

Manufacturers make a business board both in the form of three-dimensional figures (houses, cubes) and flat ones (rectangular panel, bear, etc.). This toy helps to strongly develop motor skills due to the presence of small parts that need to be closed, fastened, tied, etc. During classes with a business board, the baby learns to distinguish materials, objects, colors. Suitable for children from the age of 6 months.

An interactive toy is a unique modern invention that comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and types. The main difference is the ability to move independently. Popular manufacturers produce them in the form of robots, animals, etc. Usually they can walk or move their arms, head, and sometimes even dance. Equipped with built-in educational musical functions: listing the alphabet, numbers, playing different sounds, fairy tales and melodies.

Education takes place in the form of funny songs, which children up to a year really like. There are special buttons on the case, after pressing which music is played, a light effect is turned on, movement begins, etc.All interactive toys have a very bright and interesting look that the child likes at first sight.

Among the expensive educational toys for children under one year old, the game center is considered the most popular. It is usually made in the form of a table with legs, which has a large number of built-in features. Often the design can be adjusted in height or transformed, and sometimes even move with the help of wheels. The variety of such centers is very large and all of them develop important skills of kids well.

It is worth noting that such toys begin to be used only after the child learns to sit. There are different keys on the table panel, each of which performs its own function (jumping out various objects, playing melodies, lighting effect, etc.). There are other opportunities in the center: various musical instruments (drum, piano), pyramids, houses with figurines and much more. During the game, the child develops logic, motor skills, imagination, perception of colors, sounds.