Five Best Baby Toys
Building Blocks (Age: from one year)
The more flexibility in a toy, the longer your child will be interested in it. Basic blocks are often better than prefabricated sets that show a child how to build certain items, such as a castle. "Let your child decide whether she wants to build a play station, a house or a barn," says Emmenegger.
Abstract Image Blocks are ideal toys that grow with your child. Starting around age one, she will love to watch you stack them and then knock them over. At around 18 months, she will start to stack the blocks herself. As your toddler grows, she can build things with the blocks. By age three or four she will be able to put the images on the blocks together like a puzzle.
