Toys For Babies 9 To 12 Months

By this stage, your baby is beginning to make things happen. He is pushing buttons, pulling switches, grabbing objects, and possibly crawling. Babies at this age can now interact with their toys in new and exciting ways.

This is the age at which you can introduce toys that work with language development. Toys that say a word when a button is pressed, for example, are particularly appropriate. Your baby may be using simple words like “mom” and “dog,” and will often say them to their toys. Some types of see-and say may be very useful, as are books that make noises when your little one pushes on a button.

Toys that are moveable are also enjoyable, and will help continued development of your baby’s fine motor skills. Piling, filling, emptying, knocking down, and dumping are all activities she will enjoy.

Babies at this stage like to mimic the things that adults or older children do. Toy shopping carts, toy phones, toy brooms or toy vacuums help the baby to role-play, and explore an entire make-believe world in which they are the adults.

Your baby may be able to use toys that help them stand. a variety of wheeled toys with handles, often with spinning figures or the ability to make noise, will help to prepare your tyke for walking.

Toys that can be pushed along the floor are also very popular with crawling children. Larger toy cars and trucks can be used to carry blocks from one end of the living room to the other, for example.

Sand pails and shovels are also very useful at this stage. A sandbox or a sand table can provide a great deal of entertainment. Always keep an eye on her as she uses these, though, to make sure that she’s not eating too much of the sand.

A variety of sorting toys are also available. These help baby exercise his problem-solving skills, as he tries to figure out these simple puzzles.

This is a good time to continue reading books to your child. She can also “read” cardboard-style books by himself at this point.

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