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Incorporating play in your baby’s day not only keeps your baby stimulated, but it can foster milestones and abilities to help build these five key developmental skills:
1. Fine motor skills (Hand movements)
2. Gross motor skills (Body movements)
3. Cognitive skills (Thinking & logic)
4. Social & emotional skills (Expression)
5. Speech & language skills (Communication)
We’re super excited to partner with Caron Irwin, Founder of Roo Family, as our Mastermind Toys Child Life Expert. She'll provide expert-level advice on how to get the most out of playtime with our curation of toys, games, and books. Have a look at our top baby toys!
Creative and innovative, Skip Hop’s award-winning starter toys for babies are just a hop, skip, and a jump away! Babies will love learning, playing, and developing key skills with these levelled up must-haves. And you’ll love that they’re decor-friendly too!
This cute beet has cool beats that will get babies moving and grooving as they develop gross motor skills! As the ball rolls, a fun motion-activated beatbox riffs and rattles to encourage crawling adventures. Age 6m+
Vibrant colours. Moveable beads. Musical play. You’ll want to squeeze in this squeeze box in your baby’s everyday play. Easy-to-grab handles help little hands have big-time fun as they strengthen finger muscles and develop fine motor skills. It’s great for teething too! Age 6m+
Your little cutie will love taking this cute small sub for a splash in the tub! As babies pull on the string to activate the propeller to motor about, they help activate fine motor skills with their hands and fingers too! Age 12m+
From stacking to sorting, building to imagining, Janod has wonderful wooden baby toys that stimulate babies and toddlers in every sense. While this colourful collection is easy on the eyes, building on skills is easy and fun too!
Kids will get a kick out of taking this wooden turtle for a walk as they master taking slow and steady steps themselves. Plus, this make-believe friend will help bring kids’ imaginations out of their shell with 6 rainbow arcs that can be piled on and off the turtle’s back. Age 12m+
Toys that help develop fine motor skills come in all shapes and sizes–literally! This clever 3-in-1 tap-tap shape sorter features a modern wood design that helps children get familiar with different shapes and colours. Age 12m+
Most Montessori toys are mostly made with natural materials, like wood, to encourage self-guided, open-ended play to help children develop skills in a natural way. Kinderfeets sustainably-made wooden baby and toddler toys are a feat worth noting!
Somewhere over the wooden rainbow, there’s a child developing skills as he or she sorts and stacks. This handmade Montessori toy not only encourages self-directed learning, but there are endless
ways to use the arches to build cities, bridges, or anything their imagination will dream of.
Age 12m+
This versatile wooden wagon is more than just for motoring around toys and teddy bears! New walkers can practice gross motor skills by taking their own steps too. The wheels are fitted with rubber to help with a better grip and less of a slip. Age 12m+
Building a baby’s first library is a fantastic way to build on your baby’s speech and language skills–and build a beautiful bond together too. Here are two of our favourites that can help simultaneously grow communication and cognitive milestones.
For more baby book recommendations with expert-level tips, see our Building a Baby's First Library article, right here in The Playground.
Scratch-and-sniff. Pull tabs and flaps. Touch 7 textures. Learning new words and how to count have never sounded (and smelled and felt) so good. Age 12m+
This modern nursery rhyme highlights the things that babies might have in common from near or far! By seeing different faces and expressions, this sweet story helps babies develop social and emotional connections, while also expanding their vocabulary with a poem-style verse. Age 0m+
These developmental milestones have been reviewed and are validated by our Mastermind Toys Child Life Expert, Caron Irwin, Founder of Roo Family.
Caron is a Canadian mother of three and started Roo Family to provide parents with comprehensive support to navigate the adventures and challenges of parenting and family life.
Caron holds a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Studies and is a Certified Child Life Specialist. She has over 10 years of experience supporting children and families through illness at Canada’s largest children’s hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children.
Written by Cathy Barbarossa, Senior Copywriter and Editor with contributions by Caron Irwin, Child Life Expert
