Infant Learning Toys

Infant learning toys teach your child many things. They help develop large and fine motor skills, strength and muscle control, as well as provide visually stimulating entertainment. These toys foster language development and teach children about themselves and their environment. When shopping for infant learning toys, make sure they are:

• Smooth with no sharp edges
• Easy to grasp
• Easy to clean
• Age appropriate (under 3 years old)

This gallery of toys for infants will help you select the best learning tools for your child.

Puzzles don't necessarily have to come with wooden pieces, especially for a baby. Fisher-Price's classic Rock-a-Stack is not only colorful, but allows a baby to figure out how to stack these rings in size order. There are many variations of this toy, all of which are perfect for developing a child's hand-eye coordination.

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It's never too early to start reading to your child! A soft, colorful book such as Peekaboo, I Love You, is the perfect one with which to start. It's small enough to grasp with tiny hands and inside, each page has a "peekaboo" flap that children can lift to find out who's hiding. It's great fun for parents and babies to read together.

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Stimulate your infant with a stuffed doll such as My Friend Emily. It features bright colors for visual stimulation and has multiple textures for the baby to feel - and taste! It easily connects to car seats and strollers.

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Help your little one identify shapes and colors with Baby's First Blocks. Besides matching them, children can learn to stack them and gain great hand-eye coordination skills. The blocks are also big enough to not cause a choking hazard.

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What child doesn't love to throw balls? With this Tiny Love Spin Ball Toy, your infant can learn to grasp and pick up balls -- the throwing comes naturally. It's easy to hold, colorful and has multiple textures.

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Teethers can be learning toys, too! Sophie the Giraffe Teether is soft, easy to grasp and fun to chew -- what more could a baby want?

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From a very early age, children realize that they want to play -- even if they can't sit up yet. Activity centers such as this Evenflo ExerSaucer SmartSteps allow young babies to rock, spin, jump and play with a variety of interchangeable toys.

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One of the simplest toys for a baby is a rattle. They make noise, are colorful and can be thrown far across the room. They double as teethers and can be used to bang on other toys to make music. The rattle is the perfect infant learning toy. Other great learning toys for young ones include toy trains that are appropriately made for small children under 3.

Have fun shopping for your infant. They are only this young once and grow up so fast. It's best to give them the best advantage from day one.

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