Our focus was to minimize the introduction of too many plastics to Baby Wu early on in his life, as well as to reduce the amount of stimulation from “colorful, flashing” toys. As such, we spent time researching natural baby toys that followed the Montessori philosophy of practicality as well as incorporating a few elements of the Waldorf philosophy of creativity. Here is the list we ended up buying, hopefully it helps simplify your shopping if you share a similar philosophy. Age ranges a rough guideline.
CONTENTS
- 0-3 Month Toys:
- Board Books:
- 3-6 Month Toys:
- Story Books:
- 6-9 Month Toys:
- Teething Toys:
- 9-12 Month Toys:
- Chinese Learning:
- Musical Toys:
- Building Blocks:
- Play Toys:
- Tracing Boards:
- Puzzle Toys:
- Memory Games:
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0-3 Month Toys
Baby Flashcards
High contrast shapes and patterns provide infants something simple to engage and focus on.
Wooden Rattle
Winkel Rattle
Clutching toy and rattle.
Skwish
Clutching toy and rattle.
Board Books
Peek-A-Boo Forest
A soft book for playing and object permanence.
Little Blue Truck
Sweet story of friendship
Moo Baa La La La
Cute story on animal sounds.
Barnyard Dance
Silly story about barnyard animals dancing
Dinosaur Dance!
Silly story of dinosaurs dancing.
The Going-To-Bed Book
Wonderful to begin the bedtime routine.
3-6 Month Toys
Play Mat
A non-toxic play mat for babies to crawl on.
Play Gym
Engaging way to do back time.
Montessori Ball
Grasping toy.
Sensory Tumblers
Three rolling tumblers great for tummy time.
Play Piano
Another engaging way to do back time.
Story Books
The Water Dragon
A nice story told in chinese and english.
The Magical Rooster
Another chinese zodiac story told in chinese and english.
6-9 Month Toys
Pop Up Toy
Make sure to get the Galt one as the copycats tend to have paint that comes off.
Shape Puzzle
Grasping and shape recognition.
Wobbles
Grasping and hand eye coordination.
Roller
A rolling toy for tummy time.
Spinning Drum
An engaging way to work on sitting.
Wooden Bead Maze
Promotes dexterity and hand eye coordination.
Teething Toys
Teething Loops
The simplest yet most effective teething toy.
Silicone Teether
For teethers that prefer fingers.
Rainbow Teether
Two handed teether with silicone beads.
9-12 Month Toys
Shape Stacker
Grasping and learning geometric shapes.
Shape Sorter
Another nice shape sorter.
Push Car
Encourages motor skills and imaginary play.
Chinese Learning
Basic Chinese
A very comprehensive baby mandarin learning curriculum.
Musical Toys
Mini Drum
Mini baby drum.
Xylophone
Mini baby xylophone.
Building Blocks
Chinese Blocks
Blocks with chinese animals, numbers and characters.
Waldorf Steiner Rainbow
The famous Steiner rainbow.
Building Block Set
A larger, natural building block set.
Building Slats
Colorful building slats for more advanced building.
Waldorf Tree
Waldorf trees for landscaping.
Balancing Stones
A challenge to fine motor coordination.
Play Toys
Pikler Triangle
The transformable pikler triangle.
Play Couch
The infinitely configurable play couch.
Play Kitchen
Wooden play kitchen for Montessori learning.
Tracing Boards
Alphabet Tracing Board
Chinese Strokes Tracing Board
Chinese 1-10 Tracing Board
Puzzle Toys
Hundred Board
Pentomino Puzzle
Logic Tangram
Logic Egg Tangram
Double Soma Cube
Wooden Puzzles
Rubix Cube
Memory Games
Fruits Memory Game
Vegetables Memory Game
Chinese Number Memory Game
