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Baby Toys

written by Jonathan June 26, 2020

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.

beiens High Contrast Baby Flashcards
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Wooden Rattle

Wooden Ringing Rattle
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Winkel Rattle

Clutching toy and rattle.

Manhattan Toy Winkel Rattle
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Skwish

Clutching toy and rattle.

Manhattan Toy Skwish
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Board Books

Peek-A-Boo Forest

A soft book for playing and object permanence.

Lamaze Peek-A-Boo Forest
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Little Blue Truck

Sweet story of friendship

Little Blue Truck
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Moo Baa La La La

Cute story on animal sounds.

Moo Baa La La La
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Barnyard Dance

Silly story about barnyard animals dancing

Barnyard Dance
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Dinosaur Dance!

Silly story of dinosaurs dancing.

Dinosaur Dance!
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The Going-To-Bed Book

Wonderful to begin the bedtime routine.

The Going-To-Bed Book
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3-6 Month Toys

Play Mat

A non-toxic play mat for babies to crawl on.

Baby Care Play Mat
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Play Gym

Engaging way to do back time.

Skip Hop Play Gym
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Montessori Ball

Grasping toy.

Montessori Ball
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Sensory Tumblers

Three rolling tumblers great for tummy time.

PlanToys Wooden Sensory Tumblers
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Play Piano

Another engaging way to do back time.

Fisher-Price Kick ‘n Play Piano
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Story Books

The Water Dragon

A nice story told in chinese and english.

The Water Dragon
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The Magical Rooster

Another chinese zodiac story told in chinese and english.

The Magical Rooster
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6-9 Month Toys

Pop Up Toy

Make sure to get the Galt one as the copycats tend to have paint that comes off.

Galt Pop Up Toy
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Shape Puzzle

Grasping and shape recognition.

Plan Toys Shape Puzzle
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Wobbles

Grasping and hand eye coordination.

Kid O Wobbles – Owl
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Roller

A rolling toy for tummy time.

Plan Toys Baby Roller
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Spinning Drum

An engaging way to work on sitting.

Montessori Spinning Drum
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Wooden Bead Maze

Promotes dexterity and hand eye coordination.

Hape Double Bubble Wooden Bead Maze
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Teething Toys

Teething Loops

The simplest yet most effective teething toy.

Solimo Teething Loops
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Silicone Teether

For teethers that prefer fingers.

Comotomo Silicone Teether
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Rainbow Teether

Two handed teether with silicone beads.

Rainbow Teether
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9-12 Month Toys

Shape Stacker

Grasping and learning geometric shapes.

Maple Landmark Shape Stacker
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Shape Sorter

Another nice shape sorter.

Maple Landmark Shape Sorter
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Push Car

Encourages motor skills and imaginary play.

Janod Sophie La Girafe Wooden Push Car Toy
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Chinese Learning

Basic Chinese

A very comprehensive baby mandarin learning curriculum.

Sagebooks Basic Chinese 500
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Musical Toys

Mini Drum

Mini baby drum.

Meinl Mini Djembe
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Xylophone

Mini baby xylophone.

Hape Xylophone
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Building Blocks

Chinese Blocks

Blocks with chinese animals, numbers and characters.

Uncle Goose Chinese Blocks
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Waldorf Steiner Rainbow

The famous Steiner rainbow.

Grimm’s Large Rainbow
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Building Block Set

A larger, natural building block set.

HABA Building Blocks (Beech)
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Building Slats

Colorful building slats for more advanced building.

Glueckskaefer Rainbow Timber Building Slats
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Waldorf Tree

Waldorf trees for landscaping.

Waldorf Tree Set
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Balancing Stones

A challenge to fine motor coordination.

Tumi Ishi Balancing Stones
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Play Toys

Pikler Triangle

The transformable pikler triangle.

HappyMoon Transformable Pikler Triangle
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Play Couch

The infinitely configurable play couch.

Nugget Play Couch
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Play Kitchen

Wooden play kitchen for Montessori learning.

IKEA Duktig Mini Kitchen
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Tracing Boards

Alphabet Tracing Board

Alphabet Tracing Board
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Chinese Strokes Tracing Board

Chinese Strokes Tracing Board
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Chinese 1-10 Tracing Board

Chinese 1-10 Tracing Board
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Puzzle Toys

Hundred Board

Hundred Board
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Pentomino Puzzle

Pentomino Puzzle
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Logic Tangram

Logic Tangram
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Logic Egg Tangram

Logic Egg Tangram
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Double Soma Cube

Double Soma Cube
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Wooden Puzzles

Wooden Puzzles
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Rubix Cube

Rubix Cube
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Memory Games

Fruits Memory Game

Montessori Fruits Memory Game
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Vegetables Memory Game

Montessori Vegetables Memory Game
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Chinese Number Memory Game

Chinese Number Memory Game
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Baby Toys was last modified: December 4th, 2021 by Jonathan
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