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3-n-1 Rock, Roll and Ride Trike http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Rock-Roll-Ride-Trike/dp/B00005UOSC
Bounce and Spin Zebra
http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Baby-Bounce-Spin-Zebra/dp/B000EULX9I
Mega Blocks, soft blocks or wooden blocks
Toddler train set.. they have them at Walmart, dollar stores and most other stores.
Ride on roller coaster http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=1&oq=ride+on+roller+coast&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___US366&q=ride+on+roller+coaster+toy#q=ride+on+roller+coaster+toy&hl=en&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___US366&prmd=ivs&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&ei=SiDjTIhpxaqUB6-c3e8O&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQrQQwAA&biw=1003&bih=388&fp=180c07a4ca199aa8
Toy truck, cars and toddler race tracks.
Mr. Potato Head
Wooden puzzles
Books
Edit: Radio Flyer Wagon, Tonka trucks, toy tool bench set, toy kitchen set, tricycle or other ride on.
3-n-1 Rock, Roll and Ride Trike http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Rock-Roll-Ride-Trike/dp/B00005UOSC
Bounce and Spin Zebra
http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Baby-Bounce-Spin-Zebra/dp/B000EULX9I
Mega Blocks, soft blocks or wooden blocks
Toddler train set.. they have them at Walmart, dollar stores and most other stores.
Ride on roller coaster http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=1&oq=ride+on+roller+coast&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___US366&q=ride+on+roller+coaster+toy#q=ride+on+roller+coaster+toy&hl=en&rlz=1T4ACAW_en___US366&prmd=ivs&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&ei=SiDjTIhpxaqUB6-c3e8O&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQrQQwAA&biw=1003&bih=388&fp=180c07a4ca199aa8
Toy truck, cars and toddler race tracks.
Mr. Potato Head
Wooden puzzles
Books
Edit: Radio Flyer Wagon, Tonka trucks, toy tool bench set, toy kitchen set, tricycle or other ride on.
If I reduce my toddler's toys to 15 toys, which ones should she own?
Laughlin
I'm interested in a list of the top 15 toys every toddler should have. I want her to grow up in a clutter-free home, but I want her to have the most beneficial toys for learning and developing. I'm also very into finding toys that are nontoxic and I try to stay away from lots of plastic (mainly because it's cheap and doesn't last as long).
My daughter is almost 15 months and a very active little girl. We already have a wooden bead on a twisted wire thing, a bouncing zebra, a radio flyer ride-on toy, several M&D puzzles (which probably aren't nontoxic), a push popper thing, several balls, various plastic noise-making battery-operated toys, and too many things to list.
I would really appreciate any links to news articles on this matter.
Thanks!
Not really sure why you think what I said about plastic is creepy...Did I somehow say that I do not use ANY plastic in my home? I find your answer to be incredibly narcissistic and narrow-minded. I need help with MY problem and not your problem with parents who are detoxifying their homes. You have your kid- raise it your way- I'll take my baby and raise her my way. If you want to overload your kid with a bunch of toys and limit their creativity- more power to you. I have a completely different take on the matter, so your answers are not needed here.
Now if I could please have people who can provide helpful answers and not ones that waste my limit.
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This is such a hard question because kids age so quickly and the list of their top toys changes dramatically over short periods of time. As I was reading your question, a few things stared automatically popping through my head -- books, play doh, arts & craft supplies (crayons/paint/paper etc.), stinging toys/beads -- then I got to where you said she's 15 months and went, "Oh, that won't work." Well, the books will and the art stuff to some extent...
A 15 month old doesn't have a very long attention span so she'll want to move from thing to thing to thing. That doesn't mean you need a lot of toys, at that age almost everything in the house is a toy to her. If you want to stay simple I'd stick with a few classics -- a shape sorter, blocks, simple puzzles, books, maybe a xylophone and/or band instruments (maracas/triangle etc.). A bead sorter is good too. Now that it's summer, outdoor toys are good, a water table and a sand box are terrific bets.
I do know you said you don't like plastic much but the one toy that I recommend the most for kids in the one to two range is Fisher Price's Laugh and Learn Home. It's plastic and it's pricey but every single child that has come through my door loves that thing, be they one or five, and having the first grandchildren on either side, my kids have a large assortment of toys for play dates to choose from. Somewhere between the five and seven age range kids finally start ignoring it, but that toy has gotten used and used and used, and it still looks brand new and works like the day I put it together (four and a half years ago).
But, really, at 15 months, you could present her with anything and she'll have fun with it. So, I guess the basics, and music stuff, would be a definite in my house at that age.
This is such a hard question because kids age so quickly and the list of their top toys changes dramatically over short periods of time. As I was reading your question, a few things stared automatically popping through my head -- books, play doh, arts & craft supplies (crayons/paint/paper etc.), stinging toys/beads -- then I got to where you said she's 15 months and went, "Oh, that won't work." Well, the books will and the art stuff to some extent...
A 15 month old doesn't have a very long attention span so she'll want to move from thing to thing to thing. That doesn't mean you need a lot of toys, at that age almost everything in the house is a toy to her. If you want to stay simple I'd stick with a few classics -- a shape sorter, blocks, simple puzzles, books, maybe a xylophone and/or band instruments (maracas/triangle etc.). A bead sorter is good too. Now that it's summer, outdoor toys are good, a water table and a sand box are terrific bets.
I do know you said you don't like plastic much but the one toy that I recommend the most for kids in the one to two range is Fisher Price's Laugh and Learn Home. It's plastic and it's pricey but every single child that has come through my door loves that thing, be they one or five, and having the first grandchildren on either side, my kids have a large assortment of toys for play dates to choose from. Somewhere between the five and seven age range kids finally start ignoring it, but that toy has gotten used and used and used, and it still looks brand new and works like the day I put it together (four and a half years ago).
But, really, at 15 months, you could present her with anything and she'll have fun with it. So, I guess the basics, and music stuff, would be a definite in my house at that age.
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