23 Developmentally Beneficial Toys That Aren't Boring (For 1 Year Olds)

It can be hard to know which toys to get a busy toddler. Obviously you want to choose a toy which is great for their development, but most importantly a toddler toy that they will love to play with.

Over the years I have realised the most expensive toys for 1 year olds are usually not the best. Toddlers often become frustrated when playing with these “1 year old toys” because they are simply too complex!
In fact the best 1 year old toys are generally the simpler ones.

In this video I am going show you the best toys for 1 year old - 18 months. Not only are these toddler toys fun, they also provide lots of developmental benefits.

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Toys to Encourage Fine Motor Development

🧸ToyerBee Musical Instruments Toys Set for Kids

Drawing

Books to Stimulate Communication Skills

Toys for Pretend Play

Toys to Encourage Crawling and Walking

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00:00 - 00:49 : Introduction
00:50 - 07:14 : Toy to Encourage Fine Motor Development
07:15 - 08:46 : Books to Stimulate Communication Skills
08:47 - 10:32 : Toys for Pretend Play
10:33 - 11:53 : Toys to Encourage Crawling and Walking

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[shakship]

My 13 months old easily gets bored she almost has everything that you mentioned but she prefers utensils, containers, mugs and buckets slides on rugs love to watch birds through windows, holds on to furnitures and practice walking😄

[sophiel.]

My son is 13months old, super active, understands language really well but doesn't stack cubes or use shape sorters or put rings on sticks. He prefers to throws things all around and climb everywhere. Anyone here has the same kind of baby ?

[vicki]

I’m a bit late to the party on this video, so you probably won’t see this, but my bubba has recently 1 and I thought i would give it a watch as he was struggling with the toys people bought him for Xmas and birthday. I just wanted to say a huge thank you! I completely agree that toys aimed at 1 year olds are too complex for the younger toddlers, and I was beginning to worry that my son was delayed in some way as he can’t figure them out! Now I know, they just aren’t suitable yet and to stick with the simple ones instead! You’ve given me loads of ideas here! Thanks from the UK 🇬🇧

[alwayssunnykids]

We use 90% of these at my kindergarten and the kids love them. My nephew on the other hand prefers books. He just turned two and already has over 80 books in his library.

[mariagodfrey]

Another perfectly timed video! Our little one will be 1 in January so we're trying to build up her xmas list with toys for now and later on. Great ideas!

[anntbsl]

Thank you for this! I was just looking for more toys for my 13 month old! She started crawling at exactly 5 months and walking at 11 — those push toys are really a big help. I introduced xylophone, shape sorter, stack cups and rings at 9 months. She was able to play with the stack cups and rings properly by 9 months and she’s getting better at shape sorter right now. Will definitely add the other toys on my Christmas shopping list for her! Thanks so much ❤️

[milawaller]

Dear Emma, thanks a lot for the simple and clear examples. As a mom, I appreciate deeply your work! No unnecessary "water". Thank you very much!

[paximosio]

Yay! So happy to see a video for post 12 months! I love your channel and didn’t know what we were going to do once our LO turned 1! 🤣

[kaw]

Watching my son put a shape into it's appropriate hole was as exciting as watching a team win the superbowl ❤️ Thank you for the ideas for Holiday shopping.

[joslindacruz]

My baby is 1 year old, and he really likes to destroy things 😂😂😂😂

[madhushaniwimalarathna]

Hi, .
Thank you so much. Your videos are superb and helped a lot in choosing toys for my baby.
Looking forward for a video about toys for 2 to 3yrs.

[rejirajan]

i love the way you share your information. Very useful and kinda make sense when working with babies routine. Thank you very much. I don't have enough words to express "How grateful I am?"

[lifeisgreatx]

Thank you Emma I love your content! I’ve watched it since having my first child and I’m still here second time round, I always recommend you to my friends and family xxx

[faazanazeem]

Thank you so much..I have been waiting for this video ❤️

[rjcjme]

Great list especially for knowing what to get for 1st birthday presents.
We have a huge board book library for our 9 month old and she now enjoying sitting and reading together and by herself.

[julianathe-peoples-choice]

Well done! As a childcare giver, it's great for ideas when they don't have the entertainment of other kids around them.

[Alabanza.Musicversity]

That musical toy is actually called a glockenspiel which is a metallophone. A xylophone is made from wood. Even on Amazon they are wrongly labeled.
Babies and toddlers should really start with small wooden instruments like rhythm sticks, jingles, drums, maracas or rattles first that they could also bite eagerly before moving to plastic and metal for sound as they could get quite loud. I’m an early childhood music specialist and mom of a bilingual musical baby boy :-)

[ma_rotte]

Dear Emma, I really appreciate your work and watch your videos regularly. I also want to compliment you on your presentation and I've noticed that you've improved a lot and gained more confidence when comparing your first videos and now. I've just had to make a short video for my work (which is not my typical task) and after only 45 minutes of filming, I'm totally exhausted and pretty unhappy with the result🤪. Which makes me appreciate your work even more.

[Kayslays]

This is a great list! What do you recommend for storage solutions for all the toys with multiple pieces?

[ramip]

I have 95% of the toys you mentioned but my 15 month old likes MY pots, lids and utensils, the soil in my plants and random cardboard boxes! Lol

Super video btw! Please keep them coming. They are extremely helpful to us!
Thank you for your amazing work, Emma! 🙏🏽😊🙏🏽