Are you looking for ideas for birthday gifts, holiday gifts, educational toys, or just new things to help teach and engage your preschooler? You’ve come to the right place! I’m excited to share some of my favorite toys with you.
As an Early Childhood Special Educator, I am a big believer in play-based learning. Kids learn best through play. I have created these lists to help you find toys that will help your child learn and grow through exploration, imagination, and creativity. I hope you will find them helpful, and if you have anything you’d recommend to me, I’d love to hear it in the comments!Â
The things that I am recommending are either products I have owned, or used in other places like schools I’ve taught at, play places, libraries, etc. If I have not personally used them, then I did my best to find products that are from brands that I trust and/or with high ratings.
As a Walmart Partner, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Links will take you to my Walmart Storefront.
Games For Elementary Aged Kids
5 Things You Can Do When You Can't Get Your Child To Engage In Play
Enter your name and e-mail to  receive your 5 Tips To Improve Engagement along with more strategies and techniques to help you increase learning and growth.
4 thoughts on “Best Toys For Your Child’s Development”
My 3 yr old grandson will not play with toys.
Hi Sharlene, some kids are just not interested in toys, and that’s ok. I would love to help you brainstorm some ideas on how to engage him in play. Feel free to send me an e-mail at joy@playwithjoy.com if you’d like some help 🙂
I always thought children learn through playing with toys. If my grandson won’t play with toys isn’t he missing out on important learning skills. Should we try to teach him how to play with his toys? Yes I’d like some help engaging him in play.
Hi Sharlene!
You are totally right, kids definitely learn through playing with toys. However, when a child does not yet engage in play, whether it’s with a toy or with a person there may be underlying skills that are important to focus on before focusing on toys. I am so excited to be able to start working with your family, and we can definitely talk more about this at our next session 🙂
Joy