| To a toddler, every toy is a learning toy. Young | | | | various shapes. The classic square peg and round hole |
| children are still learning basic concepts about the | | | | come to mind, and these toys can teach not only |
| world, and ideas like opposites, numbers, left and | | | | about numbers but about more abstract ideas like |
| right, behind and in front, are still being developed. | | | | space and shape. Other toddler toys will have parts |
| Toys that keep their attention and that make them | | | | that must fit together in certain ways to make a |
| work with new ideas will help them learn important | | | | bigger toy. One example of such a kids toy is a play |
| skills that later can lead to good motor skills, hand | | | | car or truck with bare axels to which the toddler |
| eye coordination, arithmetic and reading. | | | | must attach the wheels. Not only does the toddler |
| Many toddler toys are designed with special learning | | | | learn about fitting one shape to another, but that |
| functions in mind. For instance, they may feature a | | | | these shapes build into an entirely new object that |
| wheel that behaves differently when turned to the | | | | may behave differently from any of its toy parts. |
| right or the left, which teaches the toddler that there | | | | Today is a wonderful time to be shopping for learning |
| is a difference between left and right and that | | | | toys for toddlers. All of the toy builders have lines of |
| moving the toy wheel can affect the world. These | | | | toys that are specialized just for kids of a certain |
| toddler games often feature numbers that display or | | | | age, and the variety of toddler learning toys is |
| light up, with each number corresponding to some | | | | amazing. You can shop for toys that develop very |
| part of the play, to help the kids learn that a bigger | | | | specific skills in your child, and you can find so many |
| number means something bigger in the play of the | | | | toys that there will be one for your toddler no |
| toy. | | | | matter what he or she likes or dislikes. Help your child |
| Other toys for toddlers have parts that the child | | | | learn these important skills by playing with their own |
| puts together. These toys may be as simple as a set | | | | learning toys. |
| of soft pegs onto which the toddler must place | | | | |