Best Gifts for One-Year-Olds | Parents

Best Gifts for One-Year-Olds | Parents

Best Gifts for One-Year-Olds Best Gifts for One-Year-Olds Your baby's gone from a little bean to a crawling, smiling, laughing in toddler in the last year. We've got the 12 presents that experts tell us are developmentally right for your child and cool for parents as well. By Lambeth Hochwald Shape Sorter Why she'll love it: Sorting shapes is trial and error at its most basic. Why experts love it: "Children work on hand-eye coordination and learn how objects with similar properties go together," says Joyce Nuner, PhD, assistant professor of child development and family studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Our pick: This adorable wooden cow-shaped box looks like a folk art piece and comes with all the requisite shapes, so your kid gets a start at learning those too. Since the pieces are stored inside, he'll learn how to clean up when he's done. Nesting or Stacking Toy Why he'll love it:

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