Learning through play is a crucial part of any child’s growth and development. Playtime for children allows a child to explore, release extra energy, and learn as they play. Early in development, a child’s mind continues to expand, just by taking in their surroundings and looking at their environment. This guide on the best toys and gift ideas for 1-year old girls will go over the best educational toys on the market that can help a girl learn many different skills that they’ll need in their life.

These toys promote fine motor skill development, sensory exploration, and teach a child how cause and effect works. These toys will also teach a girl about sharing, while nurturing their imagination and creativity. At one year of age, sensory play can help stimulate a girl’s senses. interaction.

Product	Type	Material	Educational Objective	Our Rating
Busy Baby Deluxe Walker Shop On Amazon!	Walker	Wood	Fine and gross motor skills
Oombee Cube Shop On Amazon!	Shape sorter	Silicone Plastic	Fine motor skills
Coogam Color Sorting Clock Shop On Amazon!	Shape sorter	Wood	Fine motor skills
Pipsquigz Suction-Kupz Set Shop On Amazon!	Sensory	Silicone	Fine motor skills Sensory exploration
Beat Bop Baby Bongo Shop On Amazon!	Drum	Plastic	Hand-eye coordination
Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory Shop On Amazon!	Shape sorter	Plastic	Spatial reasoning
My Little Smarty Phone Shop On Amazon!	Phone	Plastic	Interative learning Early language skills
Rainbow Arches Stacker Shop On Amazon!	Stacker	Wood	Stacking/Nesting
Wiggle Stix Shop On Amazon!	Sensory	Plastic	Spatial reasoning
Toy Ringlets Shop On Amazon!	Sensory	Silicone	Fine motor skills

Busy Baby Deluxe Walker

Our Rating: (5/5)

This walker will teach your daughter how to go from crawling to walking safely and quickly. The base of the walker features an activity center that allows them to really explore. The walker includes a shape sorting toy, xylophone, spinning gears, counting beads, a mirror, and more. This toy is perfect for one year old girls up to two years of age. The walker is made out of high-quality materials including wood and plastic and is covered in non-toxic paint. This toy is designed to strengthen a child’s motor skills, teaches cause and effect, colors, and teaches shapes. The toy itself is easy to assemble and perfect for the toddler who’s always on the go.

Conclusion

This toy will get your child up and moving. The walker is loaded with a wide variety of activities that will keep your child entertained and stimulated for hours. They can use the walker to assist with walking or they can move to the front of the walker to explore the different sensory and fine motor skill activities. The durable construction is a huge selling point for parents, as is the low price.

Oombee Cube

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This toy provides an innovative way to sort shapes. It includes six rubbery shapes that are attached to the corners of the sorter, so you won’t have to worry about your child losing any of the pieces. The set encourages tactile learning and each of the smooth pieces will fit snugly into their appropriate places. The pieces are also perfect for children who are teething, which will give parents more bang for their buck. The shapes are made out of durable silicone that’s BPA-free. The strings on each piece are long enough to allow a child to explore freely but are kept at a short length for safety reasons.

Conclusion

Your child will immediately be drawn to each of the six, rubbery, textured, vibrant shapes. The shapes are durable and squishy, making them perfect for a child who is teething. Each of the shapes are designed to fit perfectly into each slot, promoting fine motor skill development. This set also promotes sensory exploration and teaches children how to sort shapes.

Coogam Wooden Shape Color Sorting Clock

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This learning clock comes with twelve removable blocks, each of which feature a different shape, color, and number. The slots for each of the blocks is deep enough to easily slide a piece into the appropriate spot. The clock’s minute hand can move incrementally as the hour hand is turned clockwise. The numbers on the blocks are printed only on one side. The set is made out of wood, instead of cheap plastic, which will be a big selling point for all parents.

Conclusion

This clock is travel size, so it’s perfect for play dates or long car trips. This clock is designed for kids ages one and up and makes it easy for a child to learn how to tell time, sort shapes, and learn their colors. The clock will also help improve fine motor skills, logical thinking, and much more.

Squigz Suction-Kupz

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This set of twelve spinners, stackers, and suckers will stick to each other, or they can be used on any type of flat surface. The set features toys in different colors, with unique textures and shapes. The different textures are perfect for sensory exploration. This set comes with three Squigz that rattle and have a smiley face, raised dots, and wavy ridges. The brightly colored stackable Kupz have a suction cup located on the bottom, with a suction rim found at the top. The last three pieces of the set are the Whirly Squigz that spin, making them perfect for the restless toddler who needs to keep their hands busy.

Conclusion

This set is versatile, portable, and designed to provide hours of entertainment. These toys can improve fine motor skills, provides mental stimulation through sensory exploration, and are a great set for the family on a budget looking for a toy their child won’t quickly become bored with.

Beat Bop Baby Bongo

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

These electronic bongo drums feature flashing lights and fun animals sounds, as well as original bongo sounds. The bongos are made out of heavy-duty plastic that’s BPA-free and designed to last. The drum is designed to improve hand-eye coordination, psychomotor skills, and rhythm skills. It comes equipped with three buttons located on the left side that allows you to choose between animal and drum sounds. On the right, one button will allow you to choose fun backing rhythms.

Conclusion

If your child loves music, or you want to encourage their interest in making it, this bongo is a great first instrument for girls one and up. This compact, feature packed drum allows your child to easily make music. The flashing lights, colorful design, and wide range of sounds to choose from will keep your child entertained and engaged as they learn how to create beats.

Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This set by Fat Brain is colorful, durable, and features a shape sorting toy design that comes with a little twist. On top of the toy, you’ll find a large button that when pressed causes the slots to change. Your child can match the blocks to the appropriate slots, then open the door to remove them. Made out of durable ABS plastic, this toy can strengthen spatial reasoning, inspires experimentation, helps improve problem solving skills, and improves fine motor skills.

Conclusion

This toy comes with ten shapes and a total of four slots. Once the button at the top of the toy is pressed and the slots change, your child can experiment, explore, and solve the puzzle to fit all ten pieces inside. This toy is durable, highly portable, and can provide countless hours of entertainment for girls ages 1 and up.

My Little Smarty Phone

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This fun smart phone features a touch screen that really works. A child can touch each of the icons to hear music, words, and fun sounds. The sounds are gentle and quiet, while the phone itself is designed to fit smaller hands. It’s made out of BPA-free plastic and designed to inspire cause and effect learning. A child will also learn early language skills, role play, counting, and interactive learning. The phone runs on 2 AAA batteries.

Conclusion

A child can press one of the icons to hear fun sounds and voices, so they can play with their smart phone just like mom and dad. The phone is durable and won’t break or crack if it’s dropped. The colorful design and variety of sounds give the phone a more realistic look, making it perfect for children who can’t seem to keep their hands off mom or dad’s phone. This phone also offers long battery life, a durable design, and is perfect for a curious 1-year old.

Rainbow Arches Stacker

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This vivid and unique rainbow arches stacker promotes tactile learning and comes with a total of seven arches that your child can use to build a rainbow. The arches are made out of high-quality wood and are covered in a non-toxic paint. The set is designed to improve spatial reasoning, inspires creativity, color learning, and can improve fine motor skills.

Conclusion

This colorful set focuses on color recognition skills and fine motor skills. A child will use the arches to stack on top of each other to build a colorful rainbow. A child will also learn how to nest pieces, stack, and enjoy playing with the chunky vividly colored arches that offer endless possibilities.

Wiggle Stix

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

Your child can flip over this colorful toy and watch as the duck moves quickly to the top of the pole. This toy promotes cause and effect learning and can encourage creative thinking and reasoning skills, while strengthening spatial thinking skills.

Conclusion

A fun toy that strengthens spatial thinking and reasoning skills, it can also work as a calming toy designed to soothe and meet a child’s sensory needs. While the design is pretty simple, it’s one of those irresistible unique toys that younger children just can resist.

Toy Ringlets

Our Rating: (4/5)

These fun, tough, and chewy rings allow your little one to really explore. This is a set of six silicone rings that come equipped with suction cup connectors and fun textures. Each of the rings have been sized to perfectly fit smaller hands and are made out of food grade silicone. These toys are designed to improve fine motor skills, provides tactile learning, sensory exploration, and can also be used for teething.

Conclusion

If you’re looking for the perfect toy to pack in a diaper bag or keep your daughter happy and entertained when you’re out and about, these ringlets are a great buy. Durable, easy to clean, and entertaining, this set will keep your daughter engaged, provides tactile stimulation and encourages fine motor skill development.

Final Words

This guide will help you choose toys for children based on their age and will help your child develop important skills, provides mental stimulation and will keep your child happy and engaged for hours. Some of these toys will also grow with your child and can be used up to the age of three, offering parents more bang for their buck. Of course, your child will need more challenging toys as they grow older, but if you’re looking for educational toys that will help your 1-year old girl thrive as they grow, then hit that buy now button.

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