Expect the first castle you build for her to come down in a single swipe before it is even finished.
With 28 wooden Fisher-Price pieces, there is plenty to put back up together on the rug, and soon she can try a lopsided tower all by herself while you work on the walls.
Round crayons roll off the high chair tray the moment she lets go.
The ten in this Honeysticks pack are triangular and stay put, and their flat sides give a little fist an easy hold while she covers paper next to your shopping list.
On the hallway floor, a two-year-old who sends toy cars skidding everywhere can push a BRIO train along its own track.
Anything with wheels holds her attention right now, and rails turn those wild shoves into a path she can follow. The loop she helps piece together stays laid out by the wall for her next trip.
Each peg in the Melissa & Doug Pound-A-Peg goes down under her whacks, meeting a two-year-old's urge to bang on every tray.
Labeled by the maker for ages 2 and up, it gives her table drumming a spot where banging is welcome. The flattened row waits on the playroom shelf until she wants another go.
After lunch in your lap, a toddler who calls out every dog and cup she spots has LeapFrog pages to point at.
Labeling everything is her big project now: she taps a picture, you name it, she shouts it back. Her favorite page soon gets flipped open and held up for you to see.
Little Tikes Easy Score belongs with a toddler who flings everything she can lift at the laundry basket.
Her throwing has no target yet, and a hoop of her own gives every toss somewhere to go. The set waits in a corner of the living room for her next shot.
A two-year-old who flips every box to peek underneath gets the same fun from this VTech cube.
Her fingers want to know what hides around each corner, and every turn shows a new face to jab. Her favorite side ends up pointed toward her, ready for the next round.
Every sofa crack in your house probably hides one of her toys.
Spike the hedgehog gives that poking and stuffing habit a better outlet: she can tug his quills loose and push them back in, one at a time. It keeps her hands busy, and the TV remote might finally stay where you left it.
Unicorns turn up in half her picture books, and this Melissa & Doug puzzle puts one in her hands.
The thick wooden pieces are easy for small fingers to grab, and with only a handful to place, she can finish the rainbow picture before her attention drifts. Then out they come for another round.
While you sort laundry, a two-year-old who rattles every box and cup she finds can pile up HABA Fun with Sounds cubes.
Shaking whatever she holds is how she explores, and these cubes give her a noise to listen for. Once the tower tumbles, every piece lands within easy reach for another round.
Hape's stacking block set suits a two-year-old girl who builds beside you and topples every tower.
There is no right way to stack them, so she decides when each tower comes down. On the living room rug, she sets a block on top of yours and waits for the crash.
Woodland make-believe travels well in this Forest Friends case from Fisher-Price's Little People line.
The toys pack away inside when playtime ends, so the game can come along to the park and back without a hunt for missing pieces. Pick it if she never leaves the house without a toy in her hand.
Piglet's tiniest fan points him out in every picture book, and this treehouse gives that favorite pair a home on the rug.
Every tale read aloud is one she wants to retell, and this Playmobil Junior house hands her the setting. Her finished retelling, house and all, gets performed for whoever sits beside her.
When the toddler you are buying for bounces to every song, this VTech Zoo Jamz tambourine lets her join in.
Toddlers bob to any tune they hear, and tapping a hedgehog gives that dancing a rhythm of her own. This spiky toy sits in her basket between songs, ready for the next one on the kitchen speaker.
LeapFrog's toy keyboard gives a two-year-old who mimics every grown-up her own instrument while the family sings carols.
Copying what adults do is how she joins in right now, and a racket of her own puts her in the chorus. Her loudest made-up carol gets repeated until everyone in the room picks up the last line.
Half-sung songs fill a two-year-old girl's day, and the Hape Mighty Echo gives them a microphone.
She repeats the bits she knows, so holding a mic turns each repeat into her turn to perform. Out on stroller walks, she can hold it up and sing to every passing dog.
LeapFrog's Learn and Groove saxophone puts a horn in the hands of a two-year-old who toots along to every song.
Two-year-olds copy every grown-up move they see, so an instrument shaped like a real one lets her be the musician. The horn heads straight to her lips whenever a song comes on.
If the toddler on your list hums made-up tunes to her stuffed animals, this LeapFrog player gives her real ones.
Toddlers copy every chorus they hear, and having her own lets her choose when the next round begins. Her own dance routine, made up on the kitchen floor, gets shown off to whoever walks in.
This Learning Resources dump truck hauls stacking pieces and tips them out, matching a toddler's habit of emptying every basket.
Filling a bin only to spill it is her favorite game, and the tipping bed lets her repeat it endlessly. Her wobbly tower, rebuilt from the heap, ends up on the rug for everyone to step around.
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Questions and answers
What should you get a toddler girl who takes her favorite toys everywhere she goes?
The Little People carry case is for a girl who likes her toys close by: the woodland figures ride along inside it and come out for play wherever she sets it down.
Is there something for a girl who sorts everything in the kitchen into piles?
Yes. The Learning Resources sorting set gives a girl who groups things by kind a batch of pretend groceries to sort and play market with at home.
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What works for a girl who stacks and knocks down anything she can pile up?
Building tall and toppling it is exactly what the Fisher-Price castle blocks are for: a girl who piles things up gets castle pieces to stack and rebuild after every crash.
What can you give a girl who is just starting to fit pieces into place?
The Melissa & Doug knob puzzle suits a girl at that stage, with a knob to hold on each jungle animal as she fits it into its spot.
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