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Start with the Hape toy piano for a one-year-old girl who taps on everything, or the Abby Cadabby plush doll for one who wants something soft to carry.
Until now, peekaboo has meant your hands over your face.
In this soft flap book she lifts each flap herself, so she decides when the surprise comes. In a doctor's waiting room, settle her on your lap and let her pick which page to open next.
The stretch when she pulls herself up on furniture but won't let go yet is the time for this BRIO walker.
She grips it with both hands and it moves along with her, giving her a sturdier handhold than your fingers. It is adjustable, too, so you can change the setup as she gets steadier.
The one-year-old who mimics every grown-up habit, from stirring pots to tapping keys, gets an ABC device of her own.
Copying adults is her favorite game right now, and here the letters are hers to poke at whenever she likes. The tablet stays on the living room rug, ready whenever she wanders back for another turn.
Fat Brain Toys InnyBin is a sensory shape toy for a toddler girl busy poking at everything.
She spends her days stuffing things away and fishing them back out, and this toy plays along. Set it beside the sofa, and she can empty it and refill it while you sort the mail.
VTech Sort and Discover wagon with play activities
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Should the girl you have in mind shove chairs and laundry baskets around, this VTech wagon gives her something meant to roll.
Moving big things is her current game, and when she sits beside it, the sides hold something for her fingers. Her loop from the sofa to the front door turns into a regular route.
This Fisher-Price DJ table turns a toddler's habit of banging on every surface into a beat she gets to control.
She slaps trays and cabinet doors just for the noise, and here every slap answers back with music. Its play deck waits in the living room for her next jam whenever she crawls back over.
Her knees start bobbing the moment music plays, and this LeapFrog robot gives her songs of her own to dance with.
She answers any melody with a wiggle and a clap, and a cheerful character gives that habit a partner. The Song Bot sits on the living room rug beside her, right where her bouncing happens.
While you unpack groceries, a toddler who follows you everywhere keeps her Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn pup hugged tight.
Trailing a grown-up is her main game, and a pup of her own keeps her company on each kitchen lap. By the last bag, her new friend sits wedged under her arm.
GUND's soft food truck belongs with a one-year-old who hauls her toys from room to room in both fists.
Carting things between spots is her favorite game right now, and this one arrives with plush extras to load up. Her day's haul ends up heaped by the front door, waiting for the next trip.
If the one-year-old you have in mind clutches a stuffed friend in every photo, LeapFrog Smarty Paws gives her another to squeeze.
Now that she toddles on her own, she wants a pal to grip and haul along on every wander. Her Violet ends up wedged under her arm, shown off to each visitor at the door.
This HABA spiral coils around her stroller bar, so bright loops to pat and pull ride along to the park.
She grabs at anything hanging near her these days, and fastened in place, it never drops onto the sidewalk. At the park gate, the loop she has twisted furthest is the one she holds up for you.
After breakfast on the living room rug, this LeapFrog toy is for a girl who drops her toys into cups and boxes.
Its pieces settle inside each other, so her game of putting things in gets a neat ending every time. Taken out again, the same parts make a tower to topple before the next round.
VTech's Drop and Go truck swallows whatever a toddler drops inside, then tips it all out for her to scoop up again.
Filling and emptying containers is how she plays right now, and this load rides wherever she shoves it. The empty bucket waits beside the couch for her next armful.
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Is there a pick that stays put in front of her instead of rolling off when she swats it?
Yes. The Hape Penguin Wobbler leans away from her palm and rocks straight back upright, so it stays right where she left it for swat after swat and nobody has to go and fetch it.
What should you get a girl who bangs on every tray and cabinet door?
Banging on every surface for the noise is the habit the Fisher-Price DJ table runs with: each slap on its play deck answers back with music she gets to control. For a lighter touch, the Hape Magic Touch Piano has wooden keys that respond to a tap of her fingers, so her made-up tunes become duets with whichever grown-up sits down beside her.
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Which pick is right for a girl who fills cups and boxes, then tips everything out again?
The VTech construction truck swallows whatever she drops in, rolls wherever she shoves it, then tips the whole load out for her to scoop up again. If you want that game with a tidier ending, the LeapFrog nesting turtle has pieces that settle inside each other and, taken out, pile into a tower for her to topple before the next round.
What can you give a girl who drops things from her high chair just to hear what happens?
Go for the Bright Starts Oball rattle. Her fingers hook easily through its open ball shape, so it is simple to grab from the tray, and every wave, shake or toss ends with a sound she set off herself.
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