Maybe it's too hot or too cold to play outside. Maybe the parents don't want to deal with the rainy weather and muddy boots. Or you just can't make it to the park today. These indoor toys are great for development, whatever the weather.
Play is such an important part of children's learning and development; while these toys are just suggestions, you know your child and their abilities the best. Most of all, have fun exploring, learning, and playing!
Best Indoor Toys for Development
Indoor Adventures
Move your body in a big way with these indoor adventure toys. Great for sensory input, being creative, and calming your nervous system. It depends on your space but could be a fun addition. This pod swing, glowing fort, and climbing toy are great fun!
Play tables
Explore with your hands with these fun indoor tables. All are great for fine motor skills and problem solving! Engage your senses with this sensory table, spark your imagination with this train table, or create a masterpiece with this lego table that can be stored under the sofa!
Cuddle toys + Puppets
These soft dolls are great for toddlers and can inspire empathy, provide comfort, and help build social emotional skills. Puppets inspire creativity and help with communication by encouraging language and listening skills when they are used to tell stories. I really like these emotion puppets! This Pet Vet playset helps kids develop empathy and build fine motor skills as they work on the pets.
Books + Blocks
Reading books helps with verbal skills, communication, and fine motor skills with holding and turning the pages. There are so many books to choose from but you can't go wrong with a first book set. Blocks help with problem-solving and fine motor skills to stack and build different shapes. We like these chunky building blocks and these magnetic blocks
Ride on Toys
Move your body with these fun toys! Ride-on toys promote coordination, vestibular sense (balance) and gross motor development! Teeter popper, wiggle cars, and ride and push cars like this little classic car will be oh so much fun!
Bouncing, Hoping, Jumping
Help kids build those gross motor skills, and promote body awareness, core stability, and balance!
Stepping stones, hopping horse, and toddler trampolines are great for getting that extra energy out around the house.
Pretend Play
Pretend and imitation play helps build those social-emotional connections, role-playing, and problem-solving as they navigate play together!
These are some fun finds - This play kitchen blows us away with lights, sounds, a working faucet, and color-changing accessories! And it's literally a steal at under $75!
This kids' workbench is a must-have for your little worker! It's interactive and comes with 45 accessories!
Kids love playing store with this kids cash register. They can learn names of items as well as count money and of course all the buttons and scanning. Playing store is always a huge hit with kids.
Active Learning
Throwing games like this space dart board help kids with spacial awareness while they learn about space and science. Boost those cognitive skills with this extra large and extra fun math floor game. These yoga dice help build flexibility, gross motor skills, and body awareness as they build mindfulness.
Creative Fun
Let kids explore with these creative toys. We love a good art easel for letting kids explore their creativity and imagination and build fine motor skills through painting or drawing. If you need more structured creative play, older kids will enjoy art kits.This walking robot kit from Kiwi Crate, and sewing kit are fun ones for problem solving and fine motor skills.
Looking for more toy ideas, check out our Best Toys for Outdoor Play that help development.
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