10 Reviews: Best Educational Toys for 1-2 Year Olds (Apr 2024)

Aside from the reasonable price, this adorable hedgehog helps with fine motor coordination. All your sweetheart has to do is put the colorful spikes in the holes at different angles. This toy is also great for counting and color recognition. When playtime is over, each plastic quill can be quickly wiped clean and placed snugly within the back, ensuring that no bits are lost.

Perfect for little hands! My 20 month old is obsessed with this very simple, but very entertaining toy. Great for fine motor skills, direction following, color and number recognition and even learning patterns.

by AvidAmazoner

Turn your little girl into a young builder with this Mega Bloks toy. Featuring 80 classic-colored building blocks, your little one can make anything she wants from day-in to day-out. Each piece is built with those tiny hands in mind. Nothing is impossible to create, whether it’s a rocket, tower, or funny animals. Also, have we told you it comes with a handy storage bag?

We bought these TWICE! The first time was when our son was 1 and when he turned 3, we thought he had outgrown them and donated them. HOWEVER, at age 4, he asked for them again and here we are. He loves playing with this toy and even takes the pieces into the tub for bath time fun. Super sturdy and easy to use. We’re holding on to this second set.

by Rafael Amador

This piggy bank not only teaches your child to save money, but it can also play over 40 sing-along songs, tunes, and phrases to interact with them. While placing the coins into the bank, kids will practice their fine motor coordination skills. Let us also remember the importance of each coin, which teaches animals on one hand and numbers on the other. Furthermore, it only takes two batteries to keep your baby amused.

My 20 month old loooves this toy. I wish I had bought it months ago. She loves putting the coins in and taking them out. It counts, plays music, and makes animal sounds. It also counts in Spanish. When you press the nose it talks. Its a great toy for learning and hand eye coordination. My daughter loves hands on learning and this is perfect for her.

by Lori Cox

Moving on to more challenging games, this educational toy consists of different numbers of columns according to different shapes. Your little one’s job is to pair the geometric shapes with the column in their hands. Children can learn to identify basic geometric shapes and exercise critical thinking skills in an indirect way. Furthermore, the edges are smooth and won’t hurt your baby’s delicate skin.

My kiddo is obsessed with eggs, so these were a fun edition to some of our other egg collections. It's neat to have different colors and shapes inside for him to look at and put back together. Overall fun to have around, we play hide and seek with them, guess the color, and shape. Fun and educational.

by Ashley

This magical book will help your child improve his or her speech skills. More than 100 age-appropriate terms, such as animals, food, colors, games, and more, will be taught. To get a total bilingual experience, turn on the language switch and hear the words, songs, and instructions in both English and Spanish. While you’re doing household chores, your kid will love to listen to this book for some fun facts.

What a great learning toy! My little boy loves it. It’s (light)touch sensitive and his little fingers don’t have to press it too hard. He already knows 75% of the words but hasn’t lost interest in it yet. I believe this book will be good for 3-4 more years when he enters K-1st grade and learns to spell some of the words in the book.

by Luciane D. Costa

Simple but enjoyable. Banana Panda uses thick cardboards as flashcards to teach your little buddy new words. Choose this choice for a fun way to boost memory, concentration, and cognitive thinking! With cards featuring adorable colorful animal illustrations, your child won’t feel like they’re learning. Furthermore, they are simple to store and make excellent gifts.

One of the best toys for toddlers. My son is 1 year and 4 months and already doing associations. I use 3 cards at a time and teaching him the names of the animals. He is recognizing them already. Big enough for playing and very sturdy. Highly recommended.

by BAlfonso

Nothing beats flashcards for expanding your child’s vocabulary in a quick and easy way. Learnworx is proud to present The Learn With Me Flashcard Pack, which includes 101 double-sided flashcards with everyday objects and scenes. Even though it appears super simple, there are countless ways to play it. Relax, with a damp cloth, this package is simple to clean.

These are a hit with my 21 month old granddaughter. The first time I just read a few of them to her & had her try to repeat ( there are lots and some more advanced ones to save for later). After that she has started to say them on her own and wants to get more out of the box! Kids are sponges and these colorful, simple pictures are great for learning.

by G.Bowman

If there’s one thing that children really want, it’s to be adults, complete with a baby. That’s why this lovely handcrafted sleeping baby is the perfect present for them. They come in three colors: dark, medium, and fair, and are made of high-quality Turkish cotton. By taking care of a doll, they learn how to take care of one another. The icing on the cake: it comes with its own personalized adoption certificate!

I chose the pale baby for my soon to arrive granddaughter -my daughter in law and I both loved it . Quality product that doesn’t disappoint - perfect size fir happy little people .

by Shauna Player

If your child still has problems with locks or latches, this choice could be beneficial. This toy, which comes with 12 parts and a storage tray, is perfect for learning shape, color, and spatial relationships. Kids must unlock the doors to retrieve the shapes after dropping them in the appropriate boxes. They can learn to solve problems as well as develop their fine motor skills in this manner.

My kid absolutely loves this toy! You can play it in so many different ways. Also love that it came with a tray to keep things organized and pretty on the shelf. You can also play color matching between the cubes and the tray.

by Ran Xue

Yes, it is a little expensive, but you will receive amazing magnetic wooden blocks that have been recommended by child development experts. Tegu has created a 42-piece kit to assist your child in making a range of shapes. This package is made for giant imaginations, whether it’s building a soaring beanstalk, a singing harp, or rocketing away in an enchanted bean wagon.

My daughter loves these. This is the second set I got for her because she want to build up more stuff and we need more pieces. Really good connection with magnet and painted smoothly. Strongly recommend it!!

by I. C