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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Someone gave my daughter a Leap Frog Fridge Farm for her 1st birthday (she's now 18 mos. old) and she has absofreakinglutely loved it since the day she got it.
Otherwise, push/pull toys are always a big hit. She loves the toy stroller, lawn mower, wheelbarrow, and corn popper. Also, she has a great time in the homemade playhouse my husband built out of end table boxes (especially the shutters and doors she can open and close).
At this age he will be developing and refining fine motor skills such as the pincer grasp and turning the wrist, so any toy that has things they can twist and turn and move about is also likely to hold their interest for a while (as is an empty detergent bottle). Imitation is also a big thing -- so toy telephones, pots and pans and utensils, anything he sees his parents using. this is also a good time for crayons or washable markers and those paint with water coloring books.
Sorry to be so general, but other than the particular leap frog toy we have, her toys are more general than specific, if that makes sense.
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I second the fridge farm by Leap. Anoth possibility is the Word Wammer. My kids first just liked to manipulate the letters and hear them out loud but as my son got older and was beginning to learn to read (he is 5 and is already reading - he starts kindygarten next year because of a late birthday) he pulled out his old wammer and used it a lot more frequently as he goes to a montessori school and is learning to read phonetically....
