The Best Toys To Help Your Child Reach Developmental Milestones

As a parent, one of my goals is to make sure my children are each meeting or exceeding their developmental milestones. As a mom of five, I’ve seen firsthand how every child is different. They all have different learning styles, different interests, different personality traits, and they even approach playtime in different ways. Today I’m excited to partner with expert pediatric therapists to share with you some ways you can help your child meet developmental milestones from age two to age 10, and all through using fun educational toys! 

This post is sponsored by Pediatrics Plus, however, all opinions are my own.

As I mentioned in an earlier post about how pediatric therapy helped our son with developmental delays, we saw first hand how the right tools can help your child develop in many ways. Today I’ve partnered with the expert pediatric therapists at Pediatrics Plus to share the best educational toys to help your child reach their developmental milestones. These are not only fun and interactive, but they can be excellent tools used in your home for learning as well!

Following is a list of toys that will help your child develop important skills and reach developmental milestones, and the therapists from Pediatrics Plus share just how each toy helps your child. All of the toys below are available and utilized at their Developmental Preschool, and they are now open for enrollment for the Fall semester!

Alphabet Nesting and Stacking Blocks – Age 2-4

Not only are these blocks great to help teach and spell basic words but they can assist in Gross Motor Development as they stoop and recover their leg muscles are strengthened. The fact that they are nesting and stacking helps develop problem-solving skills and hand/ eye coordination. I love that each brightly colored block has a letter along with pictures to help teach letter sounds.

Alphabet Express Floor Puzzle – Age 3-5

This alphabet express puzzle encourages problem-solving skills and provides an opportunity for active play and like other alphabet toys, it’s great to teach the alphabet. My kids love getting it all put together and then calling out the animals and letters. 

Slice and Bake Cookie Set and Scoop and Stack Ice Cream Cone Playset – Age 3-5

We have several play sets like this, and I love that slicing and scooping help with fine motor skills and skills like counting and learning colors. These encourage role play and imaginative play, and I can’t tell you how many times they’ve played restaurant or baking together. These toys help develop language and social skills as well!

Waitress Role Play and Police Officer Role Play Costume Set – Age 3-6

There are so many costume sets available from a fire-fighter to a doctor to a knight. Most kids love to play dress up and these sets encourage role play and imaginative play, and it’s something they can all do together. These sets can help develop language and social skills as well. 

Hop & Count Hopscotch Rug – Age 3-7

This interactive game is great not only because it helps them develop skills, but it encourages teamwork, sharing, and is a fun activity they can do together. Hopscotch encourages gross motor development, strengthens balance and helps coordination. It also assists in motor planning skills.

Alphabet Learning Mat with Wipe-Off Crayons – Age 4+

In my opinion, you can’t start kids learning to write early enough! This is great tool for my preschool aged kids, but also great for my Kindergartener who is perfecting the art of handwriting. This easy to clean mat helps handwriting skills, fine motor development, and cognitive motor development as well. I love that there are also graphics to help with letter sounds. Learning ABCs early too? BONUS!

Created by Me! Canvas Painting Set – Age 5+

I love this set! All of my kids love to draw and paint, and this set is great for teaching self-expression of feelings and ideas plus helps fine motor and visual motor skills. Kids love being creative.. a great way for them to be free and express themselves!

USA Map Floor Puzzle – Age 6+

This is another favorite because we love maps in our home! This puzzle provides an opportunity for active play, it develops problem-solving skills and it works on Motor Planning. It also helps teach geography as there are lots of details about each state on the puzzle pieces! Your kids will know where all the states are located along with some fun facts before they hit 4^th or 5^th grade!

I hope this gives you some great ideas for how to help your child reach their developmental milestones, and how to incorporate fun educational toys to do so. Pediatrics Plus is a wonderful pediatric therapy program that also features a Developmental Preschool for kids with all abilities. You can read more about their programs here. They are now open for enrollment for their centers all across the state of Arkansas, and in Texas too!

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