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26 Toy Ideas for 1-Year-Old Boys (Educational, Montessori etc.)
At this age, your child is transitioning from infant to toddler. Infants and Toddlers learn best by exploring and interacting with their natural environment. So, parents and caregivers can find toys for 1-year-old boys that support his social, cognitive, and motor development. Children at this age enjoy banging things together and putting items in a container. Your child may show a preference for a favorite toy or cry when mom or dad leave. Also, he may respond to simple spoken requests and wave “bye-bye.” Most 1-year-olds can get to a sitting position without help and may be pulling to stand, cruising, or taking first steps.
Toys for 1-year-old boys can encourage various domains of development. Pushing a walker, dropping a ball down a hole, or pounding a mallet help gross motor skills. Shape sorters and stacking toys foster cognitive and fine motor skills. And, of course, playing and interacting with peers and caregivers supports social and emotional development. Also, see our other recommended toys for 1-year-olds.
I) Toy Ideas for 1-year-old Boys
1. Walker Wagon by HABA
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Many 1-year-old boys are just starting to walk or will be walking soon. The Walker Wagon by HABA is a sturdy cart for first-time walkers. It helps support gross motor and walking development. This toy certainly provides a safe and fun walking experience. The adjustable wheel tension keeps wheels from rolling too fast so cart never slips away. Also, the extra space between the back wheels prevents little toes from getting stubbed. This walking push toy comes with a storage space toys and a big blue chair for a doll or stuffed animal. Later, younger siblings can ride along. The silicon wheel treads work equally great indoors and out.
Why We Recommend:
Encourages gross motor skills, coordination, safe walking, imaginative play
Plenty of space between back wheels to prevent any stubbed toes
Large blue seat for holding dolls, teddy bears, or even younger siblings
Silicon wheel treads for indoor and outdoor
Strong hardware stays sturdy and durable
High-quality, beautifully finished wood construction, also water-based paints
2. Vehicle & Travel Chunky Wooden Puzzle by Cubbie Lee Toy Company
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Puzzles make great toys for 1-year-old boys because they promote motor skills and spacial awareness. Little ones are learning a lot as they try to fit the pieces into the puzzle. This beautifully crafted Vehicle & Travel Chunky Wooden Puzzle has easy-hold, colorful, solid wood pieces featuring trucks, cars, bus, plane, and boat. The chunky pieces are a good size for little hands to grip while playing. The large pieces are great for motor and sensory development. Moreover, the vehicle shapes support imaginative play as planes zoom and trucks vroom.
Why We Recommend:
This elegantly crafted toy can be used as decor for a bedroom or playroom.
Promotes motor skills, spacial awareness, and imaginative play
Features trucks, cars, bus, plane, and boat
Large puzzle pieces for easy grip while playing
Crafted from Sustainably sourced wood as well as non-toxic paint
3. OombeeCube by Fat Brain Toy Co.
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Little hands love to grab, explore, sort, and discover. So, shape sorters make great toys for 1-year-old boys. OombeeCube by Fat Brain Toy Co. has bright, rubbery shapes. Each shape is tethered to the sorter, so they won’t get lost! The contours and rubbery texture provide a tactile sensory experience while the shape sorting provides visual and spacial reasoning practice. Each shape fits into one of the cutout spaces on the cube’s surface. This toy also encourages fine motor skills, sensory learning, tactile exploration, visual-spacial skills. The cube and shapes are made from 100 percent food-grade silicone, so they are great for chewing and teething, too. The shapes included are: triangle, square, oval, circle, pentagon, and double circle.
Why We Recommend:
Early learning tactile experience
Encourages fine motor skills, sensory learning, tactile exploration, visual-spatial skills
Strings are short enough to be safe and long enough for little hands to explore freely
Shapes include triangle, square, oval, circle, pentagon, double circle
Acts as a teether as well.
Made of 100% food-grade, BPA-free silicone – Great for teething
Toddlers can spin this toy to learn letter sounds in an age-appropriate, interactive way. When baby bats at the Spin & Sing Alphabet Zoo by LeapFrog and it will spin around. This toy has 3 modes — letters, animals, and music. In Letters mode, the spinning, light up toy says the name and sound of the letter it lands on. When you are in animal mode, the spinning ball teaches animal names and sounds. In music mode, your 1-year-old can dance along to fun tunes. The Spin and Sing provides practice for gross and fine motor skills. Your child can hone hand movements and hand-eye coordination by batting the spinning ball while the music encourages him to get up and dance.
Why We Recommend:
3 ways to play — Letters, animals, and music
Interactive toy provides sensory stimulation with sounds, lights, colors, and movement
Spinning the toy demonstrates cause-and-effect through play
Teaches letter names and sounds as well as animal names and sounds
Building with blocks is a valuable learning experience for toddlers. Block play is fundamental for cognitive development and later learning math and numbers. Your 1-year-old might start out exploring the blocks by feeling how heavy they are, looking at the colors, and hearing what they sound like when dropped. Soon he will learn to stack them up and knock them down. The Match & Build Soft Blocks by Melissa and Doug make excellent first block toys for 1-year-old boys. The soft, colorful blocks topple and bounce. They are large enough for little hands to grasp. This block set helps boost motor and cognitive development. The kid-friendly artwork encourages matching numbers, animals, and shapes. The before and after flaps can be used for sequential thinking and storytelling.
Why We Recommend:
Open-ended play promotes creativity while having fun
Interactive, multi-sensory design
Promotes motor as well as cognitive development
Soft and safe for little ones
Large, soft blocks are easy for little hands to grip.
For young learners, the act of picking up a toy and stacking in on another practices the skill of grip and release. It also strengthens their depth perception and hand-eye coordination. Tobbles Neo by Fat Brain Toy Co. are bright and cheerful stacking toys for 1-year-old boys. Tobbles unique texture makes them easy for little ones to grip and provides a distinctive sensory experience. The gentle, playful curves make Tobbles Neo a truly tactile experience. The 6 vibrant, weighted pieces stack on top of each other at various angles.
Why We Recommend:
Promotes motor as well as cognitive skills
Texture and shape create a unique tactile sensory experience
The Pound and Roll by Battat has so many opportunities for development and learning through play. Pounding the hammer on the ball strengthens hand-grip, arm strength and hand-eye coordination. As your 1-year-old pounds the balls through the mix and match colored holes, he is learning about cause-and-effect. It’s such a fun experience when the ball falls through and tumbles down the maze. So, toddlers will want to do it again! He may even need to get up and chase after a ball witch promotes gross motor skills. This toy comes with 4 balls, hammer, base, and maze.
Your little boy can become the tiny hero of the little people community with the interactive Little People Animal Rescue playset. The discovery button on the trunk turns on the fire station light. Sending the firefighter and his truck into action turns on songs and phrases. There is also a helicopter for air support. There is a puppy and kitty to rescue and transport to the adoption center. With this super fun playset, toddlers see how animals depend on people to care for and assist their four-legged friends. This little people play set offers Soft tree leaves, bright colors, and fun lights and sounds to stimulate your toddler’s developing senses. Pressing the discovery button and sending the firetruck with all its fun sounds promotes the development of cause-and-effect. This toy also encourages emotional development and self-expression as kids rescue and care for animals, they are learning through play what it feels like to take care of someone else.
Why We Recommend:
Includes Little People figures: Mia and Firefighter Rob as well as dog and cat
Lights and sounds stimulate visuals and auditory sense
The Spin & Giggle Giraffe by Bright Starts keeps toddlers engaged and on the move. Your 1-year-old can drop balls in the giraffe’s mouth from sitting or standing. The giraffe will count, play music, and light up. Silly sounds and songs play at the push of a button. Press on the horns, and the giraffe spins around until all the balls pop out. Then your child can crawl, walk, or run after them! This toy encourages gross motor skills and engages in cause and effect play. 6 colorful balls are included.
These 9 Sensory Balls from EduShape make excellent toys for 1-year-old boys. They offer many different interesting sensory experiences. Help your little one develop their tactile senses with this brightly-colored sensory balls. Each ball has a unique texture and shape, making them fun to explore and easy to grip. Some make noises, some are easy to squeeze, and some have smooth ridges and bumps to trace. This set comes with 5″ Green, triangle ball, 7” Red, see-me ball, 4” Yellow and 4″ orange see-me ball, 2.5” Purple, peanut-shaped ball, 3” Red and 3″ yellow massage ball, 7” Rainbow soft ball, 5” Stripes ball.
Why We Recommend:
Tactile and auditory sensory experiences
Gross motor play such as rolling, kicking, chasing balls
My Busy Town by Alex Toys lets your little one imagine he is out and about on the town. This toys is designed to keep kids busy and keep their imaginations stimulated. The 5 sides of fun include curvy bead mazes, peek-a-boo open and close doors, race car rollers, animal matching and alphabet tiles. All of this is on a sturdy wooden base. The Busy Town promotes imaginative play and fine motor skills.
Why We Recommend:
So much for children to explore
Can be played with while sitting or standing
Fun colors and images
Promotes imaginative play and fine motor skills
Sturdy wooden base
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II) Educational Toys for 1-Year Old Boys
1. Einstein Box for Kids
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The Einstein Box of Kids includes many fun items that will help your one-year-old learn words, shapes, animals, and more. This comes with several different age-appropriate books and toys that will teach your child while they enjoy themselves.
What Stands Out:
For parents looking to keep their one-year-old boy busy without using a screen, this is one of the best toys you can buy.
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2. DUMMA Music Bus
The DUMMA Music Bus is a toy bus that your baby can wheel across the floor. It also includes detachable animal pieces that make noises and music for your child to enjoy. That way, your baby can have fun with the sights and sounds this toy provides.
What Stands Out:
This toy will make noises in response to the way your baby chooses to play with it.
This toy comes with five included activities, such as mazes and shapes for sorting. With so many options, your kid will not be bored as they play through the many options that the TOP BRIGHT Wooden Activity Cube gives to them.
What Stands Out:
The TOP BRIGHT Wooden Activity Cube includes five separate games in a single toy.
Combining music with fun work tool toys, the CifToys Musical Learning Workbench is one of the best toys you can buy for your one-year-old boy. Pieces like hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers will excite your child about the world of construction.
What Stands Out:
This toy comes with tools that make realistic sounds when they are in use.
When it comes to learning words, few toys are better for your baby than the LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book. This book will teach 100 easy but important words in a way your child can understand.
What Stands Out:
Language learning experts collaborated to select the words included in this toy.
Personalize the Wood Land Wooden Personalized Name Puzzle with your child’s name. Then watch as they work to place each letter in its correct position. This toy also lets you include a personal inscription on the back.
What Stands Out:
The handmade touch of this toy will make it a lovely personalized toy that your baby will love and appreciate.
The Glitzby Babies First Christmas Ornament gives your baby a way to play and remember their first holiday season. This gift includes personalization so that you can choose the images and words that appear on your child’s block.
What Stands Out:
What begins as a fun building block becomes a memorable first Christmas ornament.
These Bloobloomax Rattle Sock Baby Toys have fun faces and rattles. When your baby lies on their back while wearing them, they can look at the colors and hear the noise of their feet moving. The uniqueness of this toy is what will make it one they won’t forget.
What Stands Out:
Rattles on these socks will help your baby stay entertained even as they lay down for some rest.
What better way to celebrate your baby’s first birthday than making it all about them? This book is customizable so that you can include your boy’s name and any other interesting details about them. That way, they will have a first birthday that they can look back on fondly.
What Stands Out:
Personalization makes this book a story all about your baby.
The GUND My First Sports Bag is a plush playset that has a basketball, baseball, football, and soccer ball inside. If your baby grows up to be an athlete, then this is a toy that they will look back on with happiness.
What Stands Out:
This soft version of a sports bag is the perfect introduction to sports for your baby.
This toy comes with seven individual vegetable toys that your baby boy can remove and return to and from their respective holes. The differing shapes and sizes of these vegetables encourage your child to strengthen their hand-eye coordination.
What Stands Out:
This toy comes with safe materials that are smooth to the touch and help your baby develop their motor skills.
2. aotipol Car Ramp Toys with 6 Cars & Race Tracks
The aotipol Car Ramp Toys with 6 Cars & Race Tracks is unlike nearly any other car ramp toy because it includes a total of six tracks. That variation will help your baby with their visual tracking skills.
What Stands Out:
Rather than a single track, this car toy gives your child plenty of ways to play and race their cars.
Different shapes and hole patterns make the Pebira Wooden Sorting & Stacking Toy more engaging than any other stacking toy. The sizing of the pieces is also perfectly crafted to fit in a one-year-old’s hands.
What Stands Out:
Multiple shapes help your child learn and stay engaged.
The Springflower Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle invites your child to piece together a few colorful animals. This game helps them learn their shapes, animals, and colors simultaneously. All the while, the puzzles remain easy enough for a one-year-old to solve.
What Stands Out:
All materials in this set are BPA-free and environmentally friendly.
This game comes with wooden pieces that encourage your child to harvest carrots and fish for worms. Those choices give your kid plenty of freedom as they engage with the Uahapy Carrot Harvest Game. Smooth edges ensure your child won’t get any cuts.
What Stands Out:
A single toy gives your one-year-old multiple games to play.
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