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Laura Gehl, Daniel Wiseman and HarperCollins have teamed up to bring you the Baby Scientist board book series that’ll awaken your child’s curiosity (and maybe yours, too!) Your budding scientist will love the simple language, familiar settings, and adorable illustrations, while fascinating facts (like, did you know ants can live in space?) will make Baby Astronaut, Baby Oceanographer and Baby Botanist three books you don’t mind reading over and over again. Note: I cannot express how awesome Fat Brain Toys are. Find it on the Fat Brain site and on Amazon. Each textured ball can spin and is filled with rattling beads. Curious kiddos will love exploring cause and effect as they push on one ball and another pops out. This is basically the “Whack-a-Mole” game, but for babies. Your kid will be a scientist before bath time is over.

The Rain Cloud uses simple physics to suck up and dispense water, similar to a pipette. The tub is the perfect place for a lesson about the water cycle, and this cute little cloud (which can be easily opened to clean) is just the toy to teach the concept. It’s fun to see the innovation involved in creating new combinations. Over time they have come to realize that the tubes can be stacked and attached in different ways to make something new happen every time they pour the water through. My 3 and 1-year-old both love creating their own little science lab and discovering what happens when they pour water through the different-colored pipes. These pipes are a definite favorite in our bathtub. Practice different animal sounds and pair a great animal story with these magnets and instill a love of zoology in your kiddo. It’s no secret that kids love animals, and they will definitely get a kick out of exploring the 20 different wild and domesticated critters in this set. Babies love learning about cause and effect as they turn, twist and push the colored buttons to reveal a different critter hiding inside each corresponding colored “lid”. Pop-Up Pals are a classic toy that you probably had when you were a kid, and they’ve stood the test of time for good reason. The soft, dangling feet crinkle and squeak, inviting curious little ones to grasp, grab and squeeze this simple and fun story. If there’s a cuter way for your baby to learn about different animals, I don’t know what it is. The xylophone can also be pulled out and played separately. Problem-solving skills of logic, color matching, spatial relationships and an understanding of cause and effect will be developed as your little one uses the hammer and colored balls to make music on the xylophone keys below. This toy gives the phrase “getting hammered” a whole new meaning. Little ones will learn about cause and effect as they rearrange the gears to decide which gears need to go where in order to make them turn! I feel like it’s what you think of when you hear “STEM toys for babies”. Toddlers one and up will love removing, sorting and stacking the eleven gears in this building set and watching them spin, light up, and play music. Science Baby Toys Playskool Explore ‘N Grow Busy Gears STEM toys for babiesĬheck out our roundup of the best toys to give your little genius a head start from a young age. Believe it or not, many of the activities your baby engages in before they can even say the word STEM can help to grow their knowledge, creativity, critical thinking skills, and passions in the areas of Science, Technology, and Math. STEM an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – 4 educational disciplines that have been receiving a lot of attention thanks to their prevalence in the careers of today and the future. STEM is more than just science experiments and coding robots. If you’ve been a member of our planet within the past few years, you’ve probably heard the acronym “STEM” and probably pretended to know what it meant while making a secret mental note to Google it later. The Verywell Family team of editors (who are parents or have nieces and nephews of their own) have tested, gifted, and personally recommend every item we feature.Post contains affiliate links. When it comes to toys and gifts for kids, our team has you covered. She has a 3-year-old son and an infant daughter and is the co-founder of Loonie Kid, a Canadian clothing company for kids and toddlers. She enjoys working with startups and regularly covers product launches in the lifestyle, beauty, and motherhood space. Deanna McCormack is a freelance writer & creative consultant based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
