Babies learn about the environment through all of their five senses, developing a sense of the world and their place within it. Learning within these early years lays an important foundation for further growth and development. A baby learns best by actively engaging with their environment – exploring and experimenting with objects, materials and textures. Providing an environment with lots of different activities provides plenty of ways for your child to play and learn.
This list includes 25 baby sensory toys to help them grow and learn through all the stages, from 3 to 24 months. It includes sensory play mats, activity toys and awesome sensory shakers. Lots of things to crinkle and shake, feel and taste!
25 Fabulous Baby Sensory Toys
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 Textured Multi-Ball Set: 6 gorgeous, textured balls. BPA free. Easy for baby to grasp. |
 Bumpy Fabric Ball and Rattle: Features a range of patterns and textures for baby to explore. |
 Sensory Teether Ball: Beautiful, brightly coloured rattle and teething toy. BPA and PVC free. |
 Mini Rainmaker: Fabulous for developing visual and auditory sensory skills, rainmakers are a much loved sensory toy for babies through to preschoolers. |
 Oball Shaker: Easy to hold, musical shaker with colourful beads that create fun sounds. |
 Wooden Teethers: A set of four beautiful wooden teethers. |
 Dino-Sore Textured Teether: Made from food grade silicone, this textured teether is safe for baby to explore with all of the senses. |
 Edushape Sensory See-Me Ball: Nubbly textured balls that are fun to peek through! |
 Plan Toys Roller: A wooden, rainbow roller toy with hidden bell that fascinates little ones as it rolls. |
 Baby Musical Instrument Set: Mini percussion instruments – maraca, shaker, bell and rattle, all suitable for babies from 3 months of age. |
 Skip Hop Bandana Baby: A gorgeous soft toy and teether with lots of textures, sounds and patterns to explore. Great pram toy. |
 Taggies Crinkle Me Toy: Babies love tags and Taggies! Features 8 fabric tags for babies to explore and crinkle and squeaker sounds. |
 Infantino Big Top Discovery Cube: Six sides of fabulous sensory features to see, touch and hear. |
 Infantino Soft Blocks: Easy to grasp, these soft blocks each feature a variety of colours, patterns, textures and sounds. |
 Lots of Links: A set of colourful, tactile links to twist, squeeze, bend and smush! |
 Skip Hop Activity Gym & Play Mat: With multiple play mat fabrics, five multi sensory hanging toys and a baby safe mirror, this play mat provides lots of interesting opportunities for babies to explore with all of their five senses. |
 Water Play Mat: Perfect for tummy time and high chair play, sea creatures play and move in response to baby’s touch. |
 Manhattan Wimmer-Ferguson Cloth Book: A gorgeous soft fabric book with high contrast graphics, crinkle paper flaps and tactile ribbons. |
 Lamaze Peekaboo Forest Cloth Book: Featuring peek-a-boo flaps and fun textures to explore, the Lamaze cloth books are fabulous for encouraging babies and toddlers to discover and learn. |
 Cloth Stacking Ring Toy: Develop visual, auditory and tactile skills, as they problem solve. |
 Playgro Textured Stacking Rings: A fun tactile version of the classic ring stacking toy. |
 Haba Discovery Blocks: Each of these six wooden blocks contains a sensory secret – from a bell to a mirror and even a kaleidoscope! |
 Press and Stay Sensory Blocks: A fabulous first block set, for sitting babies and toddlers. |
 Spinagain Toy: A fun way to encourage both tactile and visual exploration with older babies. Also encourages hand-eye co-ordination, motor dexterity and problem solving. |
 Boon Bath Building Pipes: Have fun with water with this fabulous bathtime toy for babies 12+ months and older. |
Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.
