After the first year, infants adopt the ‘pincer grasp’ where they use their thumb and index finger to grasp even very tiny objects. Toys that name alphabet letters and everyday words satisfy young children’s need for repetition and rehearsal when practicing words and sounds.

Easy-to-grab handle is perfect for little hands while encouraging crawling, exploration and motor skill development.

Toys that reliably make a noise when pressed, pulled or touched teach babies that their actions have an effect on the world. Adults can facilitate babies’ language development by playing with them, focussing on particular toys, reading books and naming everyday objects. You’re not relying on a manufacturers sales description telling you just how good their product is, you’re getting genuine feedback from actual users of the product.

Sound and movement attract a baby’s attention; if a toy is placed almost within reach of babies their movements become more animated. When young babies watch a mobile they are constantly moving their head, arms, legs and even their mouths in response to the movement of the toy. Includes 7 sing-along songs and 12 melodies and features an English speaking voice that promotes recognition and accelerates learning. This enables the baby to continue with their experiment and learn more about cause and effect; babies learn a great deal through repetition and it is good to facilitate opportunities where babies can begin to understand that, for instance, a toy will always fall to the ground.This gives you a really good feel for what the normal product would cost but also giving you an idea of just how cheap you can find it or the opposite, just how expensive some are. Children who use their imagination when playing with other children are increasing their social competence and their understanding of other people.

Press the 3 light-up buttons to learn about colours, shapes and numbers or spin the animal spinner to learn fun animal facts along with their characteristics. The grasping, at first, is quite clumsy but through repetition, and across time, infants become adept at grasping and develop fine motor skills.Pressing the number buttons will introduce numbers and colours and will help develop fine motor skills. Fun phrases encouraging baby to pull the string makes the kitten move and the ball of wool turn which helps promote motor skills to your little one. PULL ALONG TOY: This activity Elephant's legs feature wheels that trigger music when on the move and allows your little one to treat it as a pull along toy. In fact to be precise we found 17 products from Vtech that were more expensive and 17 that were cheaper. Imaginative and social pretend play is beneficial for children as it allows them to explore different ways of viewing the world.

Pull the friendly elephant along to hear lots of music, fun sounds and watch his ears flap up and down! A delightful example of this is when babies begin to explore gravity by dropping toys whilst sitting in their highchair. VTech toys offer babies and children the opportunity to learn more about cause and effect by pressing buttons and listening to the sounds, moving toys around and playing educational computer games.

This is of course why we can’t stress enough the importance of reading lots of reviews, as it will really help you to get a good feel for how good the quality is. Children demonstrate that they have understood the concept of cause and effect when they talk about the consequence of actions. You will often see young babies in a bath reaching with their legs towards a floating toy and kicking. This happy and cute elephant wants to play and explore with your little one, making him the perfect companion!