Recommended toys
[This page is not current, with the exception of the "More Advanced Games" category below. A good local source of such games is the German Boardgame Company.]
Infant
- Most Ambi toys
- Stacking cups
- Fisher-Price Activity gym
- Little Tikes birds in nest
- Toy which returns to upright after being pushed over
Toddler toys
- Play kitchen
- Play food (velcro or otherwise)
- Play tools
Blatantly educational
- Tomy owl clock (telling time)
- Think it Through tiles and booklets (Discovery Toys)
Building toys
Imaginary play
- Playmobil
- lots and lots of dressup clothes
Puzzles and games
- Ravensburger puzzles
- Logix
- Word Trio (Discovery toys)
- Guess Who
More advanced games
- Settlers of Catan
- Bohnanza
- Coloretto
- Cartagena
- Blokus
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