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Motor Activities

Which toys can support the movement skills of babies and infants?

How can babies' and infants' motor skills be trained?

How can babies' and infants' motor skills be trained?

Crawling, grasping, walking, smiling, hopping - All of these movement sequences are part of a child's motor skills. That said, there is a difference between gross and fine motor skills. In a nutshell, gross motor skills are comprised of the movement of the entire body, as with walking (for example), and fine motor skills include hand-eye coordination as well as facial expressions.

After the birth: Grip toys, baby rattles, and plush toys promote the development of fine motor skills

Shortly after birth, babies have barely any fine motor skills. Their movements are still largely uncontrolled and abrupt. Since babies' vision in the time after birth isn't quite fully developed yet, they can't recognise objects for what they are. For this reason, babies won't reach out and grasp for their toys intentionally. They see objects as blurred and unclear. This is why grasping is an important part of a child's motoric development. In order to promote this grasping of objects, toys in bright colours with noise and crinkling functions are ideal for animating them to grasp. Driven by curiosity, they start to explore their first toy with their hands and train their motor skills.

Train fine motor skills with grippers, baby rattles and fabric toys

€24.99

Baby Stand-Up Toy "Seaside"

from 8 months
Immediately ready to ship

€29.99

Baby Toy Set "Seaside"

from 0 months
Immediately ready to ship

€19.99

Baby Pram Chain "Seaside"

from 0 months
Immediately ready to ship

€11.99

Baby Rattles Animals Pastel

from 0 months
Immediately ready to ship

€11.99

Musical Rattles Pastel

from 0 months
Immediately ready to ship

€14.99

Baby Rattles Pastel

from 0 months
Immediately ready to ship

Inserting, stacking, sorting & Co. - Promoting the development of fine motor skills with toys

Comprehension of shapes, sizes, and colours first develops step by step. Children have the task of learning to tell the differences between them. Circles, rectangles, and triangles - how do the shapes differ, and which shape fits in which hole? Toys such as shape-fitting games, stacking games, hammering games, balancing games, and games of skill support children in their discover of the world of shapes and trains their fine motor skills in a playful manner. In addition, stacking toys trains dexterity and hand-eye coordination. The young one's patience will also be put to the test simultaneously.

Encourage fine motor skills with plug games, stacking games, games of skill & Co.

€21.99

Stacking Cubes "Arctic"

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€14.99

Stacking Tower "Arctic"

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€14.99

Stacking Tower Lighthouse Big Ocean

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€34.99

Noah's Ark Shape-Fitting Game "Safari"

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€29.99

Rainbow Building Blocks "Safari"

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€16.99

Wooden Balance Blocks "Safari"

from 3 years
Immediately ready to ship

€12.99

Tiger Stacking Tower "Safari"

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€21.99

Stacking Cubes "Safari"

from 12 months
Expected to be available from 24.07.2025

Learning to walk: An important milestone for infants and the development of their gross motor skills

First and foremost: each child has their own individual speed when it comes to the age at which they start to try to walk. Balance and muscle strength must first be present to be able to walk independently. The first attempts at walking start between the 14th and 16th month. Since keeping their balance is still a challenge, baby walkers support children in their mastery of those first steps. Beyond that, a baby walker encourages them to play and discover. Whether as storage space for stuffed animals or insertable elements that promote the development of motor skills - baby walkers are the companions in ages 1 year and up and essential motor activity toys.

Mastering the first steps with a baby walker

€79.99

Fire Brigade Baby Walker

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€109.99

Baby Walker Whale

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€79.99

Baby Walker Toy Box Elephant

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€59.99

Baby Walker Petrol Blue

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€59.99

Baby Walker Copper Red

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€59.99

Baby Walker Slate Grey

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€84.99

Baby Walker "Safari"

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

The next step: Learning to ride a bicycle with balance bikes and trikes

Before children can independently work the pedals, regular training is required. Balance bikes and trikes are the perfect preparation for riding a bicycle. In addition to promoting the development of early childhood motor skills, they also help develop coordination and balance. Balance bikes also motivate kids to exercise and playfully train their physical endurance while also teaching them the rules of traffic safety. It doesn't matter whether they're starting at 12 months or 36 months - balance bikes and trikes are suitable for different age groups. For young children aged 12 months and up, a three-wheeled trike is recommended. It can then be transformed into a classic balance bike when the child's learning progress and balance allow it.

Promoting the sense of balance with wheels and trikes

€99.99

Balance Bike and Trike Maxi Caramel Brown

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€89.99

Training Bike and Trike Sage Green

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€84.99

Training Bike and Trike Turquoise

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€89.99

Training Bike and Trike Turquoise Maxi

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€89.99

Training Bike and Trike Pink Maxi

from 12 months
Immediately ready to ship

€74.99 €99.99

Balance Bike Blue Paper Airplane

from 3 years
Immediately ready to ship

€74.99 €99.99

Balance Bike Pink Hummingbird

from 3 years
Immediately ready to ship
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