A jaunty little green and blue car that runs with zippy pull back action. For starters, you'll be making the car take off and baby will scoot after it. The see-through top of the car has pop beads that bounce about and make a popping sound. A fun toy for crawling babies.  Eventually baby will also learn how to make the car run. 6 months & up.

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

SNAP IDEAS: Big and chunky and easy to activate, this is an ideal first car for rolling back and forth. There are no buttons to turn on or keys to wind up. The pull back action will take some extra time. Put some small blocks in a stack and let it rip! Kids will enjoy the power of making the blocks go kaboom!

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009.

Push the Illumination Station on the high chair tray, give the polka-dotted ball a swipe and watch baby's face when the twirling ball lights up! There are lots of moving parts that will lend interest to this two-way toy. It can be suctioned to a tabletop or snap it off of the stand and baby can use it for free handed play. 6 months & up.

            The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

SNAP INFO: Finding toys that respond with a swipe of the hand is not always easy. This clever spinning high chair toy can be used as a hand held tether and rattle. Suction held toys often do not hold well. This one is better than most, thus freeing you from holding the toy and empowering a child to make it work. There is plenty to see, hear, and feel as balls and clackers with bold graphics and textures turn. This newest version also has a light that goes on as the toy spins. Best of all, it detaches to become a two-handed toy to explore.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Share the bold contrast, black and white patterns on each page of this oblong plastic book. These are images that even newborn babies are fascinated with and will enjoy looking at again and again. Once they get past the gazing stage you can fill the eight photo pockets of this handy dandy little book with 4 X 6 photos of friends and family. There are colored tabs at the end of each page that make for easier turning by little hands.  A black and white handle makes this easy for baby to grasp and probably, chew,too.  No words on the pages but plenty of people to talk about.

            The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

An update of an old favorite, this high chair toy has a big suction cup to fasten on the high chair or it can be detached from its stand and used for two handed play. The bold contrast spinners are sure to attract visual attention and delight babies who love the power of toys that they activate with ease. There are two see-through balls with spinners inside and bright colored clackers that invite exploration by little fingers. 6 months & up.

 The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

SNAP INFO: Finding toys that respond with a swipe of the hand is not always easy. This clever spinning high chair toy can be used as a hand held tether and rattle. Suction held toys often do not hold well. This one is better than most, thus freeing you from holding the toy and empowering a child to make it work. There is plenty to see, hear, and feel as balls and clackers with bold graphics and textures turn. Best of all, it detaches to become a two-handed toy to explore.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Shaped like a telephone handset, the bright blue and orange handle has textured ridges that are interesting to see, touch and eventually taste. The end-pieces of the rattle have red rings and high contrast black and white bulls-eye on one end and beads that rattle in a mirrored dome on the other end. It has a quiet amount of sound so it will not startle a very young baby. It is bigger than some other phone rattles and may be a better choice for slightly older children.

            The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2009.

Designed for one of baby's favorite games is filling and spilling, this see through plastic jar has colorful soft monkeys, bunches of plastic bananas and some plastic barrels for the monkeys to roll, stack, or sit on. There is no trick in getting the plastic pieces to clunk as they are dropped into the big barrel. And the neck of the jar is big enough to allow the objects to be dumped out with ease. Baby will need you to screw on the lid or unfasten it and play again. Once it is closed it has a carry handle that baby will like to use. Simplistic as this game sounds, it is really one of those repetitive games that little ones enjoy. Picking up an object and releasing it on purpose is no small feat for beginners. Save the shape sorters for later. This is on the mark for sitting up babies and young toddlers.  The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

A small addition to the Stack 'n Surprise Blocks line, this jolly little Caterpillar has a happy yellow face and two segments on its back to load on the pop-up blocks. Push the blocks and the go "boing!"  In the same line, look for the Dump Truck, Count 'n Build Snail Pail, and Stack 'n Surprise Blocks Songs 'n Smiles Sillytown. They say 6-36 months. We'd say more like 9 months & up.

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

A small addition to the Stack 'n Surprise Blocks line, this jolly little working Dump Truck comes with two pop-up blocks. Push the head in the truck cab and the dump truck lifts and spills the block it carries. In the same line, look for the Blockity-Pop Caterpillar, Count 'n Build Snail Pail, and Stack 'n Surprise Blocks Songs 'n Smiles Sillytown. They say 6-36 months. We'd say more like 9 months & up.

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

A fun and jolly engine with an easy to grab handle and big yellow smokestack button that lights up and makes sounds when baby pushes it. It hooks up easily to a little train car and both engine and are loaded with the pop up Stack 'n Surprise Blocks that move up and down as the train rolls along. It has silly sounds and music (that can be turned off) and lots of other colorful rollers and big beads that baby can swipe and turn. A great choice for babies who are starting to crawl. In the same line, look for the Blockity Pop Caterpillar, Dump Truck, Count 'n Build Snail Pail, and Stack 'n Surprise Blocks Songs 'n Smiles Sillytown. They say 6-36 months. We'd say more like 9 months & up.

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Featuring the new Stack 'n Surprise Blocks that pop up when stacked, this is the top of the line play set. It includes 8 colorful pop up blocks that are activated when they are placed on a platform and baby spins the musical roller. It plays many tunes and interesting sounds. There is also a little wheeled toy that slides down a ramp when baby hits a big lever and on the opposite side of the play setting there is a block drop that responds to a swipe of a hand. The lift and dump activity is a little tricky, but pleasing once baby gets the hang of what fits into the window opening. We think the best parts of this toy are the little pop up blocks with smiling peek-a-boo faces on them. There are smaller sets in this line that are less costly and totally satisfying. Look for the Peek-a-boo Choo-Choo, Count ‘n Build Snail Pail, the Blockity Pop Caterpillar and Dump Truck. These are good examples of  toys that baby can quickly learn to activate and get a pleasing sense of being able to make things happen. They say 6-36 months, we'd say 9 months is probably a better start time. 

The company has signed a verification form complying with our safety requirements. We did not independently test this toy in a lab.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.