10 Best Toys for 10-Month-Olds Reviewed in 2024

Age Range

Fisher-Price doesn’t list any official age limitations for this toy. Users cited children as young as 2 months old enjoying this, but most babies that seemed to grasp and enjoy the toy were six months or older.

Educational Value

The keyboard helps encourage fine motor skills. Children will also learn to listen and repeat with the music and sounds available. If you want to exercise your little one’s walking skills, use the sliding walker and the mat encourages them to move by playing sound when they step.

Emotional Development

Music has proven to be behind a whole host of physical and emotional benefits, including increased overall mood and better memory retention. Start your little ones with the gift of music early by using this versatile mat and play station!

Sensory Stimulation

All of the lights, sounds, and varied textures are sure to keep Baby engaged here!

Design

There are four modes of play with this kit: short play, long play, baby makes the music, and a setting where little ones can try to follow along with three pre-programmed songs. This setup is great for young children as it can be used and reused over months and years; just reconfigure it to the appropriate layout for your child’s age range and abilities.

Age Range

The Teddy Bedtime Book is appropriate for children between 0 months and 3 years of age.

Educational Value

Not only will they adore this cute little story, but it makes for a fun activity before bedtime as well. Teddy is a loveable character and your baby will love the fact that they can control him and watch him act out all of the activities that you're reading to them. Teddy can go through all the motions for which your child will be responsible for, which will help them apply knowledge to the physical act of following a command.

Emotional Development

This book comes in its own carrying case so not only will you always know where it is, but it'll be well-protected as well. It's the book that has everything and will make a perfect first book for your baby's collection.

Sensory Stimulation

This fuzzy little book features Teddy, the main character, attached to a string so that he can be removed and placed throughout various scenes in the book

Design

If it's time for Teddy to take a bath, he can be placed in the bath, when it's time for him to go to bed, he can be tucked in, etc. This book is a brilliant way for your baby to get a feel for following a story without even knowing how to read.

Age Range

Melissa and Doug recommend these darling pullback vehicles for children between 9 months and 4 years of age.

Educational Value

This also enables you to switch around each set of wheels in order to let your child push around the car of their choice. Each plush is tastefully decorated to look like a fun cartoon car.

Emotional Development

These stand apart from your traditional car toys because they are very similar to a stuffed animal. Since they're not hard cars, there's no need to worry about your baby injuring themselves if they wave them around or throw them.

Sensory Stimulation

These cars look simple but are really quite brilliant. If you inspect them closely enough, you'll notice that the bottom of the car is completely removable. That means you can remove the wheels of each vehicle and they instantly become stuffed plushy cars. This is great when traveling or on car rides, if your baby insists on bringing their favorite toy car because they won't need to bring any clunky, spinning wheels with them.

Design

Being able to remove the wheels allows for plenty of versatility when it comes to playing. Your baby will be able to crawl along with their car or play with these plushies from a stationary, sitting-up position.

Age Range

The Baby Explore Hedgehog is intended for children six months and older. Young ones may have some initial trouble pulling and pushing together the accordion but they can continue to enjoy this for another 2-3 years.

Educational Value

This rubberized accordion teaches children basic fine motor skills. It encourages grasping, dexterity, and hand-eye coordination. It also exercises cause and effect comprehension and creative play.

Emotional Development

Music provides tons of benefits: mental, physical, and spiritual! Children that listen to music show better aptitude for information retention and elevated dispositions. Children that learn to read and play music also show high critical thinking and comprehension skills!

Sensory Stimulation

Baby can enjoy grasping this accordion as well as learning to push it together and pull it apart to create fun, varied melodies. It’s durable with rubberized detailing for teethers and a bright, cute design that will draw little eyes.

Design

With lots of bright colors and a cute little animal face, this strikes a pleasing and friendly aesthetic that babies and toddlers will be drawn to. We love the extra bells and whistles: namely the rattling beads and the fact that this is teething friendly!

Age Range

VTech’s Little Critter Moosical Beads Cow is suitable for children between 0 and 2 years of age.

Educational Value

VTech always has some kind of educational benefit to their toys and this one comes in the form of following directions. When babies press the right button, they'll slowly learn to associate the direction with the color or shape they've just pressed.

Emotional Development

They'll be rewarded by praise from their new toy and will feel satisfied knowing they did a good thing.

Sensory Stimulation

This moose is capable of singing, playing music, but also saying things such as "hug me" and commands such as "yellow circle". It's not just a stuffed animal -- It's an interactive game! Your child will be prompted to press one of several buttons that the moose is holding and this, in turn, will help them with their listening skills.

Design

While your baby is learning, it can be challenging to get them to stop what they're doing and just listen. This toy can do that simply because it draws in their attention and uses the aspect of being a toy to encourage them to do what's asked.

Age Range

At 10 months, this might be a little bit of a challenge, but your child will grow into these shapes and pegs and can enjoy them up through about 5 years of age. Most parents recommend it for children between 1-3, though, as it becomes easy for 4 and 5 year olds.

Educational Value

At ten months old, they can definitely handle a brain-bender such as this and take away plenty to add to their skill set and development.

Emotional Development

Each set of pieces is a different color to avoid confusion and they've all been carefully crafted in order to be completely safe for your baby. Puzzles are helpful at any age and this is a great activity to take on with your baby.

Sensory Stimulation

Similar to the concept of the sorting cube, this is a much more spread-out layout of the same idea. This geometric sorting puzzle can be a huge part in your baby's shape and number recognition. Each set of pegs has holes that are specific to certain pieces and the trick is to figure out which piece goes on which set of pegs.

Design

This puzzle looks very simple but once you watch your baby play with it, you'll start to realize that the gears are really turning. It'll provide a doable challenge for them and as long as you provide the encouragement, they'll be able to complete it.

Age Range

This flashy baby piano doesn’t come with an officially recognized age range. Parents and users typically cited ages 6 months to two years as being the most appropriate time for this toy, with children really beginning to grasp the concepts presented around 10 to 12 months.

Educational Value

This piano goes far beyond the method of sound, though; it will teach your baby all kinds of things from numbers to shapes and everything in between. With each press of a key, your baby will be learning something brand new.

Emotional Development

These keys are also surprisingly soft which means they'll be pleasant for your little one to touch and won't break easily. The piano responds quickly and is perfect for use at home or on the go in the car or at a friend's house.

Sensory Stimulation

The combination of lights, as well as sound, has a reputation for gaining the attention of babies. They'll be fully engaged and ready to learn but also ready to create their own music with this easy-to-play piano.

Design

Music can be a powerful tool when it comes to learning and that's something Baby Einstein knows well. This mini piano only comes with four keys but trust us -- Four keys is definitely enough for a baby symphony!

Age Range

Melissa and Doug suggest this hammer and peg set for children between 2 and 4 years old. Many users and parents have babies as young as 8 months old that enjoy this but make sure you supervise little ones when they play with this set, as the hammer is real wood and can do damage if thrown or swung hard.

Educational Value

While it's no carnival game, this pounding bench will still improve your baby's muscle mass and their coordination. These bobbing heads will keep them guessing and have them taking swings whenever they sense another one coming back up to the surface.

Emotional Development

Your baby will be so excited when they realize the point of this game is, indeed, to hit them! It's hours of fun just waiting to happen and also a great way for your baby to feel comfortable standing while building strong muscles.

Sensory Stimulation

At ten months, your baby is likely beginning to take their first steps which means that they'll need toys that adapt to that. This bench is essentially a manual version of the popular "Whack-A-Mole" game that we all grew up with, except much more baby-friendly. The mallet is designed for small hands and the "peek-a-boo" feature keeps each little smiling block bobbing up and down for an adequate challenge.

Design

This pounding bench is nothing short of genius on the part of Melissa & Doug. Their toy creations are always well-met and held in high regard by kid and parents alike, but this bench is fun and extremely entertaining to babies of all ages.

Age Range

The VTech Musical Rhymes Book is appropriate for children as young as 6 months and as old as 3 years of age.

Educational Value

VTech is back at it again with a book that's encouraging of both learning and reading. While some might think that a book that talks back is somewhat overwhelming, it's actually very helpful when it comes to getting your baby involved and interacting. This book has over 40 different phrases and melodies that will have your baby talking back in no time, along with five piano buttons that your baby can press to play various sounds and musical notes.

Emotional Development

It'll give them a sense of belonging to be able to add to the story via music and sounds while you read, and it'll strengthen your bonding time together.

Sensory Stimulation.

The story itself is fun and goes along well with all the various features of this book and your baby will have a blast playing along.

Design

We love that this book is instructive as much as it is informative. The illustrations are fun and engaging and the interaction from the book itself will motivate your baby and get them involved in the storytelling.

Age Range

The VTech Musical Rhymes Book is appropriate for children as young as 6 months and as old as 3 years of age.

Educational Value

This game will help kids improve their shape recognition as well as their hand-eye coordination and they learn to match the shape with the shape.

Emotional Development

The addition of the strings to this game allows it to be moved without any pieces being lost and make playing easy, as kids only need to pull the string to get each piece out. It's made of durable and safe material so it's very baby-friendly and is lightweight.

Sensory Stimulation

Similar to the sorting cube by Melissa & Doug that we saw earlier, the Oombee Cube operates under the same theory. This cube has all types of shapes that are connected to it via a string and the object of the game is to place each shape in its correctly-shaped hole.

Design

The addition of the strings makes this sorting cube that much safer and easier to use. It would be great for babies younger than ten months as well but provides an adequate challenge to those who are ten months or just older.