It’s been almost a year since I became a mom. This year has flown by and there’s nothing more rewarding than watching my daughter learn and grow along the way! Witnessing when a new skill finally clicks and the excitement and pride she feels in that moment will never get old — And I know this is only the beginning.

From the time I knew I was going to be a mom, the brand Lovevery has been on my radar. I grew up going to a Montessori school through Kindergarten, so I have quite an appreciation for Montessori-styled play! Lovevery’s play kits feature toys that are both entertaining and educational for your child’s age range and a guide for parents on how to play. They even offer a guide of ways to extend the life of your Lovevery toys long past the 3-month window for the play kit! With play kits ranging from Month 0 to Month 60, it’s never too early or too late to adapt this educational play into your child’s routine.

 

The Babbler Play Kit

With my daughter’s first birthday quickly approaching, it only made sense that our first Lovevery kit be one that she can enjoy as a one-year-old! The Babbler Play Kit was created for Months 13, 14, and 15, but even at 11 months, we’ve already been able to start exploring the pieces in this kit. If you’re currently on the hunt for educational toys for your child’s first birthday, the Babbler Play Kit checks off so many boxes in one simple set.

The Babbler Play Kit features six toys, a board book, and a play guide. You can also get even more from your play kit through the Lovevery app, which offers weekly updates on your child’s skill level and ways you can age up your toys in the kit for extended play! Let’s take a look through the Babbler Play Kit together.

 

‘Bedtime for Zoe’ Board Book

This board book is an introduction to routine, sequence, and time through a pivotal time of day for children — bedtime! ‘Bedtime for Zoe’ helps your child ease into bedtime through Zoe’s bedtime routine in the book. We’re big readers in the Killebrew household, so I was so excited to see a board book included in the Babbler Play Kit!

 

Bunnies in a Felt Burrow

This cute and cozy toy helps baby to practice bilateral coordination and containment. When we first began exploring the kit together, my daughter loved pulling the sweet bunnies “out” of their burrow! I know as she gets older we can work together on putting them back “in” too.

 

Circle of Friends Puzzle

Peg puzzles are a must for littles as they approach their first birthday, so it’s no surprise there’s one in this one year old play kit! Between the colorful circles and different sized pieces, there are so many ways for baby to play with this for months to come. The guide even offered the fun tip of personalizing the faces under each puzzle piece with photos of family members and friends, which is we definitely plan on doing with our Circle of Friends puzzle!

 

Slide & Seek Ball Run

This tower features a fun slide to watch the balls travel down into the hole at the bottom. Once they disappear inside the box, your child can use one of the four openings around the structure to retreive them again. In addition to the fun lesson in object permanence, the Slide & Seek Ball Run can also help your child get more confident in their balance as they bring the ball to the top of the tower again.

My daughter is still understanding the concepts of this toy, but I know as she enters Months 13, 14, and 15 she will have a blast with this one!

 

Wooden Coin Bank Set

This simple box a chock full of fun for your little one! With three different lids, they can exercise their brains by practicign fine motor precision in a few different ways. The coin lid features wooden coins for them to manipulate into the slot. The carrot lid has creates a cute “carrot patch” for practice in pulling out the carrots, planting them, and eventually pretend play. Finally, the posting lid with trees offers the challenge of small holes to try and fit the trees into, a challenge in fine motor precision and persistence.

We’ve started pulling the objects out of the lid, but I know as she grasps the harder skills she will love challenging herself in new ways with each lid on this box!

 

Wooden Stack & Slot

While this toy looks simple, it includes multiple ways to play! From stacking and unstacking the colored rings on the front to pushing the rings into the slot and watching them roll away,  there are several ways to enjoy this toy which extends the life of its playtime. 

 

The Babbler Play Guide

This play guide features easy-to-follow tips to help you understand your child’s development  through Months 13, 14, and 15. There’s a page for each toy that explains how to introduce it to your child, the skills your child will learn from it, and more.

At the end of the play guide there’s even DIY activity ideas for your child’s age range. What impressed me the most about this is that the activities in the guide not only included simple household items, but even contents of the box your play kit arrived in!

 

I’m so grateful to Lovevery for gifting me my daughter’s Babbler Play Kit! We were able to check off so many important developmental toys for her age in one simple kit and I can’t wait to see what ways we can incorporate these toys into play for Month 26 and beyond. If you’re ready to shop Lovevery Play Kits for your little one, be sure to use my code “LOVEKAITKILLEBREW20” for $20 off of your first play kit! With Play Kits ranging from Months 0 to 60, there’s no better investment for your child (or grandchild) and their brain develpment. Start shopping play kits with Lovevery here! You’ll find the Babbler Play Kit under “1-Year-Old Play Kits” on the site.

Do you have an Amazon registry? Add the Babbler Play Kit straight from the Lovevery Store on Amazon to yours so a loved one can gift your educational play for your future one-year-old! Shop the full Lovevery Store on Amazon here.

It’s been almost 30 years since I started my education with the building blocks of Montessori play, so it feels very full circle to be starting this important educational play journey with my daughter! This may be our first Lovevery Play Kit, but it definitely won’t be our last. I cannot wait to keep growing our collection of developmental and intentional toys that keep the focus on what’s most important — fun!

Which Babbler Play Kit Toy is Your Favorite?