We know, and celebrate, our kids big important milestones as we rightfully should!! BUT what about those milestones that one would consider less, or under-celebrated?
You know what I mean?? The first time your little one has a ‘phone call’ with a loved one, the first time they try to ‘help’ cook their meal but decided to rather turn your pots and pans into their personal rock band, these milestones, while not as momentous as taking a first step, or uttering their first word, should be celebrated too!! To celebrate these fun moments I am excited to share a few of Gradie’s under-celebrated milestones with you.
Gradie’s first doughnut eating experience.
First time Gradie’s first time shopping for her own clothing.
Gradie’s first time using a Hula Hoop.
Of course there are many more milestones that Gradie has reached and we have celebrated, either by photos and videos shared with family and friends, or by privately celebrating her achievements with her at home or when they took place.
Celebrating these less significant moments is a lot of fun and in today’s day and age of instant photos and video they are easier to document and share, but we obviously still need to pay attention to our little ones milestones and when they’re reaching them. Are they on track with what is expected, should we be concerned about anything along the way.
As new mom’s I know that Jeanna and I have had many questions along the way and have wondered should Gradie be doing this or that yet? Is she behind? Is she ahead?
This is why I am excited to share with you that VTech has created the Expert Panel and Milestones. This panel consists of four experts who have broken down milestones by ages, ranging from newborn until nine years old. Each of these age ranges are broken down into thee following categories;
- Language and Cognitive
- Social and Emotional Development
- Physical and Motor
The milestones information includes product recommendations for what VTech learning toys will be the best match for your child at the specific age they are at to help them reach their milestones as they grow, and they grow so fast!! Read on to see what products we received (pictured below) to test out and how they can be used to help your little one reach their important milestones. Learning while playing – GENIUS!!!
VTech® Spin & Learn Ball Tower™
- Colored balls spin, slide and take a ride to teach children about numbers and colors
- Drop the balls into the top of the tower and listen as it counts or says their color
- This interactive ball tower has more than 100 songs, melodies, sounds and phrases
- Four light-up buttons teach little learners insects, colors and numbers with six manipulative play features to enhance fine motor skills
- Your kids aged 9-36 months will love this, Gradie sure does, and you can pick it up at Amazon for just $29.99
VTech® Sit-to-Stand Ultimate Alphabet Train™
Gradie loves her Alphabet Train – I battle to get her off of it most every day since we received it. She is able to play ten different activities while learning letters, numbers, colors and more. Her favorite right now is counting the blocks as she sticks them into the hole of the train and have them shoot out the bottom and into the caboose.
- The train helps build motor skills with six manipulative features including a storybook, clock, gears and 13 double-sided letter blocks that little ones can plug into the side of the train to learn letters and build their vocabulary – as you can see in the pictures below.
- When little conductors get older, the caboose converts into a wagon they can fill with toys and pull along to develop gross motor skills
- 12-36 months; you can pick it up on Amazon TODAY for just $49.99.
VTech® Write & Learn Creative Center™
- This interactive board teaches kids how to write letters and draw objects step-by-step
- Animated demonstrations help preschoolers follow along to learn proper stroke order for upper and lower case letters
- It even teaches them how to write their name one letter at a time, stroke by stroke
- Drawing activities teach little artists how to progress from lines to simple shapes and how to draw more than 40 different objects
- With more than 70 cheerful melodies and sounds, stamps and stencils, learning to write and draw is tons of fun
- For your kids aged 3-6 years for just $24.99 over at Amazon another great product at a reasonable price!!
VTech® Spinning Lights Learning Hippo™
Another toy that we can’t get Gradie to stop playing with and why would we want her to? She’s playing and as you can see in the picture below she is having a great time. What she doesn’t know is that she is learning while she’s having fun – I see this as a WIN-WIN!! I absolutely love how Gradie sings along to the Hippo song, singing H-I-P-P-O.
- This first vocabulary builder uses moving lights with six fun activities for language development
- Kids can spin the lights around the alphabet circle to learn about letters, phonics, objects, animals and more
- In music mode, they can move the rolling ball to add five fun sounds effects to 26 cheerful melodies
- This toy will be great for your kids aged 18 months-4 years and for just $19.99 on Amazon it is a great deal!!
I know you’re going to be heading onto Amazon right now to pick up these great VTech Learning Toys for your children, or grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc. While you’re doing that make sure you follow VTech on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook – don’t miss out on any new toys and special promotions as they come along – especially as we’re approaching the holiday season.
NOW – I am beyond excited to let you know that you can click HERE to enter to WIN a prize package of VTech Learning Toys – the same four items above that I received, a $125 value!! Imagine the look on your kids face when they receive these amazing items!!
Very nice.Think anything that helps anyone learn something new is a good thing!
I learned that their toys are broken down into age group categories called milestones and then different learning categories: Language and Cognitive, Social and Emotional Development, and Physical and Motor.
I learned about the interactive ball tower has more than 100 songs, melodies, sounds and phrases. Kids would love this
Various vtech toys have encouraged crawling and color recognition and decreased screen time
These would be perfect for my nephew and his girlfriend who are expecting their first child.
How sweet of you to share a few of Gradie’s first milestones! She is adorable. I love that these VTech toys are so fun and help develop the skills that children need. I didn’t know that VTech listed exactly what skills each toy helps develop…very neat! Thanks for sharing!
I learned that there is a small panel that separates the toys into age groups to ensure learning and fun is age appropriate.
I learned that the spin and learn ball tower enhances fine motor skills
They have so many wonderful toys to choose from for all aged children. I also like their durability of their products too.
These are learning toys, so vtech toys encourage things such as crawling, color recognition and decreased screen time. What a great giveaway!
I have been very interested in VTech learning toys for quite a while and have heard rave reviews (like yours) from other parents. These would make great Christmas gifts.
I learned that the VTech Spinning Lights Learning Hippo kids can spin the lights around the alphabet circle to learn about letters, phonics, objects, animals and more while having fun!
I HAVE learned they have a vtech watch im amazed IM ON THE HUNT FOR IT BECAUSE IT WILL TEACH MY GRANDDAUGHTERS HOW TO TELL TIME. THIS IS GREATTT.
That train looks like so much fun! My son really wants the Write & Learn Creative Center.
I learned that Vtech has created the expert panel of milestones they have broken down the milestones by ages ranging from newborn until nine years old.Each of the age ranges are broken down into these categories Language and Cognitive,Social and Emotional Development and Physical and Motor
I have always heard about V-Tech toys. This review was very helpful. Thank you. My grandchildren will really benefit from V-Tech.
i learned vtech makes their toys by age groups that they call milestones
I learned about the interactive ball tower has more than 100 songs, melodies, sounds and phrases.
All of these toys look so awesome, and colorful!! I love VTech Toys, they are so educational and so entertaining and exciting for the littles! My twin son and daughter would have a blast playing with these!
I learned that t VTech has created the Expert Panel and Milestone Its wonderful this company has done this helping parents chose appropriate learning toys
I didn’t know VTech had a category broken down by milestones. Such a great idea! Their toys just get better and better. Thanks for the review. 🙂
This is awesome! Thank you for sharing all of these neat learning toys. I cannot believe that Liam is a toddler and I really hope to get some of these toys for him!
Love all their learning toys! My granddaughter has quite a few
I really like that all their toys are educational.
Those look like some really neat toys and I know my son would enjoy all of them!
i love vtech and learned while playing my babies are learning
V Tech toys are awesome, helps so much with motor skills too
I learned that V-Tech has created a guide of developmental milestones to help parents determine which toys and games are appropriate for your child at each unique age and developmental stage. Wonderful – very helpful for choosing the right toys!
i learned they have so many games and toys for every stage of a childs learning
i like that each toy can help kids in different developmental stages and even grows with the child
I love that VTech has an Expert Panel which guides parents to the best toys for children of every age group, in order to encourage each child’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development.
I like they broke the toys down into milestone and ages so you can get a toy that would be most helpful to your child
These are such good toys for kids to practice their newfound skills with. And fun too.
I love that these toys are geared toward kids reaching their age appropriate milestones.
I learned that VTech has a panel of 4 experts who have broken down milestones by ages, ranging from newborn until nine years old. This helps parents see which toys will help their child improve their development.
that’s awesome that they have a panel of experts (should be more than four, but that’s better than none) that break the milestones down into age groups making the toys better and more age and learning appropriate!