Collection: Balls

The Importance of Ball Play in Childhood Development:

All children can benefit from (and will likely enjoy) rolling, catching, kicking, dribbling, and tossing a ball. Playing with balls is an inexpensive, readily available, and versatile activity that improves kids' motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and timing, which are important parts of the developmental progression of toddlers. The skills children develop by learning to play with balls will also be key once they graduate to collaborative and competitive play.

What Your Child Learns

Balls are must-have toys and the benefits of playing with balls are immense. You can introduce them to your baby very early on because they immediately strengthen motor skills and familiarize little ones with their environment.

Rolling a ball back and forth is also a way to build a social bond between two people (you and your baby, or your baby and a sibling or playmate). This turn-taking game is also an introduction to the concept of cause and effect.

Toddlers will enjoy discovering a ball's abilities and the different effects of bouncing, rolling, tossing, and kicking it.  A ball will remain an entertaining toy as your child transitions from independent play and parallel play to collaborative play, which is vital in developing social skills, such as learning how to share, how to follow rules, and how to negotiate.