One of the toys you'll see in almost every home that has a baby is a stacking ring toy. For good reason too! This type of toy holds numerous advantages — from helping to develop hand-eye coordination, energizing critical thinking, improving fine motor skills as well as teach basic numeracy, logic and color recognition. It's a basic learning toy that also provides hours of fun for little ones which makes it a great gift to expecting parents or little babies at the early stages.
There are hundreds of varieties of stacking toys, so if you're gifting one you'll have lots to choose from. If you're the type of person who wants to avoid analysis-paralysis however, don't fret! We put together a few of our favorites below.
Sassy Stacks Circles, $8.99 on Amazon
A lot of stacks you'll find online will feature smooth and boring donut shaped rings. Not these! In addition to being affordable, we love sassy stacks because in addition to having a great color and pattern variety, each of the rings is also textured which adds an additional layer of sensory exploration for the child.