With this touch pad, storybooks come alive with the touch of a finger. The touch pad includes one starter book and two activity cards. More books can be purchased separately and feature tear-resistant pages. The touch pad gives you and your child a story-time experience rich with songs, sounds, activities and options that will make the experience fun and unique each time.And the Learning System is designed to grow with with your child! Each book lets you choose from 3 learning experiences, each designed to keep your child engaged and stimulates development.

Recommended price $29.99 at LeapFrog.com.

Every child can be a bathtime Mozart! Tap each dolphin on the head to hear a different note in an eight-note scale. Hook the inner tubes together to keep the notes in order, or let the dolphins float freely. Box features three color-coded songs for beginners. Ages 18 months and up.

Recommended price $19.95 at Skymall.com.

There is so much to discover! Little ones have a ball as they spin, bat, roll and learn.Babies press any letter on the ball to hear the letter name, letter sound or one of 26 classic tunes. Then they spin or roll the ball to hear the “ABC” song, or one of three other melodies, while twinkling lights flash to the beat. The music stops when the ball stops, encouraging your little one to spin or roll again and again.

Infants spin the Discovery Ball in its base; toddlers detach the ball for roll-around fun.

Recommended price $19.99 at Leapfrog.com.

This is the absolute supreme gift set for any infant or toddler on your gift list. The Ultimate Baby Einstein Collection comes with the entire selection of award-winning DVDs. Each DVD shows a variety of toys and visuals combined with music, stories, numbers and words of many languages. From Baby Van Gogh to Baby Shakespeare, these DVD’s are wonderful learning tools for your baby. Babies absolutely LOVE these DVD’s!

Recommended price $369.99 at Disneyshopping.com.

Little ones can pretend to take a picture just like mommy and daddy!The Say Cheese Baby Camera by Gund is a soft toy that has a removable lens cap with velcro that covers a mirror lens. Push button on top for snapshot sound. Approximately 5″ x 5″ x 3.5″. Surface washable. Comes in pink or blue.

Recommended price $12.99 at Amazon.com.

Do you think your child could be the next big music superstar? This piano might be the instrument that gets him/her started!My First Piano (comes in red, pink or white) is the perfect choice for a baby or toddler’s first piano. This 18-key tabletop instrument is both fun and educational and is ideal for use in developing eye-hand coordination and encouraging musical creativity.

Recommended price $59.95 at HipBabyGear.com.

Your child’s imagination will run absolutely wild with this awesome, fun and thought-provoking toy!

Designed in Switzerland, this toy has won countless awards for design and play value. Its simplicity is deceptive — after extensive study of children’s play patterns, Bilibo was designed to stimulate a child’s imagination and be adapted to all kinds of uses. This is a completely open-ended toy that stimulates a child’s imagination. It can be a helmet, sit and spin, doll cradle, train tunnel, shovel, water basin, and much more! Nearly indestructible, suitable for indoors and outdoors. For ages 2 to 7 and is available in 6 colors - blue, yellow, red, lime green, pink and orange.

Recommended price $27.95 at Amazon.com.

Watch it wiggle…see it jiggle…This colorful Whoozit ball encourages gross motor development through cause-and-effect play. Babies can play with a multitude of colored ribbons, and pull on the Whoozit to activate a jiggle mechanism. Bright, bold patterns stimulate growing visual awareness.

Recommended price $12.00 at Pokkadots.com.