Well, if you have, then I'm sure that these five tips will be a big help to you in choosing the best toy to give -- toys that are fun but still educational. Tip number one is to be sure that you are buying a toy that really is for a toddler. Sometimes we may over-estimate them and treat them like bigger children. Wood crafted educational toys, aside from being painstakingly developed to encourage learning and discovery among children, are also painstakingly created and manufactured (mostly by hand). The fact that most wooden educational toys are hand made account for their bigger value, both in price and in terms of instrinsic worth. Playskool and The Baby Einstein Company make the toy line. It is unique because it is for the children's and the parent's exploration in art, music, language and poetry. Each toy package has a video, a play guide that gives play hints and a special and exclusive multimedia CD of classical music. A new educational toy is the Leapster L-Max Learning Game System, from Leapfrog. Let's say you were to give many toys to your little girl or boy, but the toys would not help them in a useful way; your child most probably won't be able to enjoy them and use them for their learning. Examples of quality educational toys are toys that connect to science and discovery. These toys are very functional and enjoyable for children with the ambition to be a scientist, geologist, chemist and other science related professions. Toys are what children almost always interact with, and exposing them to a number of well-chosen educational toys will boost their individual growth. As parents and adults who choose these toys, however, we must realize that educational toys are made according to a child's age and learning pace. Thus, we must only purchase and gift toys that are appropriate for the kid we are giving it to, otherwise, our purpose of teaching and instilling knowledge will be defeated. Regular play will not only give the children their needed physical activities, as would the need of adults to have a daily chore or regular work, but also a venue to develop their personality, emotional capability, and even overall traits, that will help them in coping with the world that they live in as they grow.