When your child crosses the two-year milestone, playtime becomes more than just fun — it's a crucial time for early learning, sensory development, coordination, and imagination. The collection from Skillmatics (0–3 years) offers a range of thoughtfully designed toys ideal for toddlers. Below are ten of their standout picks toys for 2 year old — or around that age — that parents love for their developmental benefits.
1. High Contrast Sensory Cloth Mat
This soft fabric mat is designed for infants and toddlers up to 18 months — but it's a wonderful foundational toy even as your child approaches two. With over 20 animal friends, varied textures, and interactive sounds, this mat supports visual stimulation, sensory processing, and tactile exploration.
The contrasting colours and sounds draw your child’s attention, aiding early observation skills and sensory awareness. It’s particularly useful during tummy time, encouraging reaching, grabbing, and exploring.
2. Peek-A-Boo: Jungle Theme Cloth Book
A soft interactive cloth book from the “Peek-A-Boo” series — featuring brightly coloured jungle animals hidden behind flaps — this toy is perfect for toddlers aged 6 months and older.
For a 2-year-old, this becomes a lovely tool for language development, object recognition (“What’s behind the flap?”), and early storytelling. The tactile nature of a cloth book also helps with fine motor skills as little fingers learn to lift flaps.
3. Build And Bop: Stacking & Toppling Toy for Toddlers
A popular toddler toy for ages 1–4, the “Build And Bop” stacking and toppling toy encourages balancing, aiming, and understanding cause-and-effect.
For a 2-year-old, this is ideal for hand-eye coordination, problem-solving (how to stack without toppling), and basic motor skills as they build and knock down towers — a playful way to build early logical thinking.
4. Peek-A-Boo Monkey Toy — Interactive Plush with Sound & Motion
This interactive plush toy (12 months+) adds movement and sound to playtime. The monkey lifts cloth, moves its arms, and makes playful sounds — ideal for toddlers ready for interactive, engaging toys.
Such toys can trigger curiosity, encourage cause-and-effect understanding (press or move → reaction), and delight toddlers with surprises — which also builds emotional connection and recognition.
5. Puppet Book: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
An interactive finger-puppet cloth book that brings nursery rhymes and animals to life. A great choice for toddlers (6–24 months) and perfectly suitable for 2-year-olds.
As you narrate the rhyme, your child can touch, feel, and point to animals — fostering early language development, animal recognition, and even pre-reading skills.
6. Puppet Book: “The Wheels on the Bus”
Another engaging cloth book with finger puppets, designed for toddlers aged 6–24 months — but equally fun and useful for a 2-year-old.
This encourages rhythm, memory, and early language skills as kids learn the verses, point to characters, or mimic sounds. The tactile interaction boosts hand–eye coordination and attention span.
7. Push & Pop: TV Remote (Sensory & Fidget Toy)
A simple but effective sensory/fidget toy for ages 9–24 months — great for toddlers around two who are exploring cause and effect.
Kids love pressing buttons, hearing clicks or pops, and seeing immediate responses. This helps with fine motor skills, finger coordination, cause-effect understanding, and can become a quiet, focused play option.
8. Push & Pop: Mobile Phone (Sensory & Fidget Toy)
Similar in idea to the Push & Pop remote, this toy mimics a mobile phone — a familiar object — and offers sensory feedback through button presses. Also for ages 9–24 months.
For toddlers nearing 2, this is especially relatable and enjoyable. It helps with finger dexterity, familiar object recognition, and imaginative play (pretending to call or "use" a phone).
9. Wooden Animal Toys on Wheels (Animals on Wheels)
This set of colourful wooden animals on wheels, suitable for toddlers from 9 months to 3 years, is great for imaginative play and motor skill development.
Rolling animals around — indoors or outdoors — encourages gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness. It also helps toddlers learn about animals, colours, and movement, while nurturing creativity through pretend play and storytelling.
10. Wooden Dinosaurs on Wheels (Dinosaurs on Wheels)
A fun, imaginative wooden toy set catering to toddlers aged 9 months to 3 years. The set usually includes a few dinosaurs on wheels such as Stegosaurus, Triceratops and T-Rex, ready for endless pretend adventures.
For a 2-year-old, this toy can spark curiosity about animals (or prehistory), encourage movement, improve coordination, and stimulate imaginative play. It’s great for storytelling and early creative thinking.
Why These Toys Matter for a 2-Year-Old
At around two, children begin to make sense of the world around them — they observe, imitate, explore, and ask questions. The right toys support these developments in many ways:
Sensory & motor development: Soft cloth mats, push-and-pop toys, and wooden rolling toys help refine fine & gross motor skills, tactile exploration, coordination, and spatial awareness.
Language and cognitive skills: Cloth books with rhymes or animal themes, interactive plush toys, and puppet books help children expand their vocabulary, learn about animals/objects, and build early comprehension and memory.
Creativity & imagination: Wooden animals or dinosaur toys on wheels encourage pretend play, storytelling, imaginative thinking — laying foundations of creativity.
Problem-solving & cause-effect understanding: Stacking and toppling toys, toys that react when pressed or moved, help toddlers understand cause and effect, spatial reasoning, and basic logic.
By offering a mix of sensory, tactile, motor, imaginative, and interactive toys — what you get with Skillmatics — you give your child the chance to learn and grow through play rather than just passive entertainment.
Some Practical Advice for Parents
Rotate toys: Instead of giving all toys at once, rotate them so your toddler doesn’t get overwhelmed and has time to explore each toy well.
Encourage interaction: Use cloth books and puppet toys together — talk about animals, mimic sounds, sing nursery rhymes. This helps build language and emotional bonding.
Combine active play and calm time: Let your child alternate between rolling toys (active play) and quiet sensory or cloth books (calm time). Balance is key.
Safety & supervision: For wooden toys, always check that wheels are smooth, edges are non-sharp, and materials are non-toxic — especially since toddlers often explore by putting things in their mouths. Skillmatics toys are designed keeping such safety parameters in mind.
Final Thoughts
When you choose toys for 2 year old thoughtfully — like the ones from Skillmatics — you’re not just buying playthings. You’re investing in early learning: sensory perception, vocabulary, coordination, creativity, and even empathy.
Toddlers grow fast. The months around two are formative: they begin to walk, talk, imitate, explore, and make sense of their surroundings. With the right mix of toys — textured mats, interactive books, pushing/rolling toys, finger-puppet books, wooden animals — you give them a safe, fun, and enriching world to discover.
Consider the ten toys above as a balanced starter kit for your toddler. Rotate them, play together, and watch how each new toy becomes a building block for skills that will benefit your child beyond those early toddler years.
Choose smart, choose fun — choose toys for 2 year old that truly support growth, learning, and joyful curiosity.
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