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After 8 years in Montessori classrooms, I can tell you which toys get played with — and which get politely folded away. The beautiful wooden ones photograph well. They also end up at the bottom of the toy bin by month one. The toys a toddler reaches for at 9am on a quiet Tuesday share three things: they're self-correcting, they need no batteries, and they need no adult. Here are the 7 I'd buy first, backed by 1,000+ parent reviews. — Maya Chen, AMI-trained Montessori educator Read the list here 👇