Albeit often tricky for a toddler to pay attention to anything for more then a few seconds, when they are engaged, they're information sponges constantly acquiring knowledge.
A toddler is considered to be between the ages of one and three year old, which is a nice time to start thinking about start the early stages of learning.
It's never too early to implement some of the basic fundamentals like colours, numbers and shapes and luckily, there's a lot of options to make it fun along the way too.
To keep little ones immersed, you'll want to find books with bold lettering, bright colours as well as elements like characters and pictures to keep things exciting.
If you aren't sure where to start, we've rounded up the best options available now below.
Best educational books for toddlers
1. My First Maths Book
Start their numerical journey with their Fist Maths Book.
The book features easy to navigate puzzles and games to help basic counting skills, whilst introducing adding, subtracting, shapes, fractions and more. It's ideal for children aged between three and five.
Price: £3, The Works - buy here now
2. Animalphabet
Animalphabet is an entertaining way for any toddler to discover new animals, whilst learning their ABC's too.
The popular bestseller from Julia Donaldson features bold and bright artwork on each page, there's also pop out pages and fold away flaps to make the guessing game exciting.
As well as teaching them their ABC's and animals, it also encourages children to differentiate and be able to draw comparisons between species.
Price: £7.99, Waterstones - buy here now
3. First 100 Board Book Box Set (3 Books)
This box set is the ideal package for little ones ready to learn. It features three different books that focus on the key concepts for early development.
Each book has 100 colour photographs to look at, talk about and then later, read and write too.
Included in this set is First 100 Animal, First 100 Words, Numbers, Colours and Shapes.
Price: £13.99, Amazon - buy here now
4. Hello, World! Solar System
Take their little minds out of this world with this child friendly introduction to science, starting with the solar system.
This book from Hello, World's series is designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers.
With bright language and cheerful illustrations, the book immerses little ones into a learning experience from outer space.
Price: £5.04, Amazon - buy here now
5. Letts Fun Learning - Add Up and Take Away
This book from Lett's uses fun activities and step by step practices to build toddlers confidence with numbers.
Practice and develop their key skills with addition and subtracting, there's even handy tips for parents included.
Price: £2, The Works - buy here now
6. ABC Letter Tracing for Preschoolers
If you're toddler's keen to get their handles on a pencil, this tracing activity book is perfect to start their hand control and written skills.
In the book there are different sections to allow your little one to start writing letters, numbers and words. There's also enough blank pages for them to practice on their own.
Price: £6.49, Amazon - buy here now
7. Pen Control Age 3-5 Wipe Clean Activity Book
Another great option for early handwritten skills, this activity book however, is wipe clean and comes - allowing them to practice as much as they like, just clean the pages.
It also helps smaller children, who are not yet used to holding pens get comfortable with controlling their hands and navigating the pen to follow lines and letters.
Price: £4.99, Waterstones - buy here now
8. My Colours Box
This activity book is divided into four colour sections, featuring different objects among the colour groups, it's an ideal contender for developing their first words and colours.
Price: £5, The Works - buy here now
9. Roald Dahl’s Opposites: Lift-the-Flap
Immerse your toddler into the wonderful world of Roald Dahl.
Using their little hands to lift the flaps on the pages, they'll discover various opposites, teamed with wonderful illustrations and parts that pop out for an exciting learning experience.
Price: £5.99, Amazon - buy here now
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