The best educational toys for toddlers are not the flashiest toys or the ones with the most buttons. Parents usually like toys that are simple, durable, easy to clean, not too loud, and useful in more than one way. For toddlers, the strongest choices are building toys, stacking toys, shape sorters, toddler puzzles, board books, pretend play toys, fine motor toys, sorting toys, and low-mess art supplies for toddlers. A good toddler toy should invite the child to do something: stack, sort, match, build, pretend, turn pages, move pieces, carry objects, pour, press, or create. Toys that only entertain passively often...