Best selling Melissa and Doug Toys for Kids

One of the better known brand names in toys for kids, such as Fisher Price, Playskool and Little Tikes is Melissa and Doug. Melissa & Doug is not just well known to many a mom and dad, but it’s one of the favored brands of toys to buy for kids due to its reputation. Toys from the Melissa and Doug line are always high in quality of construction and they are educational. What parent wouldn’t prefer their kids to play with toys that are not only fun, but that help them to learn something.

Learning toys are increasing in popularity more and more; however, parents should be cognizant to be sure not to replace their own involvement in helping to teach their children and shape them with learning toys. There’s only so much even learning, educational toys can do. That being said, here’s a whole bunch of Melissa & Doug bestselling toys for kids. Maybe you’ll find some great gift ideas for your kids or someone else’s for a special occasion.  Take a look…they all have terrific ratings from people who have actually purchased these and for good reason...

These pattern blocks are not only a great way to teach shapes to kids, but it's a great way for them to use their brain - imagination, creativity, and thought!

This set includes 10 different pattern boards for kids to replicate the pattern with the shape blocks.  The whole thing easily stores in a wooden case.

These 48-piece puzzles for kids are perfect size for little hands and short attention spans! Completed, they are about 2' x 3'. Puzzles are a great way to help your child practice matching skills and to develop hand-eye coordination and problem-solving.

Kids can use the picture on the box to help them match the puzzle pieces to where they need to go.  The bonus, when completed, is a beautiful picture!

This 60-piece set (see below for a colorful, 100-piece set) of wooden blocks can be used for just about anything your child can imagine, from something small and simple to a whole town!

Spatial relationships are a major lesson learned when playing with building blocks, and it also helps develop - or hone - motor skills.

My kids have both of these sets (and more) and they just love to pretend play with them. The birthday cake, which includes a large wood serving plate breaks apart into slices, each topped with a candle and various "candies/toppings" and the whole thing stores nicely in a wooden box.

The food groups set stores each food group separately and helps kids learn the groups and how to put together a balanced meal - with parent or caregiver tips, of course.

These stamp sets are a great way to keep you kids busy when indoors.  They each include plenty of stamps, colored pencils and 2 large pads of washable ink.  Kids can create hundreds of projects with these.  One of the best things is that all the pieces store easily and neatly in the box which had a see-through lid.

An art set is a great thing to have for a rainy day and a great gift idea for kids!

Is your child on the verge of learning to read and/or write?  Help their skills along with this set which includes colorful wood letters that are used to spell a variety of words, whose pictures accompany each one.  There are 20 pictures, all with 3- or 4-letter words.