Toy suggestions please

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I'm overwhelmed with baby toys at the minute and I really want to do a big sort out. Baby (14 months) has so many toys but I think she has outgrown a lot, and she will quickly jump from toy to toy sometimes and I think she has too many available to her that just do not keep her interested. I've just read a Montessori activities book and trying those out at minute.

How do you know when it's time to put a toy into storage?

Any good toy suggestions for 14 month old?
She's a good walker and loves being in the garden.

The Montessori idea of just having limited toys out and rotating them works well ime. I'd do a change over every few weeks or when the toys no longer hold her interest.

It's a good age to start buying toys that will grow with them. My recommendations are:

Duplo - she'll still be using it at 5+.

Happyland (or similar small world toys) - will last until at least 3, probably longer. You can get a variety of sets with people/animals/vehicles.

Buggy and baby doll. I'd get a doll with a hard body so she can bath the baby.

Toy kitchen, play food, shopping basket and tea set.

Paper and pens. Chalk for the garden.

Playdoh.

Agree with @NuffSaidSam . I'd say tho crucial thing is keeping most things out of sight.

Duplo is a massive winner here. Has been for over a year (twins now over 2.5). My eldest likes it sometimes too, although she prefers Lego mostly now - she nearly 7.

Would also second playdo, BUT can be a bit of a pain with carpets - when they are little although they love manipulating it, they tend to drop lots of little crumbs of it, so might be worth waiting a bit on that one.

It's a good age to get rid of anything noisy... What I mean by that - when mine werebabies I had some vtech bits and bobs that would keep them quiet when I really needed it. As they get older, they can manipulate more so will entertain themselves for longer periods without needing to resort to that sort of thing. Good time to bin the electronic bits!

Thank you both for your replies!
How many toys would you say to keep out and available at once? She's got a small rope basket filled with just odd toys that are mostly gifted but I definitely think she has outgrown after reading your suggestions.
I've got a few VTECH and leapfrog bits too such as the pretend remote, and interactive books. Going to remove them too.
Luckily I have hard flooring, I've got a box at the minute to keep her crayons and stuff in, going to add some playdoh and chalk too.
I love this kind of thing, when she goes to sleep tonight I'll be sneaking out toys and online shopping lol

As soon as you start putting the toys in a box to take away they’ll suddenly become fascinating 😁

I found that quite a tricky age, not interested in the baby toys but didn’t have the fine motor skills/ understanding for older toys.

My recommendation are:
Toy shopping trolley, pram and doll, shopping basket, pretend food, play kitchen. The wooden fruit that you cut in half

Also cups and saucers/ tea set

Garden - a tub of water, watering can and stacking block or other containers she can fill. A paint brush and a pot of water to paint the patio.