A one year old learns through touch and texture and sensory toys deliver multiple sensations in one object. Crinkle toys make sounds and have interesting textures to explore simultaneously. Silicone teething toys offer relief for sore gums whilst providing varied textures to investigate. Sensory balls with different fabric textures and surfaces keep little hands entertained for surprisingly long. Textured books with bumpy or smooth or fuzzy patches engage touch and sight together. Toys with different fabric sections like cotton, silk, corduroy teach babies about texture variation. These sensory toys work because they give babies something genuinely interesting to investigate rather than just look at, which is exactly what a one year old’s developing brain is looking for.