One year olds can be hard to shop for — that one year is a large span of baby turning into toddler, with their interests and abilities changing by the month.

For those of you who may be looking to buy a toy for a 1 year old this holiday season, here’s what Bean has been playing with all year. Most of them are still active in the rotation, and she’s still finding out new ways to interact with them.

1. Orchard Toy’s Two-Piece Puzzles

She began the year figuring out which pairs belonged to each other (and feeling quite proud of herself). Fitting them together was very challenging, and she is still perfecting her technique now. The pieces are high-quality and have endured being chewed on and stepped on.

2. EverEarth Jr Size Ramp Race

This toy is a lot of fun. When she was closer to a year old, it was a challenge for her to figure out which way the car fit on the tracks. She kept on wanting to put them on sideways and got confused that they weren’t moving. Nowadays, she sends them down two at a time, and looks around the apartment to figure out what else she can throw down the track. (She also tries to flip it around to see if cars can travel up ramps — experimenting with gravity!)

3. Melissa and Doug Geometric Stacker

At first, I’d only give her a few discs to play with — she busily worked on figuring out how to thread the role onto the pole. Now, she’ll sort/stack rings by color, then change that out and sort them by shape, etc. She still hasn’t figured out that the square pieces fit inside each other, so this toy will continue to grow with her.

4. The Original Company Pop Up School Bus

Similarly, at first, this toy was all about figuring out how to get the pegs into the holes. Then, it became something for her to push around the apartment when she went through her car phase. Her mind was blown when we showed her the spring feature. She just figured out today how to get the pegs to pop out (it takes some finesse).

5. Melissa and Doug Deluxe Latches Board

Ok, so she actually figured out each one the same day I gave it to her. But, she’s still really into it many many months later. It’s like she forgets and learns how to unlock things all over again. I’m still not sure if this is a great idea or not — she loves the thing, but I might also be teaching her how to break out of the apartment.

6. The First Years’ Stacking Cups

This toy has so many permutations; it’s a wondertoy. Around the year mark, Bean was very interested in fitting things into other things. (Gaining spatial awareness? I have no idea.) I’d give her three of these and check in on her in an hour. Then, she actually started nesting them. Now, we use them for color sorting (pink pompoms into the pink cups, etc). Recently, she’s also been using them for impromptu tea parties with Pig, Bunny and Baby Gorilla.

7. Mega Blocks

Obviously. I think every toddler is required to own a set of Mega Blocks. This pack comes with a car frame, which is fun.

8. Coin Box

Oh God, the adorable concentration of a toddler putting a coin into a coin box. Bean plays with her coin box the same way a year later, and a year later, it’s still utterly captivating for her. It took her a while to learn that sometimes, she had to rotate her wrist in order for the coin to go into the slot perfectly. She also likes the noise all the coins make when they’re inside the box.