Educational Toys

Am searching for suitable prezzie for my little niece who's going to be a year this month...don't know what to buy for her so we just surveying toys, hopefully an educational one @ Toys R Us OU. Found so many of them! Didn't realize that actually since we currently don't have any kids except for the furry one. Kids nowadays are so lucky...they have toy heaven that's not merely teach them to play, but also helps to educate them at an early age. Opppsss and of course it costs quite a bomb!