1. Lego Duplo

Lego Duplo is a classic toy that has been a favorite of children for generations. These larger-sized blocks are perfect for little hands and help develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity. Children can use Duplo to build houses, cars, animals, and much more.

2. Melissa & Doug Alphabet Blocks

Melissa & Doug Alphabet Blocks are a fantastic way to introduce your child to letters and words. These brightly colored blocks feature letters, numbers, and pictures, and can be used to build towers, spell words, and learn the alphabet. This toy helps develop language and cognitive skills.

3. LeapFrog LeapStart Learning System

The LeapFrog LeapStart Learning System is an interactive educational toy that teaches children a variety of skills, including math, science, and reading. This toy comes with a stylus and an activity book, and children can touch the stylus to the book to hear audio responses and see animations.

4. VTech Touch and Learn Activity Desk

The VTech Touch and Learn Activity Desk is an all-in-one learning system that features a desk, activity panel, and storage area. Children can use the desk to draw, write, and read, while the activity panel provides interactive learning games and activities. This toy helps develop cognitive, social, and physical skills.

5. Play-Doh

Play-Doh is a classic toy that has been popular for generations. This modeling compound comes in a variety of colors and can be used to create shapes, animals, and other objects. Play-Doh helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity.

6. Hape Wooden Railway

The Hape Wooden Railway is a high-quality toy train set that encourages imaginative play and helps develop fine motor skills. Children can build different tracks and move the trains around the track, developing spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination.

7. Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar

The Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar is a fantastic way to introduce your child to basic coding concepts. This toy features a motorized caterpillar that can be programmed to move in different directions using detachable segments. Children can experiment with different combinations to make the caterpillar move in different ways.

In conclusion, educational toys can provide hours of entertainment while also promoting cognitive, social, and physical development.

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GeoSafari Jr. My First Microscope allows preschoolers to see magnified hidden worlds with ease! This fully functional microscope is the perfect introduction to a real science tool and STEM learning. My First Microscope has a range of magnification (2.5x–8x) designed for toddlers and preschoolers. Magnified views can be challenging for little ones to understand, so by starting with the 2.5x view, your preschooler can orient herself to the item she’s viewing, and as she turns the focusing knob towards herself, she can gradually pull away to an 8x view.

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Better than X-ray vision, this magnetic wooden figure is a fantastic learning aid Help children visualize the skeleton, internal organs, circulatory system, and more, by placing magnets on the body. The set includes anatomically correct magnets for boys and girls, along with a wooden stand. This Melissa & Doug magnetic human anatomy set is both entertaining and educational.

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Undo a lock or latch, swing open the numbered door, and count on finding fun when the picture beneath is revealed on this wooden play board and educational toy! Build fine motor skills while learning colors, numbers, animals, and more!

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Get ready for kid-powered robot fun! Little engineers will love the all-new Design & Drill Robot-the perfect introduction to STEM learning. Preschoolers can snap together their robot’s arms and then practice drilling multicolored bolts with the kid-friendly screwdriver to secure their masterpiece. Kids can customize their rockin’ robot with colorful, decorative stickers, and then it’s ready for play!

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Build creativity with the Magna-Tiles Set! This set features 48 solid-colored shapes to allow your child to create a colorful masterpiece. The deluxe set includes a car, door, door frame, arch, hole-punched triangles, and imagination pieces to provide hundreds of creative combinations. 

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This fun and informative physics and engineering kit allows preschool-age kids to get a head start on learning important STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics) skills.

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A fun and challenging wooden game where players construct a cactus tree by adding branches to the cactus stem. Everyone that successfully finishes building the cactus without any pieces falling wins! Comes with a base and 18 various sized pieces (stem). Ideal for 1-4 players.

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Colorful artwork adds to the fun and learning with lots of appealing details to identify, count, and discuss. Learning about sea life, alphabet letter, colors, patience, and problem-solving. Quality craftsmanship and sturdy wooden construction ensures these are games that will be enjoyed for years to come.

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Give young boys and girls ages 3+ an immersive playtime experience that’s both fun AND educational with this fantastic dinosaur playset kit from Kidiree! Kids can chomp, stomp, roar and explore the long-extinct prehistoric world right alongside the dinosaurs that used to inhabit it – with 12 included dino figurines, a dino sound book and an interactive primordial play mat.

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Complete a puzzle to spell a word! This handsome wooden puzzle set helps children gain familiarity with the letters of the alphabet and their sounds as kids develop a sight-reading vocabulary. The letters are also wonderful for stenciling and for lots of learning games. More than 50 colorful wooden letters fit into the 8 two-sided cutout boards to spell 3- and 4-letter words.

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No ink, No paint, Non-toxic, Non-polluting. Never make a mess. The back of the mat is water-resistant nylon material,clean and safety for kids. The traces will never be chaotic, satisfying the imagination and creativity of the kids’ infinite painting.

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The First Years Disney and Pixar Finding Nemo Bath Squirt Toys What could be more fun for little bathers than hanging in the tub with their favorite Disney friends? each of the toys in the Disney squirt toys 3-packs is cute, colorful, and perfectly compact for little hands. Kids will love the squirting action and playing in the tub with finding Nemo characters.

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Om nom nom! Cookie Monster is here, and this furry blue monster is hungrier than ever! Little ones can unleash their appetite for fun by pretending to feed the plush Cookie Monster his favorite snack – a cookie! He will respond with silly sayings when kids pretend to feed him the cookie, such as “Me love cookie” and “One more cookie please!” Hungry for more fun? Squeeze Cookie Monster’s belly to hear more silly phrases, his iconic belly laugh, and to hear him sing a song! 

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Build early shape, color and size differentiation skills. It can inspire children’s imagination as well as promote their physical and intellectual development. Perfectly sized for toddlers’ hands, great choice as travel toys.

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Stack these nine friends in as many ways as possible, who can get the highest stack before they all fall down! The forest friends form part of the Petilou Collection from Le Toy Van. Recommended as part of the Good Toy Guide by the Experts in Child Psychology at Fundamentally Children.

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This wooden activity center is packed full of exciting features! Includes 4 quadrants with a variety of activities: 6 tracks with animal-themed gliders, 6 bead runs with colorful wooden beads, a spring flower and more. Adult assembly required. Since 1979, Manhattan Toy has been making award-winning, high quality, educational toys for your baby, toddler or kid. From baby toys and toddler toys to wooden toys and activity centers, our goal is to provide the safest and best toys available. 

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The Lamaze Mortimer the Moose is a developmental toy that features plenty of fun for your little one to explore. Mortimer has colorful, satin, knotty legs and multiple textures on his hooves with fun crinkles and jingles. Squeeze his tummy to show baby how it squeaks! Mortimer also features contrasting patterns and multiple bright colors that helps with visual development during play time.

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Contains toddler activity play cube, fully accessorized with FREE BONUS stacking cups and essential words board book, all coming in a cute blue gifts ready packaging. Educational, fun, safe and parent-approved, an ideal choice for holiday and a 1st birthday boy gifts, which will put a big smile on his cute little face.

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Designed for 10 to 24 months toddlers to build confidence, coordination and BALANCE. The push bike for 1 year old is designed with Low step through frame makes it easy to ride and get on and off. The bike body is made of top-quality sturdy carbon steel and the soft non-slip EVA handlebar and cushioned seat to provide a stable and comfortable position for your baby to hold and sit.

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 These baby book toys has tons of super-fun characters, vibrant images with vivid patterns and colors, packed full of educational activities for children to enjoy. Perfect for infants to toddlers. It gives your child endless hours of fun! Is totally safe for your baby. Non-toxic, strong stitching, washable.

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ORWINE are committed to developing fun, innovative, high quality products for children of all ages. Baby after 18 months old is sensitive about small things and focuses on observation. Bright colors for attractiveness, great early educational toys car. Any kid who loves trucks will love this toy car, play with toy vehicles everyday.

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This electronic sports center features a soccer net and basketball hoop for a fun 2-in-1 play experience. Toss the basketball into the hoop and watch as the LED screen counts the number of baskets. Kick the soccer ball into the net, and the sports center will respond with encouraging sounds and phrases. In addition to counting baskets, the LED screen also encourages play with fun animations.

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Turn the gears slowly and watch each interlocking segment move the next, or see how fast your child can make the caterpillar ‘crawl’ on the wooden base. This rainbow-colored gear toy is hands-on fun at any speed! With their bulky, notched shape, the colorful gears are easy for children to fit onto the color-coordinated pegs . . . then rotate, remove and rearrange. Toddlers will be fascinated by the colors and movement of this charming toy.

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Janod Confetti Music set is great fun for your budding musician. Brightly colored Confetti Polka dots adorn this beautifully crafted Wooden table made up of 5 xylo keys, a cymbal and a drum. Includes two Wooden drum sticks. A first Musical instrument to learn the Notes and compose your own songs.

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This multi-functional Toy Musical Bus is certainly a Happy Bus for Toddlers. It plays 8 different songs, and recites a Nursery Rhyme to help little ones with their singing, rhythm and memory. The Animal shaped puzzle enables children to learn to place the correct animal in the slot and be rewarded with the relevant animal noise. Plus, there’s a big red key that needs to be turned to open the back for the children to pack the animals in.

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This simple and well-built ramp car brings plenty of fun to your beloved baby 12 18 month. It’s perfect 1 year old boy gifts in the course of a child’s development, which helps them promote hand-eye coordination, develop thinking skills, stimulate focus and curiosity and more.

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1.) Wooden Alphabet Puzzle Board ABC

Combination of Learning and Fun – Cute letters with cute animals can be used as teaching aids, use the particles to teach babies to learn letters, simple word and animals, enhance toddler’s interest of learning through the fun Alphabet Letter Puzzles.

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VTech’s Activity Desk is an award winning and incredibly educational toy for 2 yr olds boys and girls that provides them with a range of over 20 activities to be involved in. These activities include songs and more than 100 words.

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Hurry to help the animals board the My Take Along 1.2.3 Noah?s Ark. The set?s colorful, larger, rounded pieces are specially designed for toddlers. The deck of the ark is removable and the hull has plenty of space for storage. The set comes with a handle so it can be taken anywhere, and the ark can float on water. Set includes two figures, lion and lioness, and pairs of giraffes, zebras, elephants, and birds. 

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No job is too big for the world’s most environmentally friendly tool kit! This awesome 15 piece set includes a tool box, phillips screwdriver, flat screwdriver, hammer, saw, wrench, pliers, 2 two-hole connectors, 2 nails, 2 bolts, and 2 nuts. The Green Toys Tool Kit turns work into Good Green Fun!

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The doctor is on the way! The Green Toys? Ambulance & Doctor Kit comes with everything needed to play doctor, nurse, EMT ? or all of the above! Made from super-safe, 100% recycled plastic, this 10-piece set encourages motor skill development, imaginative play, and pro-social behavior, while also helping to ease anxiety about doctor visits by making the components of a check-up familiar and fun.

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6.) Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Toy

This ultimate shape sorter features 12 chunky, vibrantly coloured shapes that make a satisfying “clunk” as they drop into the natural-finish hardwood cube. Then open the lid, take them out, and start all over again! A classic educational toy for toddlers. Each shape is designed to fit through a matching hole on the wooden cube. Melissa and Doug early development toys are made to last.

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7.) Mag-Genius MAg-60 Magnet Toy

Most kids these days spend most of their time holding their tablets, playing video games, or watching videos all day. There’s nothing wrong with using these gadgets but too much screen time can be unhealthy for your growing child. Excessive use of gadgets can cause vision problems, sluggish thinking, and sleeping difficulties. You want your child to engage in a fun and exciting activity that will exercise thinking abilities to promote healthy brain development.

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8.) Alpha-Abacus Early Learning Toys

Each solid wood block is printed vibrantly with a letter or a number on one side and a vividly illustrated example and word on the other.

Flip over the A to find an Apple, the B to find a Bee, the C to find a Car – Then, explore the numbers 0 through 9, flipping them over to find each one written out in bright colors. It’s an easy head start on learning!

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9.) Plan Toys Fruit and Vegetable Play Set

PlanToys wooden fruit and vegetable play set includes five colourful toys: pear, carrot, mushroom, orange and lemon. Each item can be chopped in half with the wooden knife to break Velcro seal. PlanToys is proving that it is possible to maintain superior quality and safety standards in addition to following a path of environmental and social responsibility.

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10.) Mega Bloks First Builders Big Building Bag with Big Building Blocks

Endless creativity with 80 award-winning big building blocks! Build, stack, and explore endless construction possibilities with this award-winning set of 80 big building blocks in sweet colors! Now your little one can build anything they imagine when they use the blocks and special shapes to create tall towers, crazy castles, funny animals, or whatever else they dream up!

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11.) Janod Wooden Gear Duck Pond

Encourage your child’s dexterity and memory with this pretty duck pond. 6 gears to assemble and set in motion, and 3 pretty ducks that will sound their bell. Non-slip support.

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12.) Fisher-Price Bright Beats Dance & Move BeatBo

The Fisher-Price Bright Beats Dance & Move BeatBo is an adorable animatronic pal that encourages baby to get up and move – and helps teach baby, too! Pressing BeatBo’s colourful LED grid tummy or the buttons on his feet rewards baby with fun songs, learning content, and dance moves. Includes 3 modes that ‘grow’ with baby. In Dance ‘n Move Mode, BeatBo’s shaking hips, nodding head and lively music encourage baby to move around. Learning & Games Mode helps teach baby ABCs, colors, counting and more – and features the ‘Freeze Dance’ for even more fun.

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13.) Color and Shape Sorting Toy with 6 Keys and 12 Shapes

Match the shape of the colored blocks with the corresponding shape on the Shape Sorter House. Then, unlock the door with the right key to release the blocks. The colorful shape sorter toy includes 12 fun shapes in bold colors kids love! This developmental toy promotes color and shape recognition and problem-solving skills. And, the hands-on learning toy reduces screen-time by engaging kids.

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14.) Radio Flyer Little Red Roadster

The Little Red Roadster features retro-styling and high quality construction. The durable steel body, real rubber tires and classic finishes deliver a dependable ride that will last for years. The working steering helps children develop motor skills as they learn how to steer. The comfort seat back adds ergonomic support and the rubber tires provide a quiet, no-scratch ride. The honking horn adds to the fun!

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Educational toys (sometimes called “instructive toys”) are objects of play, generally designed for children, which are expected to stimulate learning. They are often intended to meet an educational purpose such as helping a child develop a particular skill or teaching a child about a particular subject. They often simplify, miniaturize, or model activities and objects used by adults.

Although children are constantly interacting with and learning about the world, many of the objects they interact with and learn from are not toys. Toys are generally considered to be specifically built for children’s use. A child might play with and learn from a rock or a stick, but it would not be considered an educational toy because

1) it is a natural object, not a designed one,

and

2) it has no expected educational purpose.

The difference lies in perception or reality of the toy’s intention and value. An educational toy is expected to educate. It is expected to instruct, promote intellectuality, emotional or physical development. An educational toy should teach a child about a particular subject or help a child develop a particular skill. More toys are designed with the child’s education and development in mind today than ever before.

Why are educational toys important?

Toys are more than just fun and games for kids.  Most toys provide at least some opportunity for children to learn. The best toys engage a child’s senses, spark their imaginations and encourage them to interact with others.

Babies and Toys  

Babies are eager to learn about the world around them, and they have much to learn.  Every new shape, color, texture, taste and sound is a learning experience for them.  Giving your baby toys that are safe and stimulating will help him discover his senses.   Rattles and toys that make music are favorites of infants.  Toys with contrasting colors are fascinating to babies and stimulate their developing vision.  As they grow, infants can use toys to explore object permanence and cause and effect relationships.  They also need objects such as blocks to help them build motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Toys for Toddlers

  Toddlers can play with a wider variety of toys than they did when they were smaller.  They might still enjoy some of the toys they played with as babies, and that’s fine.  The same blocks they played with a year or two ago can provide them with new and different educational opportunities as their knowledge expands.  But they also need toys that are designed with kids their age in mind.   Shape sorters are great for toddlers.  They teach them how to match similar items and provide parents the opportunity to teach them the names of the shapes.  Lego blocks provide an opportunity to learn more about colors and symmetry while they develop their motor skills.

Toys for Preschool and School-Aged Children 

When children reach preschool age, it’s time to start learning about letters, numbers and language skills.  There are lots of toys that encourage this type of learning, from simple alphabet puzzles to high-tech electronic gadgets. These can give your child a head start by introducing her to the things she will be learning in school. Kids who are in school can supplement their learning with fun and educational toys.  Giving them the opportunity to have fun while practicing the things they are learning in school will increase their retention of those things.  And when your child finds an educational toy she really likes, she will be more likely to play with it, reinforcing the things she has learned.

Children can learn a lot from playing.  When you give your child educational toys and play with them with her, it gives her a chance to bond with you, learn, and have fun at the same time.  And making education enjoyable will help your child retain the things she learns and develop a positive attitude toward learning.

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Ages 3+

Start monkeying around with Monkey Balance—a fun and interactive game for kids to learn simple addition and subtraction! Simply grab a card and put the correct quantity of Monkeys on one side of the scale, and the corresponding Number on the other side to balance the scale!

Go bananas when you collect five cards!

Monkey Balance is the perfect way to start early math learning. It helps foster and develop critical skills such as sorting, problem-solving, color and number recognition, counting, addition and subtraction, and fine motor skills.

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2.) Melissa & Doug Abacus

For ages 3 to 5

Count on this classic wooden “calculator” for years of play and learning! The solid hardwood base and frame holds 10 thick coated wires with 10 colorful wooden beads on each – 100 beads in all. Slide the beads for a visual and hands-on way to learn numbers and math concepts and to explore patterns and colors. Fun activity ideas included. There are several ways for kids and grown-ups to enjoy this wooden abacus. Move any number of beads to one side of the frame and have kids match your move on the wire below yours. 

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3.) Zingo 1-2-3 Number Bingo Game

For age 4 and up

Zingo 1-2-3 is one of ThinkFun’s most popular and bestselling games, and is the winner of an Oppenheim Gold Award. It’s a fun number bingo game helps children develop counting, simple addition, number sense and word recognition skills, and is one of the best gifts you can buy for kids. Zingo 1-2-3 is made with high quality components, and comes with a very clear and easy to understand instruction manual – you’ll be able to play within minutes of opening the box. Like all of ThinkFun’s games, Zingo 1-2-3 is built to develop critical thinking skills. Playing will improve number skills through fun and fast placed play.

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4.) Wooden Tetris Puzzle

For ages 3 years and up

6.)Amazing Visual Math

8 – 12 years

Covering the essential math concepts learned in the first years of school, Amazing Visual Math brings a whole new dimension to learning.

Amazing Visual Math is an interactive hands-on experience that makes math fun. Key curriculum subjects including shapes, patterns, telling time, lines of symmetry, addition, subtraction, measurement and more are explained through over 50 interactive elements throughout the book including pop-ups, flaps, and pull the tab elements, making an otherwise tedious subject entertaining.

Ideal for developing manual dexterity skills and sharpening visual learning skills, Amazing Visual Math is a hands-on experience kids won’t want to put down.

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7.)Genius Starter Kit for iPad

Ages 6-10+

A great entry to the Osmo universe, the Genius Starter Kit for iPad includes everything your child needs to experience – hands-on learning and digital fun in five different ways through 5 games. We know kids learn by doing, so each game uses physical action. Whether it’s arranging tangrams, zooming number tiles around, over 150 word puzzles to discover, freehand drawing, or physics meets creative problem solving (Tangrams, Numbers, Words, Masterpiece & Newton Games), Osmo sees and reacts to every real-live move. Osmo games bring a child’s creative imagination to life with hand held pieces that interact with an iPad and an Osmo Base (No WiFi necessary for game play). The Genius Starter Kit for iPad ships with an Osmo iPad Base. Approved by parents and teachers worldwide, used in over 31, 000 classrooms.

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Ages 8+

Laser Maze is one of ThinkFun’s most popular stem toys for boys and girls, and is a winner of the Good Housekeeping Best Toys Award. It’s a beam bending logic game that comes with 60 challenges of increasing difficulty, from beginner to expert, and makes a great birthday or holiday present for kids who like smart games and a challenge. Laser Maze is made with high quality components, and comes with a very clear and easy to understand instruction manual – you’ll be able to play within minutes of opening the box. Like all of ThinkFun’s games, Laser Maze is built to develop critical thinking skills and ties into STEM subjects like science and engineering. Building and playing through the increasingly difficult challenges will sharpen your mind by improving logical reasoning, spatial reasoning and planning skills, all through fun gameplay.

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2.) Trivial Pursuit Family Edition

8 years and up

4.) Not Parent Approved –A Fun Card Game

Ages from 8 years and up

Ever wondered how booger juice, vampire bunnies, and grandma can end up in the same sentence? With Not Parent Approved, your kids get to: Play their mischievous selves without getting into real trouble, Expand their imagination and creativity through wacky humor, Laugh at jokes and at themselves. Enjoy effortless entertaining during sleepovers, parties, summer camp, summer vacation, holiday reunions, school breaks, road trips, flights, picnics, and any event with the family.

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5.) Scrabble

8 years and up

Put letters together, build words, add up your points and win! This classic game features the classic Scrabble equipment for a big-time word-on-word showdown. Do you see a word your opponent hasn’t seen. A double or triple letter or word space that will let you earn big points. Could the luck of the draw win you the game. Use your letters to score points and challenge your family and friends. It’s your word against theirs! Scrabble and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro. For 2-4 players.

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6.) Jenga Classic Game

8 years and up

It’s the classic block stacking, stack crashing game of Jenga. How will you stack up against the law of gravity? Stack the wooden blocks in a sturdy tower, then take turns pulling out blocks one by one until the whole stack crashes down. Is your hand steady enough to pull out the last block before the tower collapses?

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7.) UNO

7 -11 years

UNO is the classic family card game that’s easy to pick up and impossible to put down! Players take turns matching a card in their hand with the current card shown on top of the deck either by color or number. Special action cards, like Skips, Reverses, Draw Twos, color-changing Wild and Draw Four Wild cards, deliver game-changing moments as they each perform a function to help you defeat your opponents. If you can’t make a match, you must draw from the center pile. And when you’re down to one card, don’t forget to shout “UNO!” The first player to get rid of all the cards in their hand wins. Now card game-lovers can get UNO in a sturdy tin that’s great for travel and makes storage stress-free. Colors and decorations may vary.

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8.) Brain Games

6 years and up

10.) Battleship

7 years and up

This Battleship board game is the classic game of naval combat that brings together competition, strategy, and excitement! In head-to-head battle, 2 players search for the enemy’s fleet of ships and destroys them one by one. With convenient portable battle cases and realistic looking naval crafts, the Battleship game puts players right in the middle of the action. Players command a powerful fleet that includes an aircraft carrier, a destroyer, a submarine, a patrol boat, and a battleship. Each player announces the coordinates of each strike and sees if it hits. Position ships strategically to survive an opponent’s relentless strikes, and track hits and misses with red and white pegs on the ocean grid. No ship is safe in this game of stealth and suspense. Kids ages 7 and up can enjoy playing the Battleship classic board game.

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Ages from 3 to 7 years

Linking to a popular feature in the super successful National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book brings the browsable fun of the bestselling National Geographic Kids Almanac to a new audience: preschoolers! Using an interactive question-and-answer format and content grounded in a child’s immediate world, the Big Book of Why delivers lively information, hands-on games, simple recipes, crafts, and more.  It helps prepare preschoolers for school in an interactive way—the very best way to foster learning at this age, according to research. Highly photographic and playful, this big book is an adventure in exploration.

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2.) The Everything Kids’ Science Experiments Book

Ages from 7 to 12 years

With The Everything Kids’ Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teacher Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons from biology, chemistry, physics, technology, and engineering to outer space.

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3.) 5,000 Awesome Facts

Ages from 8 to 12 years

 This book is literally busting its covers with fascinating, fun-tastic facts on super, sensational topics that kids love. Who knew that there were so many sweet things to learn about chocolate or that a dozen delicious details about peanut butter would show up on a page with a few splotches of jelly to whet our appetites? Keep turning and a terrifyingly toothy shark tells you all about himself, while other spreads lay out tons of tips on toys and games, mysteries of history, robots and reptiles, sports and spies, wacky words, and so much more! 

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4.) My First Human Body Book

Ages from 6 to 10 years

It’s easy to learn about your body! This cool coloring book includes 28 drawings that explore muscles, bones, lungs, and more.
You can read how your voice box works, how your tongue tastes food, how your DNA is different from your family and friends, and more.

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5.) Little Kids First Big Book of Space

Ages from 4 to 8 years

This beautiful book is the latest addition to the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series. These colorful pages will introduce young children to the wonders of space, with colorful illustrations by David Aguilar and simple text that is perfect for beginning readers or for reading aloud. The book will explain basic concepts of space, beginning with what is most familiar to kids and expanding out into the universe.

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6.) I Spy – Everything!

Ages from 2 to 4

Can you spot the food that begins with E? How about the furniture that begins with T? You’ll soon discover in this fun game, I Spy – Everything!
Each puzzle focuses on different letters of the alphabet – all you need to do is find the item that matches each letter, then turn the page and see whether you’ve chosen correctly! A perfect book for little learners. They’ll develop observational skills, learn to assign letters to objects, and they’ll be having so much fun they won’t even know they’re learning!

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7.) Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs

Ages from 4 to 8 years

The third title in National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series, this book is for kids 4- to 8-years-old who LOVE dinos! The prehistoric world comes alive with dinosaurs small, big, giant, and gigantic, with stunning illustrations by Franco Tempesta—who illustrated National Geographic Kids The Ultimate Dinopedia. Bursting with fun facts and age appropriate information, each spread features a different dinosaur, along with simple text in big type that is perfect for little kids.

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8.)Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

Ages from 8 to 12 years

SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat his meal and needed to keep one hand free. POTATO CHIPS were first cooked by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren’t thin enough. Coca-Cola, Silly Putty, and X rays have fascinating stories behind them too! Their unusual tales, and many more, along with hilarious cartoons and weird, amazing facts, make up this fun-filled book about everyday items that had surprisingly haphazard beginnings.

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9.) What Should Danny Do? The Power to Choose Series

Ages 3 and up

With 9 Stories in 1, the fun never ends! What Should Danny Do? is an innovative, interactive book that empowers kids with the understanding that their choices will shape their days, and ultimately their lives into what they will be. Written in a “Choose Your Own Story” style, the book follows Danny, a Superhero-in-Training, through his day as he encounters choices that kids face on a daily basis. As your children navigate through the different story lines, they will begin to realize that their choices for Danny shaped his day into what it became. And in turn, their choices for themselves will shape their days, and ultimately their lives, into what they will be.

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10.) Brain Quest Workbook – Grade 1

Ages from 6 to 7 years

It’s fun to be smart! Loved by kids, teacher approved, and parent trusted, Brain Quest Grade 1 Workbook reviews and reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom, in an instantly engaging, entertaining way. Each page is jam packed with hands-on activities and games covering phonics, spelling, vocabulary, addition, subtraction, skip counting, time, money, maps, science, and much, much more—with friendly illustrations throughout.

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11.) Number Tracing Book

Ages from 3 to 5

This book is perfect for kids of all ages who want to learn numbers and improve their writing skills. These essential number drills will help with number recognition and learning basic math concepts.

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12.) Best Word Book Ever

Ages from 3 to 7 years

Welcome to Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever! Featuring everything from an airport to a grocery store, this fun-filled book has hundreds of objects clearly labeled so that little readers can expand their vocabularies. In print for fifty years, this classic book has sold over 5 million copies around the world and brought billions of new words to little ones across the globe. Learning has never been more fun

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13.) First Little Readers

Ages from 4 to 7 years

Jumpstart reading success with this big collection of motivating storybooks correlated with Guided Reading Level A. Most pages of these 25 full-color storybooks feature just one line of simple, repetitive text to help children learn to read with ease and confidence. Includes a tip-filled parent guide.

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14.) My First Learn to Write Workbook

Ages from 3 to 5 years

Starting out with writing will be easy and fun for your little one with this colorful learn to write for kids guide. My First Learn to Write Workbook is filled with activities and practice pages that introduce your first-time writer to letters, numbers, and shapes using a real pencil and paper. Teach pen control, line tracing, first words, and more with engaging exercises your toddler will love. While this is not a wipeable or erasable book, it’s the perfect primer to launch your child into the wonderful world of writing!

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15.) First 100 Board Book Box Set – 3 books

 Ages From 1 to 3 years

Infants and toddlers will learn key concepts and words with these bright board books. Each book has 100 color photographs to look at and talk about, and 100 simple first words to read and learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is softly padded for little hands to hold.

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16.) Phonics for Kindergarten

Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Now updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, each book measures 7″ x 9.25″ and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips! Skills covered include beginning consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, sight word recognition, and more! An incentive chart and 140 full-color stickers are also included to help parents or teachers track student progress.

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17.)The Big Kindergarten Workbook

Ages from 5 to 6

Early Reading and Writing, Numbers 0-20, Matching, Story Order, and more!

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Ages 3+

The doctor set features enough medical tools for the whole junior surgical staff to operate while helping to ease anxieties about check-ups. Set includes stethoscope, cell phone, forceps, 3 bandages, eyeglasses, name tag, scalpel, thermometer, tweezers, syringe, blood pressure cuff, scissors, reflex hammer, bedpan, ear scope, and dental mirror. Plastic carrying case measures 14.5”L x 3.38”W x 12.5”H, has a place for everything and provides great storage.

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2.) Play Tool Set

Ages from 36 months to 10 years

Little builders will delight in a set sized right for their hands and the jobs that need doing! Suit up by strapping on the tool belt, gathering all your tools and supplies, and finding out what jobs Mom and Dad need done around the house. Kids love to role play people in the community and construction workers have exciting jobs with cool tools. Now kids can have tools safe for their hands to pretend to be the construction workers they see!

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3.) Play Money Set

Ages from 36 months to 7 years

This play money set for kids provides parents and older children with several opportunities to play with and engage younger kids. They can ask the child to identify the individual coins and bills or discuss each coin or bill by pointing out its value, the images on it, and any special features such as the grooved edges on the dime, quarter, and 50-cent pieces. They can also remove the money from the wooden tray, show the child the screen printing at the bottom of each section, and explain that the arrangement of the tray is similar to a cash register drawer they would see at a store. 

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4.) Farmer’s Market Color Sorting Set

Ages 3+

Let your child’s imagination run wild with the Farmer’s Market Fruit and Vegetable Color Sorting Set. Featuring 25 different fruits and vegetables, your children will be able to learn their foods and colors with the included matching baskets, as well as the importance of healthy eating. Made from an extremely durable plastic, this play food set will last for years of fun learning.

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5.) Dalmatian Vet Kit

Ages from 24 months to 8 years

Everything you need to take care of your furry spotted friend, and a portable pup carrier, so your toy puppy can be by your side wherever you roam!
With 12 realistic Vet toy tools, The Dalmatian Vet kit from Battat has everything an aspiring veterinarian needs to care for his favorite furry friends. This veterinarian toy set includes 1 pup patient, 1 pet carry case, 1Dog bowl and 12 realistic toy Vet tools to keep all your stuffed animals healthy and happy.

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6.) New Sprouts Camp Out

Ages 2+

Develop imaginative role play while camping out in the comforts of home. Pieces are soft, durable and easy for little hands to grasp. 11 piece set includes 2 logs with flame, glow-in-the-dark lantern, fork, hot dog, marshmallow, chocolate bar, 2 graham crackers, and duffle bag.

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7.) Food Groups

Ages from 36 months to 6 years

Feed the imagination with this beautifully crafted wooden play food set! It includes 21 hand-painted solid wood pieces that can be mixed and matched to create a balanced ‘meal.’ The wide variety of items includes cheese, milk, watermelon, tomato, bread, fish, egg, steak, and much more! Four wooden crates (6.25 inches x 4.25 feet x 2.5 inches each) are included to sort the food into groups – dairy, produce (for fruits and vegetables), grains, and meat and fish. Kids can also sort by color or use the crates to combine foods to serve up pretend-play meals.

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8.) KidKraft Exclusive Uptown Espresso Kitchen

Ages from 36 months to 7 years

With the KidKraft Uptown Espresso Kitchen, kids get to cook up ton of fun in no time at all. This deluxe play kitchen is jam-packed with impressive details and will stand out in any bedroom or playroom. Kids will feel all grown up when they explore this kitchen’s interactive features and play pretend with all of their friends. For parents, the joy comes from knowing that the kitchen – like all KidKraft products – has a smart, sturdy structure that was designed by passionate engineers. This is an item that will last for years and years. It can be passed on from older siblings to younger siblings, or even from one generation to the next.

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Ages from 36 months to 6 years

You’ll need lots of “space” to assemble this beautifully illustrated 48-piece puzzle of our solar system! The extra-thick cardboard jigsaw pieces are built to last, and their easy-clean surface keeps this puzzle looking new. Children will love the thick pieces of this Melissa & Doug puzzle, which are easy to handle and put together. The finished puzzle displays beautiful original artwork of the solar system, which is both visually stimulating and educational. 

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2.) USA Map Floor Puzzle

Ages from 6 years and up

Geography comes to life with this cardboard floor puzzle, featuring 51 pieces cut to the shape of each state. Measuring 2” x 3” when assembled, the extra-thick pieces feature an easy-clean surface to keep them looking like new. Kids will have fun learning the states on this colorful, informative map puzzle. Map puzzles for kids are an exceptional way to teach children to have fun, learn the geography of the United States, and develop multiple cognitive, physical, and emotional skills. All 51 pieces of the Melissa & Doug USA Map Floor Puzzle have customized details, including the state name and capital, with most states including a primary industry or hallmark of the state—such as the Statue of Liberty for New York.

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3.) Dinosaurs Floor Puzzle

Ages from 3 years and up

nterest in dinosaurs will never go extinct! Meet some favorites while completing this colorful cardboard puzzle. Measuring 2’ x 3’ when assembled, the 48 extra-thick pieces feature an easy-to-clean surface to keep this exciting puzzle looking like new.

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4.) GeoPuzzle World

Ages from 6 years and up

GeoPuzzles make learning geography fun! Give the gift of understanding our complex world. GeoPuzzle World has 68 pieces. While putting the puzzle together, children learn the names and shapes of countries, their location around the World, and the capital cities.

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5.) Rainforest Floor Puzzle

Ages from 6 to 10 years

he lush foliage and fascinating animals living in the rainforest are featured in this picturesque floor puzzle. Here is an exciting way to explore the hidden world of the rainforest while building spatial and motor skills. Four feet long when assembled, the 100 extra-thick pieces feature an Easy-Clean surface to keep them looking like new.

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6.) Pattern Blocks and Boards

Ages from 36 months to 6 years

Pattern Blocks and Boards inspire kids explore shapes and colors in a hands-on way as they fill wooden backgrounds with sturdy wooden pieces! Follow one of 10 design templates or create your own mosaic using the 120 colorful wooden tiles in 6 different shapes. Matching and mosaics—what a gorgeous way for kids 3 and older to develop their fine motor skills! Our Pattern Blocks and Boards set inspires kids to enjoy a classic math manipulative and learning activity. It’s great for spatial awareness, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving.

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7.) Classic Peg Puzzle Bundle

Ages from 24 months to 4 years

All three puzzles are made with durable wood construction and topped off with easy-grasp pegs. They are delightfully and colorfully illustrated, including graphics below each puzzle piece. Themes include A-B-C, 1-2-3, and “”what color do you see””? Young kids will play and learn the alphabet, numbers, and colors without even realizing it! Puzzle play promotes hand-eye, fine motor, and problem solving skills. The colorful graphics under each puzzle piece transform these into great matching activities for young kids.

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8.) See & Spell

Ages from 4 to 6 years

Complete a puzzle to spell a word! This handsome wooden puzzle set helps children gain familiarity with the letters of the alphabet and their sounds as kids develop a sight-reading vocabulary. The letters are also wonderful for stenciling and for lots of learning games. More than 50 colorful wooden letters fit into the 8 two-sided cutout boards to spell 3- and 4-letter words. All this spelling and fine-motor fun fits into one compact wooden storage case!

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9.) Dinosaurs Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles in a Box

Ages from 36 months to 6 years

This set includes 4 wooden 12-piece dinosaur jigsaw puzzles—featuring a Triceratops, an Apatosaurus, a Stegosaurus, and a T-Rex—each stored in a separate compartment of a sturdy wooden box! The slide-on box lid doubles as a convenient puzzle board. Each puzzle piece is shape-coded on the back for easy sorting. These puzzles are great for travel! This set of 12-piece dinosaur puzzles for kids displays beautiful, colorful, and attention-grabbing artwork. Puzzle play promotes the development of fine motor skills, problem-solving abilities, and hand-eye coordination. The set is easy to carry and inspires kids to take the puzzles with them to family or friends’ homes.

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10.) Farm Cube Puzzle

Ages from 36 months to 6 years

It’s a cow . . . It’s a sheep . . . It’s a pig . . . It’s all of them and more! This beautifully crafted wooden 16-piece cube puzzle can be put together in multiple ways to create 6 different scenes with 6 friendly farm animals (a cow, sheep, pig, chicken, ducks, and horse). Rotate the solid cubes in the included wooden tray to complete the colorful pictures.

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11.) Correcting Spelling Puzzle for Three and Four Letter Words

Ages 4 years and up

s colorful set of three-letter and four-letter puzzle cards provides children with an introduction to spelling. They can learn to spell by associating the object with the word and correctly assembling the puzzle pieces. The puzzles are self-correcting – only cards with the correct sequence will fit together. Match It! Spelling is a fun and easy way to learn this necessary skill.

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12.) African Plains Jigsaw Puzzle

Ages from 36 months to 5 years

The sun may be setting on the savanna, but this 24-piece wooden jigsaw provides puzzle fun at any time of day. With a hippo in the watering hole and a flamingo in flight, assembling this jigsaw reveals part of life in Africa with every piece. This educational kids’ puzzle comes packaged in a sturdy wooden tray for play and easy storage.

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13.) Self-Correcting Letter Puzzles

Ages from 4 to 6 years

Match these wooden puzzle pairs to make mastering letters and their sounds as easy as A, B, C. The puzzles are self-correcting—each piece has only one match that it fits—so children can play independently and learn at the same time. This alphabet wooden puzzle help kids learn the ABCs as they match letters to pictures. The “self-correcting” feature refers to the pieces having only a single match each, which ensures that kids correctly fit them together to develop a sense of mastery. This set includes capital and lowercase letters. You can separate several interlocked puzzles into two pieces.

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14.) Under the Sea Jigsaw Puzzle

Ages from 36 months to 5 years

From sea star to jellyfish, this 24-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle is filled with colorful ocean life! Discover the wonders of the deep blue sea by assembling this fascinating underwater scene. This colorful kids’ puzzle comes packaged in a sturdy wooden tray, providing a stable play surface and easy storage.

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