Design and Drill Activity Center
Kids love using this learning activity center to create their own designs, or following the set’s activity cards to build pictures and patterns, from trains and boats to fishes and flowers. Just snap any one of the drill bits into the power drill or the screwdriver handle, grab a handful of big bolts, and turn on the learning fun. About twenty activity cards provide young kids with tasks from simple to challenging.
Blokus 3D
This exciting addition to the Blokus line is a game of 3D strategy that sharpens spatial awareness and critical thinking skills. Players strategize to outwit their opponents while constructing four unique building plans with the blocks. After the last move, each player counts the number of their individual squares visible from above. The player with the most squares is the winner.
This learning toy is a game that entertains as well as teaches students about reflections, flips, and rotations.
More info: Blokus
Schoenhut Traditional Toy Piano
This learning toy piano has a keyboard almost half the size of that of an adult piano. More than a toy, the Schoenhut piano is a fine musical instrument, and a lovely addition to your home, as well. Chromatically tuned, the chime-like notes of this toy piano are produced by small hammers striking precision-ground, German steel music rods (instead the conventional taut wires used in full-sized models.)
The Schoenhut’s patented toy piano Learning System is a play-by-color teaching method that makes playing simple and fun. A removable color strip fits behind the toy piano’s keys to guide the small fingers from chord to chord. Schoenhut pianos teach children proper finger stretch from the very beginning.
More info: The Creativity Institute.
Guidecraft Magneatos Magnetic Construction Set
This 36-Pieces glow-in-the-dark Jumbo variation of popular Magneatos magnetic construction set glows in the dark to add another dimension to imaginative play. Guidecraft has added this extra element of surprise. Kids will love the mystery of seeing their creations come to life with and exciting glow when they turn down the lights!
Even younger kids can experience the fun and mystery of magnetic construction. Similar concept to popular sets made for older children, Magneatos jumbo-sized pieces are designed for small hands and great imaginations. Magneatos are geometric forms which can be slotted between the bars and spheres to multiply the combinations. They allow kids to create imaginative constructions and models while using the basics of the laws of physics, geometry and magnetism.
More info: Guidecraft
Lego Tech Machines Construction Kit
This Lego construction kit allows students to take their first experiences into science and technology… With this fun and engaging set, kids enhance their problem-solving skills while improving communication skills.
By using the travel themes, students learn about machines, the tools used to work on machines, and their functions. This amazing learning toy comes with screwdrivers, integrated screws that click into place, hooks, reels, scoops, and propellers.
Includes an activity pack that features story starters, problem-solving tasks, and full-color illustrations.
More info: Lego.
Hit Away Junior Baseball Trainer
This sports learning toy is based on the a popular adult toy. It allows very young players to practice for tee ball and then little league while still having fun. It’s easy to store or take anywhere, and comes complete with pole, base, bat and two neoprene balls.
This toy is perfect for kids 5 years old and up. It is a great way for kids learning how to hit a ball, developing hand-eye coordination, balance, and even timing.
See more at CoopSports.
Learn & Groove Alphabet Drum
Each tap on the drum introduces baby to the alphabet (English or Spanish).
Engaging music and interactive play sharpen motor skills as baby learns to tap, crawl, and dance. Music Play mode lets baby explore and create music inspiring creative interaction and open-ended play.
This learning toy features three delightful learning modes, including Alphabet, Dance Along, and Music Play. Babies quickly catch on to cause and effect, as each tap rewards them with lights, music and letters. Music Play mode lets the child freely explores music. And this drum’s lively, roll-along song teaches them to crawl after the drum. Ideal for children ages 6 to 36 months, this learning toy entertains and educates for hours.
More info: Leap Frog
