Kids Educational Toys

Shopping for kid’s toys can be a challenging task, especially when you are looking for that ideal toy that is not only safe and fun to play with but also educational which help children learn as they play. As parents, we want to invest in educational yet fun toys that will keep our children entertained for many hours of play time. We don’t want another boring toy that usually ends up in shelves gathering dust.

Fortunately, today’s toy marketplace has advanced so much that toy makers and manufacturers often develop and enhance learning toys to be able to cope with the ever changing needs of today’s kids. These innovative learning toys allow children to think and learn in new ways while they play, making the learning process easier and more fun. So let’s take a look at some of the best educational toys for kids available in the market today.

Kids will surely have fun playing while learning school skills with the innovative Leap Frog Leapster2. This battery-operated handheld gaming console comes with two built-in fun learning games and it is also compatible with other Leapster educational animated games and activities that teach skills in a variety of subjects such as reading, writing and grammar, the arts, math and science. The Leapster2 Game System also allows kids to connect online for more fun games and activities, and rewards. Moreover, parents can also connect online to the LeapFrog “Learning Path”, an online program that allows parents to easily keep track on their children’s progress in what they are playing and learning.

Another innovative and fun-filled toy from leapfrog is the LeapFrog Tag Reading System.  It is an amazing interactive learning tool that brings Storybooks to life. This learning toy has a shape of a pen that is designed to respond with words, songs and other various sound effects related to the book as children run it through the text of specially printed storybooks, making reading a fun learning experience. This is a must have toy which help build your child’s listening and reading comprehension skills in a fun and interactive way.

This Award winning butterfly raising kit from insect lore is a great introduction to nature and science.  It offers a hands-on, fun learning experience where you and your kids are able to witness up close the mysterious and spectacular transformations of the gorgeous painted lady butterflies.  You can see the caterpillar larvae grow, form chrysalides then finally emerge into a beautiful butterfly. The kit includes an easy to assemble butterfly habitat, a certificate for 5 painted lady caterpillars with their food and an instructional booklet.

The Lego Ultimate Building Set is a cool product that offers tons of creative possibilities for kids, helping them develop their creativity, emotional and cognitive skills while they’re having fun building shapes, objects and figures. It includes anything that aspiring engineers will need to build such as houses, towers, vehicles, figures and animals and many more! Kids are limited only by their imagination.

If your child has an interest in learning Astronomy then you may consider buying the Uncle Milton Moon in My Room. This educational toy can be hanged to a wall or ceiling to illuminate your child’s bedroom during night time. It has twelve different moon phase settings that enables your kid to replicate just like the real moon outside, and to further enhance curiosity and help your child learn more about the Earth's moon, the toy also comes with a 15 minute audio CD that has interesting facts about the moon and its relationship with the Earth.

For the aspiring train engineers and young train enthusiasts, the Melissa & Doug Wooden Railway Set is the ideal toy. The wooden train set features132 pieces of train and railroad items that include a roundhouse engine shed, trains, tracks, switches,  magnetic-tipped cranes, suspension bridge, roundtable, trestle bridges, T-junctions for passing lanes, trees, workers, traffic signs and everything that is needed to recreate the fun world of trains, providing children many hours of creative and imaginative playtime.

Bananagrams is one of the hottest word games today which comes in a portable banana shaped pouch containing 144 letter tiles that you can easily carry anywhere you go.  It is somewhat similar to the classic Scrabble, but fast-paced, doesn’t require the use of pencils, papers or even a bulky board.  Players also play independently racing against other players at the same time which means there’s no more waiting for your next turn or you no longer need to wait for other players to finish arranging their own words, so the game can be played in as fast as five minutes.

The best thing about Bananagrams word game is that it is very simple to play with unlike other word games. All you need to play the game is any flat surface and a couple of players. There are no complicated rules or regulations to follow and it can be played in many different ways and you can adapt your own rules so everyone in your family, including the kids. can play and enjoy the game.

This award-winning educational toy from Elenco is designed to make learning the basics of electronics easier and more fun.  It features over 300 exciting projects such as AM radios, digital voice recorders, burglar alarms, doorbells and other electronic projects for the aspiring engineer to create. The kit also contains more than 60 “Snap Together” parts including wires, resistors, speaker, battery holder, motor fan, sound sensors, led, lamp socket and many more!  The Snap Circuits SC-300 will provide many hours of fun, hands-on learning about electronics.

If you are looking for the perfect gift for your little Picasso, youy may consider the Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel. This durable, adjustable, generously- sized work station features a great combination of a chalkboard and a dry erase board as well as locking paper roll holder, a child-safe paper cutter, four clips, a paint tray with cup holders for easily accessible and clean-up art supplies, allowing the young artist to spend many hours of fun, drawing , sketching and painting.  This educational item provides children the freedom to unleash their creativity and imagination, sparking a lifelong interest in the colorful world of the arts.

The Melissa & Doug Easel Companion Set is a welcome addition to the Melissa and Doug Stand Art Easel. This art set comes with 25 artist’s tools, including 4 Bottles of Poster Paint, 4 Spill-Proof Paint Cups, a roll of easel paper, chalk sticks, dry-erase marker and eraser, and four paint brushes which allow the aspiring artist to explore and work in many different mediums.