Educational Toys

You may remember playing with the homemade whistle your grandfather gave you when you were young. Now you'd like to make a whistle for your youngsters, but you never bothered to ask your...

The Smart Board is an interactive projection display used in classrooms and businesses. The device enables teachers and business leaders to combine websites, images and videos into an engaging...

V.Smile is an educational video game system that invites children to learn through play. The setup is minimal with little or no maintenance. Occasional air-dusting of the ports and games will...

The LeapFrog Tag Reader offers a variety of books for your child. If you have purchased new books for your child's reader and you need to add the audio for the books to the pen, you can download...

Congas are a percussion instrument traditionally made of treated wood, tailored skins and a correct balance of strings, glue and sanding to create a perfect, tuned sound. Although real congas are...

Stimulating play is extremely important for a child's development, especially if it involves interaction with parents and other children. You don't need to buy expensive high-tech toys: Any toy...

Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion with a fun jet plane project. Building a toy jet plane the family will play with for hours is a simple project made with commonly available materials....

The LEGO® Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The iconic LEGO brick was patented in 1958; shortly thereafter the interlocking system of play was introduced. In 1961 the LEGO...

Newton's cradle is a toy that has been popular with adults and children alike since its introduction in 1967. Named after Sir Isaac Newton because it demonstrates his laws of conservation of...

Speak & Spell is a product designed in the 1980s and refined through the present day. It is a simple piece of equipment that students can use to learn how to spell. Although it is an old-style...

Parents are always on the lookout for cute good quality toys that may even create some learning experiences for the children. Neat and Tidy Cottage by Step2 does this by encouraging children to...

If you've been searching for a product that enables you to easily convert your handwritten notes and drawings to computer documents, a digital pen may be what you're looking for.

Building a children's kitchen set is a creative way to encourage kids to play games based on real-life skills. It introduces them to grown-up responsibilities and everyday chores. If you have...

The idea that using a toy to demonstrate the structure of DNA, the genetic instructions embedded in all living cells, seems silly. However, a construction set known as K'Nex has all the needed...

Children are fascinated with ships and other large transportation vehicles. If you are not blessed to live by a ship museum or a sea port, then you can bring the ship experience into your home or...

Cardboard isn't the first choice in building materials, but it's an impressive and versatile material that has a wide variety of rainy-day uses, such as making a paddlewheel-powered toy boat to...

A spy's toolkit is never complete without the best gadgets he or she can get, and information is life. If a spy can find something out, get it to his team and then act on that intelligence, he's...

Ready to teach a child their first chemistry lesson? A great educational gift, cooking sets allow you to work with a child to create variety of things. The best part for many is the reward of...

The periscope is a simple optic device that allows someone to discreetly look around a corner or over a higher fence. It's used on submarines to see what's happening on the surface before it comes...

Magnetic fields need to be blocked in some situations. For example, a hard drive shouldn't be exposed to magnetism. Military systems are often protected from electromagnetic pulses in the event...

A siphon is a tube that moves liquid from a higher-elevation container to a lower-elevation container, driven by atmospheric pressure and gravity. Making a liquid flow downstream does not...

Perhaps your preteen or teen has asked you for a Fly Pen for Christmas. No, it is not some sort of flying or rocket launching writing device. It is a catchy name for an electronic product that is...

In order to understand how a windup clock works, we first have to look at how pendulum clocks work. Three hundred years ago, it was discovered that the time it takes for a pendulum to swing will...

Create a simple homemade toy that can be used to improve hand-eye coordination, teach important survival skills and encourage pretend play. With simple arrows made from lightweight dowels,...

It's not unusual to find children as young as a year old playing on their parents' computer. Many parents encourage it, eager for their kids to get a head start with computers at a young age. ...

If you have a VTech learning laptop for your toddler, preschooler or grade-school age girl or boy, then you know they're indispensable educational toys for kids. My own child's VTech baby laptop...

Information is a lifeline for spies, and their gear is perfect for getting, finding and keeping their information. For kids interested in the spy game, they can get some basic equipment with just...

Making felt puppets is a fun activity that parents and children can do together. With just a few simple materials, you can make a variety of puppets and have enough to put on your own puppet show.

Venus Fly Trap Fiends are the all-in-one plant kits from DuneCraft that allow you to create a many-mouthed Venus fly trap plant in your home or classroom. These plants can be useful as both...

A Rubik's Cube, also known as a magic cube, is a 3-inch puzzle with six colors. Each row and column can rotate to scramble the sides, challenging the player to make each side one color. Although...

The standard alphabet block first appeared in 17th century England, and was praised for its educational value by philosopher John Lock. An important developmental toy for children, building blocks...

Marketed by Creative Gifts Inc. and Fascination Toys & Gifts, Levitron devices sold 750,000 units from 1994 to 1995. When spun correctly, the Levitron top floats over its base, apparently...

Children's toys aren't as simple as they used to be, but with the added complexity comes new opportunities to learn. Leapfrog's Leapster is an educational toy that teaches children how to do math...

Moon in My Room is a toy by Uncle Milton recommended for children ages 6 years and up. It's a moon that's mounted on a wall and lights up automatically in the dark with 12 lunar phases like a real...

This is the classic little car I made as a kid. The great fun is in 'crashing' two of these little cars together, since Legos disconnect rather than break.

Toys and learning through play are the best ways for 18-month-old toddlers to explore their world. As their hand-eye coordination improves, the best learning toys are hands-on in nature and foster...

Leapfrog Enterprises is an innovative, educational-toy manufacturer that specializes in fun and functional electronic devices that teach skills in math, language, science and social studies. The...

The eyeclops is an electronic magnifying device made by Jakks Pacific of Malibu, California. The company product instructions clearly point out that the eyeclops is a toy and not intended for...

Mattel's Doodle Pro Color is a dry-erase board toy for children who love to draw. The toy is designed for younger children who are in preschool or early elementary school and offers a wipe-off...

Babies begin learning to walk at 9 to 18 months old. Some never crawl and go straight to walking and running. There are many learning toys to assist babies in taking their first steps.

There are many different educational toy options for children ages 4 and up. Learning board games provide a challenge that make learning fun. Piecing together an educational puzzle will teach a...

It is important to keep young children learning, even when they return home from school (if they are to that age). Young children are at the point of life where more knowledge can be leaned then...

I have two kids and I frequently get the "Dad I am bored. What can I do?" So this article will be about how to play.

LEGO rubber band cars are a fun but simple machine young children can build for fun and experimentation. After the car is built, it can be used in classrooms to demonstrate simple physics to ages...

Silly Putty is a popular childhood toy that has been around for the last several decades. Silly Putty is essentially a gum-like substance sold in a small wad encased in a plastic egg. It is known...

LEGO building blocks are great fun and most LEGO fans soon find themselves building original creations. One thing you can build with a little imagination that is not the typical car or house is...

LEGO is the most popular building toy in the world, and their Star Wars models are their most popular sellers. Each set is crafted to duplicate a vehicle or set from the Star Wars films, but can...

The V.Smile is an educational video game console system developed and manufactured by VTech. The console is intended for use by children ages 3 to 9, and is popular for its video games featuring...

Leapster by LeapFrog and V-Smile by V-Tech are two learning products marketed to preschool-aged children. These learning tools help young children improve different skills, such as reading and...

There are two basic kinds of night vision binoculars: image enhancement and thermal imaging. Image enhancement binoculars are the first kind most people think of -- the ones with the green screen...