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Educational Toys for Kids
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items Being mama to 4 kids I've got some experience in this department. Definitely not a tablet mama, we do educational toys and we take educational toys with us to restaurants and trips and everywhere else. Here's a list of actual tried out and loved item...
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Educational Toys for Toddlers
Educational Toys for Preschool Kids
Educational Toys for Kids
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Educational Toys for Toddlers
Tiny hands, big brains, and so much imagination! These educational toys are great for toddlers who will use their imagination, grow their minds, and learn oh so much. After 4 kids, 6 nieces/nephews, I have tried so many different toys and these are m...
These wooden puzzles got played more than any other toy in our household! All 4 of mine loved these puzzles. Especially the alphabet one was the biggest hit. So if you can't get the full set but want to get one, get the alphabet one. I would even pac...
GRINNNIE Wooden Peg Puzzle 6 Pack Set
Thin, light, easy to carry, and so much fun! This simple drawing board lets them use their imagination and with a click of a button they have a clean slate all over again. My youngest loved writing words and letters on his and would spend so much tim...
Teriph 8.5in LCD Writing Tablet for Kids
This doodle pad is a classic at this point. It's been around for so long and still a favorite amongst all the kids! All 4 of mine had different versions and sizes of these. I love this particular one because it's not too big and bulky, which is perfe...
AiTuiTui Magnetic Drawing Board for Toddlers
This one is such a great one! I have two nephews that absolutely love this toy and play with it daily. It teaches them colors, shapes, alphabet, numbers, animals, weather, dress skills, and so much more. All in a compact little binder that can be tak...
Winblo Toddler Busy Board Montessori Toy
My youngest loved this toy so much! We had one at our house and one at grandma's lol. It teaches kids shapes, colors, and hand eye coordination. It's wooden, lasts a long time, and truly a classic gem!
PEBIRA Montessori Wooden Sorting & Stacking Toy
Great way to learn all the letters! I would say a letter and would wait for my little one to find the letter and to “fish” for it. It's a really fun way of learning and keeps them busy for some time.
Magnetic Wooden Fishing Game Toy for Toddlers
These art boards provide hours of fun for kids! I love this one becomes it's adjustable. You can get it when your kid is a toddler and it can be adjusted for them to grow with it and use it as an older kid. It's a great investment and will last for y...
WOOD CITY Adjustable Kids Easel with Boards & Accessories
A huge mat you lay on the floor, water writing tools so no actual mess, equals so much fun!! All 4 of mine loved this when they were younger. Great way for them to use their imagination. Plus no mess is seriously amazing. Also, kids love watching the...
Water Doodle Mat Kids Painting Drawing Toy
This is a great toy to teach shapes and colors, but most importantly to help with hand/eye coordination and motor skills. A fun way for toddlers to learn
Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube Toy
Great way to introduce them to puzzles. These are wooden puzzles with only a few pieces, so easy for toddlers to do. Also teaches them fine motor skills along with colors and shapes. It gets them thinking and working their brain. Always a plus in my ...
Yetonamr Wooden Toddler Vehicle Puzzles Toy
This is such a fun chair toy for them! They will love having their own chair to sit on and it sings and has educational games and even has storage under the seat! Your little one will love it
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Chair Teal
These are mini wooden puzzles with each puzzle having about 3 pieces. These are small and perfect to grab on the go! My kids loved these while at a restaurant as they would wait for their food. I have never taken an ipad or any other type of electron...
Benresive Wooden Toddler Animal Puzzles 6pcs
Numbers, shapes, colors, counting - all in one simple wooden toy. My son and I would play with this for so long. We would do the counting then the number then the colors and shapes. It's a great one to have at home for your toddler.
GeroCrew Wooden Montessori Number Puzzle Toy
All 4 of my kids loved this puppy. It's super cute, super soft, and when you push on the paws it sings. Various different modes and different education songs and all. I have bought this puppy to sooo many babies throughout the years lol a lot of my f...
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Toy
This is a great toy for them to use their imagination and great for fine motor skills. Helps kids learn patience, teaches them creativity, and helps them learn to stack and build and make something special and beautiful all by themselves. My four lov...
Magnetic Tiles Building Blocks for Kids 3-12
This will help your kids learn letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and animals! All while having fun! You hang it on the wall and they will have a blast for the longest time. It's interactive and engaging. Highly recommend it.
Electronic Alphabet Wall Chart Talking ABC 123
My youngest absolutely LOVED this! He loved that it made him a big boy and he had a tablet/laptop like his siblings. Meanwhile it obviously isn't electronics, but rather an educational toy that will help your kid learn letters, numbers, shapes, color...
LeapFrog 2-in-1 LeapTop Touch
I don't know what it is with cash registers and toddlers, but for some odd reason they all love them lol. There really is no explanation except it truly is amazing how they all love cash registers. This is a great way for them to learn numbers and ho...
Learning Resources Pretend Play Calculator Register Toy
It's sad that so many of the new generation don't know how to tell time. I've even asked teenagers and so many of them cannot tell time, they're all used to the digital time on electronics. This is a great toy for kids to learn how to tell time while...
BEST LEARNING Talking Learning Clock for Kids
I don't know why, but this simple cheap toy is really one of the funnest toys to get your kid. All four of mine loved it and now my nieces and nephews do too! Hours of play, sometimes on their whiteboard, and sometimes on the fridge next to me while ...
Coogam Magnetic ABC 123 Fridge Magnets 78pcs
A classic but a goody! Every kid needs a Lego set and this is a great starter one. With so many colorful piece, will help with motor skills and help the imagination grow.
LEGO DUPLO Classic Deluxe Brick Box 10914
Educational Toys for Preschool Kids
Less screen time for the littles and more imagination, these fun educational toys will help your preschooler grow and flourish. After 4 kids, 6 nieces/nephews, I have tried so many different toys and these are my all time favorite ones.
This is a great toy to teach the the letters and the sounds each letter makes. My kids loved matching the letter to the specific word. This is a great toy to have around the house. It's a great learning tool and they have fun while doing so!
Melissa & Doug Alphabet Wooden Puzzle 52pcs
A great way for kids to learn how to write the alphabet! I loved these the most because they were a dry erase board style, so once they had finished writing it all we would erase it all and can use it again. My kids loved playing with this and it hel...
Preschool Learning Activities Workbook Ages 3-5
This was hours of fun for my kiddos. They loved building with these magnetic blocks. It's really a great way for them to use their imagination and working on thinking and analyzing skills. A must have in a household with kids!
Magnetic Tiles Building Blocks for Kids 3-12
My youngest loved letters and words and spelling. This toy was one of his favorite toys! He would take it everywhere with him. He loved the challenge of learning how to spell all the different words.
NARRIO Educational ABC Matching Game Toy
For some reason kids love the alphabet and learning how to write and to tracing the letter. This was a hit in our house with my kids, especially my youngest. This is compact enough where I loved taking it to restaurants with us or out anywhere else. ...
LeapFrog Mr Pencil's Scribble Write & Read
Really amazing way for kids to learn how to read. They use the pen to point at the pages of the book and the reader reads it to them. So they can follow along and read while the reader pen is reading it to them. A great way to introduce reading to ki...
LeapReader - LeapFrog
This is a favorite for kids from preschool till they're older. It's fun to play with, I even get stuck playing with it at times. You can roll it and shape it and all of a sudden it's hard and shaped, then you can just let it fall all smooth and soft ...
Kinetic Sand - Amazon.com
This is a fun game that your kids will for sure love! It's a fun family game that can be played with all. Improve hand and eye coordination, exercise logical and strategic thinking, built focus and patience.
Montessori Wooden Board Game for Kids 3-8, Fine Motor Skills Toy
This is a great way for them to start learning how to spell. My son loved this and would play with it for hours learning how to spell different words.
Gamenote CVC Word Building Pocket Chart Kit
This is a great way for kids to learn how to write letters, they can trace them then write it on their own, with 62 pages of all the letters and numbers. The best part is that it's erasable, all you do is erase it all at the end and they have a brand...
Preschool Learning Workbook, 62 Reusable Pages
If you've got a little scientist this is a great toy for them. It's a microscope with 6 rocks and lots of cards for your kid to explore and research and grow their mind.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Kids Microscope Kit 400x
Teach your kid how to write with these traceable letters with small magnetic balls that's such a fun way for your kids to learn. It really is super fun to play and really addictive lol even for adults.
GAMENOTE Double Sided Magnetic Letter Board
Educational Toys for Kids
It's easy to have kids watch TV and iPads and be on electronics all day, but these tried and used toys below are a great way to get your kids off of the screens and on to playing and using their imagination. After 4 kids, 6 nieces/nephews, I have tri...
My 9 year old blew my mind away when he built this completely by himself with absolutely no help! He's really good with legos so we got him this but we didn't realize how thick the instruction book was and how much of a diy this product is. Everythin...
Smartivity DIY Pinball Machine for Kids 8-14
This is hands down the most popular toy for my youngest who's 10 years old now. We even had a marble run themed birthday party for him when he was turning 7. It's been a favorite toy of his since he was so little. When he was younger my husband would...
Marble Genius Marble Run Super Set STEM Toy
This will keep your kid occupied and having fun for hours! Not only does it keep them entertained but it also teaches them so much.
National Geographic Earth Science Kit - 100+ Experiments
An interactive map that teaches about countries, capitals, cities, cultures, and tells stories and facts about all the different countries. My sons loved this glove and would play with it for hours.
LeapFrog Magic Adventures Globe - Frustration Free
This is such a classic game. An oldie but definitely a goodie. My husband and I both played with Lite Brite when we were kids and now our kids play and love it too. Entertaining and educational, helps them use their imagination, and play for hours.
Lite Brite Classic Retro Toy - STEM Art Kit
This is such a fun toy for kids! Using their imagination, learning about science and doing experiments, while having fun! There are 20+ lab tools and 50 hands on experiments for kids to do.
National Geographic Junior Chemistry Set - 50 Experiments & 20+ Tools
Tiny magnetic rocks that is addictive, fun, great for adhd and kids on the spectrum, and overall so much fun. This is a great fidget toy for kids.
550pcs Desk Fidget Toys for Adults, Stress Relief
Such a classic that's still loved by kids today! Great for hand eye coordination, following directions, fast acting and reacting, can be played alone or with a friend. A fun filled toy and truly a classic.
Hasbro Bop It! Electronic Game for Kids 8+
If your kid loves legos then get this for them!! It is a challenge to build but they will challenge themselves and the end results is so satisfying. The best part is once it's built they can drive it and can actually play with it. Highly highly recom...
Poraxy STEM Kits for Kids 8-13, RC Car & 3D Puzzles
Not only is this an educational science kit, but this is a SUPER GROSS science experiment! Kids for some odd reason love everything yucky and gross and gooey and so just the title of this is enough for them to love it. And trust me they will love it!...
National Geographic Gross Science Kit - 45 Experiments
If your kid loves legos then you will want to get this for them!! It looks very intimating when you first get it, so many tiny pieces and small rubber bands, and a huge instruction book, but let me tell you, your kid will shock you and amaze you all ...
Smartivity Robotic Arm STEM Kit for Kids
Challenge your kids with this Lego set. It says 10+ but younger kids who have done other Lego sets will be able to do this.
LEGO Marvel Rocket & Baby Groot Minifigure 76282
These magnetic blocks will keep your kid entertained for hours, he/she will use their imagination, create so much play fun!
Magnetic Blocks Toys, Build Mine Set, 100 Forest Animals
If you've got a dinosaur fanatic, this is the toy to get them! So much fun for them to crack the eggs and look for the dinosaurs. Grab it from here, other stores have it but it's more expensive, I've found Amazon's to be the cheapest one. Your dinosa...
National Geographic Dinosaur Dig Kit - 12 Dino Bricks & Tools
If your kid loves marble run then get this one for sure! The motorized elevator is a great addition and your kid will be mesmerized and will love it. And if your kid has never played with marble run, now is the time to get this. It's a great toy with...
National Geographic 150-Piece Motorized Marble Run
Best Outdoor Toys
Focus free binoculars that your kid will use daily. My kids would take this everywhere we went, from the Zoo to the park. They loved exploring and researching nature when outside.
Educational Insights GeoSafari Kidnoculars Toy Binoculars
Put a small inflatable outdoor pool outside, grab this toy, and your kid will have fun for hours “fishing”. Super fun screen free time!
CozyBomB™ Magnetic Fishing Toys Game Set
Something about bubbles and kids, they go together all so well! This machine is one of the best ones out there in the market. I've tried many other ones but this one is the absolute best one! It's powerful, works really well, and makes a lot of bubbl...
Theefun 750ML Metal Automatic Bubble Machine