It is increasingly uncommon these days to come upon a board game as abundant as PrettyPro, the impressive sight of which signals good times ahead for those who grab a seat at the table. As play gets under way, the pleasurable sights and sounds only multiply: the click-clack of rolled dice, the tat-tat-tat of game pieces along the board, the silky sounds of cards being flipped and pencils coloring on sketchpads. Each pad d...Read more

Puzzle Doubles - Find It! Dinosaurs features two excellent play features in one outstanding product: a giant, full color floor puzzle combined with a word and object recognition game. It all starts with putting together the gloriously illustrated 50-piece puzzle one piece at a time, a highly gratifying and engaging activity in and of itself. The prehistoric scene is chock-full of kids' favorite dinosaurs, which appear bot...Read more

This delightfully interactive multi-play and learning experience combines the timeless pleasure of putting together a jigsaw puzzle with exciting visual and verbal game activities. The 52-piece puzzle displays a joyous scene showing dozens of children happily engaged in many different forms of outdoor play. The colorful, densely populated imagery helps youngsters develop a discriminating eye as they sort through and conne...Read more

Each of the six vividly illustrated 9-piece puzzles in this set reveals a different animal from around the world. There are 27 double-sided pieces included, so the first step is to sort them by color before placing 9 of them in the puzzle tray and arranging them to form a unified image. The tray eliminates the need for a separate surface, an excellent feature that makes play possible in any environment at home and on the ...Read more

Q-bitz Jr. is an exceedingly enjoyable game that plays well across a range of ages and keeps players deeply focused and engaged. It's fast-moving fun in which everyone is in on the action from start to finish. In addition to its considerable entertainment value, Q-bitz Jr. is a marvelous educational tool. Players utilize and develop a host of skills that include enhanced spatial reasoning, pattern matching, problem solvin...Read more

When it comes to highly engaging, fast-moving entertainment, Qwitch can't be beat. It's a delightful card game in which players employ nimble-fingers and quick minds in a race to get rid of all their cards. Face up on the table at all times are two cards, a Qwitch Card displaying a letter and a number, and a direction card that displays one of three symbols: + (up), - (down), or = (same). If the Qwitch card shows, for exa...Read more

Rainbow Pebbles is a construction toy and early mathematics manipulative that powerfully inspires children to build and investigate. Kids react to the sight of them as if they've stumbled upon treasure, which, from a play and learning standpoint, they have. Shape-wise, Rainbow Pebbles strongly resemble natural pebbles and stones one might find along the seashore. But their vivid colors and stunningly smooth surfaces conve...Read more

Reindeer on the Roof creates a magical holiday tradition that lets kids celebrate the December countdown to Christmas by interacting with Santa! The set includes a lovely plush reindeer and 3-D reindeer house, a full-color journal, Santa's Official Christmas List, and a 32-page hard-bound story book. There's also a special code that provides access to Santa's interactive website, where children can name their reindeer, cu...Read more

SackPals is an exceptionally cozy play environment into which kids slip themselves as they would a sleeping bag. The aptly named Snuggle Sack comes with four soft, sweet citizens attached to its surface, a plush puppy, elephant, kitty and turtle who look for all the world as if they have just found a home. Each animal has a small velcro-like strip on its belly that lets it be detached and reattached to the Sack in the bli...Read more

The ease with which the Scout Globe enables kids to observe and absorb a great deal of geographical information makes it an essential educational resource to have on hand at home and in the classroom. Featuring up-to-date geopolitical boundaries, more than 4,000 named places and points of interest, and (less common for a children's globe) ocean floor topography with identification, the Scout Globe readily conveys the dive...Read more

This entrancing new addition to Aurora's Sea Sparkles line of super-soft mermaid dolls features a sparkled texture, a long, shimmering tail, and wild, wavy hair that cascades past her shoulders in brilliant violet and turquoise tresses. The free-spiritedness conveyed by Violet's exotic hair and tail is tempered by a gold crown atop her head (which lends her a regal bearing) and the playful, welcoming expression on her fac...Read more

"Shivers" the Penguin offers a distinctive blend of crafting activity and science project through which children can explore and learn. Kids have the pleasure of sewing together felt pieces and electronic parts to create a plushie penguin play companion. Conductive thread sewn into the penguin's body creates a circuit that can be completed by folding one of Shivers' wings until two conductive pads are touching, causing a ...Read more

Shrinky Dinks Mini Artist Activity Set generates a good deal of excitement and fun throughout three thoroughly enjoyable phases of play. First, there is the pleasure of coloring in the playful designs on display in each of the set's three 8 x 5 inch precut Shrinky Dinks. Each jam-packed scene contains adorable critters in strikingly different environments (underwater, woodland and high in the sky). Next come the oohs and ...Read more

Shrinky Dinks Mini Racers Activity Set combines several highly enjoyable play activities in one remarkable toy. The fun starts by coloring in the six included precut Shrinky Dinks race car shapes. Each of these six impressively modern race car designs is substantially different from the others and detailed enough to allow for some finely nuanced attention to color. Next comes the baking (parent supervision advised), which...Read more

This construction set is an ideal way for kids to explore basic geometric shapes as well as more complex and beautiful structures. The clever design of the building components makes them versatile and easy to use, qualities that inspire creativity and exploration. Pieces consist of colorful balls with holes into which the ends of the set's brightly colored plastic sticks can be pressed to create a snug fit. Each ball thus...Read more

The range of STEM-skill-nurturing constructions and experiments this set puts at kids' fingertips has to be seen to be believed. With its whopping 440+ pieces and easy-to-follow instruction manual, kids experience Skylab Adventure more as though it were a trip to an amusement park than a search of knowledge. But learn they do, and a great deal. Part of what makes all this hands-on exploration so much fun is the emphasis t...Read more

Sleepy Glow Bear is a cuddly plush companion that sings lullabies, plays nature sounds and expresses verbal affection, all the while exerting a calming, nurturing influence on young ones. Even very young children respond favorably to the softly uttered, loving phrases that Sleepy Glow Bear speaks in response to pressing the heart button on his chest. Residing just below the heart button is a purple music button that allow...Read more

Smalltown Flats 4-Poster Bed affords children a multitude of playtime pleasures. Assembled, this appealing piece of doll furniture is perfectly suited for 18-inch dolls and stuffed animals and inspires many hours of imaginative pretend play. The sturdy, 1/8-inch thick paper chipboard pieces are slotted and marked with matching numbers that make putting the bed together and taking it apart exceptionally easy. Not only doe...Read more

Smart Box - Abu's Journey is a phenomenally fun way for children to learn and explore spatial concepts, hone awareness of shapes and colors, and develop logical thinking and problem-solving skills. The set's 48-page full color book entertains with stories of Abu, his penguin buddy Ding Ding and an ensemble of charming animal friends. Amidst the storyline, the book also contains dozens of activities, many of which ask chil...Read more

Abu's Sailing Logbook is an exciting, hands-on way for children to gain a multitude of skills, including increased concentration, problem-solving, improved eye-hand coordination, enhanced awareness of shapes and colors, and finely attuned visual discrimination skills, among others. The set comes with 9 wooden blocks in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes, along with a full color book that begins with the story of Abu re...Read more

This quick, easy build generates dramatically fun results! Once assembled, Smart Cleaner takes off across the floor at the flip of a switch, following unpredictable paths and dusting as it goes. Googly eyes on the front of the unit give it a comically lifelike appearance, while a fringe encircling its body functions as a fabric duster that picks up dust and hairs along the way. Each time Smart Cleaner hits an obstacle, it...Read more

Snippets is one of the most delightful party and family games we've seen in quite some time, an uproariously fun word game that is more about creativity than vocabulary and whose 'anything goes' scoring can turn just about anyone into a prolific wordsmith. At the beginning of each round, a Snippets card is flipped, displaying a short sequence of letters. Players have 60 seconds in which to write down as many words as they...Read more