The Social Skills Puppet Set provides a structured, enjoyable and effective approach to helping children understand, absorb and display appropriate social behavior. The set comes with large Max and Millie Hand Puppets, a marvelously helpful 71 page activity book and twelve full color emotion cards. The book contains sixteen social skills lessons, each of which starts with a story consisting of dialogue between Max and Mil...Read more

Space Gyroscope is a compact, self-contained unit that functions as both a gyroscopic stunt course and electronic gyroscope starter. The 40+ piece set is fun and easy to assemble, with decals that dress up components for maximum visual effect. Once assembled, getting the action in high gear is as simple as inserting the gyroscope into the futuristic, robot-like base unit and gently pressing down. The gyroscope's interior ...Read more

Its unsurprising that heads turn whenever a Space Scooter X580 goes zipping by. Unlike a conventional scooter, this ingeniously designed vehicle is powered by a teeter-totter motion with which the rider's feet alternately push into the front and back of the board. That continuous pumping action generates higher speeds and longer distances than a traditional scooter and makes for an exhilarating mode of travel in which the...Read more

Splash is a fast-moving, intensely entertaining game in which a keen eye and quick reflexes will get you far. Players aim to get four of a kind while rapidly passing and receiving cards to and from their neighbors, with the ultimate goal being to be the first player to spell SPLASH. Once any player achieves four of a kind, he or she grabs one of the dolphins from the table, signaling the others to do the same. Since there...Read more

Spooner Freestyle Balance Board serves up a limitless array of fun physical activities ranging from rocking and balancing acts to dazzling tricks that give the rider the feel of surfing, skateboarding, or snowboarding - anytime, anywhere. The 22.5 inch X 11.25 inch board works on all surfaces, indoors and outdoors, and has a weight limit of 500 lbs. The board's centered spoon shape enables just about anyone to quickly gai...Read more

The expressions of joy on children's faces when they open this bright red picnic basket (nicely sealed with an elastic clasp and ornamented with checkered bows) and discover the treasures inside is a pleasure to behold. An explosion of pattern and color greets them, red and blue dots gracing the basket's interior and the magical-seeming items nestled inside. A sense of spellbinding enchantment only grows stronger as those...Read more

Squaremino is an extraordinarily entertaining game, a delicious tightrope of skill and luck that enables players of varying ages and skill levels to compete with one another while enjoying highly social group fun. Players start off with 12 tiles apiece and take turns playing 2, 3 or 4 tiles at a time by adding them to a communal network of intersecting tiles. The tiles added on a turn must either all be the same color, nu...Read more

Start-Up Circuits is a wonderfully effective approach to teaching children as young as 18 months the abstract concept of circuitry. It's a joyously hands-on mix of fun and learning through which youngsters learn a great deal. The set includes 6 pieces that, at first blush, could simply be colorful building blocks. However, snapping any of the 3 action tops together with any of the 3 switch blocks so that the red line alon...Read more

The distinctive look, feel and functionality of this wonderful 72-piece construction set inspires children to think and create in new and different ways. Each of Resources' 7 different primary building shapes has a color and characteristic that mimics the real-world resource for which it is named: stone, brick, wood, sand, water, tree and steel. Also included are ball-and people-shaped pieces that further enrich the play ...Read more

Experienced players and newcomers alike found this fresh take on the classic Tangram puzzle to be an absolute delight. Designed to be played either as a head to head race or solo style, Tangram Race comes with two complete 7-piece Tangram sets and a deck of 30 challenge cards. Each double-sided challenge card gives players the choice of 2 levels of difficulty (beginner on one side, advanced on the other). In each round, p...Read more

Tarzan Tire Swing is great outdoor fun, a re-imagined take on the traditional tire swing that updates, and improves on, the original. For starters, its clean, spare look makes it far more attractive than any tire swing we've ever seen. And with a 40-inch diameter, Tarzan Tire Swing is a whole lot of swing. Its sturdy, foam-covered steel frame encircles a strong, comfortable spider-web netting on which kids seat themselves...Read more

Even if Teach My Yoga Mat Set - Fish & Learn consisted only of a yoga mat for children, it would be a tremendous asset given yoga's well-established capacity for nurturing mind and body. But it is much more than that. The set includes a variety of playful, high quality components that, in conjunction with the colorful illustrations on one side of the yoga mat, offer a variety of highly engaging educational games and activ...Read more

Techno Gears Quirky Copter is one of the most enjoyable and satisfying construction sets we've seen in quite some time. Kids love it, and for good reason. The easy to follow, step-by-step illustrated instructions allow young builders to progress quickly (no small feat, given the set's 80+ construction pieces), the copter taking shape at an impressive rate. The end result is even more dazzling: a sizeable, colorful helicop...Read more

Telly the Teaching Time Clock is an extraordinarily fun and effective way for children to learn to tell both digital and analog time. There are two distinct modes of play from which to choose. In "Tell Time" mode, kids can turn Telly's analog clock hands in 5 minute increments, stop wherever they please, and hear Telly announce the time aloud while the digital display automatically updates to match the analog. In "Quiz Ga...Read more

Children relive the wonders of Marcus Pfister's classic tale in a highly enjoyable hands-on activity with The Rainbow Fish Lacing Cards. The set includes a dozen laces in 6 different colors kids use to embellish the 10 gorgeously-illustrated lacing cards that accompany them. The cards, made from thick, durable cardstock, display original scenes from The Rainbow Fish dotted with color-coded holes that communicate which col...Read more

Sharing and cooperation are key elements of play in this charming and delightful game. The game components alone are so well-made and imaginatively illustrated that they exert a magnet-like pull on youngsters. The game's goal is for each and every player to fill his or her Rainbow Fish Board with colored fish scales before the Wave Marker reaches the end of the Sea Board. When this is achieved, everyone wins. If, however,...Read more

The Urban Playset makes for an impressive sight and even more impressive fun. It is a vividly detailed and colorful 3-D play environment that inspires children to invent epic storylines and act out endlessly engaging scenarios. The striking illustrations that adorn the set's horizontal and vertical surfaces (front and back as well as inside and out) turn it into something of a wonderland, a place where kids can fully unle...Read more

Tiny Polka Dot is a uniquely effective and pleasurable way for children ages 3 through 8 to learn essential mathematical concepts through play. The deck contains 6 distinct card designs, each of which nonverbally communicates the values 0 through 10 in ways so clever, varied and enticing that the simple act of leafing through them is both fun and enlightening. The instructions contain 16 easy-to-learn Tiny Polka Dot games...Read more

TooT! is fast-moving party and family fun in which players use logic, strategy and outside-the-box thinking to best their opponents. In all four of the highly enjoyable games offered up by this 4-in-1 playfest, a TooT is the fundamental building block that determines any given card's playability. A single card that displays a secondary color forms a TooT all by itself. Any pair of cards bearing only primary colors forms a...Read more

This wonderful plush toy/book set lets kids enjoy Santa's lovable new puppy, Tracker, in two equally pleasurable realms: as a delightfully soft, white plush puppy to cuddle and play with, and in the pages of the accompanying book, 'The Story of Tracker - Santa's Puppy.' The plush Tracker and the one in the story share a friendly, exuberant disposition, snow white fur, and a remarkable talent: the ability to tell whether s...Read more

The vividness with which this remote controlled LED nightlight conjures colors is almost startling. So beautiful is the effect that adults and children tend to be equally enthralled. Tulio Dream Lights comes in 10 different designs (rocket ship, unicorn, heart, . . . ), each of which consists of a clear shape with frosted embellishments held upright in a white oval base, a stylish appearance that fits well with any decor....Read more

These colorful Twisting Beads exert an almost magnetic pull on a young one's attention. The eight wooden beads, made from natural, sustainable wood with water-based paints, are connected by a very strong elastic string that holds them in a close but easily manipulable cluster. The pleasure with which children physically explore the beads quickly evolves into fascination as they twist, pull and shape the colorful spheres i...Read more