Smart Lab Motor Mania will rev your kids up to learn about motors! Complete with 46
parts and a 40-page handbook filled with vibrant illustrations and tons of interesting facts,
this set has everything your child needs to create 10 different mechanical devices. Boys and
girls alike will enjoy building motorized cars, drink stirrers and game spinners, all while
learning about gears, electric current, batteries and more. Smart Lab has numerous other
products that will teach your kids about the human skull, weather, bacteria and much more!
www.smartlabtoys.com
Apples to Apples Junior is a fun way to help your child expand vocabulary
and thinking skills. Your family will have a blast making clever comparisons out of
words on your “red apple” cards; the person with the best comparison each round collects
a “green apple” card, and the first player to win four green apple cards wins! The wide
range of words will not only create hilarious comparisons but will also teach your children
synonyms and antonyms to add to their vocabulary and reinforce general knowledge about people,
places and things. www.otb-games.com
Borderline Geography Games
let your children get to know the world without
having to step outside your house. The
educational card game has four different
versions and is as easy as Crazy Eights. Each
card has different sections of a map on it, and
kids try to call their friends’ bluffs while
learning geography at the same time. Before you
know it, your children will know the location of
every state in the U.S. and every country in the
world!
Kids can also brush up on
their state capitals or learn a new
language. Magnetic Poetry products, which
also include word stickers, creativity
journals and poetry stones, aren’t just for
kids; parents can have a ball mixing up
favorite movie lines or expressing their
inner Shakespeare. www.magneticpoetry.co
SMATH is a Scrabble-like board game that uses math equations
instead of words, adding up to a ton of
educational fun for you and your kids. Each
player uses tiles with numbers and signs to
create equations on the board. Kids can learn
how to expand simple equations by building on
ones already on the board. Calculator skills
will also improve as your child uses them to
challenge equations. The difficulty level can be
increased as children master math principles.
www.pressmantoy.com
Match It! Games are perfect for
your preschool
and early elementary school students. These
puzzles cover subjects
ranging from fractions
and sequencing to opposites and patterns. Each
set comes with 30 colorful puzzle cards; only
cards with the correct answers will fit
together, so your child will be able to correct
himself if he makes a mistake. www.tlji.com
How to Tell Time is a fun
activity book that will get your kids reading
clocks in no time. Equipped with a plastic watch
with a colorful band and BIG numbers, this book
from the Chicken Socks series by Klutz unlocks
the mysteries of telling time. Other books in
this series include Penny Games, The Super
Scissors Book and Pop Bead People; each book
comes with accessories to go along with the
activities. While Chicken Socks is for younger
kids, Klutz books will keep your older kids
entertained; they’ll love everything from
puzzles to hobbies like hair braiding, knot
making and nail painting. www.klutz.com