Can Educational Toys Be Fun?
There are so many toys out there claiming to be educational it is sometimes difficult to sort out the really good ones. You want a great toy which is going to be interesting to your child, have as long a play life as possible, and teach your little one something along the way.
Fortunately there are a great many educational toys now available that do just that. So from baby toys, to toddlers, computer games to board games here is a selection of the most valuable educational toys available.
Educational Wooden Toys
Deluxe Mini Play Cube by Anatex
This cube is a wonderful educational wooden toy for homes, doctors' offices, schools, and waiting rooms. It is similar to the original Mini Play Cube. Children learn counting, cooperative play, alphabet, and eye-hand coordination from this toy.
Includes five fun toys Bead Maze Mini Rollercoaster Express Pathfinder Counting abacus Learn the alphabet Fun Gears! Dimensions: 12" H x 12" W x 24"D
The Original Rollercoaster by Anatex
This Parents' Choice Classic Award Winner is that colossal maze of wood, beads, and wire often seen at the doctor's office. Beautifully crafted with a 12-by-15-inch solid wood base, thick sturdy wire, and wood beads, this winding wonder keeps little hands and minds busy for hours. The structure consists of five intertwined wires, securely attached at the wood base, adorned with free sliding beads of varied color, shape, size, and pattern. One wire reaches 21 inches at its peak, another makes a complete 360 degree loop. As the child slides beads across the tangle of wires, fine motor coordination and critical thinking skills are developed, as well as an understanding of both spatial relations and depth perception. The Original Rollercoaster washes easily with a damp sponge and squares up neatly in a corner for storage
Educational Baby Toy
Let Your Baby Learn With A Fun Toy
LeapFrog LeapStages%u2122 Learning Piano
Three learning screens let Baby choose the level that matches his abilities and interests.
Six months: "Make a Melody" develops eye-tracking trough twinkling lights that respond as baby presses piano keys and hears nursery rhymes. Baby sees Tad's smile and twinkling lights, and hears five instrumental nursery rhymes that play when any key is pressed. Encourages visual development. Introduces cause and effect and nursery rhymes.
Nine months: "Musical Rainbow" introduces colors and five musical instruments. Each key press is rewarded with lights, color names and instrumental riffs and rhythms. Baby sees a fan of bright colors, musical instruments and light-up color keys. Baby hears colors and five instrument names.
Bee Smart Baby Multilingual Vocabulary Builder 3
Continues the Fun and Learning with New Words and New Music. Vocabulary Builder 3 is set to the music of Haydn. The Vocabulary Builder Series is the only video series available to help enhance your child's early vocabulary. Despite its' learning focus kids just love this video! We never knew learning could be so much fun.
If you haven't tried Vocabulary Builders 1 or 2 yet do so. Vocabulary featured in the series includes many common objects and animals. This is a great series! Really Educational.
LeapFrog LittleTouch LeapPad Educational Book:
A to Z Adventure!
What can a cute caterpillar teach your child? All the letters of the alphabet! Little ones learn to link each alphabet letter to its name and sound, as they join Tad and Alphabet Pal on a journey to learn letters from A to Z! Just place the book on the LittleTouch LeapPad player, pop in the cartridge, and use finger touch on any page to bring learning to life. What it Teaches: * Object Identification * Spanish Alphabet * Letter Sounds * Singing * Counting * Letters * Colors
"Learning can be fun for any child with an educational toy."
Educational Computer Games
Get a full brain workout! Product Information Brain Booster will evaluate your academic prowess with a series of eighttests. Depending on your results, you will know if you have the brain toget in the university or the elementary school.
Your tutor, Edmund will help you along the way, giving tips and hints to perform better. Are you smart enough? Keep your brain sharp!
Math Blaster:
Master the Basics
Solve math problems while saving the world in this educational software program
Combines exciting, fast-action game play with state-standard math content
Builds confidence, speed, and accuracy in basic math skills
Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
8 levels; parent/player-selected difficulty level; automatic progress reports
Educational Toys and Games
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JaguarJulie wrote...
Growing up, we didn't have a lot of toys like the kids have today. My favorite Christmas present was a science set with microscope, some rocks and some supposed liquid products. Luckily I didn't set house on fire.
Posted November 13, 2008
dc64 wrote...
I'm with dacde above, when I found Starfall on the internet, I was in heaven! My son has loved this free site for years. His 2 favorite non computerized toys are a wodden jigsaw puzzle of the United States, and a Doodlepro by Fischer Price-the plain one, not the fancy light up ones!
By the way, thanks for blessing my Castles of England lens :)
Posted September 08, 2008
dacde wrote...
I'm particularly fond of educatonal software as a toy for children. My children started using the computer independently as young as 4. What they have learned from educational games has been immeasurable. It does take some effort to make sure you are choosing the best programs, but it's well worth it in the end.
Posted August 30, 2008
