Toys That Teach: Holiday Gifts

12 months & up. These smooth, pleasant-to-hold "Groovy Beats" Wooden Maracas Set are made of robust, solid wood and are ideal for young beginner music-makers getting their first experiences with rhythm and making sounds! These classic music rattles fit especially well in young children's hands thanks to their shape and makes a strong visual impression with the combination of natural wood and modern, contrasting colors. In addition to acoustic perception, maracas also train a sense… More »

2 years & up. With this Cuttable Lunch Playset, children can play in a realistic way in their play kitchens. The cuttable food set is comprised of an assortment of common foods that children will recognize. Includes cutting board, wooden knife, and reusable packaging that can also be used as a storage box. The upper portion of the cutting board can be written on with chalk. Foods include tomato, cucumber, carrot, apple, banana, piece of cheese, salami, butter, and rolls/baguettes. The natural… More »

12 months & up. This robust Wooden Rainbow Building Blocks set is the ideal play companion for toddlers. The 8 wooden arches in trendy rainbow colors can be used in many ways such as sorting, building, or stacking, and make a great impression on people of all ages with their natural haptics. A wooden rainbow is a real multi-talented toy! It allows for free play according to the Montessori teaching method and ensures that there are no boundaries to imagination during play - for children of all… More »

4 years & up. Experience the enduring pleasure of kite flying with the Large Rainbow Diamond Kite. With its bright colors and traditional design, this kite is the perfect companion for windy days. It's great for kite lovers of all ages, offering delightful outdoor fun and a chance to enjoy the beauty of flying high in the blue sky, capturing the cherished tradition of kite flying. Kite is easy to assemble and fly making it the perfect kite for a child or an adult. Includes nylon kite, cross… More »

3 years & up. Want to play like in a real supermarket? Then this Grocery Cash Register Playset belongs in every well-stocked play store! The stick-on scanning surface can be applied to an existing play store or another play surface. Playing "checkout" with this cash register trains the use of money, amounts, and prices. The 15 money pieces are designed to be used to practice beginner math problems. The 5 double-sided food product cards also encourage kids to learn to count and do math.… More »

18 months & up. Made of sturdy wood, the Pull-Along Dump Truck has plenty of learning and playing fun in its load! Visual and sound effects provide extra fun while the driver and dumping bed hop up and down when the truck rolls. Comes with rubberized wheels. This compact, finely manufactured wooden toy truck in a modern design and richly contrasting colors can be used as a regular toy truck, a push-along truck, or a pull-along truck, and is perfectly suited for small hands! Dump truck is made… More »

3 years & up. The beauty salon is open! Children can style themselves however they want and look at themselves in the tilting mirror with this Retro Make-Up Table. Various wooden make-up and hair-care accessories complete this set and can be stored in the drawer divided into three compartments in order to save space. With its compact size, this make-up table will fit in almost any child's room. With only eight screws, it can be quickly assembled.

3 years & up. This comprehensive Wooden Market Food Playset includes typical food items and drinks that encourage realistic role-play in the theme of a balanced vegetarian diet. The packaging for the rice and noodles with see-through windows and the cotton shopping bag with a food pyramid printed on it - which helps children learn about a proper diet. Milk, butter, cheese, oil, an egg, rice, noodles, bread, an apple, tomato, cucumber, and carrot - this broad selection of vegetarian toy foods… More »

3 years & up. The Sensory Soft Squeeze Seat is crafted to gently embrace a child's torso while seated, offering a soothing hug that promotes calmness and a reassuring sense of security. The comforting pressure of the Squeeze Seat relieves anxiety and stress, resulting in greater concentration and more attentive behavior. Ideal for kids who are fidgety and have trouble sitting still. Perfect for home or school, and is beneficial to all children who need to decompress and relax including those… More »

3 years & up. Foster experimentation, problem solving, and other STEM-related concepts through captivating play with the Air Toobz Classroom Set. Using a child-safe turbine, Air Toobz send foam balls flying through a network of modular tubes and up into the air. The set offers continual opportunities for customization with adjustable airflows that create different speeds and interchangeable parts that you can arrange in many different ways. Create loops and swirls, or weave them under tables… More »

12 months & up. Toddlers can safely discover the magic of magnetism with the SmartMax® My First Sounds & Senses Magnetic Discovery Building Set. Unique sounds and faces that portray various emotions bring each magnetic ball to life, enabling toddlers to learn about emotions while they create a wide assortment of different shapes and designs. The set will also help toddlers develop color and shape recognition and fine motor skills. Set includes four tactile bars and four balls with different… More »

3 years & up. Spark imagination, creativity, and STEM learning with the Colorful Magnetic Tiles Rectangle Pack. Featuring three rectangle sizes in 8 different colors, this pack encourages children to bring big ideas to life as they build and explore. Explicitly designed to be the same length as two, three, or four combined Connetix squares, the tiles in this pack will give you the extra stability and structure you need to create bigger, more complex designs. All the tiles feature a beveled design… More »

3 years & up. Facilitate STEM skill development with the Colorful Magnetic Tiles Shape Expansion Pack. The wide variety of shapes in this pack gives children infinite opportunities to express their creativity. In addition to its vast exploratory potential, this pack will extend children's mathematical understanding and advance their engineering skills. All the tiles in the pack feature a unique beveled design that makes them both strong and captivating. Set includes 48 pieces.

18 months & up. Calin Maria is the perfect "my first baby doll" for your little one to cuddle. This adorable brown-eyed, 12-inch baby doll has a bean-filled body that allows children to pose her just like a real baby! Dressed in a pink top with floral ruffles, floral pants, and matching pink and floral headband, this beautiful doll is ready for all occasions. Features a soft vanilla scent for added delight.

3 years & up. Enable children to take their building to the next level with the Magnetic Base Plate Pack. Featuring numerous magnetic points, these Base Plates feature a unique bevel design and increase the potential of magnetic tile play by giving children a foundation upon which they can build bigger ball runs, taller towers, and more! Includes 1 blue plate and 1 green plate. Each plate measures 12"L x 12"W.

3 years & up. If the balls in your ball run need an upgrade, the Ball Run Wooden Replacement Ball Pack has you covered. This pack will enhance the play experiences and creative possibilities that children have with magnetic tile collections, especially the Colorful Magnetic Tiles Ball Run (300872). Available as a set of 16 or 32.

Multi-colored beads cascade through the clear tube creating fascinating visual tracking opportunities while enhancing listening skills. Measures 16.46"H.

4 years and up. This educational toy includes four different puzzles: T-Rex, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus. There is an added bonus! Turn off the lights to see their glow-in-the-dark skeletons. These puzzles foster collaborative educational play that teaches children about the dinosaurs' skeletal systems, develops memory skills and improves spatial reasoning. Each puzzle has different color backgrounds for easy sorting and Linda Bleck's artwork brings these ancient giants back to life.

4 years & up. Children can build 6 colorful houses with different designs, heights, and shapes with the LEGO® Classic Creative Houses! Allow the creative fun to continue by adding different bricks to make the houses taller and swap doors, windows, roofs, gardens, and more to change each house's design. For even more possibilities, check out the idea guide for inspiration on 8 additional builds! Building set includes 850 pieces and features different styles of windows, doors, trees, flowers… More »

3 years &up. Enjoy over 1 hour of bubbles with the Fun-Finiti Bubble Machine.  Includes 2 ounces of bubble concentrate which makes 20 ounces of bubble solution to enjoy as soon as you open the box!  The No-Spill design means more time to play with less mess. Requires 4 AA batteries not included.

4 years & up. Set creativity free with the Spaghetteez Flexible Construction & Building Set! Spaghetteez are soft, flexible building sticks that easily click together to make colorful creations. Spaghetteez develop fine motor skills, encourage 3D insight, and stimulate creative thinking. Spaghetteez also make great fidget toys because they bend and twist without making noise. Set contains soft craft sticks in different lengths and colors (the longest stick is 12"), various accessories… More »

2 years & up. Perfect for water exploration! Let children experiment with these fun water color changing tablets. Set of 20 colorful tablets and 2 animal dispensers with safety caps to keep the tablets secure. Tablets are nontoxic, non-staining, and easy to clean. (Additional tablets sold separately, 300457)

2 years & up. Perfect for water exploration! Let children experiment with these fun water color changing tablets. Set of 40 colorful tablets which are nontoxic and non-staining. Can be used alone or with the Color Buddie dispensers that are sold separately. (Kaplan item, 300456)

2 years & up. Serve up delicious pretend meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Young chefs can prepare nutritious food such as eggs, waffles, fried chicken, fruits, sandwiches, and more. This set makes a great addition to pretend play kitchens. Purchase all three meal sets together as one big set or buy them individually. Made from plastic.