Toys That Teach: Holiday Gifts

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 »

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 »

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 »

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.

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.

Grades K-4. Build fact fluency and math skills with this engaging and fun Math Bingo game.  This game is designed with double sided boards; children can choose to solve addition or subtraction math problems, send in the same game!  Draw a tile and reveal a number.  Does it answer a problem on your board?  Grow your mental math skills while having fun with friends. Be the first player to fill the lotto board to win.  Illustrated by Monika Forsberg, designed with vibrant colors… More »

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 »

4 years & up. Our best-selling, classroom-favorite Robot Mouse is now rechargeable! Keep the fun coding without the waste and inconvenience of frequent battery changes. Recharge the mouse with a simple USB cord (included) for hours of play. The race is on to build hands-on coding skills. Build your maze and then use the coding cards to create a step-by-step path for Colby, the rechargeable mouse. Program the sequence of steps, then watch Colby find the cheese. Colby lights up, makes sounds,… More »

Ages 3 years & up. Little learners will let their imaginations and creativity soar while building with this unique set of blocks. This set features a selection of 25 smooth beechwood building blocks and 14 translucent acrylic cubes in 7 colors. These blocks are carefully designed for open-ended play. The colorful translucent acrylic cubes fit inside many of the building blocks for added sensory experiences. Size of largest block: 1"W x 3.9"L x 3.9"H. Size of tray: 10.7W x 10.7"L x 1"H.

3 years and up. Ready for a day on the farm? A tractor, lots animals and fun details await your child for an entertaining activity! Find the farm animals in this 24-piece cardboard puzzle. The pieces are suitable for the hands of children from 3 years old, for easy handling! A fun way to develop young children's memory and dexterity. This puzzle comes with a poster as a template, so you can put the puzzle together at your own pace!

3 years and up. Bring a classic to your classroom with the Hopscotch Play Mat. Children have loved hopscotch for decades, and this mat gives you the chance to introduce it to a new generation of children. Playing hopscotch will help children develop gross-motor skills, balance, coordination, and other valuable skills. Additionally, the soft, interchangeable tiles have numbers on them that promote number recognition.

2 years & up. Magnetic drawing boards can be a fun and engaging tool for children's education in a so many ways. Little learners can really shine creating cool artwork with included pen and stamps with no mess.  This portable drawing board is great for strengthening fine motor skills! Children can also practice writing letters and numbers.

3 years and up. Learn about the weather without interrupting playtime. This set of Explore the Weather Counters depicts 6 different weather patterns (lightning bolt, snowflake, cloud, raindrop, wind, and sun) for children to investigate. The child-sized pieces are perfect for small hands, and each weather pattern has a different surface pattern to spark sensory stimulation. As they play, children will gain valuable scientific knowledge about the world around them.

Birth and up. Invite infants into a sensory wonderland with the Fisher-Price® Simply Senses Activity Gym. This play gym includes a self-discovery mirror, a goose rattle, a hedgehog crinkle, and 3 other movable toys that will stimulate infants' senses and captivate their imaginations. The gym also comes with a soft play mat that matches the visual and conceptual themes of the toys to reinforce infants' sensory experiences.