Toys That Teach: Holiday Gifts

3 years & up. Gerd the Gecko plays this "Groovy Beats" Wooden Guitar! This lightweight acoustic guitar in a child-friendly size impresses with its cheery design and the combination of natural wood and modern blue colors. The strings are color-marked according to a musical scale and support children as they learn their first songs. Includes sheet music and two plectrums. An absolute hit for young guitarists! This children's guitar promotes an early understanding of musical tones, improves… More »

3 years & up. Multiply making with this 62-Piece Set of MAGNA-TILES®. This set combines classic tiles and microMAGS tiles to give children different size options for their designs. Although it has a new twist, this set will still develop a host of important skills including building skills, spatial awareness skills, and shape recognition skills while captivating children with eye-catching colors and sharply contoured shapes - just like MAGNA-TILES® have been doing for almost 3 decades!

5 years & up. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, this Youth Pickleball Paddle Set welcomes everyone! Pickleball is easy to learn with simple rules and straightforward gameplay. This set will help children stay active and healthy with a game that provides a full-body workout without being too strenuous.

5 years and up. Revolutionize STEM play with the Plip™ Kit Silicone Connect System. Including arches, sticks, and Xs, the pieces in this kit are flexible and connect to one another via ball-and-socket ends. This means that children can use them to create any design imaginable; whether it's a rocket ship, an octopus, or a necklace. Plip™ Kit pieces can also be used as fidgets and sensory tools! Pull them apart to hear them POP! Set includes 46 pieces.

18 months & up. Children will love to splish-splash in the water with the Bebe Water Play Calypso Garden Delights 12" Doll! Dressed in a charming, garden-themed outfit and a matching sun hat, this doll is safe to use in all types of aquatic environments and has a tab sewn into its back so you can hang it up to dry after playtime. In addition to being great for water play, this doll has lots of realistic features, including a bead-filled body that allows children to pose it like a real baby,… More »

3 years & up. Craft your own calming sensory bottles using the DIY Calm Down Sensory Bottle Kit! Each kit comes with a selection of glitter and sparkles, along with an instructional sheet. Simply add contents and water, twist the cap back on, and your sensory bottle is good to go. The ends of the bottles are protected by textured silicone caps and are ideal for little fingers to explore. Bottles are refillable and reusable, offering limitless creative possibilities. Designed to encourage focused… More »

3 years & up. The NeeDoh® Fun Sensory Pack will help children stay focused in class, calm down in a quiet center, or just have fun! The items in this set are explicitly designed to provide sensory outputs that reduce children's anxiety and stress. The Happy Snappy Ball has bubbles on the exterior that press in when children poke them and pop out when children squeeze the ball. The Nice Cube feels soft when slowly squished and firm when quickly squished and returns to its original shape.… More »

3 years & up. The TinkerTar Tiger Guitar is the easiest way to introduce children to the enchanting world of music! The 1-string guitar is the ideal beginner instrument to ignite a passion for music and foster creativity. Children will build confidence and develop essential fine motor skills as they work from simple to more challenging songs. The Kaplan TinkerTar Tiger Guitar includes an exclusive easy-to-follow teacher guide written by music teachers to make playing the guitar and teaching… More »

3 years & up. This Country Cottage Wooden Doll House with an open front makes a fantastic impression with artistic details, decorative accents, and a modern interior style. A combined kitchen, living room, and dining room, a bedroom, and a bathroom, as well as a rooftop terrace and a front garden, offer boundless possibilities for imaginative play and role play. The open living concept, winding staircase, windows that open, and a modern floor-level shower come together with eight functional… More »

3 years & up. Unlock your child's creativity with the Wooden Dress-Up Magnetic Puzzle! This set comes with 68 pieces of magnetic clothing and accessories that little designers can mix and match to create an unlimited number of stylish outfits for the boy and girl models. The clothing includes outfits for all four seasons, so children can prepare the models for any type of weather. As they try their hand at being fashionistas, children will also develop creative and fine motor skills.

6 months and up. Bring infants into new sensory worlds with the Bio Magic Shaker and Roly Poly Teddy Bear. These two toys present infants with all kinds of exploratory possibilities. In addition to hearing sound when they shake them, infants will see beads change colors when they flip the magic shaker, hear a squeak when they press the teddy bear's belly, and much more. Wonder awaits! Available individually or as a set of 2.

18 months & up. Kids can jam out with the My First Rock & Roll Electric Guitar! Easy-to-play lights and sounds captivate young musicians, sparking their curiosity and creativity. Watch as children hit the buttons or strum the strings to create different sounds. This rocking guitar comes ready to play with 3 AA batteries, included.

2 years & up. Introduce your child to the wonderful world of music with the My First Drum Set. This delightful musical set offers an engaging and interactive way to learn about instruments and rhythm from an early age. My First Drum Set includes everything your little musician needs to start creating captivating beats and melodies. The set features a vibrant and sturdy drum, perfect for little hands to tap and play. The drum doubles as convenient storage for all the included accessories, promoting… More »

18 months & up. This "Groovy Beats" Wooden Xylophone offers an ideal introduction to the world of sound! Children don't even need to know how to read notes in order to play their first songs on these chimes. The tone bars are color-coded and help children with their first musical compositions together with the sheet music. Comes with robust mallets made of solid wood. This xylophone is also a visual eye-catcher for the nursery orchestra with its soft blue colors and modern, contrasting… More »

5 years & up. Young vehicle lovers can build and customize their own vehicles with the LEGO® Classic Creative Vehicles set! Use the easy-to-follow instructions to build a police car, ice-cream truck, ATV, front loader, truck, limo, off-roader, and station wagon. An inspiration guide is also included with 10 imaginative ideas to encourage children to try out their own builds with different designs, cool details, and colorful decorations. Set features 900 pieces, including 52 wheels. The limo… More »

5 years and up. Find what you need before time runs out! In the I Spy Dig In Game, each player gets a card with 6 objects on it and must retrieve them from the bowl before everybody else. Players have 15 seconds to dig for the objects with both hands. After all players have gone, everyone digs at the same time, but they can only use one hand! The first player to find all 6 objects on their card wins the round, and the first player to win 3 rounds wins the game.

3 years & up. Kids who are fascinated by cooking can let their imaginations run freely with this Complete Play Kitchen! Sturdily constructed, this kitchen makes a great impression with its modern color scheme including the trendy color "smoke blue" combined with cool, cognac-colored faux leather grips. The look is rounded out with elements like a reversible rear panel and the surfaces in the refrigerator and oven printed with kitchen details. The worktop, turnable "click"… More »

18 months & up. Clemmy® Plus is specially designed for children from 18 to 36 months. These soft building blocks for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers are brightly colored and perfectly safe for little ones. Clemmy® Plus colorful blocks can be easily stacked together and pulled apart, even at the youngest age. Ideal for stimulating imagination, creativity, and role-playing. Encourages the development of fine motor skills. These blocks can be put in the dishwasher, making them ideal… More »

18 months & up. Take classic dot painting to the next level with this Small Dots Mess-Free Painting Set! Each kit comes with four dot markers in four different colors (blue, red, pink, and yellow) and four reusable picture cards. Give children one of the dot markers, and let them create their very own piece of art. The picture card's layout ensures that each child's unique design will still be in the shape of a cat, turtle, tree, or butterfly. Picture cards are reusable - flip open the picture… More »

18 months & up. Enable children to discover beautiful, colorful designs all by themselves with the Forest Friends Coloring Kit. Simply give children the jumbo pencil and watch them reveal the patterns on the template. No matter what or where children try to color, the pencil will only color the predetermined areas that are part of the design. This means that children play a part in making the design come to life while still following the template. Set includes 24 animal-shaped cards and 2 jumbo colored pencils.

2 years & up. Enable play to take flight with this stunning collection of Sensory Play Stones: Birds. The tactile, realistic detailing will inspire curiosity and conversation while providing lots of wonderful sensory feedback. Sturdy bases make the birds versatile for imaginary play and create solid foundations for children's vocabulary and storytelling skills to grow. To top it all off, the birds are easy to clean and able to withstand water, soil, mud, and clay. Set features 8 different types of birds.

2 years & up. Enable play to take flight with this charming collection of Sensory Play Stones: Butterflies. The tactile, realistic detailing will inspire curiosity and conversation while providing lots of wonderful sensory feedback. Sturdy bases permit lots of imaginative play possibilities and create solid foundations for children's vocabulary and storytelling skills to grow. To top it all off, the butterflies are easy to clean and able to withstand water, soil, mud, and clay. Set features… More »

12 months and up. Children will enjoy stacking triumphs with the Wobbly Stacking Moose. This moose scale and stacker will enhance fine motor and spatial skills as children build a colorful cascade of cups on the moose's weighted base. Stack the cups to balance the moose antlers and see how high you can climb before the playful moose sends them tumbling! Includes the moose scale and 8 stacking cups.

3 years & up. This Color Crystal Block Set with Activity Cards can help children learn to fit shapes together and expand their understanding of spatial relationships, geometric vocabulary, and color recognition. This transparent acrylic block set features 17 different regular and irregular shapes in 5 translucent colors. These manipulatives will also spring to life when used with a light panel or in front of a sunlit window. The blocks create colorful streams of light and eccentric shadows.… More »