Discover amazing, up-close lunar exploration with GeoSafari® Jr. My First Telescope! Little ones can explore the moon with this focus-free telescope, built specifically for little hands and growing minds. Perfect for STEM learning. The 10x magnification provides fantastic views of the moon, while keeping the field of vision wide, which is essential for young children’s understanding of magnified views.
Available at: www.amazon.com
Designing and drilling just got easier–and even more fun! Now, kids can power up the creativity with a brand-new version of the best-selling Design & Drill Activity Center! Using a kid-friendly, translucent mini-drill, hand screwdriver, or combination wrench, busy builders can drill colorful bolts directly into a see-through base, easily following the pattern card or creating their own, custom designs. Clear the way for creativity!
Available at: www.amazon.com
Botley is here to introduce coding in a fun, friendly way and was named “Best of CES” by Reuters and “Best of Toy Fair” by Parents Magazine. Children as young as 5 can learn to code with Botley, but with his advanced features he’ll grow with them for many fun years to come. Botley is the only coding robot that is ready to use right out of the box, 100% screen free and includes a 77-piece activity set! For even more fun, explore coding with Botley’s advanced features. Botley can detect objects, be programmed for if/then logic, follow looping commands and take on obstacle courses. He also has a black line follow mode and hidden features to unlock! And, Botley has nearly 150 five-star reviews on Amazon! Visit learningresources.com/botley to see him in action!
Available at: www.amazon.com
Physics fundamentals become playtime fun with the Pendulonium STEM Challenge from Learning Resources. This hands-on activity set challenges kids to send the included launch balls flying toward goal cups and targets with the help of a three-piece adjustable pendulum. What seems like a collection of simple tasks will actually challenge each child’s engineering, problem solving, and critical thinking skills as they play around with early physics concepts such as force and momentum in search of the ideal solution. In addition to using their brains, kids will also have to make careful use of their muscles—the pendulum in the Pendulonium STEM Challenge is completely kid-powered, and helps build hand-eye coordination and muscle control without the need for extra batteries, springs, or rubber bands. Each activity set comes with a full-color booklet filled with easy-to-build challenges, which also ramp up in difficulty to encourage leveled play and continued development. Set of 16 pieces includes three-piece adjustable pendulum, six cones, two launch balls, one arch with windmill, two goal cups, sheet of decorative stickers, and full-color booklet featuring challenges.
Available at: www.amazon.com
Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog helps special needs kids build up hand muscles and fine motor skills as they replace the chunky, peg-shaped “quills” within the holes that dot the smiling hedgehog’s back. The learning doesn’t end there—Spike’s colorful quills also lend themselves well to lessons in counting, sorting, and color identification skills. Kids can arrange the quills by warm or cool colors, work on sequences and patterns by alternating colors, or count up the quills with the help of numbers printed on the hedgehog’s back. Once playtime is over, Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog is a snap to clean up—each piece is made of plastic that can be easily wiped clean, and the quills stow snugly inside the hedgehog’s body, which adds simplicity to storage too.
Available at: www.amazon.com
Dream Builder™ 19 Piece magnetic building set comes in a rainbow variety of beautiful colors. Ideal for the beginning builder, their large 9 inch x 9 inch size allows construction of toy furniture, towers, play houses and can be used with existing toys giving them extended value. What you can build is limited only by your imagination! They work well alone, with other Panelcraft® sets. Perfect for individual or multi-child play, Panelcraft® develops both fine and gross motor skills, patterning, shape recognition, and building. Comes with STEM-themed activity guide.
Available at: Panelcraft.com – Kaplan Toys – Tout About Toys – Childcraft – S&S Worldwide
Video Poodle (videopoodle.com) is a website that hosts informational and entertaining web series and videos for kids. It is a positive and trusted environment, free of advertising and unsafe links, where children can safely watch responsibly made videos designed to engage, inspire, and grow young minds.
Video Poodle hosts a free version of its site with a sample selection of each of its series.
Video Poodle also provides a paid membership version of its site which gives its users full access to all of its content.
All of Video Poodle’s series, videos and content are written, produced, and edited internally under the guidance and direction of its founder and his producers. Unlike YouTube, Video Poodle does not accept public created or provided videos.
Available on the website: videopoodle.com
Doona is the only infant car seat with a built in mobility system. With the push of a button, Doona goes from car seat to stroller and back. Parents can travel easily without the need to pack extra gear, and Doona is also aircraft approved for air travel.
Up to 35 lbs; 32 “
$499, includes the base
Available at www.buybuybaby.com or www.doonausa.com.
A Crown of dyed hen feathers with a bunch of rooster feathers on a yard long flexible wire.
An exiting cat teaser toy for your beloved feline companion! The feathers are sturdy and durable, the wire is thick enough to withstand the wildest feline.
The feathers are first sewn and then glued to ensure maximum durability. The feathers are dyed with food dye so they are safe for cats.
Available at: www.catboutique.net
Kids will love greeting their tiny magical friends with this fairy welcoming kit. Complete with ten projects and special instructions on how to summon a visit from their favorite fairy while they’re sleeping, this kit is essential to giving your child a boost of confidence. Whether they’re looking for a tooth fairy to help them when they’ve lost a tooth or a brave fairy to give them courage when they’re afraid, this kit will make all of their wishes come true. Kids can decorate a fairy door, dress up a special fairy doll, craft a wand, and more, to turn the experience into the perfect fairy tale.
Available at: Online or at your local book, toy, or craft store.