Educational Toys are Tops

Educated Folks Buy Educational Toys

Thu. Dec. 04, 2008

Buying educational toys for your children is not only smart, it will probably be appreciated by your children - who are naturally curious, anyway.

Educational toys are becoming more and more sophisticated, and yet they are surprisingly affordable.

#1 Hottest
Apples to Apples Game Party Box
$29.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#2 Hottest
Blokus
$28.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#3 Hottest
Leapfrog Leapster Multimedia Game System: Green
Here is one handheld gaming system that both parents and kids will be able to agree upon. The Leapster Learning Game System takes the brain-building principles that Leapfrog laid out in its earlier electronic learning devices (which have an interactive book format) and applies them to a video-game format. Leapster draws kids in with familiar video game templates
$59.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 24 hours

#4 Hottest
Leapster L-Max Handheld Learning Game System -Blue
The award-winning original LeapFrog Leapster handheld takes it up a notch with the Leapster L-Max for kids ages 4 to 10. This handheld features dual-screen action (players interact with the handheld screen and watch the results on their TV screen), multiple skill levels, tailored tutorials, and unlimited potential for educational fun. Slip in one of Leapster's many software games ("Letters on the Loose," "Rock the World," "Madagascar," "Dora the Explorer Wildlife Rescue," etc.
$89.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#5 Hottest
Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Play Set - LeapFrog Interactive
$17.63 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#6 Hottest
Blokus Trigon
$24.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 24 hours

#7 Hottest
Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100
$27.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#8 Hottest
Totally Gross The Game
$19.39 Click here to order Usually ships in 4-5 business days

#9 Hottest
PlayFoam
$9.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#10 Hottest
Snap Circuits SC-300
$54.34 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#11 Hottest
LeapFrog Word Whammer Fridge Phonics Set
$24.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#12 Hottest
Dora the Explorer to the Rescue - My First LeapPad Software
$12.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 24 hours

#13 Hottest
V.Smile Nitro Notebook Interactive Learning System
Youngsters will love whipping out this very grownup-looking laptop for a little educational fun
$59.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 4-5 business days

#14 Hottest
My First LeapPad Software: Cars
Snap this interactive book and cartridge into any My First LeapPad system and your child will begin learning valuable preschool skills. This new addition to the LeapFrog library features characters and storylines from the popular Disney movie, Cars. Kids will explore the book with Lightning McQueen and friends and unwittingly practice their math, reading, and pre-writing skills through fun activities. For example, preschoolers help Mater the tow truck locate letters, numbers, and shapes on license plates in one exercise. In another, preschoolers locate numbers 1 through 10 on a map to direct McQueen through the town of Radiator Springs. Junior mechanics will also delight in learning various car facts and names of parts. --Cristina Vaamonde
$10.46 Click here to order Usually ships in 24 hours

#15 Hottest
LeapFrog Interactive FLY Pentop Computer
Pretty fly for an educational toy! The Fly Pentop Computer is the wave of the future--today. So
$109.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#16 Hottest
V.Smile Interactive Learning Handheld Game
This hand held version of the popular V Smile educational game console makes for a handy companion on a trip, in the backyard, or wherever a kid might want to go. It works with all the same V Smile "smartridges" as the larger console and features adaptable buttons for left and right handed play. Back at home, it can also plug into a television set to play all the games on a bigger screen. The appeal of the V Smile series, of course, is that all the games are educational and help build skills that kids don't even realize they're building. This pocket size set includes a game of Zayzoo, My Alien Classmate that teaches vocabulary, math, logic, and more. --Charlie Williams
$69.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

#17 Hottest
Scientific Explorer Disgusting Science Kit
$16.98 Click here to order Usually ships in 3-4 business days

#18 Hottest
Musical Activity Walker
This versatile toy starts as a fun-filled activity center with lively music, beads, gears, and colorful doors. Then it converts into a fully mobile walker, ready to steady the mobile child. Four fun songs reward baby for the great physical accomplishment of walking on either carpeted or hardwood surfaces, providing the incentive to keep on practicing. (For quieter play the music can also be turned off.) Although perhaps most suitable for more stable toddlers that enjoy the thrill of being able to push toys around, this durable walker will soon become a favorite friend. It also folds flat for easy storage and requires three AA alkaline batteries (not included). --Deb Oroszlan
$19.97 Click here to order Usually ships in 24 hours

#19 Hottest
My First LeapPad Alphabet Bus
Shaped like a friendly yellow school bus, this incarnation of My First LeapPad continues to engage children with fun games that they will never suspect are valuable brain-building activities. The updated LeapPad still accepts all of the 15 titles in the LeapFrog interactive library, each of which snaps into the LeapPad reader and focuses on a different pre-kindergarten skill, from reading to math to social skills. Secured to the bus is the "magic" pen, which hones fine motor skills when used to point to objects within the interactive books and, for more advanced learners, provides practice on how to hold a pencil and write letters. The difference with this First LeapPad, however, is that it has several early phonics activities built right in that do not require a book. The alphabet is listed along the side of the bus and children can touch a letter to hear its name said aloud. Two fun games ask children to identify a particular letter or letter sound and offer positive encouragement if kids don't get the right answer the first time. Finally, preschoolers can listen to (what else?) The Wheels on the Bus in between games. My First LeapPad comes with the interactive book and cartridge for Leap's Big Day and runs on four "AA" batteries (not included). --Cristina Vaamonde
$29.99 Click here to order In stock soon. Order now to get in line.

#20 Hottest
My First LeapPad Software: Thomas and the School Trip
$12.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 24 hours

There are several educational toys on the hottest Christmas toys list this year - which ones will you choose?