Swinxs is the first screen-free game console that plays games, talks, listens, and keeps children entertained for hours. Players each wear a colored wrist-band. Hold your wristband near the Swinxs console at the start of session to let it know you'll be playing, and it will identify you by color as you participate in the fun and games. Swinxs is verbally interactive and very easy to use, allowing you to choose from a seri...Read more

TableTalk Conversation Decks get conversation flowing in interesting, and sometimes odd, directions by revealing a fascinating fact followed by a related, intriguing question. And here's the thing - the facts really are fascinating and the questions, genuinely intriguing. During our sit down sessions, kids became very engaged, whether it be in discussing the environmental benefits of choosing toys and games that use less ...Read more

Another great game from Gamewright! Fine motor skills, as well as shape and color recognition, figure prominently in the game play. Fill the sprinkle shaker with the colored wooden shapes (stars, cubes, triangles, etc.), place the cupcake cards on the table, and you're ready to go. On your turn, roll the die and shake the sprinkle shaker the number of times shown on the die. Any shapes that pour out can be placed on the f...Read more

In addition to being outstandingly educational, the EarthBox Snow Pea Kit provides your child the unique pleasure and satisfaction of initiating and sustaining a garden project and watching nature do the rest. That the yield is an edible crop of food is an invaluable part of the experience. Imagine the excited sense of pride and self-sufficiency your child feels as the family sits down to a dinner that includes food he o...Read more

The Shuttle Imagination playhouse is the ideal environment for children to express themselves in (and on) while playing to their hearts' content. Made in the USA using 100% recycled cardboard material, it measures 72 inches tall X 39 inches long x 34 inches wide. The space shuttle design unleashes their imagination to go on countless adventures, and provides a sturdy canvas on which to draw and express their inner artist....Read more

These fun, entertainingly illustrated placemats provide a fabulous way to engage your young child in learning. Children can use washable markers to engage in a variety of activities and then wipe them clean for next time. The Baseball Activity Placemat allows your child to visualize the field, team, and playing positions while learning the basic rules of the game. The Learn To Count Placemat teaches children counting skil...Read more

This worldly game even comes with its own functional passport stamp, a feature indicative of the level of thought and detail that went into its devising. Players travel the globe, collecting passport stamps and visas by landing on key spaces and correctly answering multiple-choice questions. The first player or team to collect one passport stamp and one visa from each of the five continent groups wins the game. Expand you...Read more

For 2 to 4 players, Treasure Pools is a game that not only creates enjoyable family time, but also provides interesting and fun facts regarding the tidal pool animals on the cards players must collect in order to win the game. For example, we learned that Sea Urchins eat red algae, sea lettuce, and the occasional dead fish. Players' pieces move around the outside path of the board seeking opportunities to enter the ti...Read more

You've got to love instructions that are written both clearly and with a sense of humor. The box cover claim that Triviathon is a game for smart AND stupid people is true in that you can pretty much lack any trivia sense at all and still do a pretty good job of pretending you know what you're doing. After all, the only questions you'll be asked are 'How many spaces do you want to move?' and 'To what colored space do you w...Read more

Like all good party games, it's the banter and laughter that make such great fun, and Truth be Told yields plenty! So much so that scoring and winning often become an afterthought. Each turn has a designated Host who reads aloud a statement ending with a blank space. The Host fills in the blank with a true answer, while the other players devise answers that sound like something the Host would say. All answers are read al...Read more

Here is a mini-playground for the hands and mind, the sort of experience vital to learning - shapes, stacking, sorting, free-form building, and everything in between. The all-wood Wagon of Blocks breaks down into 40 different building blocks and pieces, perfect for the imagination. Many of the wooden shapes rest atop the vehicle (which is a pretty sweet pull-toy in and of itself) on pegs, slipping on and off with ease. A ...Read more

The whirl balanceSCOOTER from Prince Lionheart has an awful lot going for it. Utterly charming in appearance, its design emulates a motor scooter, with pink metal spokes and rims and a matching pink wooden headlight. The 100% birch frame, rubber tires and handgrips, and height-adjustable seat are highly durable, and assembly is exceedingly easy (a mere few minutes). Everything about it bespeaks high quality. More importan...Read more

This is an outstanding game, incredible fun for the entire family. A simple concept - 30 seconds reading instructions, mega-hours of fun - executed in a fresh, clever way, makes this a highly entertaining play. Elsie the cow (an endearing 3 X 3 inch wooden creature with wobbly back legs) has a habit of standing right in the middle of a heap of grass bales (a pile of cardboard tiles) whenever the farmer wants to mow the me...Read more

These little robots are as cute as a batch of speckled pups, and twice as much fun! This kit gives you five walking wind-up bases along with all the bits and pieces you need to design and assemble the kookiest, craziest robot gang in the universe. Use the colorful cardboard cutouts, stickers, wiggly eyes, mini-markers, and more - putting together your creative vision is half the fun! Then wind them up and watch your robot...Read more