Bypass is a stunning game. The premise is simple - build a road from one side of the board to the other using tiles that display various road patterns (curves, crossroads, etc.) Each turn consists simply of placing a tile on the board. But because of the very clever ways in which the tiles are designed and interconnect, and because every tile on the board is available to be part of any player's route, the offensive and de...Read more

Centsible Kids helps children learn and think about money in a very real-world way. Players keep a running balance in a check register while making debit and credit entries based on presumed paychecks and cards drawn from a special deck. Each card displays an item or activity that either costs money (ice cream, giving to charity) or earns money (raking leaves, lemonade stand). Each card is dry erase, with its price sectio...Read more

Every once in a while you come across a game that, before you've even played it, you know with absolute certainty is going to phenomenal fun. Chain Letters is one of those games. It's played using 100 lightweight plastic pieces, each of which has a hook at both ends and bears a prominently displayed letter. The goal is to form words by creating chains, hooking one letter after another, on your turn, from a pile on the tab...Read more

Moonjar is an easy-to-use, masterfully designed tool that helps children achieve goals and establish beneficial patterns of using and thinking about money that will last a lifetime. Its appearance is bright, playful, and fun, yet mature and attractive enough in tone that it looks at home in any room, be it adult or child's. Moonjar Classic Moneybox consists of three retro-tin moneyboxes - one for spending, one for saving,...Read more

The Clifford Science Series does a fabulous job of arousing kids' interest in the ongoing exploration of science. It consists of several distinct kits, each with a unique focus. Throughout the series, Clifford the Big Red Dog provides an encouraging and familiar presence while his owner, Emily Elizabeth, narrates the story line of each experiment. The experiments are fun and exciting, often incorporating common household ...Read more

Clubs joins the ranks of easy-to-learn, fast-moving card games that have long been a staple of household fun. It also plays extremely well across a broad range of ages and can include quite a few players, making it a great game for the entire family to enjoy. The goal is to get rid of your cards as quickly as possible and to score points by winning clubs cards. Play moves along rapidly, with players placing cards face up ...Read more

This game is all about action and stealing. After receiving seven cards apiece from the dealer, players make money stacks by placing, face-up on the table, pairs of cards whose sum is $100.00. Other players steal stacks using cards from their hand, either a Money card whose value, when paired with the stack's top card, creates a sum of $100.00, or a Thief card. Just place the card on top of the stack you're stealing and ...Read more

This is a wonderful craft kit for many reasons, chief among them being that the end result is very attractive, fashionable, and looks like something you would buy pre-made at a store. The kit features bright neon and rainbow colored cords, each of which represents a specific mood, and colorful bracelet buckles that allow them to snap easily on and off wrists. The process, which primarily involves making a series of identi...Read more

The moment you lay eyes and hands on this soft, foam booster seat from BabySmart, you'll gain a sense of why it's popular with kids and parents alike. The balance struck between comfort and durability, aesthetics and safety, is evident at a glance. The booster's purpose, of course, is to smoothly transition toddlers from the high chair to the family table, and Cooshee Classic does that job very nicely. The molded foam sea...Read more

Cooshee Hybak has many of the same great features as Cooshee Classic (see above). It's waterproof, bacteria resistant for superior indoor/outdoor use, non-allergenic, and contains no latex, lead, or phthalates. The smooth, soft-but-firm foam design makes it exceptionally comfortable and incredibly easy to clean. The Hybak comes in several colors, and its simple, attractive appearance fits nicely in any setting. The Hybak'...Read more

The first thing that will put you in awe of Creature Bots is the ease with which they can be assembled using nothing but your hands. Simple push-fit components fold and snap together to create sturdy chipboard models of three futuristic beings - GrabBot, ChompBot, and FlapBot. Stickers of eyes, gears, wings, lightning bolts, and other cool things allow you to customize them, adding details and personal touches. The second...Read more

Crossways is a great strategy game, easy enough to learn so that young players can jump right in and play, but rich enough with offensive and defensive possibilities that more intricate-minded players have plenty to sink their teeth into. The object is simply to be the first player to complete a path of markers from one side of the board to the opposite side. In addition to the board and markers, there's a deck of standar...Read more

CuddleUppets are colorful kid-sized blankets (28 inches by 39 inches) with hands and feet at the corners and a tail and a wonderfully expressive puppet-head at opposite ends. A child's imagination is naturally robust, but needs to be encouraged and kept alive through ongoing creative play. That's where CuddleUppets come in. CuddleUppets combines, brilliantly, two staples of childhood - the soft blanket, a portable source ...Read more

Part of what makes this kit such fun is its ease of use. One would hardly expect to be able make a multicolored high-bouncing Powerball at home (with its own internal pulsating light, no less), let alone do so as easy as 1-2-3! That this kit makes it so quick and easy in no way diminishes the pleasure you'll feel with the finished result. Just enclose one of the super-bright LED lights into one of the reusable molds, fill...Read more