This beautifully realized system of jigsaw puzzles promotes educational and developmental progress on several fronts while offering a pastime youngsters find exceptionally entertaining. Each step is packaged separately and targeted to a different age group. The first step starts the youngest children off with 8 puzzles featuring different animals of China and ranging in size from 2 to 5 pieces each. Step 2 features the Ch...Read more

The Crayola Light-Up Activity Board places a host of highly engaging activities at kids' fingertips, hands-on explorations through which children as young as age 3 can develop a number of important skills. With each press of a prominently-displayed button, the activity board's light-up surface changes colors (12 in all), a vibrant effect made all the more stimulating by the ways in which the set's geometric shapes and col...Read more

The breathtaking illustration gracing the surface of this 233-piece puzzle is rooted in traditional Eastern culture, with the overriding visual being representative of the Lion Dance commonly performed during the Chinese New Year and other cultural festivals. Upon closer inspection, the gorgeous imagery reveals an abundance of detailed artwork depicting activities relating to Chinese folk customs including flying kites, r...Read more

The visually-appealing artwork on this jumbo 72-piece puzzle gives kids an enticing window into the wonderful world of musical self-expression. Saxophone, harmonica, guitar, piano, drums and vocals are given their due in a vivid scene in which boys and girls of varying cultural backgrounds are clearly having a blast communing with their instruments and with one another. As with other excellent puzzles we've seen from Litt...Read more

The enchanting imagery in the Little Likes Kids Santa's Helpers Jumbo Puzzle ignites the holiday spirit regardless of the time of year! After all, what child can resist the sight of Santa and his culturally diverse group of helpers readying presents for delivery amid a wintry wonderland? This wonderfully festive puzzle contains 48 large pieces sized just right for little hands to hold and manipulate. Vivid visuals and hol...Read more

This joy-evoking jumbo puzzle held kids in thrall with its bustling outdoor playground scene populated by a multicultural mix of families and friends enjoying a beautiful day at the park! The distinctive details, colors, people and objects in the artwork are such that young children are able to visually match pieces to their places within the scene and fit them snugly together aided by the ease with which the oversized pi...Read more

Logic Box Little Penguin Slide provides an unusually entertaining and stimulating set of logic puzzle challenges that keep kids powerfully engaged and mentally on their toes. Contributing to the high fun factor is the way the illustrated puzzle pieces and game cards tie into the games' storyline. The goal is to help the little penguins in the South Pole Ice Park design the route of slides they are building to form a conti...Read more

This exceptionally fun memory matching game exposes children to a wealth of information about famous classical composers and their lasting contributions. As a parent, it is quite gratifying to hear youngsters excitedly discussing Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and numerous other giants of our musical heritage. Maestro Mastery's 104 matching composer cards feature 52 composers, with every card displaying the composer's portra...Read more

The Make-A-Fort Build Kit is one of those rare children's products kids find equally captivating whether playing solo or in a highly social group setting. Central to that appeal is the ease with which the set's ingeniously-designed cardboard panels, braces and foam connectors can be used to quickly create exciting play environments that transform into something even more spectacular in the mind's eye. Many youngsters star...Read more

The Matatalab Coding Set proved to be an enormously enjoyable and effective way for young children to acquire and hone coding skills. Everything needed for the fun and learning comes in the content-rich box, including a cute and highly mobile robot whose sounds and movements are determined by the ways in which the child configures colorful plastic coding blocks in the tray-like control board. The blocks' design incorporat...Read more

Match It! Match My Ride taps into youngsters' enduring fascination with modes of transportation and uses it to great effect from both an educational and entertainment standpoint. The package contains 30 different puzzle sets (60 pieces total) in which the goal is to match each vehicle to its correct driver using the color photographs on the pieces as the primary point of reference. Once a match is believed to have been fo...Read more

MATCHSTICK CHALLENGE proved to be an enormously fun way for youngsters to hone their problem-solving skills by completing geometric and mathematical puzzles using magnetic play matchsticks. The set's 50 challenges are ordered from easiest to hardest, with the difficulty level increasing in small, confidence-boosting increments that help keep kids thoroughly engaged and entertained along the way. The lid of the package swi...Read more

Math Sprint is a fun, fast-moving mental math game that had kids happily honing their skills at every turn, speedily adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing and calling out the answers as a means of advancing their runners on the game board. Each player or team has their own lane on a colorful runner's track, with variable starting positions marked to adjust for playing time length and skill levels. The sprint analo...Read more

Kids respond wholeheartedly to the imagination-stirring companionship and playtime fun embodied in this recent entry to the wonderful Dollfriends line. Each Dollfriend comes with a backstory that serves to flesh out his or her character while also furthering the culture of learning and positive values that is a core element of the Dollfriends concept. Part of Melina's story is that she is the first friend Alexis O'Shay (a...Read more