52 Essential Social Situations expands on the emotional-intelligence-bolstering activities put forth in 52 Essential Social Skills, this time out geared towards children in grades 3 through 6! Each of the 52 cards in the deck presents a different social situation of the sort kids commonly encounter amid their day-to-day school lives. Contemplating and role playing these insight-building scenarios gives youngsters invaluab...Read more

52 Essential Social Skills is an outstanding way for kids ages 5 through 9 to gain skills with which to navigate the myriad of social situations they will encounter in school. Each card presents a real-life scenario of the sort that commonly triggers emotional reactions in kids, preceded by a unique heading that conveys the targeted takeaway. Talking through these situations serves as dry runs through which youngsters lea...Read more

A Taste of China, with its lavishly-illustrated game board and imagination-stirring play, serves up culinary and geographical adventures that highlight China's enviably diverse terrain, resources and cuisines! Players earn points by taking food orders and completing delivery of those orders by traversing the board on rolls of the die. The steps moved on any given turn can be less than or equal to the number rolled, a feat...Read more

The Advanced Puzzles series from Bravokids spans 7 levels and themes, an approach that enables children to gain confidence and mastery as they progress from one level to the next! The gorgeous, playfully-illustrated puzzles are printed on exceptionally durable high-quality cardboard that is likely to remain intact even in the face of heavy usage by younger kids. Each level contains multiple puzzles with varying numbers of...Read more

The Alphabet Chalkboard Puzzle from Creative Beginning makes for a fabulous way for youngsters to learn and practice a number of essential early learning skills, including recognizing, naming and printing the letters of the alphabet, visual discrimination, shape matching, fine motor skills development, and more. The Alphabet Chalkboard Puzzle has several invaluable features that aid the child's progress, such as the 26 sm...Read more

This wonderfully entertaining magnetic puzzle set employs a series of intersecting play activities through which kids develop a variety of skills that include counting, visual discrimination, manual dexterity, creativity, problem-solving, sorting and classification and more. The box lid stands upright during play and serves as the magnetic canvas upon which the puzzles are solved, while the flip side displays 6 different ...Read more

The vast array of 3-dimensional objects that can be constructed with these versatile blocks using nothing but one's hands is astounding. The lightweight, plank-like blocks have grooved surfaces that help them remain where placed, with gravity and friction as the forces at work. Each set contains a generous 100 blocks, but there are benefits to combining multiple sets. The greater the number of blocks, the more sizeable an...Read more

Words like 'beautiful' and 'gorgeous' don't quite do justice to the vivid, memorable illustrations on display in these artistic jigsaw puzzles. Each puzzle in the series reveals a stunningly original and imaginative artwork in all its glory, visual gems to be savored at every opportunity. The puzzles vary in piece count from 84 to 1,000 so as to suit the needs and abilities of a range of ages. To produce these masterpiece...Read more

This richly detailed, 7-inch scale figure perfectly captures the raw, elemental power Aang exudes when in full battle mode, a ferocity amplified by the near-endless range of action poses made possible by its extraordinarily high level of joint articulation. Even fairly tiny adjustments, such as changes to the angle of Aang's head, tend to breathe a life-like sense of animation into the figure. More blatant power poses suc...Read more

There is something decidedly menacing about this delightfully detailed, collectible version of the Batcycle from McFarlane Toys. Its rugged, realistically worn appearance, rooted in that of its big screen counterpart in The Batman, gives the impression that it has seen a good deal of action and is primed for plenty more. It looks and feels capable of full-tilt ferocity, an impression reinforced by handlebars that can be t...Read more

This retro-infused Batcave playset conjures the atmospheric settings and quirky sense of style that helped make the classic Batman TV series such an enormous hit! The 20-piece set features a formidable standalone cave wall backdrop and comes equipped with numerous detachable accessories (including an abundance of vintage tech) with which to flesh out the scenes as desired. The delightfully mood-setting effect is of having...Read more

It is easy to see why Battle Pufs' imagination-stirring back story, vividly-defined characters and exciting strategic possibilities captured players' interest from the get-go! The highly engaging game play commences with each player being dealt 7 Battle cards and 3 face-up Pufs cards. Turns are then taken in which one player at a time is given the opportunity to attack an opponent's Puf, an action that often unleashes bou...Read more

This wonderful series of point-to-read puzzles enables children to reap educational benefits that far exceed those associated with typical jigsaw puzzles. Kids have only to touch the BeiE reading pen to any of the colorful characters in the puzzles to hear the word for that object or animal spoken aloud, first in Chinese and then, if desired, in English. These combined tactile, visual and audio elements significantly enha...Read more

The Bezgar Toy-grade RC Stunt Car flips, drifts, swirls and spins at high speed like something out of an action movie, and kids love that! The remote controls are wonderfully child friendly, enabling youngsters to quickly get the hang of making this stunning stunt car do their bidding. This extremely durable vehicle's ability to move in almost any conceivable way (including doing the equivalent of cartwheels) inspires lot...Read more