If you re looking for educational toys and gift ideas then you have come to the right blog post! We all that toys that encourage learning, and are fun and engaging. When children play, they are learning. So why not get the best toys that will promote learning, encourage language and promote academics. According to Forbes, “With the right toys, kids will form critical thinking skills, spark creativity and imagination, as well as social emotion skills and problem-solving that will help them to thrive later in life.”
Here are some of the best learning toys for toddlers and up!
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1.Wooden Blocks Kids can learn so much from playing with blocks. Besides being an educational toy, building blocks also helps to practice social skills, as well as problem solving and spatial awareness.
2.Rainbow stack building blocks These are the one of the best educational toys because it has benefits when your child plays alone, or when they play with others. It helps them to think logically by stacking, nesting, and building. When building with someone else it promotes problem solving skills.
3.Magnetic Building Tiles These magnetic blocks make for a great educational toy because of the magnets. Because there are magnets it fosters problem solving to build and creates imagination. It also helps kids learn about shapes, colors and is an excellent STEM activity.
4.Gears, Gears, Gears! This awesome educational toy supports critical thinking and problem solving skills and also supports fine motor skills. Gears! , supports early STEM skills, help build confidence and perseverance.
5.Straw Construction Toys This STEM educational toy build creativity and imagination. Children can work together to figure out how to build structures. Team building begins early when children problem solve together!
6.Road Builder Brain Puzzle Your puzzle loving little one will love this brain teaser. Change the course of the track and see if you can make the ball ( or the truck) make it all the way around. This will keep them thinking and excited for hours.
7.Wooden Geoboard This is the perfect educational toy for home and in school. The Leonard helps your kids’ create all types of 2D shapes and pictures. Encouraging imagination and creativity while developing fine motor skills, attention, and perseverance.
8. Magnetic Marble Run This magnet marble run is a great toy to develop STEM skills. It also teaching strategic thinking, as well as team work when building it with others.
9.Osmo– Osmo is perfect for those early learners. It reinforces letters and how they are formed using sticks and rings. On this particular Osmo you can experiment with clothes and make outfits then watch characters react – and it becomes a fun story adventure.
10. Building Blocks Construction Toy -This awesome building toy encourages creativity and imagination as well as cultivate your child’s spatial awareness, and eye-hand coordination. You child will build them build simple 3D structures within minutes.
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