Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined My PHL 17 in Philadelphia to show off educational toys that will keep kids’ brains sharp over summer vacation. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the spring and summer, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Spring and Summer Gift Guide


SENSORY LEAVES MATH ACTIVITY SET

Discover unbeleafable nature with the Sensory Leaves Math Activity Set! This certified 100% post-consumer recycled plastic set includes six different types of tactile leaf counters in six different colors and three different sizes. The bugs on the back of the leaves provide even more ways to count, sort, add, and subtract. Comes with 10 teacher-developed,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CHARACTER TONIES

These new character tonies are compatible with the Toniebox (sold separately) and give kids a screen-free digital listening experience that plays them stories, songs, and more. Choose from Disney's Mickey Mouse, PAW Patrol's Chase, and Sesame Street's Elmo. These new character tonies are compatible with the Toniebox (sold separately) and give kids a screen-free digital…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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SQUAREGLES STARTER SET

Building possibilities are endless with this ultimate, 105-piece building set! The Starter set includes all the interchangeable, colorful magnetic frames and 3D panels needed for kids to create different structures and stories every time they play. Set includes square and triangle magnetic frames, paperboard panels for drawing, jumps, tracks, and tubes to watch Oggs race…

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  • MSRP:
  • $124.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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CODING STARTER KIT

Kids can use hands-on physical blocks and coding commands to control the character Awbie on a fun-filled adventure while learning coding's creative side and developing an ear for rhythm, melody, and harmony. Kids can make their beats come alive and learn patterns and loops with more than 300 musical sounds. Compatible with the iPad and…

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.00
  • Age:
  • 5+

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PINXIES VET CARE CENTER

Join Koral's mission to bring hurt animals, including a unicorn and a flying pig, to the vet center for magical treatment and help littles ones grow strong. This 110-piece set includes Koral, five magical creatures, the vet care center structure, puffy stickers, and even an X-ray machine! Join Koral's mission to bring hurt animals, including…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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PIKA3D SUPER 3D PRINTING PEN

Go beyond the world of 2D drawing with PiKA3D. Kids can build their PiKA character and then construct elements to expand its world. With the PiKA3D Super 3D pen, they'll start by creating simple, 3D shapes that serve as the building blocks to more complex design thinking.

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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