Toy Insider Parent Charlene DeLoach stopped by NBC in Boston to show off some fun educational toys that kids can stimulate kids’ brains while they’re home from school. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.

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Players have to think fast as they add or subtract 1, 2, or 3 to match the numbers on the cards in their hands in order to discard them. The first to play all of his or her cards wins.

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  • MSRP:
  • $11.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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IQ TWIST

Give your brain a spin in the right direction and put all the twisted playing pieces on the game board. Twist your brain with this logic game! It looks easy until you realize that there are pegs that are in your way. Give your brain a spin in the right direction and put all the…

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  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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ROCKIT TWIST

This gaming system features buttons, spinners, sliders, and switches with preloaded games that teach kids literacy, math, problem-solving, science, and creativity. Kids can also play with three digital pets. Additional game packs sold separately. This gaming system features buttons, spinners, sliders, and switches with preloaded games that teach kids literacy, math, problem-solving, science, and creativity.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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BRAINWAVES: THE ASTUTE GOOSE, BRILLIANT BOAR, AND THE WISE WHALE

In each 15-minute, brain-training game (sold separately), players compete to collect the most cards and finish one of three different objectives: identify a burglar, match animal portraits, or pair sea creatures.In each 15-minute, brain-training game (sold separately), players compete to collect the most cards and finish one of three different objectives: identify a burglar, match…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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DISCOVERY GEOLOGY SAND DIG

Kids can dig through the layers of the earth with the Discovery Geology Sand Dig. They can unearth 9 natural earth stones, including pumice, slate,coal, shale, obsidian, gneiss, marble, gypsum, and granite. They can cut through satisfying sand layers with the included dig tool. Once they're done with their dig, they can play with the…

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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CODING CRITTERS

Interactive pets introduce kids to critical thinking, problem-solving, and other STEM skills through play sets, storybook coding adventures, and two interactive modes. A character-specific, 20-page storybook includes coding challenges. Interactive pets introduce kids to critical thinking, problem-solving, and other STEM skills through play sets, storybook coding adventures, and two interactive modes. A character-specific, 20-page storybook…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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