Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Fox 4 in Ft. Myers to show off some great new educational toys for kids of all ages to keep kids brains active during a long period of quarantine. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and don’t forget to join Toy Insider’s #FunAtHomeChallenge.

DIMPL DIGITS

Kids can touch, squish, pop, and learn with this double-sided sensory toy. The squishy, silicone bubbles feature the numerals 1 through 10, numbers written in English and Spanish, and dots to feel and count. Kids can touch, squish, pop, and learn with this double-sided sensory toy. The squishy, silicone bubbles feature the numerals 1 through…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.95
  • Age:
  • 2+

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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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EXPLORE AND WRITE ACTIVITY DESK

The Explore and Write Activity Desk features an interactive desktop and five pages to explore that are filled with engaging content including letters, numbers, music, colors and more. The writing pad with light-up display lets kids practice writing by tracing letters, numbers and shapes with a stylus. The desk transforms into an easel and chalkboard…

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  • MSRP:
  • $54.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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LEARNING FRIENDS 100 WORDS BOOK

Kids can touch each picture to hear the animal friends say toddler-appropriate words, along with facts and sound effects. In Fun Sounds Mode, kids can touch the light-up star button to hear two learning songs.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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PRETEND & PLAY CALCULATOR CASH REGISTER

The Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register allows kids to practice math skills like addition, subtraction, and currency denominations. As the only toy cash register that stores life size money, kids will learn basic calculator skills while being introduced to real applications of financial literacy. The Pretend & Play Calculator Cash Register rewards kids with…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CreatED FAMILY ENGAGEMENT KITS

Teach kids STEAM, math, and literacy skills with fun classroom activities developed by the create-to-learn program from creatED by Crayola. This Create-to-Learn program combines curriculum-connected projects with a step-by-step Parent Guide and colorful, imaginative products so families can make learning a great way to spend time together. Parent guides give families 3 visual, easy-to-use projects…

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  • MSRP:
  • PreK-2 Kits: $21.39; 3-5 Kits: $23.99 ; 6-8 Kits: $26.39
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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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