Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined ABC World News Now to show off some new educational toys that are tons of fun without the need for screens. 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 holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.

SPEAK & LEARN PUPPY

This puppy features head movements, paw buttons, songs, and real-time responses to help teach babies about animals, food, feelings, letters, and numbers. It features three levels of play to grow with babies: babble, talk, and music.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 1+

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GLOW IN THE DARK MARBLE RUN – 80 PIECE

Kids build a twisting, turning marble run and race incredible glow-in-the-dark marbles! This construction kit features 10 sturdy bases, 55 action pieces, and 135 smooth-run tube pieces to make endless configurations possible.The six different colors of glow-in-the-dark glass marbles can be recharged quickly with the UV light. Marbles can easily be stored when not in…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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APOLLO A GAME INSPIRED BY THE NASA MOON MISSIONS

Families work together in this cooperative strategy game to get to the moon and back. One player acts as Mission Control while the others play as astronauts. Resolve flight stages, repair systems, and complete experiments. Families work together in this cooperative strategy game to get to the moon and back. One player acts as Mission…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 12+

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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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