Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief  Marissa DiBartolo stopped by KING-TV in Seattle to show off some of the best educational toys that will entertain kids as much as they teach. 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.

AMAZING RESCUE 50-PIECE SET

Kids can click together magnetic pieces to build a fire station and a fire truck. This set includes 24 magnetic pieces, two characters, and emergency vehicle accessories.

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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AMAZING CONSTRUCTION 50-PIECE SET

Click and create your own adventure with Magformers AMAZING Construction 50Pc Set! Click, connect and create your favorite construction vehicles. Attach the propeller siren, container grabber and wheels and see where your imagination can take you! This 50 piece set comes 23 magnetic pieces, 2 figures and 25 construction accessories. Click and create your own…

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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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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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GUMBALL MACHINE MAKER

Kids learn physics concepts as they build their own gumball machine and watch the gumball perform stunts and tricks through trial-and-error experiments. Each segment of the track teaches a different lesson in mechanical physics. Kids learn physics concepts as they build their own gumball machine and watch the gumball perform stunts and tricks through trial-and-error…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95; $67.50 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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DISCOVERY PREHISTORIC SLIMYGLOOP DIG

Kids poke, pull, and press the thick Slimygloop jelly layer to begin excavating, then dig in with the digging tool or their hands to squish and reveal all the hidden bones to build two dinosaur models. Kids poke, pull, and press the thick Slimygloop jelly layer to begin excavating, then dig in with the digging…

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  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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CRAYOLA COLOR CHEMISTRY ARCTIC LAB

Kids can explore color with 50 winter-themed science experiments, including 15 ready-to-go projects that don't require any additional household items. Experiments include creating fake snow that grows on trees, color-changing, window-cling snowflakes, and more.Kids can explore color with 50 winter-themed science experiments, including 15 ready-to-go projects that don't require any additional household items. Experiments include…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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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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