Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Weather Channel to show off the best new toys that are as educational as they are fun. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


CANDY VENDING MACHINE

Kids can build and experiment with their own toy vending machine. They will explore lessons in physics, math, and mechanical engineering as they construct and play with the finished product.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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TRESTLE TRACKS DELUXE

This marble run set comes with hollow stacking cubes and perfectly flat tracks. The paths cut out of each track widen almost imperceptibly from one end to the other, creating an invisible slope that propels the marbles forward.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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LEAPFROG TOUCH AND LEARN WORLD MAP

Explore the world from home with a colorful world map featuring 1000+ facts and 200 touch points. Look, touch, press, and listen in Explore mode to learn about oceans, continents, natural wonders, animals, landmarks, and more. Test knowledge with three games — kids can pit themselves against the clock to find as many countries as…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

LITTLE TIKES ADVENTURE ROCKET

Blast off to fun and adventure with The Little Tikes Adventure Rocket. So many kids dream of becoming an astronaut, space explorer, astronomer, or rocket scientist when they grow up and now, they don't have to wait! Kids can travel through space, the stars, and the planets with this realistic role play rocket ship. There…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $179.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

CANDY VENDING MACHINE

Kids can build and experiment with their own toy vending machine. They will explore lessons in physics, math, and mechanical engineering as they construct and play with the finished product.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

TRESTLE TRACKS DELUXE

This marble run set comes with hollow stacking cubes and perfectly flat tracks. The paths cut out of each track widen almost imperceptibly from one end to the other, creating an invisible slope that propels the marbles forward.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

LEAPFROG TOUCH AND LEARN WORLD MAP

Explore the world from home with a colorful world map featuring 1000+ facts and 200 touch points. Look, touch, press, and listen in Explore mode to learn about oceans, continents, natural wonders, animals, landmarks, and more. Test knowledge with three games — kids can pit themselves against the clock to find as many countries as…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

LITTLE TIKES ADVENTURE ROCKET

Blast off to fun and adventure with The Little Tikes Adventure Rocket. So many kids dream of becoming an astronaut, space explorer, astronomer, or rocket scientist when they grow up and now, they don't have to wait! Kids can travel through space, the stars, and the planets with this realistic role play rocket ship. There…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $179.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

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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