Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined Better Western Mass in Springfield to show off some of the best new educational toys to keep kids entertained without the need for screen time. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below. To learn more about the season’s best new toys, be sure to check out Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Toy Guide.  

SENTENCE BUILDING DOMINOES

The Sentence Building Dominoes provides visual and tactile learning for sentence building practice! Kids can make hundreds of sentences with these dominoes featuring nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and punctuation marks. Includes 114 double-sided, color-coded dominoes (228 words and punctuation marks). The Sentence Building Dominoes provides visual and tactile learning for sentence building…

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  • MSRP:
  • $26.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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RAINBOW FRACTION MEASURING CUPS

Kids can study volume fractions through this visual approach. Rainbow Fraction Measuring Cups provide a unique 3D representation that helps connect volume and fractions. Children see and experience measuring, comparing volumes and capacity and learning fractional relationships through transparent, color-coded cups matching the Rainbow Fraction teaching system. Includes a set of nine measuring cups, one…

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  • MSRP:
  • $21.99 each (set of 9)
  • Age:
  • 8+

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THINK BOX INVENTORS’ BOX

Design, build and create endless inventions with the Think Box Inventors' Box! Packed with various components, and an Inventor's Guide booklet, get your imagination going and unleash a number of creations all your own! Bring your thoughts to life as you take advantage of all the components offered.  

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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SCIENCE4YOU

Through play, kids  develop a variety of cognitive skills. They are more likely to feel motivated and rewarded while learning and that's why Science4You combines fun experiments with educational content, all while building curiosity through experimentation and exploration. There 12 sets to choose from. Kids ages 4 and up can learn from Discovering 5 Senses,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99-34.99
  • Age:
  • 4-8+

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WADDLE HIP HOPPERS

Waddle Hip Hoppers are hoppers for ultimate bouncing fun! Kids can bounce around the lawn or room, joust with friends, enter wacky races, toss around for a crazy game of catch, or just use it as a seat in the sun. These colorful, large hoppers help kids develop balance and control, supporting up to 250…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $53.15 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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