Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined My PHL 17 in Philadelphia to talk about the best new educational toys that are so much fun, kids won’t realize that they’re also learning. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


LOLLIPOP LAB

Get ready to have fun making delicious lollipops while learning science and math! Whip up batches of red cherry and blue raspberry lollipops, plus a massive ring lollipop with both flavors. Learn about temperature as kids use the thermometer to boil sugar and discover how it crystallizes to form hard candy. Gain experience with measurements,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.95; $31.00 CAD
  • 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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COLORS OF KINDNESS

The Colors of Kindness line encourages creativity with an extra friendly sentiment. Features a 40-, 48-, and 96-page coloring book, a pack of 24 crayons, a pack of 12 colored pencils, and 10 fine-line washable markers. Each product includes four new colors: Cool Mint, Crayellow, Powder Blue, and Oatmeal. Each color comes with a kind…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $1.49-10.84
  • Age:
  • 3+

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RUBIK’S RE-CUBE

Sourced from 100% recycled ABS plastic and packaged in 100% recycled cardboard, the new Re-Cube brings eco-friendly sustainability to the classic game that is challenging and perfectly sized for travel.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

MATCH MADNESS

Players race to solve the puzzle on the card by flipping, rotating and combining identical sets of 5 patterned blocks. Kids can choose between Quick-Play (speed) and Total Madness (highest score wins). Can be played in groups of up to 4 players.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $34.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 7+

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PINXIES BUTTERFLY HOT AIR BALLOON

Designed to inspire storytelling, this STEM-based construction set includes graphic paperboard panels, colorful plastic building links, accessories, and stickers that kids can use to build a hot air balloon. It’s compatible with other Pinxies building sets.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

LOLLIPOP LAB

Get ready to have fun making delicious lollipops while learning science and math! Whip up batches of red cherry and blue raspberry lollipops, plus a massive ring lollipop with both flavors. Learn about temperature as kids use the thermometer to boil sugar and discover how it crystallizes to form hard candy. Gain experience with measurements,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.95; $31.00 CAD
  • 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.

COLORS OF KINDNESS

The Colors of Kindness line encourages creativity with an extra friendly sentiment. Features a 40-, 48-, and 96-page coloring book, a pack of 24 crayons, a pack of 12 colored pencils, and 10 fine-line washable markers. Each product includes four new colors: Cool Mint, Crayellow, Powder Blue, and Oatmeal. Each color comes with a kind…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $1.49-10.84
  • Age:
  • 3+

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.

RUBIK’S RE-CUBE

Sourced from 100% recycled ABS plastic and packaged in 100% recycled cardboard, the new Re-Cube brings eco-friendly sustainability to the classic game that is challenging and perfectly sized for travel.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

MATCH MADNESS

Players race to solve the puzzle on the card by flipping, rotating and combining identical sets of 5 patterned blocks. Kids can choose between Quick-Play (speed) and Total Madness (highest score wins). Can be played in groups of up to 4 players.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $34.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 7+

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.

PINXIES BUTTERFLY HOT AIR BALLOON

Designed to inspire storytelling, this STEM-based construction set includes graphic paperboard panels, colorful plastic building links, accessories, and stickers that kids can use to build a hot air balloon. It’s compatible with other Pinxies building sets.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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