Toy Insider Senior Editor Madeleine Buckley joined News 12 in New York to show off the most educational toys of the year. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


GEOSAFARI JR. TALKING SPACE EXPLORER

Kids can explore the cosmos and spark curiosity about space with this talking space explorer. View more than 120 images and 13 videos (including ones from NASA) along with 200 space facts and quiz questions voiced by space expert and star of Netflix’s Emily’s Wonder Lab Emily Calandrelli.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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PROFESSOR MAXWELL’S VR ATLAS

Discover the world in virtual reality with this 138-page interactive illustrated atlas for kids. Kids can explore points of interest, landmarks, and world wonders in augmented and virtual reality. The set includes 30 pieces loaded with projects and activities to inspire tangible play, while discovering cities, cultures, food, currency, and language from all over the…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $79.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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3DOODLER START+ MAKER BUNDLE

This 3D printing pen engages kids’ imagination with the press of a button! Kids can make 3D figures with this bundle which includes more than 20 design projects, a kid-friendly printing pen, and colorful filaments.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

COCOMELON VEGGIE FUN LEARNING BASKET

Toddlers can learn and play with JJ with this 10-piece, musical, interactive, grocery-themed set. It includes a shopping basket, a checkout counter with a handheld scanner, and eight pieces of play food. Little ones can slide the ladybug to select a mode to practice counting or color recognition or to hear facts about fruits and…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

GEOSAFARI JR. TALKING SPACE EXPLORER

Kids can explore the cosmos and spark curiosity about space with this talking space explorer. View more than 120 images and 13 videos (including ones from NASA) along with 200 space facts and quiz questions voiced by space expert and star of Netflix’s Emily’s Wonder Lab Emily Calandrelli.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • 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.

PROFESSOR MAXWELL’S VR ATLAS

Discover the world in virtual reality with this 138-page interactive illustrated atlas for kids. Kids can explore points of interest, landmarks, and world wonders in augmented and virtual reality. The set includes 30 pieces loaded with projects and activities to inspire tangible play, while discovering cities, cultures, food, currency, and language from all over the…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $69.99; $79.99 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.

3DOODLER START+ MAKER BUNDLE

This 3D printing pen engages kids’ imagination with the press of a button! Kids can make 3D figures with this bundle which includes more than 20 design projects, a kid-friendly printing pen, and colorful filaments.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

COCOMELON VEGGIE FUN LEARNING BASKET

Toddlers can learn and play with JJ with this 10-piece, musical, interactive, grocery-themed set. It includes a shopping basket, a checkout counter with a handheld scanner, and eight pieces of play food. Little ones can slide the ladybug to select a mode to practice counting or color recognition or to hear facts about fruits and…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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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