Playing is learning—the two activities go together like peanut butter and jelly. That’s why it’s important to equip your kids with the best educational toys for their downtime, whether it’s between ...

In honor of National STEM Day, observed on Nov. 8 every year, IKEA U.S. has rolled out an assemblage of its best ...

With a variety of options to choose from, there is a computer toy on this list to suit every child's interests and learning style. Technology has permeated every aspect of our lives in the digital age ...

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Getting a head start on a toddler’s development can feel challenging. There are ways to foster social-emotional skills at home, but playtime is one of the best ways to activate their gross and fine ...

It’s a scene as old as humanity itself: If mommy sweeps, baby wants a tiny broom. If daddy drives an automobile, son wants a tiny pedal car. In the same vein, the late 20th century found parents ...

Don't be fooled by all those "educational" electronics in stores. What's best for your kids, pediatricians say, are old-fashioned toys that require you to actually interact with them. Play is ...

Video games are good for your 3-year-old. Or so claim several companies hawking new electronic games for preschoolers this season, despite critics’ contention that tots need to spend more time on ...

Our more youthful readers are fairly likely to have owned some incarnation of a VTech educational computer. From the mid-1980s and right up to the present day, VTech has been producing vaguely laptop ...

Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog and Botley the Coding Robot (bottom right), two educational toys created by Learning Resources ...

In the early 1980s, a lot of big manufacturers lost a bundle trying to sell the American public cheap home computers that wound up in closets because they were too hard to use or too underpowered to ...