Learning toys

Unlock, unlatch, open the hinged panels, and count on finding fun when the pictures beneath are revealed! Kids will delight in discovering what's hiding behind the locked and latched panels on this wooden play board and educational toy in one. They can seek out a specific picture, race to open and close the doors, or tell a story inspired by what they find. A great way to build fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while learning colors, numbers, animals, and more!

Kids can count on this wooden "calculator" for years of play and learning! The Melissa & Doug Abacus is beautifully crafted with a solid hardwood base, and 100 brightly colored wooden beads. The sturdy frame holds 10 thick-coated wires with 10 colorful wooden beads on each -- 100 beads in all. Younger kids can slide the beads back and forth to explore different patterns and colors, while practicing their fine motor skills. Older children can enjoy using the abacus as a visual and hands-on way to learn addition and subtraction and other early math concepts. The beads are sized for little hands, and glide easily across the smooth wires. The counting toy comes with eight extension activities to add to your child's learning experience. With no loose pieces and no mess, it's a great toy to pack in a bag for on-the-go play. The abacus makes a great gift for kids ages three and older for hands-on, screen-free play.

Experience no-mess painting--and learning--for kids on the go! This exciting paint-with-water coloring book includes four reusable pages and a refillable no-leak water pen. Use the pen and watch details and vibrant color appear with every stroke! Then, let the page dry to "erase" the pictures, and fill it in again and again. Explore a different color, circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles, and search-and-find activities on each page. The chunky-sized water pen is easy for kids three and older to hold and stores neatly in the front cover, so Water WOW books make ideal travel activity books for kids! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584).

This 21-piece wooden sound puzzle pronounces the name of each number when its piece is placed correctly! Pieces are slightly raised above the puzzle board for easy grasping. Colorful pictures underneath each piece help teach counting and reinforce the relationship between quantities and numerals. This educational puzzle has lots of ways to learn and play! (TIP: Puzzle has light-activated sensors; for best results, expose the sensor by removing a piece in a brightly lit room, then make the sound play by replacing the piece in the board.) 2 AAA batteries required, not included.

This colorful xylophone is a child's ideal first introduction to music! Mallets in hand, children can explore simple music concepts through creative play, becoming familiar with an octave, intervals, and rhythms. Over time, this little caterpillar will help children develop an appreciation for sound and music! The nifty wooden mallets store neatly in the xylophone itself to look like the caterpillar's antennas.

With 48 wooden pieces (including nuts, bolts, drilled bars to connect, and a child-size screwdriver), this classic building set gives kids all they need to tinker and build! Printed right on the sturdy storage box are building plans for a crane, motorcycle, airplane, and race car to get the fun started. With some imagination and a few creative twists and turns, kids can make hundreds more amazing structures too! Any time kids play with this durable set, they'll be building fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and hand-eye coordination. Included extension activities guide parents to educational activities that also build early math skills.

Get ready for some DINO-mite fun! Poke the irresistible click-to-count buttons to hear satisfying “clicks” and “pops” as you learn about dinosaurs from A to Z! This sturdy 20-page interactive board book invites kids to pop along as they discover the amazing world of dinosaurs and learn fun facts along the way. Poke-a-Dot® books help encourage language development, counting, and fine motor skills. Patented Pop-a-Tronic™ technology lets kids discover different popping sounds by poking the dots from the front or the back, with pages raised or flat! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584)

Catch children in the act of behaving well and reward them, then watch those good habits multiply! Open the fabric-hinged boards to reveal a behavior chart on one board, while the other board keeps all the magnets close at hand. A sturdy cord is attached for hanging. Dry-erase board and 89 magnets, including responsibilities, positive behaviors, and rewards.

One for the goose and ten for the goat...in the Magnetic Wand Number Maze, the animals are counting on you! Fill each basket with the correct number of red "apples" by sliding the attached magnetic wand over the acrylic cover. Then move the apples to different areas of the maze game to add, subtract, and make child's play out of math! The magnetic wand is attached so it won't get lost; all other pieces are enclosed inside the maze, beneath the sturdy cover. Great for travel!

Your child can have twice as much fun with this double-sided activity board! The Melissa & Doug Magnetic Chalk & Dry-Erase Board features a magnetic chalkboard on one side, and a dry-erase board on the other. It comes with three sticks of colored chalk, a dry-erase marker, eraser, and 36 bold magnetic uppercase letters and numbers. Little artists can express themselves in so many ways as they draw, spell, count, and engage in pretend play. The Classic Toy also provides opportunities for kids to practice letter, number, and color recognition, and fine motor skills. It's a great toy to share with friends and other family members. The 16-inch x 12-inch board is constructed of high-quality durable wood, and has a handle making it easy for little ones to carry or hang up for display. The activity board makes a great gift for kids ages three and older for hands-on, screen-free play.

ABC, tell me what you see! These adorably illustrated boards are a great way to work on letter and word recognition; a child simply picks a board--the first letter of his or her name is always a good place to start--then fills in the uppercase and lowercase letters and identifies the picture. He or she can turn it over or take another board and do it all again. With so many letters (each letter in the alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase), children can find infinite ways to play!

Designed for hours of play and ideal for travel, this wooden magnetic board includes 120 colorful geometric magnets. Younger children will enjoy using the shapes to replicate the 12 geometric pictures included, while older children will enjoy creating mosaic patterns and pictures directly on the magnetic board. This set comes packaged in a convenient, snap-top, plastic carrying case with sturdy handles.

On the night before Christmas, all through the town…there could be heard many loud popping sounds! Poke the irresistible buttons to hear satisfying “clicks” and “pops” as you count down to Christmas. This sturdy 20-page interactive board book invites kids to experience the joys of Christmas Eve as they pop their way to Christmas day! Poke-a-Dot® books help encourage language development, counting, and fine motor skills. Patented Pop-a-Tronic™ technology lets kids discover different popping sounds by poking the dots from the front or the back, with pages raised or flat!

This amazing set includes everything needed for railway fun: a spacious roundhouse engine shed, dozens of track pieces in curves and straights, trees, workers and even traffic signs; multi-piece trains; magnetic-tipped cranes; switches and a T-junction for changing course; suspension bridge, trestle bridge and roundtable, too! A tremendous value! Mix and match it with other train sets--it's compatible with all popular wooden railway systems.

This wooden set contains 45 mix-and-match pieces to assemble Mama, Papa and Baby Bear. It's fun to change their expressions and their clothing to express their every mood. The wooden box has compartments for easy storage and the box lid conveniently serves as a puzzle board. Great for story telling fun!