The Best Learning Toys and Games for Young Kids

The perfect learning toy for hands-on learners, Snap Circuits Junior is an electronics exploration kit that allows children to build over 100 different electronic circuit projects. As a result of their being such a wide variety of circuit projects to build, this is a kit that you can get years of use out of.

Children will act like engineers as they work to construct the marble run track.

Learning gears provide kids the opportunity for kids to use the imagination and thinking skills to practice basic construction.

Wooden blocks are perfect for children who love to build.

My children play with Legos nearly every day. Building Legos with Legos allows children to practice patience, organization, and creativity.

The Learning Resource cash register is a well built and designed pretend register that allows children to practice their mathematical skills. I have watched my children enjoy playing with this toy in many ways.

Who said learning U.S. geography was boring? Scrambled States is a fun geography game that helps you learn the US states, capitals, and other fun facts with little effort.

Qwirkle is a fun strategy game for elementary-aged children. They will need to exercise their attentiveness and strategize to win.

A fun game for young children, Sequence For Kids is a great game for children to play.

First appearing in the 1930s, Monopoly is classic learning by doing. I understand that there are many new variations of Monopoly but we play the original version of the game with our young children all the time. This is a great game to encourage financial literacy, basic mathematical skills, critical thinking and more. The game is also loads of fun when played with a competitive group of people.

Magformers are another great STEM toy that children will love. My children love using these magnetic building blocks to build whatever they can imagine. They come with pictorial instructions for several building projects. Similarly to Legos, the more of the magnets you have the more opportunities there are to build really cool things.

Children can build high, wide, big, and small structures using Magna-Tiles. The more tiles you have in your collection, of course, the more opportunities children will have to build.

Geo Puzzles are a great resource for kids to learn the world's continents, countries, states, and oceans. Not only are they a great activity for children but my husband and I have benefited from assembling the Geo Puzzles. We have even set a timer and made a little competition of who can assemble a particular country the fastest.

Check out my favorite puzzles for toddler development.

Children of all ages will enjoy working with Tangrams. They will complete puzzles by rotating and flipping the shapes.

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