25 Educational Toys to Beat the Summer Slump

With this pick-up-and-play DJ mixer, choose between classical sounds, techno beats, and friendly meows; spin the turntable to make the record scratch; and use the retractable microphone to record vocals. Also features a light-up drum pad and 12 silly sound buttons.

The set takes classic marble runs to the next level with creative challenges and pieces that attach to any smooth surface. Kids can create hills and jumps, and even turn corners to create tricks and stunts.

Each game features educational lessons fit for preschoolers. Criss-Cross Applesauce is a cooperative game in which players remember a series of activities and link them together in sequence. Hocus Pocus, Everybody Focus is an observation game that encourages kids to improve their visual-spatial and memorization skills. Letter, Number or Bug is a card game that…

With Bill Nye’s Xtreme Weather Lab VR, kids can immerse themselves in nine thrilling VR experiences, bearing witness to and learning about extreme weather events like hurricanes, thunderstorms, and more. It also includes an interactive 40-page book.

This combo storyteller and projection nightlight features 36 original stories, eight melodies, and eight white noises that are synchronized with four custom light projections. It’s portable, immersive, and designed to help soothe babies and kids.

Each player races to be the first to snap a path between their light and the communal battery. Build the circuit path solo or play competitively with up to four players as everyone learns the basics of electricity.

Toddlers can spark creativity and learn with their friends from CoComelon with the Learning Bus. This interactive toy features more than 30 colorful buttons and plays phrases, sounds, and songs to help kids learn letters, phonics, numbers, words, and more.

With this kit, kids can study the bones, organs, and biology of a synthetic frog. It includes a frog mold, 11 organs, glow-in-the-dark skeleton pieces, plastic dissection tools, tweezers, a gel refill packet, and a learning guide.

This set features handcrafted wooden figures and non-drying clay blocks. Kids can customize characters for open-ended, creative play while practicing fine motor skill development, social-emotional development, and more.

Curl up with the cutest Mini Books, real books that fit in your hand! With more than 40 iconic Minis, collect titles like Matilda, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and more.

This magnetic building set includes motion bases with real rubber wheels that kids can use to build trucks, trains, aircraft, ambulances, fire engines, forklifts, and more. This STEAM toy helps kids explore and identify shapes, colors, and more.

Kids can practice color and counting skills as they sort, match, and count the flower petals and identify the numbered pistils. Everything stores inside the greenhouse for on-the-go play. Also includes a working watering can and an activity guide.

Kids can learn about the cycle of butterflies with this STEM-focused butterfly kit, which includes 12 green pop-up cages and 12 discount vouchers to redeem for live caterpillars.

Brighten up any room with this 420-piece LEGO Creator Flowers in Watering Can. The yellow watering can includes three flowers with movable petals and three butterflies that look as if they are flying! Rebuild it into a yellow rain boot with three flowers or two birds on a flower-covered perch.

From planting to observing root growth, this set fosters a hands-on learning experience for kids. Designed for safety, each tool is scaled down for small hands. The set provides all the essential tools for promoting a sense of accomplishment and skill development.

Players roll seven dice and spell words with the letters they’ve rolled. Follow the score sheet and fill in the scoring blocks, just like in regular Yahtzee. Create words of different lengths, multiple words, a seven-letter Yahtzee word, and more.

Kids can interact with Purr Kitty, Cuddles Bear, and Pawster Pup to communicate their moods and learn about emotions while playing. Each plush features six faces to demonstrate happiness, sadness, surprise, silliness, sleepiness, and anger.

With blocker pieces in place, the objective of Rubik’s Gridlock is to fit all the pieces onto the board to solve each puzzle. Includes 44 double-sided puzzle cards that range from beginner to expert.

Little swimmers can scatter all 50 number gems in the water, grab the waterproof deck of playing cards, and dive in to find the gem that matches (or adds up to) the number on their card. The first player to the surface wins a point, and the first one to five wins the game!

Chisel away at a sand block to unearth the same type of rocks found on Mars. Assemble a scale model of the Mars Perseverance Rover, complete with wheels, antenna, and a robotic arm. This set includes an educational STEM poster with information on Martian geology and space exploration.

This set guides kids through building paper airplanes, installing a motor circuit to launch airplanes and flying saucers, creating art on a spinning wheel, levitating objects over a fan with air pressure, and more.

Tecti is a scalable, modifiable, kinetic building system. Tweens and teens can create more than 50 structures using the interlocking, moveable cubes.

Kids can collect and store rocks in the storage compartment, then extend the eyepiece and view their rocks under the magnifier for an up-close view. It features a handle and storage with a locking latch and comes with an activity guide.

With this set, kids can build and launch a model rocket, powered by baking soda and vinegar, then launch it again and again. It also comes with a poster that introduces kids to rocket history.

Kids can whip up delicious dinosaur-shaped gummies in two yummy flavors: purple mixed berry and green watermelon. With eight available dino molds, kids can create gummy treats as they explore fundamental STEM concepts like measurements, temperature, and conversions.