15 Toys to Gear Up Learning During the Back-to-School Season

The Smithsonian Microscope Kit lets kids view leaves, pollen, insect parts, fibers, and more at up to 900 times their actual size! This kit comes with everything kids need to study organisms around them — three prepared slides, six blank slides, two specimen vials, a petri dish, slide labels and covers, tools, a storage case,…

Play ‘n Trace is the reusable kids drawing kit designed to help kids learn to draw and write through tracing. The semi-transparent kids drawing tablet with artist palette grip and oval design is easy for kids to hold, yet durable and light enough to take anywhere. Kids can slip one of the templates under the…

Open the composition book-inspired surprise packaging to reveal between 5-7 Doorables figures. The 1.5-inch figures feature Disney and Pixar characters re-imagined with an academic theme.

Kids can take a deep dive into the world’s waters with the power of virtual reality (VR). This kit includes a 96-page book featuring whales, sharks, and more, which kids can immersively experience with the included VR headset and scratch art kit.

Kids can practice their sensory skills this winter! Enjoy sensory play with these fidget tubes. Engage in sensory skills with a set of three fun fidget tubes that focus on three unique senses — listen to falling beads, watch swirls of glitter, or feel the weight of falling sand.

This gift bundle is perfect for kids who want to play doctor. The bundle comes with a 25-piece Doctor's Kit Play Set, an 8-piece Doctor Role Play Costume Set, and a Water Wow! Occupations Activity Pad. The Doctor's Kit Play Set includes activity cards, medical tools, and patient care items. The Doctor Role Play Costume…

Kids can ring the bell on this interactive pizza cart to hear a customer's order. They'll learn about colors, shapes, numbers, and food names as they build a pizza with the included toppings and accessories.

Each 16-inch doll has a different STEM theme and can make more than 75 phrases and sound effects. The collection includes Astro the Astronaut, Codie the Coder, Maria the Mathemagician, and Vera the Vet.

The learning kits are filled with interactive, family-friendly activities and games designed for kids ages 3 and up, representing Australia, Black America, Dia de los Muertos, Guatemala, Italy, and France. Each country and culture kit gives both kids and adults a look into the many traditions that are celebrated around the world, and families quickly…

Tweens can create 10 tiny projects using this no-mess kit, which includes air-dry clay, a spinning pottery wheel with a removable cover, sculpting tools, and paint.

Kids have played the summer away. They've splashed in sprinklers, they've played through the hottest video games, and they've spent hours pretending they're superheroes. Now that it's time to start headed back to school, it's time to remember how fun it is to learn! We've rounded up 15 entertaining toys that will help kids of…

Ready for an adventure? Go on a scavenger hunt, play a flashlight game, seek & find bugs, and more with the Junior Explorer Adventure Kit! With so much to find and learn, this exploring kit has all the adventure tools that kids will need to start exploring the great outdoors.

These starter sets include puzzles for kids ages 4, 5, 6, and 7. Each set includes 77 different puzzles designed to encourage kids in independent thinking and problem-solving.

Safeguard secrets and treasures inside of this portable vault! The secret compartment will only open after the correct six-digit combination is entered. Kids can set the code and rest assured that important belongings like crucial evidence, secret messages, and even your allowance aren’t at risk of falling into the wrong hands! The vault only opens…

Kids can build two boxing robots that use hydraulic power to move with complex shoulder gestures, jabs, and uppercuts. The fighter who knocks back the opposing robot's head scores a point on the included scoreboard.