Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht spoke with Cheddar News at the annual Holiday of Play event to talk about educational toys that kids and parents will love. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the holiday season, check out our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.
K’NEX MARBLE COASTER RUN

This STEM-infused set includes multiple template builds and more than 500 pieces that kids can use to create a functional marble coaster. Kids can attach the working motor to add movements and chain reactions.
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HYDRAULIC BOXING BOTS

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.
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WHEN DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH

Kids will step back in time to the prehistoric age with this dinosaur sensory toy kit! Discover a world roaming alongside the mighty dinosaurs. Kids can create a lush prehistoric world using wildflower seed paper, pipe cleaners, and mushrooms. Unleash kids’ inner explorers by excavating fossils and journeying in a land with dinosaurs made from…
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MATCH AND LEARN COOKIES

Little pastry chefs can pretend to make and bake 26 yummy-looking letter cookies. Press each colorful cookie into the tray to hear letter names, letter sounds, colors and flavors. Now you’re cooking! Take the cookies off the tray and serve the sweet treats to friends and family. Listen closely to hear which cookie to bake…
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FISHER-PRICE LAUGH & LEARN MIX & LEARN DJ TABLE

This interactive, educational activity table features a piano with three ways to play, plus 12 fine motor activities and three Smart Stages learning levels to keep babies engaged as they grow.