Toy Insider Senior Editor/Toy Book Editor-in-Chief James Zahn joined Afternoon Live on KATU in Portland to show off the best new toys to get kids ready to head back to class. 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 season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.
DISNEY DOORABLES ACADEMY CAMPUS CREW FIGURE PACK
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.
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TINKERTAR
Created by musicians Brian Calhoun, Dave Matthews, and John Alagia, this one-string melody maker is made of sustainable, responsibly sourced wood. Use the included 15-song songbook and colored and numbered finger positions to learn beginner guitar.
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WOODEN WORK & PLAY DESKTOP ACTIVITY BOARD
This tiny, wooden version of a laptop and desk features a variety of interactive elements that babies and toddlers can use to develop fine motor skills while pretending to work from home like their parents. It has no detachable pieces and features a handle for on-the-go play.
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MINI ABC POPS
Toddlers can learn uppercase letter recognition, vocabulary skills, and beginning sounds with these Mini ABC Pops which also help to enhance fine motor skills and color identification. This 52-piece set includes 26 matching, two-piece ice pops in a variety of colors. Each ice pop has an uppercase letter on the outside that kids can pop…
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SMITHSONIAN MICROSCOPE KIT
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,…
