Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined ABC in San Francisco to show off the best toys to get kids ready to head back to class this fall. 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.


WORRY STONE PALS SENSORY WRISTBAND

Each Sensory Wristband comes with four removable worry stones, each with a character that highlights positive learning traits. Kids can pop the double-sided disks into the soft plastic wristband for a discreet, tactile approach to focusing their attention, calming their nerves, and managing stress throughout the day.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

MAKE YOUR OWN HEADBAND CRAFT KITS

Kids can make personalized headbands with everything that comes in this kit, including decorative fabric and charms, headbands, glue, and step-by-step instructions. They can choose from four themes: Flower, Mermaid, Unicorn, or Mixed Girly Fun, sold separately.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $10.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

BOGGLE and BOGGLE JR

Preschoolers and kindergarteners can transform letters into words using Boggle Jr. while older kiddos can work on spelling, cognitive development and writing skills using Big Boggle! Two different matching games encourage various skills and levels with fun, colorful pictures. Two-sided cards have three-letter words on one side and four-letter words on the other. In Match…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95 each
  • Age:
  • Boggle Jr.: 3+ — Big Boggle: 8+

CRAYOLA PAINT YOUR OWN BEAN BAG TOSS

Kids can paint the cornhole boards with the included paint and brushes, then play the game with the included bean bags. When they’re ready for a redesign, kids can wipe the boards clean with a wet towel and paint them again.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.97
  • Age:
  • 5+

RETRO MAGNADOODLE

This magnetic drawing toy lets kids create fun artwork that erases like magic. Kids can practice spelling, math, play games, and more. It includes two stamps for unique shapes.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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