Toy Insider Senior Editor Maddie Michalik joined CP24 in Toronto 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. To learn more about the season’s best new toys, be sure to check out Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Toy Guide.  

ABCMOUSE

Designed by education experts, this online learning platform features more than 11,000 learning activities in literacy, math, science, social studies, art, music, and more. Available on computers, tablets, and smartphones. Designed by education experts, this online learning platform features more than 11,000 learning activities in literacy, math, science, social studies, art, music, and more. Available…

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.99 per month
  • Age:
  • 2+

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COUNT-ALONG BASKET AND SCANNER

This interactive set includes play food, shopping lists, and an interactive scanner that recognizes the food pieces. Kids can enjoy three play modes with different activities that span numbers, colors, shapes, and more. This interactive set includes play food, shopping lists, and an interactive scanner that recognizes the food pieces. Kids can enjoy three play…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99; $46.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 2+

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BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! TICKETY TOCK MAGNETIC CLOCK

This puzzle spells early-learning fun! Kids match the easy-to-grasp chunky wooden letter-shaped pieces with pictures on the sturdy wooden puzzle board that begin with the corresponding letter. Pictures feature friends and elements from Blue's Clues & You! and stand for extra pretend play fun. Blue's Clues & You! promotes kindergarten-readiness, inspiring confidence, empowerment, and kindness…

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  • MSRP:
  • $21.49; $29.29 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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“POKEMON PRIMERS” BOOK SERIES

“Pokémon Primers” helps young kids journey into the world of Pokémon while learning about subjects like the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and colors. Featuring adorable illustrations of popular Pokémon, as well as captivating storylines, “Pokémon Primers” come in a high-quality board book style with over 100 flaps for kids to interact with while developing a foundation…

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.99; $17.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LITE-BRITE OVAL HD

This classic toy comes in a new oval shape and has three color-change features. It includes 650 mini-pegs and eight HD templates, plus an “animate” mode that kids can use to bring movement to their light-up designs. This classic toy comes in a new oval shape and has three color-change features. It includes 650 mini-pegs…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $24.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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POPPER JOURNALS AND PENCIL CASES

Cute, colorful, and fidget-friendly school supplies. Bubble poppers are the year's hottest global sensation. The school-friendly sensory fidget experience is taken one step further by combining it with the functionality of a lined, spiral-bound journal and a pencil case! Cute, colorful, and fidget-friendly school supplies. Bubble poppers are the year's hottest global sensation. The school-friendly…

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • All Ages

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager 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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