Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined Today in LA to show off the hot toys kids will be asking for this summer. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the spring and summer, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Spring and Summer Gift Guide


SENSORY LEAVES MATH ACTIVITY SET

Discover unbeleafable nature with the Sensory Leaves Math Activity Set! This certified 100% post-consumer recycled plastic set includes six different types of tactile leaf counters in six different colors and three different sizes. The bugs on the back of the leaves provide even more ways to count, sort, add, and subtract. Comes with 10 teacher-developed,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CRAFT-TASTIC NATURE: MAKE A BUG HOTEL

Kids can easily snap the wooden panels together and personalize their bug hotel with waterproof, hotel-themed stickers. Then, they can fill it with leaves, flowers, and other objects they find in nature. Once their hotel attracts critters, they can use the identification guide to learn about them.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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H2OGO! SPONGE SOAKERS TRIPLE SLIDE

Kids can grab inflatable shields that double as boogie boards and race down the horizontal, slippery slide, ending with a splash into the drench pool filled with Sponge Soakers. After sliding, kids can use the soft sponges for a water battle. This outdoor toy features SplashBoost Sprinkler technology, a system built to provide targeted water…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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WICKED BIG SPORTS SPIRAL STRIKE

All the fun of bowling, but with a football! Easily grip and rip the included mini football to blast the pins held in place by the collapsible rack systems. Pack it all down into the included cinch sack for play in the park, while tailgating, at the beach, or anywhere! Includes 12 pins, two racks,…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

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WADDLE HIP HOPPERS

Waddle Hip Hoppers are hoppers for ultimate bouncing fun! Kids can bounce around the lawn or room, joust with friends, enter wacky races, toss around for a crazy game of catch, or just use it as a seat in the sun. These colorful, large hoppers help kids develop balance and control, supporting up to 250…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $53.15 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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