The Top Toys that Teach on PIX 11 New York

Kids can use this lightbox to explore shapes, numbers, and colors or trace along the included transparency sheets. It features two brightness settings and five different light colors.

This kid-safe power tool makes cutting cardboard easy. Kids can use it to transform the cardboard into forts, DIY costumes, educational dioramas, and other creative projects.

The telescope’s 25x and 50x magnification powers allow you to examine the Moon’s cratered landscape, planets, and stars. Comes with a star wheel, an adjustable tripod, an eight-page, full-color learning guide, and exclusive audio content from the Wow in the World podcast.

This kit contains nine VR experiences, 23 experiment pieces, and a 40-page educational book. With the VR headset and included app, kids can witness a real rocket launch, explore the International Space Station, return to Earth in the Orion Capsule, and more.

This game combines elements of the Monopoly game with the crossword-building play of Scrabble. In place of rolling dice to move around the board, players build words and move ahead by their score. Features custom Community Chest and Chance cards.

Tweens can build their own robotic reptile that responds to gestures, changes colors, and fires its retractable tongue.