Educational Games

Napa Silver Award Winner

Launch into a chain reaction of physics-learning action!

Have you ever basked in the excitement that is watching a Rube Goldberg-like contraption unfold? Well, now you can build one of your own while learning all about the physics behind it! Using over thirty LEGO elements, plus a few rolling spheres, you get to build ten brilliant contraptions that all come together to create an amazing chain reaction.

Page by page, detailed instructions help you perfectly build each mechanism while learning how and why everything works. Send a tire spinning around a pole to launch a hammer and lift a sign. Spin a windmill to keep the ball rolling and then start a reaction that zig-zags upwards. Build a pulley that launches a ball, a wild spinning vortex, and an amazing zig-zag finish line! Then, once you've finished building everything, put it all together and watch as it spins, pivots, rolls, lifts, and drops all in one amazing, continuous motion!

Who cares if it doesn't do anything useful? The fun is in watching it all go! Designed and written by a genius team of experts, educators, and 11-year-olds, the LEGO Chain Reactions kit opens up children to just how amazing physics can be.

For children 8 and up.

Children will have fun while building gross motor skills by stepping, hopping and turning. This set introduces children to early coding and programming ideas without electronics. The full-color guide includes sample mazes and coding overview. Mats measure 9½”L x 9½”H.

Educational Benefits

• Learning Style: Visual, Kinesthetic, Tactile

• Skill Development: Critical thinking, Sequential thought, Problem solving, Gross motor skills, Directional sense, Following directions Includes

• 20 Foam maze mats, 20 Double-sided coding cards, Die-cut pieces including: 2 robots, 2 gears, 2 springs, 2 arrows, and 2 Xs

•Mats measure 9½”L x 9½”H.

Children will love learning their letters and making simple words with this set. The blocks feature flat fronts and open backs, perfect for use as letter molds. Comes with 2 sets of vowels (red), extra consonants for word building, and a storage bag. Blocks measure 2”L x 2”H.

Educational Benefits

• Learning Style:Visual, Tactile

• Skill Development: Letter recognition, Alphabetical order, Color recognition, Word building, Fine motor skills, Eye-hand coordination

Skills: Sharpens recognition, concentration and memory skills.

Age: 3+

Card Size: 24 matching pairs, 2.25" x 2.25"

Box dimension: 9.5" x 9.5" x 1" I

llustrator: Melissa Sweet

Awards: Winner of the Oppenheim Platinum Award

Each puzzle measures 15''x11''.

Ages 3+Years

In this fast-paced game, the goal is to build 3-letter, consonant-vowel-consonant words with every turn. Repeat the game again and again to improve decoding, sound segmenting, sound isolation, and phonics skills. Three levels of play make it fun and engaging for all ages!

A selection of lovely toy marbles in a cotton marble bag, complete with a booklet of games to learn and enjoy. A great way to get your collection started.

Box measures approx: 7 x 7 x 2.5 cms

The research teams are outfitted and ready to embark on their adventures to find five forgotten cities. Who will lead the way to fantastic discoveries? Each player guides a team of explorers on up to five expeditions. To advance along an expedition path, a card in the path’s color must be played for each step forward. The card must be of equal or greater value to the player’s card previously played on that path. After playing or discarding a card, the player draws a new card. Skilled team leaders assess when to play, hold, or discard their cards to move their own teams forward while at the same time preventing their opponent teams from getting ahead. Points are awarded based on how far the explorers make it along their paths. Each step earns more points than the one before it, and the first three steps earn negative points. Along the way, players can increase points by finding artifacts, victory points, and shortcuts forward. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins! 2-4 players. Ages 10+. From Thames & Kosmos. Learn More

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Who will discover the ancient civilizations? Two explorers embark on research journeys to remote corners of the world: the Himalayan mountains, the Central American rainforest, the Egyptian desert, a mysterious volcano, and the bottom of the sea. As the cards are played, the expedition routes take shape and the explorers earn points. The most daring adventurers make bets on the success of their expeditions. The explorer with the highest score after three rounds of expeditions wins. The rules of the game are simple, but beware: The lost cities hold many unseen mysteries! 2 Players. Length of Game = 30 minutes. Ages 10+ From Thames & Kosmos. Learn More

Pack your bags and get ready to hit the road with this latest installment of family fun! You can help create car songs, spot some historical sights, even stop at a roadside diner–with a Mad Libs’ twist, of course!

Many have tried to imitate the world’s most popular word game, but they just can’t ___VERB___ the mustard! With Mad Libs on the Road, traveling has never been so wacky!

STEM AUTHENCATED

2 geometric shapes

Step-by-step idea booklet

Compatible with all Magformers shapes and accessories

Neodymium rare-earth magnets for guaranteed connectivity

Age 3+

Children can learn about shapes and angles with Magformers Math 42Pc Set.

The set arrives with triangles, squares, pentagons and hexagons each containing built in angles highlighting the degree of each corner.

When shapes are combined new angles can be calculated.

Follow along with play cards to learn the names of 3D objects and calculate mathematical angles.

Great for young minds to learn about constructing cube nets, patterns, shapes and colors!

Magformers® are safety tested for ages 18M+. Warning: This product contains small magnets. Swallowed magnets can cause complications leading to serious infections and death. Seek immediate medical attention if magnets are swallowed or inhaled.

The original and authentic Magformers.

12 geometric shapes, including 20 triangle, 24 squares, 8 isosceles triangle, 5 rectangles, 2 pentagons, 4 hexagons, 4 diamonds, 2 trapezoids, 2 right angle triangle, 2 super triangle, 2 super square, 2 super rectangle.

50-page math book.

STEM Accredited by STEM.org.

Perfect for brain development, critical thinking and education.

Step-by-step educational idea booklet with follow along ideas and instructions.

Develop color and shape recognition, fine motor skills and problem-solving ability.

Neodymium rare-earth magnets for guaranteed connectivity. Compatible with all Magformers shapes and accessories.

Super strong, safe and durable BPA-free High Quality ABS plastic.

Ages 6 years and up.

MAGFORMERS construction sets foster brain development through fun and educational exploration. With high quality, durable construction and intelligent magnetic design, the possibilities are endless! Magformers are magnetic geometric shapes that adhere on every edge. This is not your typical building set! Neodymium magnets spin freely along the edges of each piece, making every side a sure attraction to any other piece. Form mini vehicles with squares, triangles, and wheels with this WOW 16-piece set. Stack them together, pull them apart, build geometric shapes and fascinating configurations, tackle engineering feats. Engage problem solving and visual spatial skills while having fun.