Get the Back to School Ready with Educational Toys from Learning Resources

September 1, 2018 Kristin

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As kids head back to school, now is the time to think about fun toys and games that you can play with your little ones to keep them learning and growing. From ABC essentials to coding fundamentals, Learning Resources new for 2018 educational toys and games will ensure everyone is ready for learning in the new school year. Here are some of our top picks!

Veggie Farm Sorting SetChildren can grow their own skills and abilities in the playful fields of the Veggie Farm Sorting Set by encouraging the development of color recognition, matching, sorting, and early counting skills. Realistic plastic vegetable figures come in five vibrant colors, and represent popular veggies including broccoli, corn, onions, pumpkins, and more. Aside from learning new veggie vocabulary, kids can use these figures, along with the included bushel baskets and soft foam playmat, to work on other real-world skills. Sort the veggies by color, count out each type of vegetable, or match the colors and shapes to the ones depicted on the playmat’s farm signs.

Pendulonium STEM Challenge Physics fundamentals become fun through this hands-on activity set. Challenges kids to send the included launch balls flying toward goal cups and targets with the help of a three-piece adjustable pendulum. What seems like a collection of simple tasks will actually challenge each child’s engineering, problem solving, and critical thinking skills as they play around with early physics concepts such as force and momentum in search of the ideal solution.

In addition to using their brains, kids will also have to make careful use of their muscles—the pendulum in the Pendulonium STEM Challenge is completely kid-powered, and helps build hand-eye coordination and muscle control without the need for extra batteries, springs, or rubber bands. Recommended for ages 5+ and retails for $19.99.