While this isn’t specifically a science toy, it will give kids a fun way to build their math proficiency. And it’s just a pretty clever learning toy in itself. From the manufacturer’s description: “Kids race against the clock toward multiplication mastery with Digitz, the portable electronic game center that makes practice fun! Choose from FIVE […]

This is a great tool for teaching young kids the alphabet and sounds the letters make. It’s got over 500 three letter words which is plenty for the child just starting to learn to read. I do wish they would have mixed in at least a few four-letter words (not that kind of four-letter word), […]

Like many of the Thames & Kosmos science kits, this is one pretty advanced toy. I hesitate to actually call this a toy as it is a great electronics set for learning about how computers work. But I’ll call it a toy based on the simple fact that this is pretty darn fun. While many […]

Many of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies (and probably earlier too) might remember putting together a crystal radio kit. I remember my first one- from a Radio Shack kit when I was 10 years old back in 1980. It was one of the few Christmas presents I specifically remember asking for. […]

SmartLab Toys has done a great job of producing chemistry, physics and general electronics science toys, but with the introduction of their You-build-it Rock Star Microphone they’ve branched into an almost new area. With this kit, kids get to build their own microphone. Okay, so they’re not soldering capacitors and resistors to integrated circuit boards, […]