Top 10 Award-Winning Educational Toys That Develop Kids’ Minds and Skills

Welcome to Educational Toys Planet’s selection of award-winning educational toys – perfect for developing children’s minds and encouraging creativity! From STEM toys that help children learn coding, robotics and engineering skills, to interactive role-play toys that foster imaginative play and early language development, these award-winning products have been recognized for their ability to spark a child’s natural curiosity and enthusiasm. All of the featured educational toys are designed for everyday use and are made with high-quality materials, making them suitable for both indoor and outdoor playtime. Let your kids explore their world with these award-winning educational toys from Educational Toys Planet!

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ThinkFun Zingo Word Builder - Classic Early Reading Game | Enhances Vocabulary & Spelling Skills | Award-Winning Educational Toy for Kids and Adults

ENHANCES READING SKILLS: ThinkFun Zingo Word Builder is an engaging game that bolsters vocabulary and spelling proficiency - perfect for pre-readers and early readers
AWARD-WINNING GAME: Proud recipient of the Oppenheim Platinum Award, Teachers Choice Award for the Classroom, and Parents' Choice Gold Award - a testament to its educational value and fun factor
QUALITY COMPONENTS: Includes a lively Zinger, 72 double-sided tiles, and 6 double-sided cards - all crafted with high-quality materials for lasting durability
EASY TO LEARN: Comes with a clear, comprehensive instruction manual - start playing and learning within minutes of unboxing
TRUSTED WORLDWIDE: With over 50 million games sold, ThinkFun is a global leader in brain and logic games - fostering critical thinking skills through play

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The Learning Journey - Telly Jr. Teaching Time Clock - Primary Color - Telling Time Teaching Clock - Toddler Toys & Gifts for Boys & Girls Ages 3 Years and Up - Award Winning Toys

KEY FEATURES – Telly Jr. Teaching Time Clock is new version of the award winning Telly The Teaching Time Clock. Let Telly Jr. Teaching Time Clock help your child tell both analog and digital time using two learning modes. In Learning Mode, Telly Jr. teaches time in five-minute increments when the hands are moved, updating the LCD screen. In Quiz Mode, Telly Jr. asks your child to move the hands on the clock face to match the time displayed on the screen. Learning to tell time has never been so much fun. Requires three “AA” batteries (included). Ages 3+ years.
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS – Promotes listening, visual, tactile, and motor skills; encourages thinking and learning
SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS – Assists children with learning to TELL TIME. Builds SELF-CONFIDENCE. Develops ACTION/REACTION SKILLS. Provides hours of interactive learning fun.
SAFETY - All Learning Journey products are regularly safety tested and in compliance with all domestic and international toy safety regulations.
AWARD WINNING PRODUCTS – Fun fact: The Learning Journey has an extensive line of award winning educational toys that have been tested by the most important panel of judges kids!

Intock Magnetic Blocks, Magnetic Cubes Educational Toys, Original Award Winning Magnetic Building Blocks for Kids, 40 Pieces Colorful Autism Toys Magic Cube Sensory Toys for Kids

CREATIVITY BEYOND IMAGINATION - Our improved innovative patent magnetic blocks for kids toys give endless possibilities with the most fundamental shape - cubes.
LEARNING BY PLAYING - Intock kids learning toys allow kids to develop critical life skills at all ages, through fun playing brain-developing educational games.
DREAM BIG AND BUILD BIG -Compatible with other Intock magnet blocks allowing kids to dream big and make large building blocks.
EASY TO BUILD & STORE - Our creative magnet building blocks for kids and stress toys for adults connect with a click, and collect without mess.
PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL OCCASIONS - 40 pc colorful educational toys & fidgets stress relief toys. Great gifts for kids 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years old and older all year along.

Otamatone Japanese Electronic Musical Instrument Portable Music Synthesizer from Japan by Maywa Denki Studio Award Winning, Educational Fun Gift for Children, Teens & Adults - White

JAPAN'S FAVORITE - One of Japan's most loved musical instrument portable synthesizer toy with more than 30 designs, sold globally, and enjoyed by all ages.
FUN & EASY TO PLAY - Touch or Slide Your Fingers Along The Stem to Vary The Pitch and Squeeze The Cheeks for Vibrato. Play in a low, medium, or high pitch - get together with friends and create a harmony!
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY - Express yourself and explore new musical possibilities by creating your very own sounds! Have fun singing and playing along with family and friends at home or outdoors - the lightweight, portable Otamatone is the perfect instrument to bring camping to accompany your campfire singalongs!
GREAT FOR ALL AGES - Kids, teens, and adults all love the Otamatone! Whether you’re brand new to music or an expert musician, the Otamatone offers a fun, silly new way to make music!
QUICK AND EASY SET UP - AAA Batteries ×3 Operated (Battery NOT included). Simply turn it on, and you're ready to play! Its compact size (Approximately 10.6" or 27 cm) makes it perfect for travel and music on the move!

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The Learning Journey: Lift & Learn Puzzle Colors & Shapes – Preschool Toys & Activities for Children Ages 3 and Up – Award Winning Educational Toy

KEY FEATURES – The Lift & Learn – Colors & Shapes consists of 16 pieces to teach colors, shapes, and spelling. Brightly colored objects make it interesting for little ones to find homes for each puzzle piece and the raised textures make it easy to grab for little hands. Measures 11” long x .4” wide x 15” high, weighs 1.72 lbs.
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS – Promotes creativity, tactile and motor development, and thinking and learning.
SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS – Improves FINE MOTOR SKILLS and hand-eye coordination. Builds CONFIDENCE and boosts SELF-ESTEEM by providing a sense of achievement. Helps develop PROBLEM-SOLVING abilities by encouraging your child to concentrate. INSPIRES creativity and reinforces word recognition.
SAFETY - All Learning Journey products are regularly safety tested and in compliance with all domestic and international toy safety regulations.
AWARD WINNING PRODUCTS – The Lift & Learn – Colors & Shapes is a Creative Child Magazine Puzzle of the Year Award winner. Fun fact: The Learning Journey has an extensive line of Award-Winning Educational Toys that have been tested by the most important panel of judges kids!

The Learning Journey Stand & Stack Dominoes | 28 Bright Multicolored Dominoes for Building, Stacking, and Tumbling | Educational Toy for Boys & Girls Ages 3+ | Award Winning Educational Toys

KEY FEATURES - Design, build, knock down, and amaze with the Stand & Stack Dominoes! Kids will have a ton of hands-on fun with the set that includes 28 multicolored Dominoes specially designed to stack on top of one another. Sort, stack, line up and watch them tumble down in chain reactions - whatever your option is the Stand & Stack Dominoes are ready for creative learning fun! Ages 3-6 years.
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS – Stimulates tactile and motor skills, encourages thinking and learning, and introduces texture. Playing with stacking dominoes requires strategic thinking and planning, encouraging children to anticipate the consequences of their moves and make decisions based on logical reasoning. Setting up a long line of dominoes can be a patience-testing task. Children learn to be patient and persistent as they work towards their desired outcome.
SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS – Develops PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS. Builds SELF-CONFIDENCE. Provides hours of interactive learning fun. Dominoes introduce concepts related to physics and engineering, as children explore principles like gravity, force, and momentum when they set up and knock down dominoes. Successfully setting up and knocking down dominoes can boost a child's self-esteem and confidence, as they see the tangible results of their efforts.
GREAT GIFT FOR GIRLS AND BOYS - This kids stand & stack dominoes set is a good choice to give as a gift to your children on any occasion, offering them a hands-on, screen-free play experience that sparks joy and learning.
SAFETY - All Learning Journey products are regularly safety tested and in compliance with all domestic and international toy safety regulations.

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The Learning Journey: Match It! - 3 Letter Words -Spelling Puzzles for Kids Ages 3-5, Learn to Read With Preschool Learning Materials and Learning Games - Award Winning Educational Toys

20 THREE-PIECE PUZZLES: This bright collection of puzzles aimed at children ages 4 and up is a perfect introduction to three letter words. The colorful pictures help your child associate words with objects and are designed to teach early reading skills. The cards are a mix of sight words and CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words.
IDEAL PREPARATION FOR SCHOOL: The puzzles make it easy and fun to become familiar with letter, shapes and sounds; a perfect introduction to the early reading skills they will encounter at school. They also strengthen the child’s developing concentration skills and build focus.
IMPROVE MOTOR SKILLS: Thick, durable cardboard construction makes cards easy to grasp and use, and also a great way of improving hand-eye coordination and encouraging the development of essential motor skills.
ENCOURAGES INDEPENDENT PLAY: The self-correcting puzzle pieces means that only the correct pieces fit together. This means that they get the spelling right every time, making the puzzles ideal for both independent play and playing together.
BOOST CONFIDENCE and SELF-ESTEEM: Reading can be a daunting prospect for young children, but the combination of pictures and letters makes the three-piece puzzles the ideal way to encourage and boost confidence in young children.

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The Learning Journey: My First Match It - Dinosaurs - 2 Year Old Toys, Puzzles for Toddlers, Toddler Puzzle, Educational Toys for 2 Year Old - 15 Self-Correcting Matching Puzzles - Award Winning Toys

EXPLORE EXCITING DINOSAURS – The dinosaur theme of the puzzle introduces different types of dinosaurs to your little explorers. The friendly, colorful pictures create ample opportunity for conversation and learning. The strong theme is designed to promote conversational and social skills and capture the imagination of the child.
INTRODUCE JIGSAWS IN A SIMPLE, FUN WAY - The My First Match It! puzzles are designed to provide just the right level of challenge for the individual child; begin by offering just two matching pieces; increase the challenge level by simply offering more pieces to choose matches from.
INTRODUCE KEY PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS – These puzzles are a great way to help your child develop basic problem-solving skills such as creative thinking and perseverance. These are skills which can be transferred to other tasks.
IMPROVE FOCUS – This My First Match It! puzzle is a great way of boosting your child’s growing ability to focus on the task at hand. The puzzles are self-correcting which means that only one piece will fit with any other, eliminating frustration and making concentration stronger for longer.
BOOST CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM – Completing each mini puzzle correctly and being rewarded with a fun image related to the exciting dinosaur theme is a big boost to a child’s confidence. Learning more about a topic can be an essential part of a child’s self-esteem, especially as they share this new knowledge with others.

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Woodstock Wind Chimes Xylophone Chimalong (13.5") Award Winning Gifts for Kids, Beginners Childrens Musical Instruments, Educational Fun Toys for Boys and Girls Ages 3+(CH1JR)

High Quality Fun Musical Instruments - Xylophone style kids instrument (metallophone) musical toy for ages 3+ made with world famous Woodstock Wind Chimes tubes, with soft resonant sounds! Includes nine tubes, two mallets and a special songbook.
Tuned to a diatonic scale in the key of C - Includes an extra tube tuned to B♭ to change to the key of F and an innovative songbook with a color, number, and letter-based music learning system so kids can easily learn traditional music notation.
Award-Winning Educational Value - Winner of Parent’s Choice and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Awards - Great for home or school. Measures 7" x 5.5" x 11.5"
A Perfect Gift - Ready to give in a four-color gift box, makes a great Birthday or Christmas Gift. Your loved ones will be sure to remember both it - and you!
Why Woodstock Chimes? - GRAMMY(R) Award-winning musician Garry Kvistad founded Woodstock Chimes in 1979, providing high quality Woodstock Wind Chimes for outside, garden decor for outside, outdoor decor, patio decor and musical gifts

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The Learning Journey: Match It! - ABCs - ABC Puzzle, Alphabet Puzzles for 2 Year Olds, Alphabet Puzzles For Kids Ages 3-5, Pre Kindergarten Learning Materials, Award Winning Educational Toys

KEY FEATURES – The Match It! ABCs is made up of 26 self-correcting puzzle sets that teach the alphabet in a fun way! Children are challenged to find the correct image with the first letter of the image. But it doesn’t stop there - the letter is presented in upper and lower case and spells the vocabulary word. Cards measures 6” long x .09” wide x 3” high, weighs 1.09 lbs. Ages 3+ years
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS – Promotes thinking, learning, and language skills.
SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS – Improves FINE MOTOR SKILLS and hand-eye coordination. Builds CONFIDENCE and boosts SELF-ESTEEM by providing a sense of achievement. Helps develop PROBLEM-SOLVING abilities by encouraging your child to concentrate.
SAFETY - All Learning Journey products are regularly safety tested and in compliance with all domestic and international toy safety regulations.
AWARD WINNING PRODUCTS – Match It! ABCs is a Dr. Toy Best Classic Award winner. Fun fact: The Learning Journey has an extensive line of Award-Winning Educational Toys that have been tested by the most important panel of judges kids!

What makes award winning educational toys different from other toys?

Award winning educational toys are designed to promote learning and development in children. They tend to be interactive and engaging, and are often based on research and evidence-based methods. Award winning educational toys are often designed to be more educational than traditional toys, as they are intended to help children learn in new and innovative ways. These toys often feature unique game play and interactive elements, making them more engaging and educational than the typical toys. Award winning educational toys also tend to be more durable and of higher quality than traditional toys, ensuring that they will last and provide a long-term learning experience.