Using over 100 trivia questions relating to different geographical regions across the continental United States, this unique board game builds reading comprehension skills while educating kids about U.S. history and culture. The board game depicts a map of the United States with six differently colored regions that players move across using different colored plastic cars. Each of two to four players compete to answer reading comprehension questions, gaining game pieces shaped either like a mug, pennant, T-shirt, cap, or bumper sticker. The player that wins four game pieces and manages to make it back to his or her home region first, wins. It received a Parents’ Choice Award.

These plastic, 1″ bears are suitable for counting and beginning math games. They come in sets of 100 and 300 and are different colors of the rainbow.

In this math game, children roll die and move their dinosaur species game piece the appropriate numeric place (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands). Intended for various levels of play, the game comes with math problem solving cards.

For children learning fractions, this game is a fun and easy game. Players make a standard bingo card and identify various fractions. Two levels of game play are available.

This three-in-one set features cubes that snap together for solving math problems. It also includes a dry erase board so kids can write down the problems. Skills practiced include addition, subtraction, counting, sorting and grouping.

This bug stepped out on the toy market this year and currently is in the top 10 best sellers for Learning Resources. Measuring 60" by 32", the colorful floor mat is made to be jumped on. The music gets the kids moving and, before they know it, they´re learning. And that makes parents happy.

Kids develop creativity and imagination by building glowing creatures. This 130-piece motorized building set includes colorful gears, springs, chomping teeth, flashing lights, whiskers and glow-in-the-dark eyeballs for endless creative combinations. It includes instructions to build four creatures.

Kids can make monkeys fly through trees with 136 colorful plastic pieces. Included are gears, cranks, connectors and baseplates.
— Little kids love this gear toy, which is made just for them, says Tara Trew, sales associate at Growing Tree Toys & Books in State College, Penn.
— The kit comes with instructions for building a “gears jungle,” or kids can improvise and build their own.
— Movin’ Monkeys is the first Gears! set for small children.

This game uses pizza slices to teach fractions, and has seven games in one. An added feature is double-sided spinners to accommodate different levels of learning.
- This game was a best seller in its category on KBtoys.com in May 2005.
- This popular game was out of stock at EducationalLearningGames.com in May 2005.
- Pizza Fun was a 2003 Honors Award winner from the National Parenting Publications Awards for Children’s Resources (NAPPA).

The Pretend & Play® Calculator Cash Register is a fun-filled way to teach children how to handle money! Introduce children to this real-world skill with a jumbo-sized cash register that has a cash drawer big enough to hold the life-sized money that comes with it. The total is actually displayed as children ring up “purchases” on the oversized buttons of the solar-powered calculator with either cash or a pretend Citibank credit card. (10 ½” x 9 ½” x 5 ¾; grades K and up; $29.95)

Step right up and try your hand at this! Light ´N´ Strike Math by Learning Resources® is a fun arcade-style electronic math game, with three levels of difficulty. Fast-paced games keep kids engaged while reinforcing basic math skills. Kids choose their level of difficulty, read the math equation, then “strike it” to answer when the numbers flash and beep.