The fun and easy system allows parents without any musical background to teach their children beginning piano at home. The basic course includes a 17-song music book with color-coded notes, a parent/teacher guide, a 17-track "count aloud" CD and two color strips to guide children to the correct key for each note. This product is a winner of a Dr. Toy Best Products Award, an Adding Wisdom Award and an Amazing Toy Award. Launch date: October 2005.

This 48-page activity book allows kids to color their favorite animal characters from the CAMP game while learning fun facts about the great outdoors. It includes animal camouflage pages, drawing lessons, trivia, CAMP stories and more. “Our CAMP Activity book ‘grows with you’ just like the CAMP board game — beginning with simple coloring pages and increasing in difficulty,” Jesse DenHerder of Education Outdoors told TDmonthly. “The interior pages are printed on a durable 50# offset paper that will adhere to ink, pencil and crayons with ease.”

This product received The Family Review Center/Magazine Gold Medal award. Launch date: September 12, 2007.

This award-winning digital bookmark allows children to monitor and record their reading times. It features a countdown timer with an alarm, a cumulative timer for multi-session reading, a clock, a replaceable battery and a durable polyethylene body. It may also be used for music practice sessions, math fact practice, cooking and more. It comes in neon green, neon blue and neon purple.
— "The bookmark is compatible with small, paperback books, yet [the] screen is large enough to read clearly and [the] buttons are easy to operate," reported Teresa Wilson, a mother of four who reviewed this product for a TDmonthly Roundtable.

This award-winning CD contains a story with music. The story is a take-off of "Mary's Lamb," and the music is a take-off on "Mary Had A Little Lamb." The beginning of the story and music are very familiar, but both soon veer way off course for a fun and humorous adventure. "Mary" received three performances by the San Diego Symphony. Launch date: June 2005.

AudraRox, a Brooklyn-based band fronted by musician and teacher Audra Tsanos, is trying to broaden the spectrum of kids' music with its debut album. It’s not just music for kids; it's music for the whole family. This product received a spring 2007 Parents’ Choice Award. Launch date: October 2006.

With this Award winning fun and educational game, families can learn facts about the great outdoors. For two to eight players, it includes 200 game cards and is designed to grow with the player, starting with level one questions (primarily animal identification) and progressing to higher level questions. “A vibrant earthtone color palette, full-color photos, interesting playing characters and a cute Camp card decoder” were incorporated to make this family game appealing to both children and adults, Jesse DenHerder, in graphic design/marketing for Education Outdoors, told TDmonthly. “With a game that is true to its vision in content and overall aesthetic, Camp will be a must-have for specialty retailers.” This product is 2007 iParenting Media award and 2007 Dr. Toy 100 Best Products Award winner. Launch date: December 15, 2006.

Discover 52 amazing national parks as you play dozens of card games. Collect canyons, mountains, caves, deserts, and other amazing places as you play "Go Fish" and read fun park facts on each card. Or use this complete 52-card deck to play all your favorite card games. Launch Date: February 2007. 

Kids can play three great card games and discover 47 wild mammals of North America, from polar bears to river otters. Each card has fun facts about the animals and what family they belong to. Bonus cards teach kids to identify animal tracks. Tips for playing "Memory," "Old Maid," and "Go Fish" are included. This product received a Spring 2007 Parents' Choice Approved Award. Launch date: February 2007.

By playing "Go Fish," "Rummy," "Crazy Eights" and "Snap!" players get to know 36 wild creatures in each game. They can learn their names in English and Spanish and discover what family each one belongs to. Each deck is filled with wildlife photos taken by the world's greatest wildlife photographers, and bonus cards give fun facts. This product received a Spring 2007 Parents' Choice Approved Award. Launch date: February 2007.

Children can play "Go Fish," "Rummy," "Crazy Eights" and "Snap!" and get to know 36 wild creatures in each game. Players learn their names in English and Spanish and discover what family each one belongs to. Each deck is filled with wildlife photos taken by the world's greatest wildlife photographers, and bonus cards give fun facts. This product received a Spring 2007 Parents' Choice Approved Award. Launch date: February 2007.

This is our Classic Hugg-A-Planet® Earth."Best 25 Toys of the Past 25 Years" A real globe but soft over 600 places labeled.

The fast-moving word game consists of 144 ivory-like letter tiles in a zippered banana pouch. Players place the tiles face down on the table and randomly select 21 tiles. They turn their letters right-side up simultaneously and proceed to form as many intersecting and interconnecting words as possible, rearranging their own letters as many times as desired throughout the game. Awards: TDmonthly Top Seller 2007; 2009 TOTY Game of the YEAR, 2006 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal; 2007 iParenting; 2007 Parents' Choice Recommended; 2007 Dr. Toy Best Products. (Read Review)
— This product has been making the TDmonthly Best-sellers lists since 2007.
— As of 05/13/2011 this product had 4.8 out of 5 stars from 456 reviews on Amazon.com.
— Eight of 66 retailers vouched for its best-selling status in May 2008; seven of 63 did in Sept. 2008. Shani Watmough of Planet Toys in Rockland, Maine, said her store sells 60 per month.  Fifteen of 38 named it a top-selling game in Feb. 2010.
— As of April 5, 2010, Bananagrams had spent 570 days in the top-100 best-selling toys and games on Amazon.com.
— According to owner Brett Sommer of Figpickels Toy Emporium in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,  “It was the 2009 game of the year. The brilliant packaging definitely helps this product."

This colorful plastic origami kit is designed with girls in mind. Young builders can fold, snap and bend super-hinged plastic pieces into any shape they want, and the finished plastic pieces will hold their shapes. A basic starter kit, intermediate kit and advanced kit are also available.

Kids can fold, snap and bend super-hinged plastic pieces into any shape they want, and the finished plastic pieces will hold their shapes. Based on the principles of paper origami, the starter kit has 150 plastic pieces in five different styles. An intermediate set of 350 plastic pieces ($30.00) and an advanced kit of 590 plastic pieces ($45.00) are also available.

Winner of seven nationally acclaimed awards including the Parents’ Choice Award, the TimeOut Tot DVD helps parents teach their young children (3-7) good behavior. It offers “how to” lessons for parents and “ready made” lessons for their children taught by the lovable squirrel named TimeOut Tot who teaches the difference between acceptable and unacceptable behavior using music, stories and real-life examples. Sometimes it takes a third party to teach the behavior lesson. Tot is a non-threatening friend kids listen to at a time when they shut their ears to adults. "No other product shows kids in bad behavior like this, and shows them how ugly tantrums and this sort of behavior can be,” Creator Ann Brazil told TDmonthly. “TimeOut Tot lets kids learn from other people’s mistakes.”

This rockin' kids album from San Francisco-based Charity and the JAMband includes 13 songs for a total running time of just over 40 minutes. This fun family album includes such boppin' songs as, "We Need Mud" and "Towel Tango." This album encourages kids to create their own funky dance moves as they get down and silly. It's a winner of a 2006 Parents' Choice Gold Award and a Childrens' Music Web Gold Award. Launch date: February 14, 2006.

Award winning game with magnets.  Master the forces of magnetism in this Games 100 title! In this unique and one-of-a-kind game, players take turns making magnetic discs defy the laws of gravity and stay still in mid air!  Canvas made play matt easily rolls up so you can throw it in your back pack, car and take it practically anywhere!

Plant carrot, radish and onion seeds, and watch the roots develop underground. Self-watering grow unit has built-in drainage reservoir and wicking system to keep soil properly moistened. Includes eight expanding soil wafers, seeds, I.D. labels, light shield to cover roots, and experiment booklet that teaches about germination, seed growth, photosynthesis, and more.