Children's Technology Review

Star Wars The Child Animatronic Edition, AKA "Baby Yoda�

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: star wars

BlipBlox

$190, Smart Toy

Teaches: music, fine motor skills, experimentation, digital audio production, MIDI

CTR Rating: 66%

RockIt Twist, Rotatable Learning Game System

$608, Smart Toy

Teaches: math, reading, logic, creativity, art, music, fine motor

CTR Rating: 88%

KidiBuzz G2

$100506, Smart Toy

Teaches: communication, multimedia interaction, creativity, augmented reality

CTR Rating: 56%

Coding Critters

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: programming, coding

CTR Rating: 88%

Fisher-Price WonderMakers Design System

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: logic, creativity, spatial relations

Code-a-Pillar Twist

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: STEM, coding

WeDraw-Eggy

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: drawing, art, math facts

Straw Rockets Getting Started Package

$209, Smart Toy

Teaches: science, aerodynamics, projectile motion, center of gravity, initial velocity

LeapStart 3D Learning System

$50, Smart Toy, LeapPad

Teaches: reading, counting, logic, science

CTR Rating: 82%

Star Wars Ultimate Co-Pilot Chewie

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: Star Wars

FurReal Friends Ricky the Trick Lovin Pup

$130, Smart Toy

Fingerlings Untamed Raptors

$15, Smart Toy

Teaches: a collectible toy

KUBO

$279, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, programming, robots

Monopoly Junior Board Game

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: math, business, logic, money, banking

Botley the Coding Robot

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: spatial reasoning, Mathematics

Root

$200, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: Art/Creativity, planning, Mathematics, coding

Spinzipz

$7.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor coordination

Thumb Chucks

$8, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor, gross motor, timing

Fisher-Price Think & Learn Teach 'n Tag Movi

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, robotics, procedures

NES Classic Edition

$60, Smart Toy, TV

Teaches: classic video games, interactive design, Nintendo history

Hatchimals

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: a watch me toy

Sago Mini Playset: Jinja's House

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: representational play, spatial relations, creativity, imagination

Code & Go Robot Mouse Activity Set

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, math, maps, spatial relations, mazes

Tyco Terra Climber Radio Control Vehicle

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: an RC vehicle

Thomas & Friends TrackMaster Thomas' Sky-High Bridge Jump

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: a "watch me" toy. Not much imagination here.

Love2Learn Elmo

$70, Smart Toy

Teaches: colors, shapes, personal skills, potty training

Learn & Groove Musical Mat

$29.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: movement, gross motor development, music

LeapStart

$40, LeapPad, Smart Toy

Teaches: school readiness, phonics, reading, math

CTR Rating: 86%

LightUp Tesla Kit

$100, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: circuits, STEM, logic, programming

Fisher-Price Bright Beats BeatBowWow

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: beat, rhythm

Think & Learn Spell & Speak Sea Turtle

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: early reading, phonics

Think & Learn Smart Scan Color Chameleon

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: classification, colors

Think & Learn Smart Scan Word Dash

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, phonics, language

Crayola Air Marker Sprayer

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: art, creativity, painting

Think & Learn Code-A-Pillar

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: STEM, coding

CTR Rating: 82%

InnoTV

$70, Smart Toy, VTech, Innotab

Teaches: early learning, reading

Play All Day Elmo

$60, smart toy

Teaches: music, singing, causality, gross motor, rhythm

HEXBUG Inchworm

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics

Magic Moves RainbowJam

$22, Smart Toy

Teaches: colors, classification

Linkitz

Smart Toy

Teaches: coding (a wearable toy)

Bluebee Pals Pro

$65, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: a plush toy tablet/toy extension, perhaps good as a language extension

Turbo Flip Thomas

$55, smart toy

Teaches: a watch me toy

HEXBUG Aquabot Seahorse

$15, Smart Toy

Teaches: a robotic toy for water play

HEXBUG Aquabot Jellyfish

$15, Smart Toy

Teaches: a robotic toy for water play

HEXBUG Aquabot Remote Control Angelfish

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: a robotic toy for water play

Kidizoom Action Cam

$60, smart toy, camera

Teaches: a light, portable digital action camera

CTR Rating: 92%

Go! Go! Smart Wheels

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: cars, vehicle play, cause and effect

Hello Barbie

$75, Smart Toy, iPhone or Android device required for setup

Teaches: speech and language

Edwin the Duck

$99, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: a smart toy

SleepIQ Kids Bed

$1000, Smart Toy, iPhone, Android

Teaches: health; an app controlled mattress with sensors for heart rate to monitor sleep patterns

Meccanoid Building System

$100400, Smart Toy

Teaches: Robotics, STEM, science technology, motors, creativity, construction, fine motor skills

Paw Patrol Lookout Playset

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: a "watch me toy."

Zoomer Dino

$99.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: A dinosaur robot with some AI

CTR Rating: 90%

Chatsters

$80, Smart Toy

Teaches: a talking toy

Zoomer Zuppies

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: a dog robot

Tipster

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: remote controls, balance, robotics

Baby Alive Plays and Giggles Baby Doll

$19.99, Smart Toy

Max Tow Truck

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: a toy truck

Star Wars Command Star Destroyer Set

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: role play, Star Wars

Let's Imagine Elmo

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: language, counting, memory

Furreal Friends Butterscotch, My Walkin' Pony

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: a small robotic horse

Furreal Friends Get Up and GoGo, My Walking PupPup W/App

$60, Smart Toy, iPad (big app, 697 MB)

Teaches: a robotic plush toy

Kidizoom Smart Watch

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: time, photography

CTR Rating: 92%

Neos 360 Accessible

$28665, Smart Toy

Teaches: gross motor coordination, strategy

CTR Rating: 94%

Ugglys, The: Your Gross Best Friend

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: bodily noises

CTR Rating: 75%

Zoomer

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: Smart toy, audio tricks, English, Spanish and French

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Sparkup Reader

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading

Fart Blaster

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: humor

Hexbug Aquabot

$10, Smart Toy

Teaches: a robotic toy for water play

InnoTab 3S

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: early learning

Hexbug Nano V2 Black Hole

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: playing with robots

CTR Rating: 82%

Read With Me Scout

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, comprehension

iLearn 'N' Play: Adventure Explorer

$40, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone. iPod Touch

Teaches: early learning

InnoTab 3

$70, Smart Toy

Teaches: early learning

CTR Rating: 80%

NERF N-Sports Cyperhoop Set

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: sports, basketball

Sparkup Reader

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, language experience

Ubooly (iPhone accessory)

$30, Smart Toy, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: virtual pet, language

One Direction 12" Singing Dolls

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: music

Furreal Friends Cuddles My Giggly Monkey

$80, Smart Toy

Teaches: a stuffed animal

Transformers Rescue Bots Beam Box Game System

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: pretend play

Playskool ShowCam

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: creativity, photography

Furby Party Rockers

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: A smart toy, some music

Hot Wheels Car Maker

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: creativity

LeapReader

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, writing, phonics

Jakks Pacific Power Trains Auto Loader City

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: train play, cars

CTR Rating: 90%

Standing Talk Back Ben and Standing Talk Back Tom

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: language, oral feedback, vocalization, verbal feedback

CTR Rating: 90%

Robo Fish

$9.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: a robotic toy for water play

Talking Tom Talk Back

$29, Smart Toy

Teaches: language, oral feedback, vocalization

CTR Rating: 77.5%

Fantastic Gymnastics Dora

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: fostering an interest in gymnastics

Magic School Bus Oceans (Leapfrog Explorer)

$25, Smart Toy, Leapster

Teaches: science

InnoTab 2s Learning App Tablet

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: early learning

CTR Rating: 80%

InnoTab 2 Learning App Tablet

$80, Smart Toy, InnoTab

Teaches: early learning

CTR Rating: 84%

MobiGo 2 Touch Learning System

$60, Smart Toy, mobigo

Teaches: early learning, a mobile device for children

Super Grover 2.0

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: language related to motion

Fable (Android Tablet)

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: An android tablet

TV Games Touch

$19.99, smart toy, TV toy

Teaches: logic

Switch & Go Dinos

$16, Smart Toy

Teaches: pretend play (according to VTech), dinosaur facts, fine motor coordination

Master Moves Mickey

$70, Smart Toy

Teaches: dancing, music

My Very Own Talking Bear and Book

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, language