Children's Technology Review

Snap Circuits Discover Coding

$83, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: circuits, electricity, science, STEM, coding

CTR Rating: 96%

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

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: star wars

Bill Nye VR Science Kit

$60, iPad, iPhone, Smart Toy, Android

Teaches: science

imagiCharm

$70, iPad, Android, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding for girls, Python

Roybi

$200, iPad, iPhone, Android, Smart Toy

Teaches: language, foreign language, logic

Mech-5

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics, programming, coding, engineering, mechanical, fine motor skills

CTR Rating: 76%

Heist: One Team, One Mission

$33, Smart Toy

Teaches: co-operation, coordination, timing, logic, listening

Shifu Plugo

$25256200, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: math, counting, music, spelling, augmented reality

CTR Rating: 60%

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%

KIBO 21 Robot Kit

$500, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics, programming, coding, creativity

CTR Rating: 38%

Artie 3000: The Coding Robot

$70, Toy Drawing Robot, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, art, math, creativity

Micro Titans RC Brawler Bots

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: timing, logic, fine motor

Battlebots Rivals

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor control, timing, spatial relations, logic, timing

Hexbug Ring Racer

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: RC robot

Aibo ERS-1000 Companion Robot

$2900, iPad, iPhone, Android, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics, AI

Fisher-Price WonderMakers Design System

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: logic, creativity, spatial relations

Code-a-Pillar Twist

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: STEM, coding

Deluxe Lamp Kit

$45, Smart Toy

Teaches: electronics, coding, STEM

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%

The C64 Mini

$80, TV, Smart Toy

Teaches: video game history, classic games

Transformers Studio Series

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: spatial relations, logic, fine motor skills

LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: spatial relations, LEGO, Harry Potter

Star Wars Force Link 2.0 Kessel Run Millennium Falcon with Han Solo Figure

$99, Smart Toy

Teaches: Star Wars

CTR Rating: 64%

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

Orboot

$50, iPad, Android, iPhone, Smart Toy

Teaches: geography

CTR Rating: 64%

Chow Crown

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: a social game

Speech Breaker

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: auditory discrimination, speech, language

Merge Cube

$14, iPad, iPhone, Android, Smart Toy

Teaches: science, art, timing, spatial relations

Monopoly Junior Board Game

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: math, business, logic, money, banking

Magic The Gathering

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: logic, reading, problem solving, math

Don't Lose Your Cool

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: Interpersonal relationships, social

Botley the Coding Robot

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: spatial reasoning, Mathematics

Root

$200, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: Art/Creativity, planning, Mathematics, coding

Oregon Scientific SmartGlobe Explorer AR

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: geography, history, geology (Earth science), astronomy, science

CTR Rating: 80%

Spinzipz

$7.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor coordination

Thumb Chucks

$8, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor, gross motor, timing

FurReal Makers Proto Max

$120, Smart Toy, iPad, Android

Teaches: coding, STEM

Fisher-Price Think & Learn Teach 'n Tag Movi

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, robotics, procedures

Hanazuki

$3, Smart Toy, iPad, Android

Teaches: collecting, logic

DreamWorks Trolls Hair Raising Poppy Doll

$9.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: a collectible toy

Star Wars: The Black Series Force FX Lightsaber - Obi-Wan Kenobi

$180, Smart Toy

Teaches: representational play, gross motor skills

Soccket

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: sports, soccer

mBot by MakeBlock

$97, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics, programming, STEM

Circuit Cubes

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: STEM, electronics, circuits, electricity, logic, creativity

3Doodler Create

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: art, 3D printing, fine motor skills, creativity

3Doodler Start

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: art, 3D printing, fine motor skills, creativity

LEGO Worlds

$15, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Smart Toy

Teaches: LEGO, creativity, spatial relations

Xtreme Cycle Moto-Cam

$80, Smart Toy

Teaches: RC Toy with a camera

Cabbage Patch Kids Baby So Real

$100, iPhone, iPad, Smart Toy

Teaches: a doll

Cubetto

$245, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, programming

CTR Rating: 60%

NES Classic Edition

$60, Smart Toy, TV

Teaches: classic video games, interactive design, Nintendo history

Circuit Scribe Maker Kit

$99, Smart Toy, iPad

Teaches: STEM, electricity

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

Battlebots Arena

Smart Toy

Teaches: strategy, RC vehicles, robots

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

Minecraft RC Ghast Quadcopter

$80, Smart Toy

Teaches: an RC flying toy

Learn & Groove Musical Mat

$29.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: movement, gross motor development, music

Count Along Register

$19.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: early math, money, counting

Melody the Musical Turtle

$19.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: music

LeapStart

$40, LeapPad, Smart Toy

Teaches: school readiness, phonics, reading, math

CTR Rating: 86%

LightUp Edison Kit

$50, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: science, logic, electricity, circuits

LightUp Tesla Kit

$100, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: circuits, STEM, logic, programming

Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Step 'n Play Piano

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor skills, music, problem solving, gross motor skills

Monopoly Ultimate Banking

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: money, economics

FurReal Friends Torch My Blazin' Dragon

$80, Smart Toy

Teaches: a watch me toy

Fisher-Price Soothing Motions Seat

$160, Smart Toy

Teaches: a baby utility for parents

View-Master Virtual Reality Viewer 2.0

$40, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: VR, geography

Fisher-Price Bright Beats Learnin' Lights Dance Mat

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: school readiness, music, beat, alphabet, letter recognition

Fisher-Price Bright Beats BeatBelle

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: music, rhythm, beat

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%

Chip the Robotic Dog

$200, Smart Toy

Teaches: a robot

PowerUp FPV Paper Airplane Drone

$200, Smart Toy, iPhone, Android

Teaches: virtual reality, google cardboard, flying, fine motor controls

Circuit Stickers STEM Starter Kit

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: Science, Electronics, STEM

InnoTV

$70, Smart Toy, VTech, Innotab

Teaches: early learning, reading

Roominate Amusement Park

$50, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: STEM, electronics, maker

The Totally Irresponsible Science Kit

$22.95, Smart Toy

Teaches: science

Play All Day Elmo

$60, smart toy

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

SPRK by Sphero

$130, Smart Toy, Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 or later)

Teaches: programming, operating a remote control, robotics

HEXBUG Inchworm

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics

TETRIX PRIME Starter Set

$329, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics, STEM

Magic Moves RainbowJam

$22, Smart Toy

Teaches: colors, classification

Groove Cube Shutter

$14.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: a bluetooth speaker

MiPosaur

$119.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: fine motor control, robotics