educational toy
Didactic children's item
A toy designed to teach children skills or concepts while they play.
Educational toys range from alphabet blocks and shape sorters for toddlers to chemistry sets and coding kits for older children.
The line between educational and ordinary toys is fuzzy—building blocks develop spatial reasoning whether marketed as educational or not.
The store has a whole section of educational toys.
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- learning through playGaining knowledge via recreation
- blocksObstructs or sections
- building blocksBasic units for construction
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
shape sorter · playful · LEGO · alphabet · colorful · building · discovery · curiosity · shapes · numbers · wooden · interactive · STEM · creativity · stacking · stacking rings · counting · magnetic
- Texas InstrumentsTI-83, TI-84, TI-89, Speak and Spell
educational toytime-waster
Unproductive activity or person
novelty toy · fidget toy · gag gift · candy · video game
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