These 80 award winning products will provide fun, constructive use of time and skill building for your child after school, on school vacations, on travel and at other recreational times. Many of these high quality products are designed to help your child prepare for school by expanding knowledge or by helping to gain more understanding about themselves and the world. The products were selected based on Dr. Toy's professional experience, and high standards . Her criteria includes all of these standards and more, quality, reliability, safety, ease of use, good design, cost, appropriateness for the age, and how effectively the product nurtures and assists the child.

The toys or products are fun, appealing to the child, and well worth their playtime or cost. Information provided below for each product includes company, name of product, type of product, age range, price, customer service phone number (call to locate product) and Dr. Toy's complete description/evaluation.

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