We are a family of gameschoolers and I firmly believe that children are happier and more receptive to learning when they have ample space for play. Today, I’m sharing 100++ fantastic gameschooling resources, including ThinkFun games, to add more play to your homeschool day!… More
With Christmas getting closer, we thought it would be a good idea to offer a holiday gift guide. Here we’ve gathered together some of our favorite items, things our kids adore, and brands we trust featuring a few ThinkFun games… More
After hours and hours of testing, here are some of the best ways to have fun this holiday season, including Color Cube Sudoku… More
Originally launched in 2013 by brothers Hadi and Ali Partovi, the Hour of Code was designed as a way to get students interested in computer science by providing a basic introduction to coding during Computer Science Education Week. Here are the products that are perfect for the Hour of Code featuring ThinkFun games and more… More
Launchpad is a section on Amazon featuring cool tech gadgets, interesting foods and drinks, and other innovative products created by startups. Here are some of the amazing things you can find there right now, including our Math Dice game!… More
Our testers loved this latest brainteaser from ThinkFun where you are challenged to build a working roller coaster to get the little red car from the starting point to the finish. A hands-on engineering experience that makes for a great parent-child game… More
Let’s Experiment! Elementary school kids are naturally curious about their world. Help them explore it with educational science toys, including Roller Coaster Challenge, that need to be pieced together, figured out and investigated with hands-on experiments. These geeky gifts will pull kids into the world of science and launch them into the realms of physics, architecture, engineering, astronomy, biology and more… More
For some the digital world means playing games. But for others it means learning what makes the digital world function — which is to say the programming that underlies it all. ThinkFun’s approach is to combine both by creating board games that are actually programming exercises for ages 8 and up. Each of the 3 board games making up the //CODE Programming Series promotes learning through a format where real pieces are manipulated — there’s no apps to run or video screens to look at. Just a series of 40 challenges, each designed to teach coding… More
I am a toy guy. That is probably pretty obvious to you because you are reading The Toy Insider and probably went, “well, duh!” when I made that statement. The thing is, not every parent is a toy guy or toy gal. I celebrate toys and love to play with them on my own, including ThinkFun’s Roller Coaster Challenge, Rush Hour, Laser Maze and Balance Beans, but I also really love to play with toys and games with my kids… More
Voting is Open for the 2018 Inductees into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame
Toy Association members are invited to cast their votes for the 2018 inductees of the Toy Industry Hall of Fame. Voting is now open through Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Ballots have been emailed to all eligible voters; to request a link to the ballot please email Jackie Retzer at jretzer@toyassociation.org. This year’s candidates are: Andrea Barthello, Chief Operating Officer, ThinkFun, Inc…
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