A Christmas Gift Guide for Tech-Savvy Kids
From adorable plushy toys to space stations to robots, here are nine high-tech toys for kids.
Has your Christmas shopping for tiny humans got you stumped? We’ve got you covered. This Christmas, give the kids in your life the gift of fun and learning with techie toys.
Enchanting Hedwig Interactive Owl
Harry Potter fans will be thrilled to find Hedwig underneath the Christmas tree. This interactive toy responds to touch and recognizes voices. Hedwig comes with over 15 sounds and movements: she can turn her head, nibble on your finger, and flap her wings. She also delivers messages in the Hogwarts envelope, which she will only release when you perform the secret code interaction.
Circuit Explorer Deluxe Base Station
Kids can learn the fundamentals of design, engineering, and circuitry while building their own fully-powered space station. By lining up the circuitry graphics on the different oversized pieces and snapping them together, they can construct the base station, a planetarium, a communication station, and two space rovers.
It’s been almost half a century since Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik invented the Rubik’s Cube but it’s still as popular as ever. HEYKUBE takes this puzzle toy to another level with real-time guidance through LED lights and audio cues. HEYKUBE comes with 16 preprogrammed patterns to teach you how to crack the cube.
This travel-size bunny can help spark a child's imagination, develop their pre-reading skills, and instill a love for storytelling. It comes with over 70 stories, poems, songs, and lullabies. Parents can record themselves reading a story or singing a song. It includes a carrying strap and has a headphone jack (headphones aren’t included) and volume control.
Smarty JOJO is a cute–and smart!--interactive learning plane that teaches preschoolers shapes, colors, directions, speed, and emotions. The plane sends the kids on missions, such as “Find something green!” When the kids land the plane on the correct object or do the right, it lights up in the same color and gives them words of praise and encouragement. Smarty JOJO comes with over 150 random reactions and actions and is bilingual.
This kit comes with an app-enabled robot ball, a 28-piece construction set, and 15 STEM-based activity cards. Kids can build mazes, design obstacle courses, and try their hands at simple coding.
Creativity and coding go hand in hand with Artie Max, who translates code into works of art. Kids can choose from five coding languages (Blockly, Snap!, JavaScript, Python, and C++) to code the bot, which comes with three interchangeable onboard markers, smart sensors, line detection, and remote control.
From the world-famous Danish company Lego, the Boost Creative Toolbox is a fun, simple way for kids to learn the basics of coding, robotics, and engineering. Using building blocks with motors, sensors, and app-based coding, kids can build five different robotic toys: a robot, a multi-tooled rover, a guitar, a cat, and the AutoBuilder. After building and coding the robots, kids can complete over 60 activities in the Lego Boost app.
Kids can learn the basics of circuitry, coding, and electronics with this kit from Elenco. They can choose from over 30 different electronic building and coding projects–from doorbells to FM radios to digital voice recorders. Using the free downloadable coding app, beginners can start with graphical coding, then level up to BLOCKLY coding.
In an increasingly digital world, it’s never too early to start beefing up a child’s tech skills. This Christmas, give them the tools to spark their creativity, enhance their critical thinking, and hone their technological skills. Happy shopping!
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