It was great to meet with the representatives from Learning Resources at the recent Toy Fair. I got a great opportunity to view some of the new products and have highlighted a few of them below.

Learning Resources

Learning Resources has been a global leader in developing engaging hands-on learning experiences for children. Developed by top educators who understand learning and children, the Company’s innovative educational toys tap into the limitless potential of children everywhere, inspiring them to reach new heights.

For 2015, Learning Resources introduced four exciting new hands-on construction sets. Designed to inspire little engineers to build and create, these construction sets develop early problem solving, critical thinking and perseverance. All sets provide hours of entertainment and imaginative fun.

One of the new hands-on construction set is the

Gears!Gear!Gears! Build & Bloom Building Set
Mix, match and create your own beautiful, spinning flower garden with colorful gears, flowers, butterflies, bees, ladybugs, wiggly stems and more. Parts are all interchangeable, allowing for endless combinations and designs. Let your imagination bloom.

Big View Binoculars
Get a close-up view of your world! Colorful, simple-to-use binoculars featuring a focus knob, soft rubber eyepieces, 6x magnification, and breakaway lanyard are perfect for little explorers. Binoculars measure 5½”L x 5”H.

Educational Insights-Geosafari and Geosafari Jr.

GeoSafari and GeoSafari Jr. by Educational Insights inspire active learning by encouraging children to explore the world around them, and satisfy their own natural curiosity. These award-winning and best-selling brands feature real, easy-to-use durable scientific tools that support STEM initiatives and help children experiences the joy of discovery.

GeoSafari Jr. Science Utility Vehicle
Turn an ordinary drive into an action-packed excursion, complete with 3x magnification and night-vision LED lights (white light for daytime and red night vision light). Get an up close view of tough terrain like grass, dirt and carpet. Study captivating critters like ants and spiders, day or night. Vehicle’s steering wheel and tires turn. Push down the handles to review the magnifier.

The award-winning Nancy B’s Science Club TM line by Educational Insights® is adding new, cool science tools for indoor and outdoor fun and learning. The real-life Nancy B is Nancy Balter, a former science teacher and self-proclaimed life-long science enthusiast, whose mission was to create a line of science toys appealing to girls to help ignite a passion for scientific exploration and discovery. Her activity journals, included with every Nancy B purchase, are crafted to encourage ongoing independent learning experiences as well as the sharing of ideas and discoveries among young learners.

Nancy B’s Science Club TM Scientific Activities Stir-It-Up Chemistry Lab & Kitchen Experiments Journal
Perform cool chemistry experiments in your kitchen! Perfect for STEM learning at home, junior chemists can safely explore simple scientific principles including extinguishing a flame with invisible gas; making their own bubbling “lava” in a bottle; causing chemicals to change color; and more. Includes set of
11 reusable chemistry tools, including a beaker, four test tubes, a test tube rack, graduated cylinder, lab glasses, dropper, funnel, and stirring rod. There’s also a 22-page activity journal filled with experiments using common household ingredients

These products have been so much fun the last few weeks, I hope that you and your family will enjoy them also.

Check out more products at http://www.learningresources.com and www.educationalinsights.com

Disclosure Many thanks to Learning Resources for providing the products in exchange for this review and post, however all opinions expressed here are my own.