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Article Archive: Science & Nature
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Empowering Play: How the 'Healthy Heroes' Trend is Shaping Child Development in 2025
The "Healthy Heroes" trend, anticipated to gain prominence in 2025, seeks to inspire children to adopt healthy habits—such as regular exercise, mindfulness, and nutritious eating—through engaging play. This initiative addresses growing concerns about children's sedentary lifestyles and excessive screen time, which can lead to long-term health issues. By integrating relaxation, meditation, and physical activity into play, "Healthy Heroes" aims to create a balanced experience that combines fun with well-being...
11/1/2024
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Science and Nature Toys
Educational STEM Toys Microscopes and Exploration Kits The LeapFrog Magic Adventures Microscope is highly recommended for children aged 5-7 years. This educational science toy allows kids to explore the microscopic world, fostering curiosity and scientific observation skills. Shop for the LeapFrog Magic Adventures Microscope on Amazon! Building and...
10/1/2024
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STEM and STEAM Toys 2024
Welcome to the TDmonthly STEM and STEAM Toys guide. Definition of STEM Toys: STEM toys are designed to be educational, focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and engaging children through play. Examples of STEM Toys: chemistry kits, robots, building...
10/1/2024
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Top-10 Most-Wanted STEM Toys
These STEM toys will set kids up for success in their science, technology, engineering and math curriculum...
1/1/2016
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Science and Nature Toys
With additional reporting by Brenda RuggieroToys are the perfect way to keep kids engaged in the learning process. With these best-selling science and nature toys, kids can build their knowledge and STEM skills while having fun. *No manufacturer paid to be included in this list. All products listed were designated...
10/1/2015
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Top-10 Most-Wanted STEM Toys
We love the current focus on STEM toys in the specialty market, and it looks like your customers like STEM toys too!...
2/1/2015
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 Travel Fractiles Bend Time
Travel Size Fractiles-7 – a magnetic tiling toy from Fractiles Inc. – is a sneaky way to keep kids learning about math, science, engineering and technology (STEM) even as they ride in the car to grandma's or hang out on the beach...
5/1/2014
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 Yamie Chess Makes April Fool-Proof
Math phobias plague both kids and adults, and can even trigger areas of the brain associated with physical pain and instinctive risk reduction, according to a study from the University of Chicago...
4/1/2014
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 Card Games and More
These Toys to Talk About were all named as best-sellers by at least one store TDmonthly interviewed...
10/1/2013
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 Q&A with Debbie Sterling, creator of GoldieBlox
Stanford University-educated engineer Debbie Sterling was frustrated by how few women pursued careers in engineering. In a toy store, when she noticed a glaring lack of science and math-based toys made for girls, she knew it was a gap in the toy industry she was destined to fill...
2/1/2013
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Science & Nature Toys
When TDmonthly interviewed retailers in late Summer 2012 about their best selling Science and Nature Toys, the top toys they mentioned were the 4M Tin Can Robot from TOYSMITH...
10/1/2012
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 Safari Ltd.® Let Imaginations Swim
This year, Safari Ltd.® joined TDmonthly's "2012: A Year of Charity" promotion and gave away 50 Wild Safari Sealife Flippers, Fins & Fun gift sets and 50 Frontier Land Safari River Ranch gift sets to three winning specialty toy retailers, who then donated them to their local charities...
6/1/2012
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 Science and Nature
Stock up for Spring with these recently added mass market and specialty science and nature toys!...
2/1/2012
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 Educational Toys
See these recently added specialty and mass market Educational toys...
1/1/2012
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Holiday Preview: Science & Nature
Elenco’s Solar Kit has worked up some fine sales, and wind energy is the focus of new kits from Thames & Kosmos and Perisphere & Trylon. Check out additional launches from Tedco and The Young Scientists Club in TDmonthly’s Holiday Preview of Science & Nature gifts below.For products that interest...
6/1/2010
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 My Best Sellers: Club Tabby
At Club Tabby in Lake Charles, La., tween girls can be a princess for a day … and shop to their heart’s content. Co-owner Natalie Comeaux told TDmonthly Magazine what little princesses (and their parents) are buying up...
4/1/2010
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 Eco-Aquariums Struggle, But Kids Still Enjoy Frogs
TDmonthly Magazine’s Roundtable Families reviewed Wild Creations’ Classic Water Garden Starter Kit Eco-Aquarium for the September 2009 issue of TDmonthly. Five months later, the reviewers lowered their collective rating...
1/1/2010
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Science & Nature Toys
It’s becoming easier and easier for toy stores to bring “life” to science lessons, with butterfly homes, frog-filled aquariums, multiple ant farms and all sorts of robotic creatures...
10/1/2009
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 Families Flip Over Wild Creations Frogs
TDmonthly Magazine’s Roundtable participants recently adopted new pets and created an eco-system with Wild Creations’ Classic Water Garden Starter Kit Eco-Aquarium...
9/1/2009
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 Are Wild Creations Frogs Worth the Leap?
There's been a bit of a frenzy over Wild Creations' Eco-Aquariums kits that house African dwarf frogs since their big introduction to the specialty toy world in February...
8/1/2009
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 Out With Electronics, In With Classics
In a world of gadgets and technology, many specialty toy-store owners stick to non-electronic products to stock their shelves and please their customers...
8/1/2009
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 Top-10 Toys from ASTRA 2009
From pet fish in self-sustaining aquariums to tiaras with all the twinkle a little girl could want, specialty toy-store owners at the 2009 ASTRA Marketplace & Academy found plenty of fun products...
7/1/2009
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Holiday Preview - Science & Nature
Science doesn’t have to be boring, especially this year when kids can pick up a solar-powered robot dog, adopt some frogs, hug a plush tummy, and play archaeologists as they search pyramids for mummies. See these and other science toys and kits below...
5/1/2009
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 TDmonthly's May Staff Picks
From fascinating art sets, to eco-friendly dolls and plush, to creative games and science kits, there are plenty of new product launches to consider for fourth quarter...
5/1/2009
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 TDmonthly's March Staff Picks
Tired of sifting through catalogs and order forms? Take a break to glance at some of the latest toys that have impressed TDmonthly Magazine's editorial crew...
3/1/2009
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 Turning Electronic Appeals Into Specialty Deals
Despite constant advances in the technology market with gadgets, games and computers, as well as electronic toys for children, many specialty toy stores consciously keep their product selection founded in more traditional toys...
12/1/2008
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 My Best Sellers: Pun’s Toy Store
Pun’s Toy Store is a family business that offers unusual products and exceptional customer service to the surrounding community of Bryn Mawr, Pa...
12/1/2008
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 In This Issue
Halloween's here, the smells of Thanksgiving will soon be wafting through the air, and Christmas — no doubt a season you're already planning for — is just around the corner...
10/1/2008
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 Innovations of 2009
In the January issue of TDmonthly Magazine, check in to see which toys will be turning heads throughout 2009...
10/1/2008
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 In This Issue
If it feels like summer is flying by and holiday orders will soon be upon us, well ... that sounds about right!...
8/1/2008
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 In This Issue
Know what? TDmonthly Magazine wants you to have a good year!...
6/1/2008
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 TDmonthly's May Staff Picks
Sunny summer days are just around the bend, and with kids on break from school, there's lots of extra time to play...
5/1/2008
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 In This Issue
TDmonthly Magazine's May Issue is full of marketing tips, product reviews and trend coverage of baby products, travel toys and bath items.....
5/1/2008
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 Insects Intrigue While Science Kits Fade
In the universe of science and nature toys, bug-related item are consistent sellers, ranging from simple butterfly nets to futuristic magnifying glasses, 32 toy-store owners told TDmonthly Magazine...
10/1/2007
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 Homeschoolers: Hands-On Science
TDmonthly Magazine’s Homeschool Roundtable experimented with hands-on kits this month, growing a desert from the ground up...
8/1/2007
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 Bring Outer Space Indoors
Kids who want to star gaze without a telescope or grow their own aromatherapy plants will get a hand with these new kits...
6/1/2007
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 Wild Republic Gives Back
A love of nature and children gave Wild Republic its beginning after founder G.B. Pillai noticed that gift stores at zoos, aquariums and museums could do better at offering merchandise that reflected the visitor experience...
3/1/2007
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 Bubble Gum Turns Kids to Chemists
Science products from Scientific Explorer, Tedco and others rank as educational best sellers, six of 18 retailers told TDmonthly...
2/1/2007
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 This Is No Toy
The dream of hydrogen-powered cars and fuel-cell technology is one of clean air and cheap energy...
9/1/2006
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 Kids Go Wild for AC/DC
Electronic science kits used to be a relatively snoozy staple in toy stores, but recently they’ve “exploded in popularity,” retailers reported to TDmonthly Magazine...
9/1/2006
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 The Science of Xmas
Science toys. Do the makers and purveyors have any scientific ideas about them? Were they “eggheads” themselves? Teachers?...
7/1/2006
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 Steve Spangler Science Has the Magic Touch
Steve Spangler, Emmy Award-winning television personality, “teacher’s teacher” and authority on “inquiry-based learning” (not to mention toy maker) came upon his love of science via … magic?...
3/1/2006
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 The World of Fascinations
Fascinations, a manufacturer of high-tech novelty gifts and toys, has adapted to a constantly changing industry...
3/1/2006
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 Santa Gets Smarter
This December, young scientists will be ripping open their presents and discovering the coolest toys about the natural world...
12/1/2005
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 Second Nature: Science Toys Are Smart Sells
Nature and learning toys were the fastest growing toy market in 2004 according to the Toy Industry Association. Should you stock your store with nature items, and if so, how can you maximize sales?...
9/1/2005
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 Copernicus Toys Makes Kits for Kids With Vision
During a tight period of the business cycle in the early ‘80s, natural food store owners Ellen and Harris Tobias diversified their store´s offerings to include made-in-China tin wind-up cars. Thirty years later, the Tobiases are focused on toys, heading Copernicus Toys...
9/1/2005
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 Where Is Samoa? These Geography Toys Will Help
The word "geography" often conjures up images of pull-down world maps, rubber-tipped pointers and blank map quizzes. It doesn’t bring to mind innovative, educational play things. Some manufacturers are trying to change that...
9/1/2005
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 Creepy, Squirmy, Crawly Fun
Sea-Monkeys, butterflies and ants — oh, my! Kids and creepy crawly things; every budding scientist starts somewhere, and live-animal kits have been perennial sellers for almost 50 years, starting when Uncle Milton introduced the Ant Farm...
9/1/2005
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 Science and Nature Kits Roundtable
Compared with most other toy categories, the science and nature toy market has been booming. Do companies in this lucrative field know something other toy companies don’t? TDmonthly Magazine recently interviewed several successful science kit manufacturers to find out...
9/1/2005
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 Budding Scientists Eager to Learn
Whether building robots, collecting critters or mixing chemicals, today’s kids are eager to explore the world around them. According to a recent survey conducted by Funosophy Inc., kids are showing untapped interest in a variety of science and nature activity kits...
9/1/2005
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 Science + Fun = Great Chemistry!
Starting in 2007, national science competancy tests will be administered across grades three through eight for the first time...
6/1/2005
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Outdoor Fun Leads Kids On Adventure
This year, outdoor toys are going to lure children into their own backyards and beyond. Showing kids that getting decent exercise is as important as learning about mother nature, these toys will excite young adventurers. Check out the following wild products...
1/1/2005
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 Mom´s Perspective: Weird Science
I have a friend who used to think her son was a prodigy. "You don´t have to get smashed over the head with a beaker to realize that Ralphie is going to get the Nobel Prize in Science someday," she´d brag. It all began when Ralphie was just a wee lad. In an effort to "see the pichers inside de telebishion," he dismantled his mother´s computer monitor. Ralphie´s father was appalled...
12/1/2004
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 Science and Nature Toys Inspire Kids to Get Smart
From Erector and chemistry sets to microscopes and sea monkeys, buying a child a science-based toy opens them up to a whole new world. Through these products, children can learn the disciplines of scientific methods, appreciate the value of observation, and realize that good results are predicated on following directions...
12/1/2004
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 Five Science Books to Captivate a Child
With the educational and science-related book category enjoying increased visibility and sales success, TDmonthly magazine takes a look this month at five all-ages titles that will entrance young readers with surprising perspectives, compelling narratives and timeless themes. The unifying thread, of course, is science...
12/1/2004
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Science and Nature: Not Just For Geeks
For the child or teen that loves an intellectual challenge, many Toy and Hobby manufacturers have created products that will challenge and entertain the science-oriented young mind...
12/1/2004
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Thriving Fat Brain Toys is a Family Affair
Call it magnetic attraction. Or, you could say they were “drawn” to the toy business. But one thing is certain: a magnetic construction toy led Mark and Karen Carson to found Fat Brain Toys in 2002. The Elkhorn, Nebraska, company boasts five specialty online toy stores and a burgeoning toy distribution business. And it all began with GeoMag, an Italian toy given to their son, Adam, for his 10th birthday...
12/1/2004
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 Chaos: A World of Motion
Jim Rothbarth, designer of the Chaos kinetics system, has been an entrepreneur and inventor since college. Rothbarth learned from development and marketing that nothing is more important than quality. Flaws and reliability issues are never tolerated...
10/1/2004
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Science
James Industry, Inc. Sub Poof Products Learn everything about earthquakes with Our Amazing Earthquakes by James Industry, Inc (ToyDirectory). With this kit, you can simulate your own earthquakes using the landscape base, landmasses, and lever arm. Measure your earthquake with the included energy meter. It also comes with...
9/1/2004
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ACTIVITY KITS
Color Fun The Magic Color Kit from Color Fun is great for any classroom or at home with friends. The Magic Color Kit comes in 6 different designs: Dinosaurs, ABC and Numbers, Clowns, Sports, USA Map, and Zoo Animals. This fun group activity encourages creativity, sharing and cooperation. After...
7/1/2004
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