Educational toys Educational toys American Girl (formerly Pleasant Company) is a company currently owned by Mattel that makes 18" dolls for girls ages eight and up. The most well known line is the American Girl Collection, which includes eight dolls from America's history and two that are "best friend" dolls. There are also a few other popular lines, most notably the Just Like You and Bitty Baby lines. American Girl was started in 1985 by Pleasant T. Rowland of her frustration of not being able to find dolls that were high-quality, wholesome and educational. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Girl (company)"
: Ant Farm is also a group of artists that reached prominence in the 70's for their Cadillac Ranch piece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ant Farm"
A denshi block (or electronic block) is a small plastic box containing an electronic component. The blocks are used in some educational electronics kits, such as the Gakken EX-150, to allow experiments to be performed easily and safely. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denshi block"
An educational toy is a toy designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play. ...more on Wikipedia about "Educational toy"
The Gakken EX-System is a series of educational electronics kits produced by Gakken in the late 1970s. The kits use denshi blocks (also known as electronic blocks) to allow electronics experiments to be performed easily and safely. Over 25 years after its original release, one of the main kits from the series was reissued in Japan in 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gakken EX-System"
Geniac was an educational toy billed as a "computer" designed and marketed by Edmund C. Berkeley from 1955 through the sixties. The name stood for "Genius Almost-automatic Computer." ...more on Wikipedia about "Geniac"
The iQuest is a device used for answering trivia questions developed by Leapfrog Enterprises. The device uses solid state cartridges to save data. ...more on Wikipedia about "IQuest"
LeapPad is an electronic educational toy for children aged 4-11 that is produced by LeapFrog Enterprises. The device, resembling a talking book, took 3 years to develop and was introduced to the market in 1999. In 2001 (sales $160 million) and 2002 it was the best-selling toy in the US. Sales in 2003 reached $680 million and were only eclipsed by sales of the book and cartrige add-ons. The success of LeapPad helped Leapfrog Enterprises become the fastest-growing toy company in history. ...more on Wikipedia about "LeapPad"
Lego Mindstorms is a line of Lego Group products combining programmable bricks along with electric motors, sensors, Lego bricks, and Lego Technic pieces ( gears, axles, beams, pneumatic parts, etc.) to build robots and other automated or interactive systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lego Mindstorms"
Meccano is a model construction kit comprising re-usable metal strips, plates, wheels and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. It is a versatile constructional medium enabling the building of a varity of working models and mechanical devices. ...more on Wikipedia about "Meccano"
Newton's cradle is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy. It is constructed from a series of pendulums (usually 5) abutting one another. Each pendulum is attached to a frame by two strings of equal length angled away from each other. This string arrangement restricts the pendulums' movements to the same plane. ...more on Wikipedia about "Newton's cradle"
The Speak & Math was a popular and revolutionary electronic toy created by Texas Instruments in 1980. Speak & Math was one of a three-part talking educational toy series that also included Speak & Spell and Speak & Read. The Speak & Math was sold in both the United States and in Europe; it was originally advertised as a tool for helping young children to become better at mathematics. The Speak & Math had a distinct gray with blue and orange color scheme. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speak & Math"
Speak and Read was an electronic learning aid made in the early 1980s, by Texas Instruments. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speak & Read"
The Speak & Spell was a popular and revolutionary electronic toy consisting of a speech synthesizer and a keyboard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speak & Spell (game)"
The term "zome" is used in two senses, though both are related. A zome in the original sense is a building using unusual geometries (different from the standard house or other building which is essentially one or a series of rectangular boxes). In the second sense as a learning tool or toy, "Zome" refers to a model-construction toy manufactured by Zometool, Inc. . It is sometimes thought of as the ultimate form of the "ball and stick" construction toy, in form. It appeals to adults as well as children, and is educational on many levels (not the least, geometry). ...more on Wikipedia about "Zome"
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