It's never too early to introduce your kid to the introduce top STEM toys (science, technology, engineering, and math) — even educational toys geared toward babies like stacking cups can teach them about size, relationship, and order. Here, we rounded up our favorite educational toys from fun science kits to more intricate robot-building sets.
3Doodler Start Robotics-Themed 3D Printing Pen Set ($63) teachers robotics, building, and spacial reasoning.
Alex Toys Future Coders Bunny Trails ($17) teaches coding, sequencing, logical thinking, and problem-solving
The Alex Toys Let's Pretend School ($30) is a 255-piece set that has everything you need to run your own classroom.
Alex Toys Spa DIY Bath Bombs Kit ($10) build science and art skills.
Barbie Fundamental Chemistry Set ($25) builds on science.
Code & Go Robot Mouse ($56) focuses on coding and building.
Teach your kid art and animation with the Crayola Magic Scene Creator Activity Set ($30).
Dance Code Disney Princess Belle ($33) explores choreography and coding.
The Design and Drill Activity Center ($36) encourages fine motor skills, creativity, building, and following directions.
Promote art and tech with the Digiloom Starter Kit ($35).
Boost your kid's spelling skills with this entertaining DK Games: Silly Sentences Kit ($10). Children learn how to build proper sentences with pictures and colors.
Dr. Microbe Science Speed Logic Board Game ($15) promotes logic and science.
Featuring a kid-friendly screwdriver, this Educational Insights Design & Drill Robot ($13) teaches little ones how to build with multicolored bolts.
The Electro Dough Plus ($35) comes with six pots of conductive dough and everything your little one needs to make fun shapes and even simple circuits.
Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar ($42) teaches kids about coding, direction, and experimentation.
Gears! Gears! Gears! Space Explorers Building Set ($58) teaches problem-solving, sorting, sequencing, counting, matching, and patterns.
Starting for kids ages 3 and up, this Guidecraft Memory Caps Game ($34, originally $40) helps stimulate hand-eye coordination.
Don't limit educational toys to the house. This on-the-go IQ Twist Game ($9, originally $12) gets kids thinking with 100 solvable brain-teasers.
K'NEX Education – Intro To Simple Machines: Gears ($40) teaches building, evaluating, and teamwork.
Kano CompleteComputer Kit + Screen Kit ($180, originally $250) teaches coding, building, and programming.
Klutz Lego Chain Reactions Craft Kit ($16) focuses on sequential reasoning, building, and experimenting.
LeapFrog's Scribble and Write ($22) helps little ones learn their letters and numbers.
Learning Resources Gears Starter Set ($20) focuses on building, simple mechanics, counting, sorting, and physics.
Children will improve on their counting and numbers knowledge when they use these Learning Resources Mathlink Cubes ($10).
Lego Architecture Arc de Triomphe ($40) explores engineering and building.
The LittleBits Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit ($89, originally $99) gives your Star-Wars-lover a leg up when it comes to technology and engineering skills. Once built, the droid's "missions" inspire creativity and aid kiddos in teaching their R2-D2 look-alike new skills.
M.A.X Robotic Interactive Toy With Artificial Intelligence ($104) teaches coding, technology, and robotics.
Magna-Tiles ($120) teach paterning, shape recognition, building, and motor skills.
This soft Manhattan Toy Birdhouse ($37, originally $42) includes a rattle, squeaker, bell, and crinkle paper, which will help babies learn sounds. It also features bright colors and patterns, which are visually stimulating for a baby.
Teach your toddler about marine life while getting their hand-eye coordination working with this Plan Toys Marine Puzzle ($22).
Send them on a scientific journey with the Learning Resources Mix and Measure Activity Set ($25). Using the tools and some simple ingredients, kids can create puffy paint, slime, and more fun projects.
If your kid has a curious mind, this Scientific Explorer Mind Blowing Science Kit ($17) is perfect. It helps your child to explore and learn the basics of science, from chemical reactions to the use of scientific tools.
Snap Circuits Jr. ($21) teaches electrical circuits and building.
Your little ones will become grammar stars with this Spell Educational Toy Set by Coerni ($10).
STEM Sink or Float Activity Set ($28) explores basic physics, critical thinking, and problem solving.
Kids can learn how electricity works with this Tenergy Dynamo Lantern Educational STEM Building Toy ($15). The clear tool is powered by hand-cranking it so they can see the process working.
Thames & Kosmos 3D Sidewalk Chalk ($26) teaches 3D science.
Think & Learn Smart Scan Color Chameleon ($18) teaches color recognition, following directions, and counting.
ZOOB Challenge ($30) teaches open-ended problem solving, and building.
The Sphero SPRK+ STEAM Educational Robot ($113) has a bunch of programmable sensors.
Kids will get a better understanding of how electricity works with the Tech Will Save Us Light Racer Kit ($30).
The Copernicus Natural Disasters Science Kit ($18) is great for family learning.
The ThinkFun Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game ($20) contains 40 fun challenges.
ThinkFun Laser Maze ($30) develops critical thinking and planning skills.
Introduce them to problem-solving with this Snap Circuits Snaptricity ($31) kit.
They'll love the Learning Resources STEM Explorers Geomakers ($15).
MAGETOYS Magnetic Blocks Building Tiles Stacking Blocks ($29) are great for kids 3 to 5.