Boost That Brain Without Breaking the Bank — 18 Educational Presents Under $25

If your kid has a curious mind, this Scientific Explorer Mind Blowing Science Kit ($10) is perfect. It helps your child explore and learn the basics of science, from chemical reactions to the use of scientific tools.

Children will improve on their counting and numbers knowledge when they use these Learning Resources Mathlink Cubes ($10).

Send him 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.

Alex Toys Let's Pretend School ($14) is a 255-piece set that has everything you need to run your own classroom.

LeapFrog's Scribble and Write ($18) helps little ones learn their letters and numbers.

Your little ones will become grammar stars with this Spell Educational Toy Set by Coerni ($10).

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.

Let them explore their creative side with this colorful Viahart Brain Flakes Interlocking Plastic Disc Set ($13). They can create everything from a dinosaur to a Ferris wheel.

This fun The Learning Journey Match It! Memory, Mathematics Set ($10) helps kids improve on math. The bright mix and match cards make learning fun!

Featuring a kid-friendly screwdriver, this Educational Insights Design & Drill Robot ($13) teaches little ones how to build with multicolored bolts.

This Briarpatch I Spy Eagle Eye Game ($15) comes with 30 cards, four boards, and a bell. The better you get at the game, the faster you can play.

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.

Roominate Studio ($15) was created by engineers out of Caltech, MIT, and Stanford. It encourages girls to learn how to use circuits to make their self-built dollhouses more realistic with moving elevators, working lights, and anything else they can create.

Don't limit educational toys to the house. This on-the-go IQ Twist Game ($9, originally $12) gets kids thinking with 100 solvable brainteasers.

Who doesn't like to see a model volcano explode? With the National Geographic Volcano Science Kit ($10), kids can decorate their volcano before adding vinegar, baking soda, and pebbles to it and watching it erupt.

Lasers make everything — especially learning — a lot cooler. By using sequential reasoning and planning skills, kids line up tokens to successfully shoot a laser at the target in this single-player Laser Maze Logic Game ($25, originally $32).

Experience science through 79 experiments that can be done with a soda bottle when you gift your child the Pop Bottle Science Kit ($7).

A combination of Sequence and Dominos, Qwirkle ($23) helps kids develop their problem-solving skills while competing against their friends.