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Thinking games for kids
Award winning thinking games for kids that are fun & challenging and build strategic thinking skills
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Qwirkle
MindWare's Most Awarded Game Of All Time
Mensa Select Award
Mensa Select Award
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Annually, Mensans judge and critique games released in the past year and award the coveted Mensa Select® seal to the top five. Games are judged on aesthetics, instructions, originality, play appeal and play value.
Parents' Choice Gold Award
Parents' Choice Gold Award
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Founded in 1978, Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality children's books, toys, music and more. The Parents' Choice Award seals are recognized throughout the country as the premier mark of achievement in the children's media industry. The Parents' Choice Gold Awards are given to those products that are judged as the highest quality and most appealing in their genre. Criteria for judgments include the highest production standards, universal human values and a unique, individual quality that pushes the product a notch above others.
Major Fun Award
Major Fun Award
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The Major FUN Award goes to games that make people laugh, are original, flexible and easy to adapt, are well-made, durable and easily stored, and are easy to understand and teach. Award winners are selected during monthly gatherings attended by a collection of game-players and the winning games are reviewed by Major FUN himself.
Qwirkle
Ages 6 and up
Quantity
$24.95
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Dizios
Dominoes With a Dizzying Twist!
Mensa Select Award
Mensa Select Award
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Annually, Mensans judge and critique games released in the past year and award the coveted Mensa Select® seal to the top five. Games are judged on aesthetics, instructions, originality, play appeal and play value.
iParenting Media Award
iParenting Media Award
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The iParenting Media Awards Program provides a credible and objective method of determining the best products in the marketplace and then honors them with the most prestigious consumer award. Our reviewers are a diverse set of parents, experts, licensed childcare centers and schools nationwide.
Major Fun Award
Major Fun Award
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The Major FUN Award goes to games that make people laugh, are original, flexible and easy to adapt, are well-made, durable and easily stored, and are easy to understand and teach. Award winners are selected during monthly gatherings attended by a collection of game-players and the winning games are reviewed by Major FUN himself.
Dizios
Ages 8 and up
Quantity
$19.95
Overall Rating
Qwirkle Cubes
Roll, Match, Score...Win!
Dr. Toy Best Vacation Toy Award
Dr. Toy Best Vacation Toy Award
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For nearly twenty-five years, Dr. Toy has been awarding children's products her seals of approval. These items have distinguished themselves over other products in quality and excellence, providing both lasting value and lasting learning. And, of course, providing lasting fun. These are great products to take along and use on a trip, and to explore once you arrive at your destination. These are also products that will give children plenty of things to do if you're staying at home.
Major Fun Award
Major Fun Award
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The Major FUN Award goes to games that make people laugh, are original, flexible and easy to adapt, are well-made, durable and easily stored, and are easy to understand and teach. Award winners are selected during monthly gatherings attended by a collection of game-players and the winning games are reviewed by Major FUN himself.
Parents' Choice Recommended Award
Parents' Choice Recommended Award
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Founded in 1978, Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality children's books, toys, music and more. The Parents' Choice Award seals are recognized throughout the country as the premier mark of achievement in the children's media industry. The Parents' Choice Recommended Seal indicates that our committees found the product distinguished enough to give it a notch above our "Approval" rating. In other words, this commendation implies our approval and, even beyond that, our thorough recommendation for reasons of production, appeal and fulfillment of its clear intent.
Qwirkle Cubes
Ages 6 and up
Quantity
$24.95
Overall Rating
Square Up!
Challenging Slider Puzzles—Now Played Head-to-Head
Parents' Choice Gold Award
Parents' Choice Gold Award
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Founded in 1978, Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality children's books, toys, music and more. The Parents' Choice Award seals are recognized throughout the country as the premier mark of achievement in the children's media industry. The Parents' Choice Gold Awards are given to those products that are judged as the highest quality and most appealing in their genre. Criteria for judgments include the highest production standards, universal human values and a unique, individual quality that pushes the product a notch above others.
iParenting Media Award
iParenting Media Award
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The iParenting Media Awards Program provides a credible and objective method of determining the best products in the marketplace and then honors them with the most prestigious consumer award. Our reviewers are a diverse set of parents, experts, licensed childcare centers and schools nationwide.
Square Up!
Ages 6 and up
Quantity
$19.95
Overall Rating
Zenith
Our Strategic Stacking Game Takes Fun to New Heights!
Major Fun Award
Major Fun Award
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The Major FUN Award goes to games that make people laugh, are original, flexible and easy to adapt, are well-made, durable and easily stored, and are easy to understand and teach. Award winners are selected during monthly gatherings attended by a collection of game-players and the winning games are reviewed by Major FUN himself.
Parenting for High Potential Recommended Award
Parenting for High Potential Recommended Award
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Organized by the National Association for Gifted Children, this annual toy review is conducted by pre-K to Grade 8 students who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity.
Zenith
Ages 8 and up
Quantity
$29.95
Overall Rating
CrossWise
The Family Game That Has Players Thinking in All Directions!
National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval
National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval
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The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval program is an independent testing procedure conducted by volunteer parents, children and educators. Products are evaluated for level of desirability, sturdiness, interactive stimulation and other ingredients essential in the make-up of a quality product.
iParenting Media Award
iParenting Media Award
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The iParenting Media Awards Program provides a credible and objective method of determining the best products in the marketplace and then honors them with the most prestigious consumer award. Our reviewers are a diverse set of parents, experts, licensed childcare centers and schools nationwide.
Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
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Creative Child Magazine's Toy Awards Program is unique in that all products submitted are reviewed by many people, including moms, music educators and early education professionals. Only one product per category can win a Toy of the Year award, Book of the Year Award or Game of the Year Award. The remaining finalists receive a prestigious Preferred Choice award. The Seal of Excellence is another prestigious award that is given to those products that are not finalists but do exceed expectations based on the criteria for nurturing creativity and education in children.
CrossWise
Ages 6 and up
Quantity
$24.95
Overall Rating
Blokus
The World's Most-Awarded Visual Strategy Game
Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products
Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products
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For nearly twenty-five years, Dr. Toy has been awarding children's products her seals of approval. These items have distinguished themselves over other products in quality and excellence, providing both lasting value and lasting learning. And, of course, providing lasting fun.
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Platinum Award
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Platinum Award
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The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio was founded in 1989 as the only independent consumer review of children's media. The organization does not charge entry fees or accept ads from manufacturers. Award-winning products are selected by a noted expert in child development, children's literature, and education, and further tested by an objective panel of kid judges. Judging criteria include kid-testers' responses along with expert assessment of educational and play value, safety, age appropriateness and other factors.
Blokus
Ages 5 and up
Quantity
$29.95
Overall Rating
Batik
You Just Can't Keep Your Hands Off It
Parents' Choice Gold Award
Parents' Choice Gold Award
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Founded in 1978, Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality children's books, toys, music and more. The Parents' Choice Award seals are recognized throughout the country as the premier mark of achievement in the children's media industry. The Parents' Choice Gold Awards are given to those products that are judged as the highest quality and most appealing in their genre. Criteria for judgments include the highest production standards, universal human values and a unique, individual quality that pushes the product a notch above others.
Batik
Ages 5 and up
Quantity
$29.95
MiQube
Four Strategic Games Plus a Puzzle
Major Fun Award
Major Fun Award
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The Major FUN Award goes to games that make people laugh, are original, flexible and easy to adapt, are well-made, durable and easily stored, and are easy to understand and teach. Award winners are selected during monthly gatherings attended by a collection of game-players and the winning games are reviewed by Major FUN himself.
Parents' Choice Silver Award
Parents' Choice Silver Award
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Founded in 1978, Parents' Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality children's books, toys, music and more. The Parents' Choice Award seals are recognized throughout the country as the premier mark of achievement in the children's media industry. The Parents' Choice Silver Honors are given to excellent products that are designed to entertain and help children develop universally ethical attitudes, and rigorous standards and skills.
MiQube
Ages 7 and up
Quantity
$24.95
Overall Rating
Tantrix
A Colorful Game of Strategy and Luck
Games Magazine Best Game Award
Games Magazine Best Game Award
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Each December issue, GAMES Magazine publishes a Buyer's Guide featuring reviews of its editors' 100 favorite non-electronic and 100 favorite electronic games, as well as awards for Game of the Year, Electronic Game of the Year, and Best New Game in many categories.
Tantrix
Ages 10 and up
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$19.95
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