Educational Toys for 5 Year Olds - Best Toys to Buy in 2016

Set of 100 plastic ¾" cubes in 10 colors link together on all sides so students can easily build and explore spatial relationships. Cubes feature geometric shape cut-outs for more complex patterning activities. Great for counting, sorting, measurement and graphing too. Compatible with other linking cubes. Grades K+. Set of 100

Tap into big fun with the amazing, all-in-one LeapStart interactive early learning system for Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten, jam-packed with key school and life skills for curious 2-4 year olds. The system works with a library of replayable activity books (sold separately) and comes with a Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten sampler book...

Awesome Lightsaber Room Light with sound effects! The final challenge in becoming a Jedi Knight is to build your own lightsaber. With the Lightsaber Room Light, young Padawans can construct their own Jedi lightsaber and mount it on their wall. Choose from eight awesome color effects using the remote control. Comes with science learning poster.

Now you can project a beautiful rainbow in your room. With the push of a button, a brilliant rainbow is projected across your walls and ceiling!

For thousands of years, people have been gazing at the night sky, watching and learning about place in the universe. Now you can bring the wonder and magic of the cosmic ocean into your own room with this glowing 3-D Solar System. Simply hang the glowing planets from your ceiling and attach the glowing adhesive stars, comets, and asteroids on your walls...

2016 Top Kid-Mash Picks in Children’s Educational Toys…

Some of the best educational toys for 5 year olds in 2016 include some modern versions of classics, and some newer picks for spelling, math, science - even geography...

Starting to move out of the realm of "little kids'" toys, educational toys for five year olds can be more engaging, presenting a bit more challenge - and fun! Here is a gathering of tips on the best of the best educational toys for 5 year old boys and girls this year...

This year’s Kid-Mash “mashup” – top picks, lists, reviews and tips on the top educational toys for 5 year old children…

Find this year's ten best toys for kids of various ages...

On this page is a “top 10” list of the best educational toys for boys and girls for the spring and summer 2016. List rankings are based on a couple of criteria – consumer popularity and overall ratings and reviews.

I don’t want to look up one day and realize I missed out on the fun parts of parenting young children, but with the chaos that often is part of this time I also need our activities to be simple and I need them to work. This is why, with help from my readers, I made this list of the activities that are most fun for kids in about the four to six year age range – to let us focus on doing the things together that we’ll really love at this age.

Reading games for 5-6 year olds. Play games to help your child’s reading. Learn through play to improve phonic skills, word recognition, language development

Get your five-year-olds to play Knowledge Adventure’s fun, free 5 year old games. They’re sure to love them!

My 6 year old boy is doing ok at school but only just, his reading is fairly good but he struggles like many boys when it comes to writing. I feel like I need to do a little bit extra at home with him so he wont fall behind, I'm not talking loads just a few mins a day, however as soon as the word writing or schoolwork is mentioned the battle begins and we have such a mission to try and get him to do anything at all I now completely dread it!
I have tried making things fun as much I can through