And minutes later, that beautiful scene will give way to a new scene — a living room covered in scraps of wrapping paper, bows, empty boxes and the kids buzzing about their new toys.
What the kids may not realize during all that unwrapping fury is that I’ve been thinking about those gifts for quite some time. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to couple their desire to play with my desire to see them learn and grown. Thankfully Educational Insights has been thinking about that, too!
Educational Insights is a company that has a passion for inspiring kids. They think outside the box to create toys, games, and activities that are not only fun and beautifully designed, but each toy is also packed full of educational value!
Dino Construction Company ::
My son is completely enamored with dinosaurs right now. Their different sizes. What they ate. How they lived. Everything about these prehistoric creatures intrigues him. And while there are quite a few dinos on the market this holiday season, one of my favorites is Dino Construction Company by Educational Insights.
The dinosaurs of Dino Construction Company are part dino, part construction vehicle. And all fun!
Kids will love creating their own dinosaur world with T-TOP! Triceratops Bulldozer, BOOM! Brachiosaurus Backhoe, SPIKE! Ankylosaurus Steam Roller, and WRECKER! T-Rex Skid Loader while using each of the dines construction skills to dig, load, and flatten the world around them!
I love that each of the dinos helps encourage imaginative play and creativity and can be used inside or outside! They can also be used in the summer sand/dirt or the winter snow…a huge plus for us since we just got a foot of early-winter snow!
Design & Drill
Design & Drill is another amazing toy from Educational Insights that kids are going to love this Christmas! The 2014 National Parenting Publications Awards Silver Award winning Design & Drill Socket to Me set allows preschoolers to use their own socket wrench to add colorful bolts to four different projects — boat, race car, robot and rocket ship.
Perfectly sized for their little hands, kids will love that they can use their own special tools, just like mom & dad’s, all while exploring their imagination and working on that eye-hand coordination!
Those are just two of the amazing toys Educational Insights offers. They literally have something for everyone from ages baby to preteen! And if you need help finding that perfect gift for the little one on your shopping list, just check out their handy-dandy Holiday Gift Guide!
A SIMPLE GIVEAWAY!
We want to help get your kids building, digging, creating and imagining this Christmas with this amazing giveaway from Educational Insights! One lucky SIMPLE winner will receive both a Dino Construction Company dinosaur AND the Design & Drill Socket to Me set (total estimated value over $60). To enter, simply use the Rafflecopter form below.
Tandi Cortez-Rios
December 1, 2014 at 11:45 pmMy kids would love the Pancake Pile-Up!™ Relay Game.
trixx
December 1, 2014 at 11:16 pmThe MoonScope looks pretty cool, would be great for my curious daughter!
Debbie Jackson
December 1, 2014 at 10:29 pmRaccoon rumpus is the hilarious game for us.
Dori Gardner
December 1, 2014 at 10:21 pmThe Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Card Game!™ would be a easy favorite in my house
Mandy Kauffman
December 1, 2014 at 10:05 pmI’d also love to have the Travel Games Set. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
Leela
December 1, 2014 at 9:52 pmGears! Gears! Gears! Lights & Action Building Set.
Lisa L
December 1, 2014 at 8:46 pmMy son is learning about the plant cycle in school so the Sprout & Grow Window would be fun to have!
Stephanie O'Day
December 1, 2014 at 8:31 pmI would love to get the GeoSafari® Mini Ant Factory™!!
Madalyn Haire
December 1, 2014 at 5:42 pmI also like the Dino Construction toys but I’d also like the Let’s talk tools! toy for my boys.
Jasmine R
December 1, 2014 at 5:26 pmI’d love to learn more about and have the Dino one for my nephew. It incorporates both things he loves and gets his imagination going
Kimberly Schotz
December 1, 2014 at 5:09 pmI like the game Raccoon Rumpus.
Jessica Whitehouse
December 1, 2014 at 4:52 pmI like the Prance- unicorn hobby horse.
Donna Teller
December 1, 2014 at 3:28 pmI would love to have the Diggity Dogs™ Game.
Amanda Baker
December 1, 2014 at 2:56 pmI’d love to have the Table for Two set for my daughter. She doesn’t have a tea or play dish set so this would make and absolutely perfect Christmas present!!
jeremy mclaughlin
December 1, 2014 at 2:52 pmThe freeze up game.
Diana Hatch
December 1, 2014 at 2:07 pmlaundry jumble looks great
jodi
December 1, 2014 at 1:23 pmi like the Let your imagination blossom!
Donna L
December 1, 2014 at 12:45 pmI would like the Crazy Cereal Electronic Game for my grandson.
Danielle M.
December 1, 2014 at 11:55 amhot dots – math 🙂
Darlene Owen
December 1, 2014 at 9:09 amI also love the Super-stackable building bricks!
Danielle Papsis
December 1, 2014 at 7:36 amI’d love to some of the Hot dot sets and Kat the talking Teaching Kitty.
jamie adkins
November 30, 2014 at 2:53 pmThe reading games
Yolanda Scott
November 30, 2014 at 1:18 pmMy son would absolutely love the WRECKER! T-Rex Skid Loader.
tina mcgraw
November 30, 2014 at 1:11 pmlaundryjumble
megan tilley
November 30, 2014 at 11:27 amWe love the laundry jumble.
Mary Dailey
November 29, 2014 at 9:04 pmI would like to know more about the Hot Dots® Jr. Let’s Master Pre-K Math
Cassandra Eastman
November 29, 2014 at 8:16 pmI would love the Stuff it with a puppet – Ankylosaurus for my son!
Becky VanGinkel
November 29, 2014 at 12:45 amI’d love to have the Hot Dots® Jr. Princess Fairy Tales Interactive Storybook Set for our middle daughter, June, who is 4 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win such a fun prize for our youngest!
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rochelle johnson
November 28, 2014 at 8:12 pmI would love to get the freeze up game
Nina H
November 28, 2014 at 5:46 pmI love the foam world puzzle
Carrie
November 28, 2014 at 3:51 pmAny of the games, like Laundry Jumble.
Kathleen
November 27, 2014 at 9:36 pmMy son would love the Geo Safari Deluxe microscope
Jennifer Marie
November 26, 2014 at 8:32 amMy son would love the Grill-and-Go Camp Stove.
Ashley O
November 25, 2014 at 12:45 pmThe Hot Dots set looks fun!
Jillian T
November 24, 2014 at 11:17 pmI would love to get the “It’s a jungle safari packed with jumbo animals!”
Dandi D
November 24, 2014 at 10:52 pmI would really like to get the Let’s talk tools! for my son.
Patricia
November 24, 2014 at 1:47 pmThe Hot Dots sounds like a neat product.
Laurie
November 22, 2014 at 2:34 pmWhat a Whacky Workout looks fun!
Amy B
November 21, 2014 at 10:26 pmThe Hot Dots look like a great product for my Kinder!
Heather B
November 21, 2014 at 8:46 pmMy youngest son would love BOOM Bracchiosaurus Backhoe
Nelly B
November 21, 2014 at 5:56 pmI would love the cash register! It know my kids would love this so much!
Beth Rees
November 21, 2014 at 1:20 pmMy kids would love the Cash Register Ring Up the Pretend Play Fun!
Jennifer Tilson
November 21, 2014 at 9:44 amI think my kids would enjoy the Frankie’s Food Truck Fiasco Game.
KV
November 20, 2014 at 7:58 pmI like the world foam map puzzle.
Jessica
November 20, 2014 at 7:15 pmI would also love the Ring up the pretend play fun! cash register for my daughter.
Anne Perry
November 20, 2014 at 6:44 pmI would like to get the GeoSafari™ Vega 600 Telescope for my son.
Melissa L.
November 20, 2014 at 5:31 pmI like the Pancake Pile Up game. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Jennifer Rote
November 20, 2014 at 2:53 pmI’d like to get the Super-stackable building bricks for my grandson.
AndreaH
November 20, 2014 at 2:40 pmI would love to have the Hot Dots Jr. Phonics Fun. It looks like it is packed with some awesome learning!
Michelle T
November 20, 2014 at 7:47 amWow, Discover an Underwater World Aquascope looks perfect for my almost nine year old! He’s do interested in ocean/lake life that he’s been trying to skein the little ponds around here. He’d love to just watch what goes on!
Kristen
November 20, 2014 at 1:28 amI like the solar system—in motion!
Sindy Murray
November 20, 2014 at 12:36 amI would like to know more about hot Dots
Terra Heck
November 20, 2014 at 12:17 amI’d like the Lickety Quick™ game for my step-daughter. Thanks.
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amanda
November 19, 2014 at 9:56 pmthe telescope looks fun!
Colleen Maurina
November 19, 2014 at 5:32 pmI would also like to have their Playfoam Combo 20-Pack – looks like fun!
Dominica
November 19, 2014 at 5:21 pmMy son wold love the Microscopic magnification for mini-scientists!
Jennifer Nutter
November 19, 2014 at 4:21 pmmany amazing things. i would love to know more/ have Money Matters or any educational toy 🙂
Jennifer Nutter
November 19, 2014 at 4:21 pmso many amazing things. i would love to know more/ have Money Matters or any educational toy 🙂
Anel
November 19, 2014 at 4:03 pmI really like the It’s a jungle safari packed with jumbo animals!. They look great! Thank you!
Amanda Lea
November 19, 2014 at 2:17 pmThe hot dots products look interesting.
D Schmidt
November 19, 2014 at 1:35 pmVisited the site and another fantastic item is Hot Dots® Jr. Let’s Master Kindergarten Reading because it would really assist my Son with his learning.
adina
November 19, 2014 at 1:09 pmthe sneaky snacky squirrel game.
Kelly F
November 19, 2014 at 1:05 pmI know my son would love the drill toy!!
jodi
November 19, 2014 at 12:15 pmI would really like the Let your imagination blossom!
Jessica O
November 19, 2014 at 12:14 pmMy daughter would love the Grill and Go Camp Stove because we love to go camping!
Sacha Schroeder
November 19, 2014 at 12:12 pmI think the Prance into imaginative play! (Pink) is adorable. My daughter would love the puppets on a stick.
latanya
November 19, 2014 at 11:57 amMagnify the mini!
Samantha C.
November 19, 2014 at 11:54 amI would love to learn about Hot Dots.
Nancy
November 19, 2014 at 11:48 amI like the Ready,Set, Experiment Set. very much!
jennifer
November 19, 2014 at 11:38 amThe number hunt game looks super cute!
Adrianne B
November 19, 2014 at 11:00 amI would love to have the Hot Dots Jr. Phonics set for my child!
Kimberly Bauer
November 19, 2014 at 10:58 amMy daughter would love the WRECKER! T-Rex Skid Loader.
Denise Taylor-Dennis
November 19, 2014 at 8:45 amI like the Estimation Station.
Janet W.
November 19, 2014 at 7:16 amI would love to have the Cash Register Ring Up the Pretend Play Fun!
Deb Jackson
November 19, 2014 at 6:49 amWe would like the sneaky sneaky squirrel game.