Shop by Age-Grade

Find Toys & Games for your Child's Age or Grade

You have lots of educational toys and games at home, but your kids are constantly growing and changing. Toys that were favorites a few years ago are not best for your children now. As kids age, their interests change and the educational games that were effective in the past are not as challenging today. You find you are looking to shop for new educational toys and educational games to suit your children’s interests, age or grade level. Not all toys you put into the hands of a child are going to be appropriate for him. To select age appropriate or grade appropriate games and toys, you are helping your child’s development be natural and effective. Parents need all the help they can get to know what content is appropriate and what is effective for kids at their chronological age. New parents especially need shortcuts to help them make wise decisions for their kids.

Top quality educational toy companies and experienced game manufacturers have experts who have studied the appropriateness and effectiveness of their products for specific age groups. When choosing educational resources in particular, age appropriateness is important. Often educational games or toys are rated by grade when they have school related content or skill based content that children are expected to learn at that age level. The age and grade recommendations are not written in stone. They are merely guidelines to help you in your decision making when you need to buy new educational games or educational toys. Safety issues may affect the recommendation. Often manufacturers will label their toys or their games as a choking hazard because of some hidden, not easily seen small object in their design.

At SmartLearningToys.com, we are using various methods of labeling the age appropriateness. Packaging, manufacturers recommendations, experience with children's interest levels at different age groups, age grouping by experts in child education and the Canadian Toy Testing Council are just a few of the criteria used. Parents recommendations are also valued. As a small company, we, at SmartLearningToys.com, will give you personal attention and do research as needed. We look forward to serving you on your quest for age and grade appropriate aeducational toys and games for your kids.