Number Hunter is a board game that makes early math effortless. Kids travel four parts of the world, practicing addition, subtraction, and even/odd numbers as they race to the finish line. Fast turns, beautiful illustrations, and fun challenges keep engagement high—at home, in class, or on the go. It feels like an adventure, not homework—so they play more and learn more without even noticing.

Evaluation comments:

“This activity is set up like a typical board game with a board, player game pieces, dice, and some action cards. The game tests addition, subtraction, and knowledge of even and odd numbers.”

“The rules are simple to understand and teach.”

“There are 3 dice–2 number dice and 1 with addition and subtraction operation symbols.”

“When it’s your turn, you roll are three dice and either add or subtract the numbers you roll depending on the operation symbol rolled. The answer is how many spaces you advance along the board.”

“The board also has spaces in which a player has to draw cards and perform some kind of act or math problem in order to advance even further.”

“This is a fun activity that incorporates math.”

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The all-new ABCmouse 2 is a reimagining of the award-winning early learning program loved by 45+ million families and trusted by over 600,000 teachers. Designed for ages 2–8, it features 5,000+ standards-aligned activities, games, immersive worlds like Safari Park, and partner content from icons like Major League Baseball and San Diego Zoo and Safari Park. ABCmouse 2 makes learning fun, effective, and safe—building critical thinking, confidence, and school readiness anytime, anywhere.

Evaluation comments:

“This app is educational and fun for toddlers.”

“I like that the app grows with the child. Hundreds of games are available in reading, math, science, art, and music categories.”

“The games are entertaining and educational, and children are motivated with tickets and rewards.”

“Math includes games in number recognition, shapes, patterns, addition, and subtraction are paired with fun characters and voices. The arts and colors section has drawing and painting games that help children explore shapes, colors, line, and creativity.”

“There are also more than 400 books in their library to encourage the enjoyment of literacy while learning letter sounds, math skills and science. There are also original music and classic songs about all the topics.”

“The app also has printables to encourage children offline.”

“I like the fact that the program tracks the progress of the child. It displays the number of activities that the child completed in all areas (how many books were read, songs were listened to, games were played etc.).”

“The games loaded quickly and there were no disruptions as they were played. The rewards, tickets get the child motivated to earn them so they can “buy” virtual items.”

“The app seems never-ending with its games, interactive zoo, aquarium and farm, books, games etc.”

“I like the bright colors, the educational aspect, the printables so that the child can continue learning away from the app.”

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Explore ancient Egypt with pyramid, Sphinx, and pharaoh-shaped dig bricks—each hiding its own treasures – in National Geographic Ancient Egypt Dig Kits! Discover 3 genuine gemstones and 3 detailed artifacts inspired by Egyptian history and mythology, with a fun activity booklet that teaches kids how to write using authentic Egyptian hieroglyphs!

Evaluation comments:

“This looks so fun!”

“My daughter is an excellent treasure hunter and always finding things like coins and other cool keepsakes while we’re out and I always tell her she would make a great archeologist.”

“This kit is a lot of fun and my kids thoroughly enjoyed it. The digs are shaped by a pyramid, Sphinx, and pharaoh. The details on them are spectacular.”

“The quality of the bricks is great, but the gems inside are stunning. They are beautiful gemstones and little replicas of ancient Egyptian artifacts that are heavy and very detailed. What a fun activity.”

“It did pique my daughter’s interest in ancient Egypt, so it is nice that it comes with a Learning Guide to continue the conversation about the pieces we uncovered.”

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National Geographic Mega Earth Science Kit includes everything kids need to conduct 15 activities including dueling water tornadoes, building and erupting a volcano, starting a rock collection & much more! An extra guide is included with more than 85 more experiments kids can conduct using common household materials!

Evaluation comments:

“My first impression was that there was a heck of a lot that comes with this kit. It’s part of the “mega science series” kits which include a ton of fun science-based activities for kids.”

“A big range of activities from the beloved exploding volcano, to geodes, to digging out a gold piece and finding treasure inside.”

“I think this is a great quality product. Everything works well and the kit comes with so many activities that keep your kids entertained for hours.”

“The quality of the booklet that comes with it is also really nice. They go through each experiment in kids’ language so they feel like they can independently be little scientist.”

“I also really like how they give away lots of geodes in a nice carrying case.”

“Overall Nat Geo does a great job on these kits to keep lots of kids entertained at once, or one kid entertained for a very long time.”

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Make the holidays stellar with the National Geographic Outer Space Advent Calendar. This advent calendar is out of this world, with 24 space-themed craft activities and science experiments kids will absolutely love.

Evaluation comments:

“We love advent calendars in our home, so my boys were super pumped that they didn’t have to follow the regular guidelines of one square to open per day. The packaging is alluring with awesome pictures of the planet activities included.”

“There are lots of great activities within this advent calendar. There is a bouncy ball making kit, planets to paint, pyrite to dig out of a planet, and glow-in-the-dark stars circa 1980.”

“Each activity was fun and can keep your kid entertained for 1-15 minutes.”

“A great gift for science lovers.”

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The National Geographic Mega Science Series Amazing Reactions Chemistry Set is a huge science set with more than 100 different experiments to try! With this kit, your kids will be able to hide and reveal a secret message, create color-changing solutions, cause a fizzy reaction, change the color of liquid with their breath, watch a test tube glow, build a bouncy ball, create gooey glowing worms, grow crystals on a tree, and more!

Evaluation comments:

“Colorful and engaging.”

“Kit contains a range of science experiments from growing crystals to creating glow worms. All the experiments are kid-friendly and easy to complete by themselves.”

“My boys chose to grow crystals and enjoyed this experiment thoroughly.”

“This is a high-quality kit and contains everything needed to complete the experiments included.”

“My kids enjoyed choosing the experiment that they wanted to work on and completing that experiment. Instructions were well written, and they were able to complete the experiment on their own.”

“Extremely fun kit.”

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National Geographic Motorized Shark Model is a 45-piece, 3D wooden shark model that takes 1-2 hours and requires no tools to build! The motorized base makes the model “swim” just like a shark in the ocean, and has 8 selectable color modes and dimmer settings, making it the perfect interactive nightlight for any kid who loves sharks!

Evaluation comments:

“Was an immediate yes from my kids.”

“This is a cool motorized model of a shark skeleton. My kids enjoyed the challenge of putting together this 3-d puzzle.”

“Really nicely made model.”

“My Kids 12 and 14 were able to complete on their own but we did have to glue a few of the pieces to keep them from moving.”

“This model does require a bit of patience for assembly. The end result is awesome.”

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Kids will have a blast painting and assembling their own set of 3D solar system magnets with National Geographic Paint Your Own Solar System. With vibrant paints and high-quality magnets, they can display their creations on the fridge or any magnetic surface.

Evaluation comments:

“I appreciate the learning cards that come with kit, along with the two paint brushes provided. The purpose of this kit is to paint 3D magnets to then hang on your fridge.”

“The details in the different planets make them identifiable. The quality of the poster that comes with the kit is very nice. It goes into detail able space and each planet. There are also 4 constellation learning cards that are included.”

“My son really enjoyed painting the magnets, and looking at them displayed on our fridge!”

“I think this is a great rainy day activity especially for a kid who enjoys space.”

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From ordinary numbers one moment to extraordinary robots the next, these little figurines are the perfect way for kids to get comfortable with numbers in an exciting fashion. These numbers transform with just a few twists and turns to create awesome robots that children won’t be able to get enough of. Kids can work on their counting and number recognition skills during play, and are even able to begin building simple math problems.

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With the National Geographic Glow-In-The-Dark Human Body Science Kit, kids can learn about human anatomy and biology by removing and examining 9 squishy organs, 18 glow-in-the-dark bones, and arm muscles with the included forceps!

Evaluation comments:

“As a healthcare worker, I was excited for this one. I’ve seen these around science classrooms in the past and was interested in seeing how well the human body was depicted.”

“I like the packaging and the directions. It’s basically a human puzzle of organs and bones that glows if you charge it in the sun.”

“The organs and bones were anatomically correct; I do like how there was a paper which you could align an organ or bone with which told you which piece it was.”

“My favorite piece of this human puzzle was the intestines.”

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