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Learning Resources Code & Go Robot Mouse Activity Set
Build a maze, plan the route, and code a mouse to the cheese
About $70brand list price View on Amazon
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The Puzzle Master
Can’t walk past a brain teaser.
Puzzle Masters love a challenge with a clear goal. Logic games, mazes, strategy and patterns are pure fun to them, and that same thinking is the foundation of math and coding.
- Logical reasoning
- Persistence
- Spotting patterns
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Gifts for the Puzzle Master
Picked for this kind of mind.
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Magna-Tiles Classic 100-Piece Set
Translucent magnetic tiles that turn flat shapes into 3D builds
About $120brand list price View on Amazon
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hand2mind Numberblocks MathLink Cubes 1-10 Activity Set
Build the Numberblocks characters and see how numbers really work
About $30brand list price View on Amazon
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SmartGames Camelot Jr.
Wooden block puzzles that build a path for the knight
About $25brand list price View on Amazon
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Ticket to Ride: First Journey
Route-building train game sized for younger players
Typical price $25 – $50 View on Amazon
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Educational Insights Kanoodle Fan Edition (20th Anniversary)
220 new Kanoodle puzzles plus two bonus pieces
About $17brand list price View on Amazon
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ThinkFun Gravity Maze
Marble-run logic puzzles where every tower placement counts
Typical price $25 – $50 View on Amazon
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Sphero indi At-Home Learning Kit
A little robot car kids program with colored cards
Typical price $100+ View on Amazon
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Makeblock mBot2 Coding Robot
Build a sensor robot, then code it from Scratch to Python
About $150brand list price View on Amazon
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Arduino Starter Kit (K000007)
The official way to learn Arduino, one breadboard project at a time
About $75brand list price View on Amazon
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CanaKit Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit PRO (8GB, 128GB)
A full Raspberry Pi 5 computer, ready to boot out of the box
Typical price $100+ View on Amazon
Learning Resources Switcheroo Coding Crew
One robot, three rescue vehicles, lots of code-to-the-rescue missions
Typical price $50 – $100 View on Amazon
Learning Resources Botley 2.0 Coding Robot Activity Set
A screen-free coding robot with room to grow into longer programs
About $100brand list price View on Amazon
Learning Resources Coding Critters Ranger & Zip
A robot puppy that teaches coding through storybook adventures
About $55brand list price View on Amazon
Thames & Kosmos Kids First Coding & Robotics
Build Sammy the robot, then program him with code cards
About $140brand list price View on Amazon
ThinkFun Robot Turtles
A board game where kids write code with cards to reach the jewel
Typical price Under $25 View on Amazon
CATAN Junior
Kid-sized Catan: trade resources and build pirate lairs
About $40brand list price View on Amazon
CATAN On The Road Card Game
Catan's build-and-trade strategy in a 120-card travel deck
About $10brand list price View on Amazon
ThinkFun Rush Hour Traffic Jam Logic Game
Slide the cars to free the red one: logic in a small box
Typical price Under $25 View on Amazon
Gamewright Sushi Go! Card Game
A quick card-drafting game with sneaky math inside
About $17brand list price View on Amazon
ThinkFun Circuit Maze
A logic puzzle where the reward is lighting up a real circuit
Typical price $25 – $50 View on Amazon
Educational Insights Kanoodle
A pocket-size puzzle with 200 ways to stretch the brain
Typical price Under $25 View on Amazon
SmartGames IQ Puzzler Pro
120 travel-ready puzzles that move from flat to 3D
Typical price Under $25 View on Amazon
Osmo Genius Kit for iPad
Hands-on pieces that talk to an iPad game
Typical price $50 – $100 View on Amazon
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