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GoldieBlox Educational Games that Get Girls Building

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

Since GoldieBlox first came on the market in 2014 as what we believe to be the first little girls toy engineering set in the world. Well! It has been nothing short of a runaway success.

If you have followed our blogs, you will know that our little girl loves the GoldieBlox set. The original one being GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine. Sienna has played with the spinning machine when she turned 4. As a side note, this is the suitable age for most of the GoldieBlox games, 4+.

Back to our story. When Sienna plays with this set, she has hours of fun and even creates a few inventions we are not sure the set was made for :).

The last time she was playing with the set, she was singing “I am an engineer.” We know that Debbie Sterling the founder of GoldieBlox would be very happy about this.

If you are looking for an educational game for your daughter, the GoldieBlox range just might be what you are after. Yes, they now have a range, that is how well this product has been received around the world. As far as educational games go for little girls, this is a wonderful addition.

The range now includes:

1. GoldieBlox and the spinning machine. Which in 2014 won the educational games and People Toy Choice of the Year Award. In this game, Goldie builds a spinning machine to help her little Dog, who is named Nacho chase his tale.

2. The Sequel is the Parade Float. It is a wonderful first addition to the range. In this story, Goldie sets out to help her friend Katinka when she loses a pageant competition. Goldie and Ruby want to help Katinka learn that friends are far more important than any pageant.

3. Next in the line-up is GoldieBlox and the Dunk Tank. Goldie Dog Nacho does not like taking baths. In fact, Nacho hates water. So Goldie has created a contraption that will clean Nacho. Goldie, of course, creates a Dunk Tank, I mean what else would you create :). It teaches children about hinges and levers, and also lets Goldie and Nacho get to the carnival on time.

And we are very excited about the new additions in 2015.

4. GoldieBlox and the Movie Machine. This educational game introduces children into the concept of making their own movies. In this story, Goldie and her friends need to create a movie, so the Bloxtown Film Festival is not canceled. Your children will learn how to build zoetrope, a pre-cinema animation device.

And for the first time GoldieBlox introduce new characters + pieces. It is also great that all pieces are backward compatible with Goldie Blox sets. The new characters Li Gravity and Valentina Voltz are the first male Latina characters in the range.

This educational game comes with an app, and your children can make their movies. The app was named one of the App Stories Best iPad Apps of 2014.

5. GoldieBlox Zipline Action Figure - This educational game helps girls develop their suspension engineering principles by building Goldie a Zipline to get her soaring.

6. The Builders Survival Kit - As far as educational games go, this one is for the most adventurous innovator. It has 190 pieces and promises hours of fun for your daughter or son. From cars to bands, to dog houses your little one's imagination can run wild.

This one has all of Goldies secret inventions. So whether you have a budding engineer or advanced architect at home they will be occupied. They have the freedom to choose the difficulty of what they create.

This one is suitable for little ones aged 7-12.

At the outset, we spoke about Debbie desire to bring engineering Educational games to little girls. As the GoldieBlox range has grown, this is a toy that is suitable for girls and boys alike.

The educational games teach children spatial skills, creativity, motor skills, basic engineering principles, reading skills, and problem-solving. Last but not least, the most important skill of all in our opinion, confidence.

We are 110% behind this range, and we have been since Debbie first launched. We know your children will love these educational games as much our little ones do.

To see the full GoldieBlox range or all our educational games, simply click here.

Posted in award winning games, award winning toys, construction toys, construction toys for girls, Educational Games, engineering toys for girls, goldieblox, goldieblox australia, spatial smart toys, STEM toys

New DigiBird Collection for 2015 including, DigiFriends and DigiChicks

Posted on April 08, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

The DigiBird is a fun robotic toy bird that tool the world by storm in 2014. It was a global toy phenomenon for children from 3 years old.

Our little girl who is 4 loves her DigiBird and has many hours of playtime using them in stories and little adventures she makes up.
And our little man who is only 2, also loves his little Digibird pet. Trust us, never own a toy store when your kids are 2 and 4 :) They love the music the DigiBird makes, and the number of tunes that are available.

When the two of them are getting along, they even let them sing together in unison. A really cool feature of the Digibird.

For those of you who already love the Digibird, you are going to love the new additions to the range.

In 2015 Silverlit released version 2 of the DigiBirds. A brand new collection of beautiful birds. They have added another eight beautifully designed DigiBirds with whistle rings to collect. Introducing:

They have also gone one step further this year by introducing a very Limited Edition to the range. If you want your little one to have a unique Digibird, and collectable these are the ones for you.

Gold Silk

Silver Snow

To protect your Digirds from any DigiCats (We are joking, there are no DigiCats. Not yet anyway) there is the bird cage. There are four new birds with cages in the range.

These cages can be stacked and hang up together to create your very own musical choir.

Additional items in the range for the enthusiast include the 2 in 1 Tree House, which also includes 2 Digibirds (Floral & Sally).

Last in the range is the Digibird Fun House, which contains a Digibird Funhouse, See Saw, Whistle Ring and of course a DigiBird.

You may be asking who are the DigiFriends?

Also new in 2015 Silverlit have brought the DigiFriends onto the market. The little DigiChick which we just love!

There are 6 DigiChicks to collect, and they appeal to both boys and girls three years +. And to some adults we know. There is:

It is going to be amazing in toys! Soon we will be launching the DigiStage, DigiDinos, DigiPenguins, DigiOwls, and DigiPenguins. I know still no DigiCat :)

If you want to be one of the first to know when they are released sign up to our newsletter, and we may even send you a discount on launch week.

For the complete range of DigiBirds version 2 and DigiChicks, please click here.

Posted in digibirds, DigiBirds Australia, digibirds new 2015, Digibirds version 2, DigiChicks, DigiFriends, robotic toy bird, robotic toy pets, robotic toys

Awarding Winning Educational Games at KidzInc Toys

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

In today's article, we are going to look at some of the best and most awarded educational games on the market for all age groups. Toddlers through to tweens, we have something for everyone.

There might even be one or two adults out there who love these games. Not mentioning any names :).

The first on the list of educational games is one of our personal favourites. Both our daughter and son still play with this one. It is the first game ever made for toddlers and is Roll and Play, made by ThinkFun Games.

This wonderful little game comes with a big plush cube. A cube that you throw around the room and when it lands on its corresponding colour. You simply pick up the colour card and do the action like “make a happy face” or “moo like a Cow.”

Loved by parents everywhere, this educational game has won over 18 awards internationally.

Next in our educational games list is Squigz made by Fat Brain Toys Company. If you have not heard about Fat Brain Toys, then you are in for a surprise, and you might want to check out our previous blog on their range.

Squigz has just arrived in the Australian toy market, and already demand is very high. This is a wonderful game by Fat Brain Toys. It helps your child learn fine motor skills and construct almost any design out of these little well? “Squigz” shapes. Suitable for 3 years + your children will get hours of fun from this one.

Squiz from Fat Brain Toys is also a multiple award winner, including Best Toys for Kids Award Winner 2013 - ASTRA.

What would a list of educational games be without including a spelling game? And what could be more fun than an alligator that teaches spelling. This little alligator is made by Junior Learning and is called Spelligator.

Awarded the Teachers Choice Award in 2014. This little alligator is great for teaching your child spelling. Also helping your children learn phonemic awareness, letter patterns and positioning. Suitable for 5 years +.

Okay, so if we have language in our educational games list, we must cover maths. And if we cover maths, why not make it fractions. I remember spending a lot of time learning fractions, and this game just makes it fun.

Fraction fortress comes with a stack of pieces that must be put together to form a whole piece. This is a brilliant way for your child to see how fraction works in a physical sense and visually watch them form.

Fraction Fortress is suitable for 6 years +. It is an absolute must get for any child struggling with fractions, or who child who is passionate about numbers.

Now we have not saved the best until last, in our educational games list. But we have saved one of the most successful educational games of all time made by none other than ThinkFun Games.

This one is called Rush Hour, and comes in a deluxe edition and junior edition. Rush hour has been Voted one of Parents' Choice Best 25 Toys of 25 Years! That is impressive.

So let us tell you about the game. Rush Hour is a logic puzzle game. You simply pick a challenge card and set up your grid as the challenge explains. The goal is a simple one of getting your car or ice cream van out of the gridlock in a series of moves.

As the challenges get harder, the traffic gets worse! All the while helping your child develop concentration, logic, and problem-solving skills.

Rush Hour Junior is suitable for 6 years+, and Rush Hour, or Rush Hour Deluxe is suitable for 8 years +.

The wonderful thing about Rush Hour by ThinkFun Games is your child can play by themselves as it is a single player game. Of course parents can also play along :).

This is not a full list of our educational games, but just some ones we wanted to highlight for today. The last one we would like to leave you with is one we are sure will end up being a classic game for generations to come.

This one our daughter loves, and runs around our house singing I am an engineer :). Yes, our daughter sings this.

It is Goldie Blox and the Spinning Machine the first engineering toy for girls. This game gathered worldwide attention back in 2013 when it challenged the status quo. They asked an important question; why not make an engineering game for girls.

We agree why not! In this now award winning game, Goldie makes a spinning machine that helps her little friend Nacho the Dog chase his tail. Not long after this machine is built, all her friends want to join in. All the little girls then help Goldie build a belt drive that can spin everyone!

The video below shows just how much fun this game can be. If you like this range as much as we do? You will want to know that they have also just released GoldieBlox and the Dunk Tank, as well as GoldieBlox and the Parade Float.

No matter which one of the educational games you choose above, you will be happy. More importantly your children will be happy with them, learning at the same time.

After all, shouldn’t learning be fun? Please let us know if you have questions, or if there is anything you would like us to add to our range?

Our full range of educational games can be found here.

Posted in Educational Games, Fat Brain Toys, GoldieBlox, ThinkFun Games

Junior Mandala Designer by Ravensburger at KidzInc

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

So there is no better way to describe this product, and then to let you know we bought it for our daughter at Christmas, who is four years old. This coincidentally just happens to be the recommended age.

You see we have one advantage over almost every other toy store online in Australia. We have two young children, and a large group of nieces and nephews more than willing to try every toy we sell.

Of course, this is also a huge disadvantage when it comes to saving money as well :).

Okay, all jokes aside the Junior Mandala Designer by Ravensburger toys is a wonderful product. It is made for the little one who loves to draw and create pictures.

It is made for the young designer and the early artist. The Junior Mandala Designer is wonderful for encouraging creativity while developing fine motor skills in children.

The stencils included in the Junior Mandala Designer encourage success while leaving plenty of room for imagination. Also plenty of room for colour combinations. In fact, Dad already has some prized positions, but not enough fridge room to hang them all up.

The designer itself is flexible and strong, and the included felt tip pen resist breakage, so it is perfect for young children.

As you might imagine the design combinations are endless, and we have had nothing but positive feedback about this product.

As your little one creates each stencil, they learn focus, gain confidence, and, of course, a thrilled with their achievement at the end of the drawing. They are even more thrilled when dad or mum hangs their beautiful artwork up at home.

The set itself comes with

One drawing station
One mandala template
Ten sheets of paper
1 felt tip pen
Three colouring pencils

*Please note it is not suitable for children under three due to some choking hazards.

We find that everything Ravensburger produces is of the highest quality, and the Junior Mandala Designer is no exception to this rule.

The Junior Mandala has been approved and inspected by our daughter Sienna :)

We know your little one will love it just as much as our does, and we would love to see the finished artwork and would be more than happy to include it on our website. Please send your artwork to creations@kidzinc.com.au and please include your childs name, age, and the name of their artwork :)

Posted in Art & Craft, Preschooler, Ravensburger

Digibirds at KidzInc “Caught in the Wild”

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

At KidzInc, we have been selling Digibirds since they first came on the market in Australia. Chosen as the girls toy of the year for 2014, they were all the rage at Christmas and have still continued as one of our highest selling most popular low-cost toys.

Even though they have been very popular with little girls, many boys love playing with them too including our son. In the video below we caught our little Digibirds in the wild as they sang while the parquets ate some lunch.

Post by KidzInc.

The amazing thing about the Digibirds is just how life like they can appear. Now do not get us wrong, they are every bit a toy, but you feel like you are watching a little bird, even though you know it is not. After watching the video, you will see that even the parquets were happy to have them around and unfazed by their singing.

We have the loved this little bird from the beginning, and it is great for helping children connect with and fall in love with nature. The different tunes the Digibirds can also sing introduces your little one to different applications of music, and music itself.

The Digibirds come in some amazing colours and selections, and there is a colour to suit every child.

We see this as only the beginning of life like pet toys for children, and we will continually keep you informed of all developments in this area.

In case you do not know, the Digibirds either come as individual items or with their little cage or a bird house.

The little Digibirds sing alone, or in a choir with their friends, and you can also download additional songs from the Digibird site.

Of course, as you would expect they have their app. The app unlocks four secret bonus songs for the Digibirds and also has mini games you can play to unlock 14 more secret songs.

Each of the Digibirds come with batteries so your child can start playing immediately, and also come with a spare set. After all is that not the way, all toys should be.

The Digibirds also have some great accessories, and you can purchase a fun playhouse mentioned above with a seesaw or birdcage. Yes, a seesaw, just in case the need a little relaxation time.

There are 12 Digibirds to choose from and no matter which one you select we know you will be happy with your purchase.

If you have any questions at all about the Digibirds, you are welcome to drop us a line or call +61 2 9968 1192.

The full collection of Digibirds can be seen by clicking here.

Posted in award winning toys, Digibirds, DigiBirds Australia, interactive bird toys, toys for preschoolers

Kids Puzzles at KidzInc

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Lubica Misevski

At KidzInc, we stock a wide range of kid's puzzles and games. We do this because they are wonderful for child development.

Today we would like to tell you about some of the best games, and kids puzzles we stock, so that choosing is easy.

In terms of kids puzzles we stock Ravensburger, Melissa and Doug, and George Luck. If you go to the search window and type in puzzles, you will see we have over 17 pages of kids puzzles in stock.

We love kids puzzles, and who doesn’t love games. They are wonderful for child development, as they teach logic, consequence, patience, and achievement.

We have such a wide range of kids puzzles it is hard to identify a favourite, and in every bracket.

But to give you an idea in the Melissa and Doug Cube Puzzle Pets, Melissa and Doug Farm Peg Puzzle, Melissa and Doug Floor Barn Puzzle are just some of the best sellers.

Melissa and Doug Cube Puzzle Pets

Melissa and Doug Farm Peg Puzzle

Melissa and Doug Floor Barn Puzzle

Also, very popular in our puzzle range is the Alphabet Puzzle or Melissa and Doug Chunky puzzle Pets.

Alphabet Puzzle

Melissa and Doug Chunky puzzle Pets

However, this year we can not seem to stock enough of Ravensburger puzzles. Ravensburger have been making kids puzzles.

Ravensburger puzzles have been making kids puzzles since 1964. And honestly their puzzles are amazing.

The Ravensburger puzzles use something that is called soft click technology. This means that each piece has that lovely smooth connect smoothly. You know that lovely smooth connection feeling you only get from some puzzles.

Ravensburger kids puzzles also have no two pieces that are the same! Each piece is unique. They use international photography agencies, photographers, and renowned illustrators to create the beautiful designs.

The print the picture of the puzzle on high-quality linen embossed paper. Every puzzle picture is created with almost watchmaker precision.

In their range they have some beautiful puzzles including the 1000 piece Disney Characters kids puzzle, a 1000 piece Disney Pixar Montage Puzzle, the Fire brigade 2x24 piece puzzles and the 100 piece Amazing Unicorn Glitter puzzle.

Disney Characters kids puzzle

1000 piece Disney Pixar Montage Puzzle

Fire brigade 2x24 piece puzzle

Amazing Unicorn Glitter puzzle

This is only a small amount of the range we stock when it comes to kids puzzles. In our kids puzzles we also stock the George Luck puzzle range, but will post on them next week.

So if you are after a kids puzzle this Christmas you will find an amazing range at Kidzinc. for the full collections of kids puzzles click here.

Posted in George Luck Puzzles, Kids puzzles, Melissa & Doug Puzzles, puzzles for kids, Ravensburger Puzzles