Ten-year-old children love learning! That’s why educational toys and games make great gifts. Need some inspiration? We’ve got you covered. With some help from our expert panel of kids, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of fun educational toys for 10 year olds. From STEM kits and learning aids to clever creativity sets, here are our top picks!
Top Educational Toys for 10 Year Olds:
- Solar Bots Cosmic Explorers – STEM Kit
- Gross Factopia – 400 Fun Foul Facts!
- IQ Puzzler Pro – 2D & 3D Brain Teaser
- Engenius Contraptions – Perpetual Marble Run
- Rank & Roll – 100 Amazing Animals
- Footie Quiz – Home or Away, 200 Questions
- World Map Pillowcase – Doodle Your Own!
- Go Genius World – Play and Learn Game
1 Solar Bots Cosmic Explorers – STEM Kit , £24.99 £24.99
Fun 123 piece kit to build robots that walk, crawl, roll & spin.
Build robots that walk, crawl, roll & spin, all powered by the sun. Assemble the main robot, Helio, complete with solar panel, electric motor and gear wheel. Then construct four cosmic exploration vehicles to help Helio travel around, from a walking bot and bug bot that crawls on six legs to an orbiting platform and a trike bot on wheels. The 36 page full colour manual is easy to follow and full of fun facts about solar technology. Fascinating.
2 Gross Factopia – 400 Fun Foul Facts! , £10.99 £10.99
From crocodile poo as make-up to the longest fingernails ever – gross!
Amusingly entertaining book packed with icky facts that are all linked. This fascinating hardback book is filled with gross and hilarious facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Did you know that hippos spin their tails when they poo? That giraffes use their tongues to pick their noses, crocodile poo was used as make-up in ancient Rome and the Fitzroy River turtle can breathe through its bum?! Hop from topic to topic in delightfully unexpected ways to discover what connects armpits to worms and snake venom to cow poo. Follow the fact path as it twists and turns – who knows where your curiosity will take you!
3 IQ Puzzler Pro – 2D & 3D Brain Teaser , £15.95 £15.95
Put your brain to the test!
This funky brain teaser will keep ten-year-old Einsteins entertained for hours. The challenge is to complete designs from the enclosed booklet using combinations of connected coloured balls. The 120 designs range in difficulty from easy to expert. Graduate from relatively straightforward 2D puzzles to ultra-tricky 3D pyramids. A fabulously fun way to build that genius IQ!
4 Engenius Contraptions – Perpetual Marble Run , £24.99 £24.99
Witness the power of perpetual motion
Ten-year-old engineers will enjoy hours of entertainment with this incredible wooden marble run! Just assemble the laser-cut plywood sheets, then add the electric motor. Once it’s set up, watch as the marbles are raised to the top of the lift, descend the spiral and the zig-zag track, then travel back up the spiral to start again, in perpetual motion. As entertaining as it is educational!
5 Rank & Roll – 100 Amazing Animals , £12.99 £12.99
Challenge to remember fun facts – is a kangaroo faster than a horse?
In this entertaining game for 2-4 players, compare and remember the stats of 100 animals! Which animal is fastest – a horse or a kangaroo? Which lives longest – a walrus or a woodpecker? Memorise the most statistics and race around the board to win! Each card features a fascinating animal fact…hamsters can use their cheeks as flotation devices…a lion’s heels don’t touch the ground when it walks… how wild is that? Brilliant fun!
6 Footie Quiz – Home or Away, 200 Questions , £14.99 £14.99
From hat-tricks to handballs, nicknames & legends, fun footie facts!
This fun quiz covers everything from mascots and related footballers to club nicknames, red cards and record breakers. With two possible answers to each question, try Home for UK football or the trickier Away for World football – you’ll definitely learn some odd facts! Why are Everton called the Toffees? Who’s held the FA Cup the longest? And which team withdrew from the World Cup because they couldn’t play barefoot?! Fan-tastic!
7 World Map Pillowcase – Doodle Your Own , £17.99 £17.99
Around the world…
Geography enthusiasts, this one’s for you! Travel the world from the comfort of your bedroom with this fantastic educational colouring kit! The pack comes with a soft cotton pillowcase and ten bright wash-out pens so you can colour, wash and colour again. The case features a brilliant world map design, brimming with wild animals, exotic sea creatures and fun facts. A totally original way to support geography learning!
8 Go Genius World – Geography Game , £21.99 £21.99
Learn about capitals, countries, tallest mountains & saltiest seas!
From Albania to Zimbabwe, this entertaining board game for 2-4 players is the educational trip of a lifetime. Travel around the board answering multiple choice questions, on everything from capitals and countries to the tallest mountains and saltiest seas! Can you name the longest river in the world? Or which country Komodo dragons come from? The more you play, the more you learn, as you compete for the most points to earn a well deserved genius stamp in your game passport. Who’s the brightest?!
Here are some cool writing prompts to encourage scientific thinking:
- What would you do if you had a time machine?
- Design your own futuristic gadget and explain the science behind it.
- Think of a scientific mystery. What questions would you ask to solve it?
- Write about what makes science fun for you.
- Think of something you learned on your own. How did you do it?
- Write about the life cycle of your favorite animal.
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What did one wall say to the other? I’ll meet you at the corner!
