And since most modern parents rarely have time to spare playing with their kids, they try to compensate the learning that may be derived from them by providing them with quality educatioanal toys. LeapFrog has recognized this growing need and come up with a wide array of toys, each catering to a particular skill set and age group. Never mind the long name, this toy, guaranteed, will never make your kids exhausted and tired of hearing lots and lots of stories out loud. Why is that? It will be so because they will be using their own voice! With this toy, your kids will be bringing reading to life as they read different stories with the microphone. Remember that a child will be at his or her best when he or she is open to letters, numbers and sounds at a young age. So that the child will be interested, you can look for blocks, books, flashcards or puzzles with bright colors. Some toys can even talk to children. These kind of toys are a big help to the children. Educational toys that can strengthen kids' learning during this creative plays include all types of dolls, costumes for their dressing-up games, and even assortment of materials that can be used for their games. Kids up to five years of age however, can benefit from educational toys that need construction and designing. If we want to them to learn something, a good trait, a lesson, or whatever, bring it to the children during the preschool years and you will not fail. A good example of an educational toy for preschoolers is LeapFrog's line of interactive toys and games. Toys "R" Us carries LeapFrog's products in all of its 150 branches worldwide. Daily experiences, for instance, are excellent avenued in which children can learn. In this regard, games and play, and consequently the toys that they play with, are very helpful for this purpose. Children's educational toys therefore, are critical in every child's learning and development. This almost insatiable hunger for learning in children, expressed in their natural propensity to play, should not be wasted on toyd without much relevance to their educational development.