Looking for the best educational toys for your child? VTech is a world leader in age-appropriate, developmental-stage based electronic learning products for children. VTech provides parents with guidelines and recommendations to help them make informed choices, realizing each child grows at a different pace, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Here are their new introductions for spring 2014:

PRODUCTS: TOYS AGES 6-36 MONTHS
– The Monkey Band Music Center has light-up piano keys and a drum to tap on which allows your child to hear a variety of musical instruments. Animal friends on the piano keys introduce themselves, sing songs, and teach instrument names. There are 2 sing-along songs and 10 playful melodies.
-Get your child moving with the Light & Move Learning Ball. Sensor-equipped, the ball wobbles and rolls on its own to encourage crawling and develop gross motor skills. Develops fine motor skills as your child presses, twists, and spins the animal keys to discover shapes, numbers, animals, and animal sounds. Visually stimulating with its spinning bird and flashing light, the two sing-along songs and 15 melodies provide auditory stimulation.

PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price for Monkey Band Music Center $13.99
-Suggested retail price for Light & Move Learning Ball $12.99
-Available at retail stores nationwide

PRODUCT: TOY 12-36 MONTHS
-The Sort & Go Helicopter helps your child discover shapes and animals as your child plays with shape sorter pieces. Press the up/down button and stop/go button to learn about opposites. When the helicopter is pushed or pulled, your child hears playful phrases and melodies.

PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price $14.99
-Available now at retail stores nationwide

PRODUCTS: TOYS AGES 1-5 YEARS
-Go! Go! Smart Wheels CarWash Playset helps encourage creativity and imaginative play. Develop fine motor skills as your child uses the slider to send the included car through the wash. The included SmartPoint car responds to the playset’s SmartPoint with fun phrases and sound effects. Works with all other Go! Go! Smart Wheels playsets.
-Go! Go! Smart Wheels Tractor & Trailer has a light-up driver button that plays music and makes sounds as the button is pushed. Haul the hay and hear the toy tractor respons to various SmartPoint locations with different phrases and sound effects.Compatible with Go! Go! Smart Wheels playsets.
–Go! Go! Smart Wheels Vehicles come in ATV, convertible, bulldozer, car, van, truck, ambulance, firetruck, police car, tow truck, helicopter, cement mixer, tractor, and 2 race car versions. When placed on SmartPoint locations on playsets, the vehicles respond with fun phrases, songs, and counds. Different letters and vehicle names are taught through pretend play. Works with all Go! Go! Smart Wheels playsets.

PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price Go! Go! Smart Wheels Car Wash Playset $16.99
-Suggested retail price Go! Go! Smart Wheels Tractor & Trailer $10.99
-Suggested retail price Go! Go! Smart Wheels Vehicles $7.99 each
-Available now at retail stores nationwide

PRODUCT: TOY 3-6 YEARS
-The Write & Learn Touch Tablet helps your child gain early writing skills as your child traces lines, shapes, objects, letters, and numbers on the drawing screen. This has 6 learning activities and 19 animated stories that not only encourage drawing but build language skills. FreeDraw fosters creativity as your child can draw whatever your child wishes.

PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price $19.99
-Available now at retail stores nationwide

PRODUCTS: TOYS 3-8 YEARS
-Switch & Go Dinos Turbo Dinosaurs are sleek, speedy race cars that transform into dinos, including a Triceratops, T-Rex, spiky Stegosaurus, and armored Ankylosaurus. The built-in flywheel lets the dinos race and roar across the floor.Each dino has realistic vehicle and dino sounds and phrases that teach fun facts about the dino. The range features 6 new dinos, including Dart the Triceratops, Zipp the T-Rex, Spur the Ankylosaurus, Cruz the Spinosaurusl and Spinner the Stygimoloch.
-Switch & Go Dinos Turbo T-Rex Launcher includes one electonic Switch & Go Turbo T-Rex that easily transforms into a race car. Use the launcher to turbocharge the race car or the dino, then blast it from the mouth of the T-Rex. At top speeds, the T-Rex races more than 20 feet. Works with other Switch & Go Dinos Turbo dinosaurs (sold separately).

PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price of Switch & Go Dinos Turbo Dinosaurs $9.99 each
-Suggested retail price of Switch & Go Dinos Turbo T-Rex Launcher $14.99
-Available now at retail stores nationwide

PRODUCT: TOYS AGES 3-9
-New InnoTab Learning Cartridges to extend the play and learning value of InnoTab Learning Tablets are here. New titles include Learn to Write with Cody & Cora and Go! Go! Smart Wheels
Busy Day in Alphabet Town.
-InnoTab Learning Cartridges offer age-appropriate games, e-Books and more to help children learn math, reading and science in steady stages. The interactive e-Books help teach reading and vocabulary, while creativity and fun are inspired by the camera and the included activities.

PRICING/OPTIONS/AVAILABILITY:
-Suggested retail price Innotab Learning Cartridge $24.99 each
-Available now at retail stores nationwide
-For more information on these or any V-tech children’s product: www.vtechkids.com