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The Smart Mom’s Toy Box: Brain-Building Toys Under $20

Every day we will post a new toy suggestion to help with your holiday shopping!  Here is the 17th toy on our list of the best brain-building toys under $20:

Sequence for Kids by Jax Ltd. ($12.15 on Amazon.com)

Even if they can't read yet, younger children can enjoy playing this great strategy-building game. The Sequence Game for Kids is easy to play yet challenging and exciting. Just play a card from your hand, place a chip on a corresponding game board space and when you have 4 in a row, it's a "sequence" and you win. But there's more. Use a unicorn card to place your chip anywhere or a dragon card to remove your opponent's chip. The game comes with 4 colors of playing chips, playing cards and a folding game board. For 2 to 4 players. Reading not required to play.

Ages:
4+

Cognitive skills:
logic & reasoning, planning, problem solving, sequential processing, visual processing, working memory

You can find out more information about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/l8rzs77

Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for another great brain-building toy under $20!

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