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

We hope you are not all shopped out from those Black Friday deals!  We still have a lot of toys to go!  Here is the fifth toy on our list of the best brain-building toys under $20:

Show Me the Kwan
by Griddly Games ($19.99 on Amazon.com)

Show Me the Kwan is a fast-paced, dice rolling, word game. Roll the dice and be the first to choose the letter that matches the category for that round. Then earn points as you call out words where either the first, second or last letter corresponds to the letter that was rolled. Each dice has an assigned point value. At the end of the 1 minute round, all players must count their points on the dice they collected.

Ages:
8+

Cognitive skills
: auditory processing, visual processing, attention, processing speed

* Named one of Dr. Toy’s “100 Best Toys of 2013”

You can find out more information about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/p9zvybl

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

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