Games for the Inquisitive

Pairs in Pears

$14.95

Model: 600189068

A great way for children to develop memory and cognitive skills while learning the alphabet, pattern recognition, vowels, vocabulary, rhyming and more. Race to make pairs of connecting words in matching patterns.

AGES 3 and up / 1-4 Players

Snatch-It Word Game

$18.00

Model: 9781572815179

Prepare yourself for the ultimate war of words! When you turn over a tile, think fast! any player may jump in to SNATCH your letter or even your whole word. Combine letters to build a new word or add onto an existing one. As more letter tiles are revealed, the words grow, and so does the excitement.

For 2 or more players - ages 8 to adult.

Mathematical Mug

$12.95

Model: 081229004103

Meet the Math Mug. It's a deep black ceramic mug covered with some of history's most famous and important mathematical formulas. You get gems such as Newton's Second Law, Planck's Equation, Hubble's Law, the Fourier Transform, and the mother of all equations, Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The Math Mug is covered with formulas like this, making it a superb gift for any mathematician, physicist, or math teacher. All in all, it adds up to a pretty terrific coffee mug.

Holds 16 oz.

X-Ball

$30.00

Model: 9780911121063

Designed by von Oech as a companion product to the award-winning Ball of Whacks, the innovative X-Ball presents a playful new way to stimulate creativity.

It consists of 30 magnetic X-shaped pieces that click together to form a skeletal icosidodecahedron -- Leonardo da Vinci's favorite shape.

Ages 8 and up

Balance Bird

$5.49

Model: 760190001019

A balancing plastic bird that seems to defy gravity! You can balance this bird on your fingers or on almost any thing. Place the bird’s beak on a object and it will automatically balance itself. An interesting science demonstration and a neat trick.

Ages 5 and up