Kids

Are you shopping for a child this holiday season (or an adult who sometimes acts like one)? We've hand-picked a variety of gifts for kids – everything from a laptop designed specifically with children in mind to great family games and even a t-shirt that's a fully playable drum machine (and that's just naming a few). Read on…

Toshiba Satellite L735D Kids' PC
Available exclusively at Best Buy, the Satellite L735D Kids' PC is a full-size laptop made specifically for children. Complete with features that help parents feel better about leaving kids to compute on their own, the laptop includes built-in parent-friendly apps like The Internet for Kids, Kidzui and LEGO Harry Potter: The Video Game.

The laptop features a unique wipeable keyboard, allowing for easy cleaning of smudges left by messy hands and a no-gloss Neo X textured finish that helps resist fingerprints. Even though it’s kid-ready, the laptop still has the power of a standard PC with a 13.3-inch diagonal HD display, 320GB hard drive with a Hard Drive Impact Sensor, built-in webcam, DVD drive and an AMD E-Series processor.Read more

It can be a challenge to find that perfect gift; one that you know will bring a smile to your child's face. We've rounded up an assortment of gift suggestions for everyone from tots to teens – and you just might find something you like for yourself!

Griffin Technology LightBoard Art Activity Case
This combination case and iPad activities app help teach kids to draw in a fun, interactive way. LightBoard is a protective case and art table in one. Your iPad is surrounded in a shatter-resistant polycarbonate shell with openings for the speakers and headphone jack. A built-in polycarbonate screen shield protects your Multi-Touch display against scratches and impacts and a clipboard frame holds a piece of drawing paper in place.

The LightBoard case is custom-built to work with the included LightBoard Trace app, a free download from the App Store. With the app, your iPad serves up more than 35 different coloring activities and figures for your child. Slide a piece of paper in LightBoard's clipboard frame, launch the app, and the paper is backlit with traceable drawings.Read more

Now kids can have their own digital tablet, thanks to the new Kids Designer Tablet from Genius. Designed for kids between the ages of three and eight, the Kids Designer Tablet features a 5"x8" working space, 2,540 LPI resolution and has pen for drawing.

The Kids Designer Tablet includes educational games allowing your child to learn through painting, drawing, and writing. The game software helps accelerate learning skills in colors, shape, math, thinking, and more. A series of fun games are also included in the tablet.

Games include:

• Shadow Dancing: teaches Colors and Shapes
• Learning Board: for Logic Thinking and Learning
• Travel the World: teaches Geography knowledge
• Math Hero: for Math ability
• Paint the Eggs: offers Memory and Colors training
• Pet Party: for Responsiveness ability

Genius' Kids Designer Tablet is available in orange or blue for $59.99.

Toshiba and Best Buy have teamed up to create a full-sized kids' laptop with features designed with kids (and parents) in mind. The new Toshiba Satellite L635 has kid-friendly features like a wipeable keyboard and a textured finish that helps resist fingerprints. It also comes with two Disney movies and a LEGO Batman game pre-loaded, along with KidZui and Net Nanny software.

But just because it is a kids' PC doesn't mean it's stripped down. It runs Windows 7, features a 13.3-inch HD display, a dual-core Intel Celeron processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, built-in DVD drive and includes a Webcam with software designed for younger users.Read more

There is now a laptop built just for kids ages 4-8, the new PeeWee Power Laptop. This rugged 3.5 pound laptop gives you peace of mind with its durable, drop-proof construction and spill resistant keyboard. But not only is it durable, it comes loaded with 15 educational software titles that grow with your child from pre-kindergarten all the way to upper elementary grades.

PeeWee PC pays attention to online security too. The last thing you need to worry about is what websites your little one is visiting. Every PC the company builds comes loaded with PeeWee Patrol and PeeWee Privacy software. PeeWee Patrol is an aggressive internet watchdog program that both monitors activity and blocks websites flagged as inappropriate. PeeWee Privacy allows you, the parent, to restrict access to certain files and folders on the laptop's hard drive. It also lets you set time restrictions on how long your child can use the computer. Read more

Griffin Technology created a product that should have been made a long time ago. The new MyPhones volume limiting headphones for kids are over-the-ear headphones that are safe, comfortable and customizable for children aged 3 to 12. But most importantly, these headphones have an 85-decibel volume-limiting circuit to help prevent damage to the ears.

Why 85 dB? This is the level that pediatric audiology and safety agencies say is ideal for kids. Combined with a break in listening every hour or two, kids' ears are well protected.

MyPhones headphones sit over the ear and have soft rubber ear cushions and an adjustable band. They also have a durable heavy-duty cable, and the 1/8" headphone plug connects to the headphone jacks on iPods, iPhone, DVD players, gaming consoles, and computers.Read more