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Enhance family night with educational family toys

The best family toys are the games and playthings that allow parents and their kids to have fun, interact and learn from one another. Sears offers a wide range of opportunities for everyone. Some family nights will be quiet and thoughtful, and on those occasions, movie, card and board games are a fitting activity. Other family nights will be loud and filled with energy, and for those zany evenings, popular options include guitar, bowling and sack-toss games.

The collection of family-oriented toys available at Sears includes many classic games, like chess, checkers and dominoes. Classic games are an opportunity to have fun while instilling the basic gaming skills that every person should possess. The classics can seem a bit dry to young kids, however, which is why Sears offers all of them in kid-friendly editions from companies like Disney, Hasbro and Fisher-Price. For families with older children, you'll also find detail-oriented classic gaming sets of the highest quality.

The family toys selection at Sears is focused on education but education so fun that your kids won't even realize that they're learning. Popular educational games include word games, puzzle games and mystery games, and you'll even find foreign language games that let you teach Spanish, French or even Chinese. For nongaming toys, consider building sets from companies like K'Nex, Lego and Mega Bloks. Other options include collectibles, crafts and jigsaw puzzles.

Movie night can be a nice change of pace to your standard family night, and Sears offers a huge library of animated Blu-ray movies. You are not limited to just watching the TV however. Sears also has a big selection of movie- and TV-themed toys and games that let the family interact and socialize too. Some of these games are Blu-ray- and DVD-based, but many of them are board games, card games, dice games and games that don't fit a traditional mold.

Family night should be an adventure that has the entire family looking forward to it each week. A great way to achieve that is diversity: Never schedule the same activity more than once a month. Keep them guessing, and leave them wanting more. Start building your diverse collection of family toys, and check back with Sears each week to discover the latest additions to our collection.