A wonderful activity center for home, doctors? offices, schools, and waiting rooms. Children learn counting, cooperative play, alphabet, and eye-hand coordination. Plays on the floor or table top. Appropriate for children ages 3 years old and up.

Measures 12" X 12" X 24"

Baby Product: Parent's Choice Gold Winner, Five fun toys include: Mini Rollercoaster Express, Pathfinder, Counting Abacus, Pathfinder, Fun Gears, and¿Learn the Alphabet., The ultimate sensory experience, Made of high quality wood., Washes easily with mild soap & warm water.
Company: Anatex (2006-06-12)
List Price: $129.99
Amazon Price: $72.95

The Parents Magazine Battat Busy Zoo activity cube is a fun-filled learning experience. The activities are simple enough for one-year-olds to understand and large enough for them to manipulate with ease. On top, they can move animals along tracks or twirl wooden shapes along looping wire. Choices around the four sides include rotating picture blocks until they form a picture of a variety of animals; turning any one of interconnecting gears to make them all spin; opening and closing a door and window. For the future, reversible alphabet blocks show a picture and its initial letter on one side, and the upper and lower case letter on the reverse. The various finger and hand manipulations will develop the muscles later used in learning to write.

Baby Product: Five sides of fun, including animal alphabet, squiggly tracks, jungle design pattern doors, silly critter puzzle and snake along beads, Promotes early development of hand and eye coordination, Stimulate the imagination with the movable objects and colorful design, Solid wood construction with rounded corners, Designed for a child 12 months and above
Company: Toysmith (2009-07-27)
List Price: $99.99
Amazon Price: $75.00

It's Baby's job to play, and he'll do plenty of that in this award-winning activity center. As he spins himself around in the 360-degree swivel seat, 9 interactive toys stimulate and entertain your baby while introducing him to color, shapes, texture, animals, nature, language and music. This unique, engaging collection of toys and real world imagery develops important sensory and motor skills, and even teaches bi-lingual language learning. With a gentle rocking motion, 3 height positions, a machine washable seat, and stationery "kick-stands" to limit mobility. There's even a dragon hand puppet to let you get in on the fun too.

Baby Product: It has 9 interactive toys to help develop sensory and motor skills, Introduces bi-lingual language into child's learning vocabulary in a fun and interactive way, Item has a gentle rocking motion with a 360 degree swivel seat, 3 position height adjustment, Stationary stands inhibit mobility for play and snacks
Company: Graco Baby (2007-10-15)
List Price: $79.99
Amazon Price: $65.00

Children love using the Design & Drill Activity Center to create their own designs, or following the set's activity cards to make pictures and patterns, from trains and boats to flowers and fish. Just snap any one of the drill bits into the power drill or the screwdriver handle, grab a handful of big bolts, and turn on the learning fun. Twenty activity cards (10 make-a-picture cards, 9 follow-the-pattern cards, and one make-your-own card) provide young learners with tasks from simple to challenging. Requires 3 "AA" batteries (not included).

Toy: Children love the Design and Drill Activity Center to create their own designs, or following the set's activity cards to make pictures and patterns, Just snap any one of the drill bits into the power dreill or screwdriver handle, grab a handful of big bolts, and turn on the learning fun, Set includes 20 activity cards, 120 big bolts, power drill with realistic sounds, 3 drill bits, wrench, and board, Provide young learners with tasks from simple to challenging, Ages 3 and up
Company: Educational Insights (2006-06-12)
List Price: $42.99
Amazon Price: $33.98

Baby's hands will stay busy when playing with this fun, brightly colored activity triangle. This colorful toy will entertain your baby from every angle with zippy buttons, rattling beads, spinning shapes and twirling mirror. Your little one will love to check out their own adorable smile. Promotes important skills through exploration by sight, touch and sound.

Toy: For children 6 months of age and up., This colorful toy entertains from every angle.
Company: Infantino
List Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $19.95

The Baby Einstein Around the World Discovery Center allows baby to explore sights and sounds from around the globe with 12 activities for baby to enjoy! Includes musical piano with 3 modes: melodies, nature sounds, and color learning in English, French, and Spanish. Features music from the New Baby Einstein World Music DVD. Includes real-life imagery and a baby-safe mirror for self-discovery.

Baby Product: Melody piano has 3 modes and features Baby Einstein World Music with real life imagery and a mirror, Lion puppet with plastic drum, penguin popper with spiraling beads and snowflake bead chaser, panda teeter-totter with rainstick rattle, Seat pad is machine washable, 3 Position height adjustment and lays flat for storage, Base has built-in stabilizers
Company: KIDS II (2009-11-13)
List Price: $79.99
Amazon Price: $76.54

The falling water action from this Waterwheel Play Table encourages creative exploration with cause and effect learning. This imaginative water play center encourages hours of outdoor fun. Pour water into the wide funnel, and activate the water wheel which then spills into the inner and outer harbors. Two molded-in sections function as canals, boats, lakes, harbors and more. An elevated design keeps water at toddler level and also keeps ground dirt clear of water and mud from forming on children's feet. It accommodates up to three children to encourage group play. Two built-in drain plugs allow for easy water removal. The four piece accessory set includes: one cup, two sailboats, and one water wheel tower. Features decorative molded-in fish designs on legs. It can holds up to four gallons of water.

Toy: Wide receptacle funnels water over spinning wheel, into inner and outer harbors, Molded-in sections create moats, lakes, canals, and harbors, Elevated design makes play accessible while keeping children out of the dirt and mud, 4-piece accessory set with boats, cup, and water wheel tower
Company: Step2 (2006-09-12)
List Price: $42.99
Amazon Price: $48.92

The Bright Starts Tropical Fun Around We Go Activity Station gives your baby an exciting taste of exploration, allowing him to exercise his legs in a secure and safe environment while he plays with a variety of fun, developmentally challenging activities. If your baby is at least 4 months old, can sit unassisted, is under 25 pounds and less than 30 inches tall, he is ready for this toy.

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What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Activity center lets baby "walk" to the activity of his choice, providing a variety of creative, challenging toys The Bad: SIt too cumbersome for small living spaces In a Nutshell: Innovative infant activity center gives babies the opportunity to explore and play through toddler hood At a Glance Ages: 4 months and up Requires: Phillips screwdriver for assembly, 3 C batteries

The piano keyboard plays catchy, upbeat music. View larger.

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Develop Baby's Walking Muscles
The Around We Go Activity Station is a unique take on the stationary activity centers that are so popular for infants today. While some activity centers have a seat in the center for the baby that's encircled by an activity tray, the Around We Go station is configured to let baby "walk" around the toys instead.

The activities are positioned on a sturdy, plastic table. The baby seat, which is supported by two wheeled legs, attaches to it. Baby sits in the bucket-shaped seat with his feet firmly planted on the ground. He can learn to push off the ground, propelling himself around the table to get to the activity of his choice.

Unique Toys for Creative, Challenging Play
The Around We Go station is also fresh and unique in the activities it offers. It includes many of the favorite "stand-bys" of other activity centers -- bendable stalk toys that encourage tactile exploration, spinning and moving characters that help babies learn about cause and effect. Babies will find these toys entertaining and educational. But we were especially delighted by the magnetic drawing board that includes cute character shapes that let babies make their own, erasable drawings. And the piano keyboard, which has three play modes, features fun, upbeat music that's actually catchy to listen to. It also plays piano tones and cartoonish, animal voices.

Perks for Baby and Parents
We love the ingenuity of the Around We Go station's set up. Rather than keeping your baby stationary like other activity centers, it helps him satisfy his urge to move; he actually can make himself go from one point to another by using his feet. This gives baby vital, leg-strengthening exercises in a much safer and secure environment than baby walkers. There are perks for parents, too: you can lock the baby seat in place in front of the included snack tray to let him snack safely, and the seat fabric is easily removable and conveniently machine washable.

One drawback: this toy is a bit cumbersome, which may present a problem if your living space is limited. However, the seat easily detaches from the table for more compact storage. In fact, when your baby is able to walk on his own, he doesn't have to abandon this toy: simply remove the seat, and he can play at the table independently.

This toy requires adult assembly. You'll need a Phillips screwdriver, as well as three C batteries for the toy piano.

What's in the Box
Activity station, seat carrier, assembly hardware, and instruction guide.

The Around We Go supports babies as young as 4 months old and can sit unassisted. View larger.

Babies will find the activities fun and developmentally challenging. View larger.

Baby Product: It is an award winning activity station, The adjustable seat rotates 360 degrees around the perimeter of the table, It has a removable seat, It includes an electronic piano with three modes of play, a water-filled pat mat featuring ocean sounds, an action or reaction station, teethers,etc, The seat locks in front of the snack tray or "lights and sounds" piano
Company: KIDS II (2008-01-01)
List Price: $79.99
Amazon Price: $65.00

With interactive fun stations on all six sides, the Busy Activity Block has an exciting variety of activities to maximize playtime fun and keep toddlers giggling all day! This cube full of fun encourages curiosity, discovery and imaginative play with peek-a-boo features, flashing lights and surprise sounds. Blocks, buttons, and moveable parts encourage manipulative play, developing motor skills and promoting hand-eye coordination. A secure handle makes this play station perfect for travel-time play!

5-AA batteries required

Toy: A variety of activities, Play with peek-a-boo features, Flashing lights and surprise sounds, Encourages manipulative play, Perfect for travel-time play
Company: Small World Toys (2007-06-01)
List Price: $31.99
Amazon Price: $14.99

Baby Product: Innovative bounce pad provides a soft surface for babies feet, Seat spins 360 degrees for full access to toys, Eight entertaining toys and includes a ladybug mirror that plays silly sounds, Three position adjustable height, Lays flat for storage, machine washable seat pad
Company: KIDS II (2009-01-31)
List Price: $59.99
Amazon Price: $49.99