Toy & Game International Excellence Awards - the TAGIEs

"Playing and designing games teaches children problem solving, brainstorming, cooperation and creativity." Beth Sagett-Flores

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"I just love this opportunity for educators to get involved.  The curriculum is a juicy, meaty and real world curriculum that includes language arts opportunities (persuasive writing), math (determining profit margins), art (prototype design), research skills and public speaking!  I've been using the Young Inventor's Challenge in both my entrepreneurship program and my middle school art classes for several years. Thank you for providing this opportunity! The kids love it! -Debra Campbell, President Forward Thinking Initiatives, Hillel Academy Tampa (art teacher)

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Inventor workshops are ideal for a classroom activity, school-wide competition, after-school program, summer challenge, scout merit badge-earning activity, even for library programming. See more details about our program here.

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Use our Design Guide to help kids imagine, design, test, and create their own toy or game inventions.  Whether you hold a one-day workshop or a series of workshops, use it to engage kids in a positive and challenging endeavor.

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Once the inventions are complete, don't stop there! The Young Inventor Challenge can provide a means of taking the inventions to even greater heights, with professional critiques from our industry experts and the opportunity to show their work off to the public, toy industry, and members of the press.​