There's a green frog, a brown moose, a pink pig, a blue or a pink dog. Each Animail is about 9 inches long, 3.5 inches wide, about 7 inches tall and made of a durable soft plastic; you simply write on it with a fine-point permanent marker, place your stamps or postage (about $2.50) and mail it. *The postal service has agreed to send these, so don't worry about that. Great for autograph collecting; last day of school; a remembrance for that special coach or teacher, or just to show someone you care.

Education Station has a series of new math skills games from Educational Insights. You probably already understand the built-in motivation most digital equipment has for your kids. Well, take advantage of it with these interactive math skill practice games for young learners: MATH SHARK: grades 1+; practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and percents with times self-directed games. MATH WHIZ: grades 1+; an electronic flash card game with 8 skill levels, a challenge level and a fully functional calculator. MATH SLAM: grades K+; practice basic skills with this physical game of flashing lights and sound effects.

BLURT: AGES 7+ for 3-12 players; a funny word race game; if you were the kid in class who liked to blurt out the answer, you have a game here that you'll love; great for vocabulary building practice, or a howl at adult parties, and a solid family game night addition.

COLOR SCHEME: grades 1+ for 2 players; make secondary colors your primary strategy; tactical color-mixing fun for the whole family.

TRAVERSE: grades 2+ for 2-4 players; a Mensa select checkers gone wild game choice; slide, jump and leap across the board; if you move your pieces across the board to your goal line first, you win; same as the classic, 20 year old Traverse but with a new look and feel.

SPECTRANGLE: grades 3+ for 2-4 players; a fast paced game of skill and numbers; strategy is important in this game of angles; place your trang next to the trangs already on the board to try for a high score when it's your turn; What's your angle of attack?; high total score wins..

LAUNDRY JUMBLE GAME: grades 4+ for 2-4 players; mixed up matching fun during laundry day when the animals need help getting dressed! Fun 3-D game play that encourages tactile exploration and fine motor skills...but watch out for the skunk's undies..

FunandFunction offers creative gifts for children of all abilities.

Amazing balls - hopper balls, tactile sensory balls, and exercise and therapy balls.

Foam scooters - tactile foam tummy scooters, saddle scooters, and foam tummy scooter ( Creative Toy Award 2009 Seal of Excellence)

Language games - Associations, Opposites, and Part-to-Whole cool cards; Memory Matching Game; and My Favorite Travel Kit: Color, Draw, and Write!

Magical dress up apparel- featuring large and small buttons, zipper, buckle, velcro tie and snap closures for dressing practice. Inside pockets hold optional weights for children who need sensory input to focus and calm. Washable and size adjustable, for ages 3-8.