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Parents always know they've made a wise holiday gift-giving choice when the presents never are put away all year. Such was our experience with VTech, so we went right back to the well. VTech Industries, LLC, Glenview, Ill., is celebrating its 25th anniversary with 66 new toys. We settled for five.

Alphabert & Sprocket, The Ready to Read Robots ($39.99), part of the Fundamentals of Learning line, is a curriculum-based learning tool which features 16 activities and animatronic movements to engage a child. The pair of robots teach letters, phonetic sounds, and blends.

Math Lab ($24.99) encourages youngsters to visualize basic math functions by pushing for addition, pulling for subtraction, and twisting for number order. It also teaches the beginning concepts of fractions.

Catch 'n Count Fishing ($24.99) lets preschoolers pretend they're fishing, while teaching numbers and colors through a "smart" fishing pole that identifies the...