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as holiday shopping for the little ones left you stumped when in doubt give the gift of Technology here are some high-tech toys with an educational twist that will please the toddlers and teens on your list and their parents to unleash a child's inner geek with little bits these kits include LEDs wires mini motors and more the bits snap together thanks to magnets letting you create all sorts of projects from a flashing light to a back massager budding book Wars will enjoy loop frogs tag reader when the pen like stylus touches the book page it can name or sound out letters read words or entire pages a word of advice from a parent though you may need to buy one of these for each child in the family unless they have highly developed sharing skills a classic board game has gotten a digital makeover with monopoly zapped gone is all the paper money players now use banking cards and an iPad to buy houses and hotels as they make their way towards boardwalk got a puzzle lover on your list once you finish a robin's burger augmented reality puzzle you can learn more about the scene whether it's paris or under the sea just download an app to your mobile device and point it at the jigsaw finally encourage kids to be penny wise with digi piggy pop in a coin and the we anchor displays its value and keeps a running tab of how much you've saved with every last gift crossed off your list you can focus on more pressing holiday matters like finding eggnog in San Francisco I'm Sumi das cnet.com for CBS News