Little ones between 2 and 5 years of age are fascinated with opening and closing things. What's closed must be opened and what's open must be closed. Discovering what's inside is always a surprise, stimulating a child's curiosity and, in [...]
Little Action from Djeco is a superbly crafted interactive game for little ones from 2 1/2 - 5 years of age that gets them throwing, balancing, aiming and catching the six little animals in the box. Children need to follow [...]
Melissa & Doug's Suspend Game is an aerial form of pick up sticks, except you are adding pieces by hanging them on the puzzle frame instead of taking pieces away. This very clever game of balance involves tricky hanging manouevres that [...]
Many children arrive in grade R today not knowing what a raw carrot or potato look like, probably because they have only ever seen oven chips and frozen carrots coming out of a bag, and they definitely do not know [...]
The development of copying skills in young children is essential as they will spend much of their time during their primary school and high schoolyears copying from chalkboards and whiteboards in the classroom, from worksheets and textbooks and, of course, [...]
Walk into any preschool classroom or arts and crafts studio and see the magnificient ideas the teachers come up with to keep your children occupied while, at the same time, stimulating their imagination and enhancing their fine-motor skills. Crafts commonly [...]
Puzzles top the charts as one of the finest educational toys available. Just think of the planning, organising and problem-solving skills your child learns by building anything from a six piece to a 500-piece puzzle. Perceptual skills in puzzle building [...]