Melissa & Doug's wooden sound puzzles make for a rewarding first puzzle experience. Knob or peg puzzles make it easier for children to position the pieces correctly in the matching hole. And when they make a correct match, the puzzle [...]
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Balance Beans from Think Fun is a brain game of logic that combines physics and maths for 6 - 9 year olds. It's a fun way of experimenting with: quantity balance multiplication In reality it's actually a concrete representation of [...]
The first time I got my hands on the Sensiball from Pollywiggles, I just wanted to keep touching it, sort of like stroking a very soft bunny or teddy bear. The velvety covering and the sensation when you push your [...]
Melissa & Doug's Magnetic Wand Number Maze is great for teaching children about quantity in a fun and concrete way, as well as being a perfect travel game. What this quality game teaches Early number and counting skills children recognise [...]
If you want to help your child to make their thinking visible, then Penguins on Ice is the perfect brain game for this. It's outstanding for real world spatial planning and problems solving which is vastly different to playing games [...]
Bikes and scooters are the perfect toys to encourage bilateral integration. They encourage children to use both sides of their bodies at the same time in a co-ordinated way. The more children ride them the more co-ordinated they become. They [...]
Skateboarding is something I have never been able to do, but those youngsters who master it have amazingly strong core muscles and quick reflexes. I watch my nieces and nephews who just glide around without a care in the world [...]
Combine building and speed with a Galt marble run and see physics and maths in action. Marble runs are a form of construction toy and the Galt range is particularly sturdy and of an extremely high quality. There are 24 [...]
Spell Cat is a game specifically for literacy and is useful for children from 6 – 9 years of age. It helps them to practise letter & word recognition while stimulating their spelling and writing skills. The more words young [...]