SPECIALFEATURE:BABIES&KIDS
it’s all fun & games
Teaching your kids doesn’t have to be boring. Making learning fun not only helps concentration and helps children retain information, but it instils a desire to keep on learning for years to come. If only adult learning could be as fun!
vTech My First Tablet
Select from four activites by sliding the cute bear character mode selector or press the activity buttons to play! Choose from four fun letter and word activites, four exciting number activities or take some creative photos using the virtual camera. Includes a bright backlit screen with 26 letter keys and a piano keyboard with number keys. £19.99 www.vtechuk.com
Dwell Studio Zoo Shape Sorter
Dwell Studio's zoo shaped sorter is designed to develop coordination and spark the imagination, with charming animal shapes and brilliant colours. Engineered in recovered wood, its lead free, phthalates free and nontoxic. £25 www.huggle.co.uk
Smart Start Learn to Count
Youngsters will love this bold and tactile maths activity toy, with plenty of colourful stacking discs and numbers for stacking on to the peg board - perfect for developing dexterity, coordination and first counting skills. £14.50 www.smartstart-toys.co.uk
Fisher-Price Stack and Roll Cup Stacker
Baby can learn so much through basic play with the Fisher-Price Stack and Roll Stacker. These stackable, nestable, fit-together-and-roll-around cups offer endless versatility for lots of enriching discoveries. Includes 10 colourful cups to grasp, stack or nest, with grooved surfaces for a snug fit and easy stacking. Different colours, sizes and numbers help build early identification skills. £9.99 www.argos.co.uk
Pop It In The Post Game
Pop It In The Post is a brilliant game for little ones. Match up the letters, envelopes and stamps, then post them in the post box. Ideal for developing fine motor skills, this game can also be used by younger children for role play as well as a durable educational game when they become a little older. This fun and simple game will engage your child and they will adore the vibrant and playful colours. £15 www.elc.co.uk
LeapFrog LeapReader Junior
Now your little learner can embark on a get-ready-to-read adventure! Designed to encourage toddlers to explore books, the award winning Tag™ Junior introduces preschool skills through fun stories and playful book based activities. As children touch the Tag™ Junior to the specially printed pages they will hear their favourite characters speak and the words on the page spoken aloud! Fun and easy to use, the Tag™ Junior book pal can store up to five books, allowing children to easily move from one book to another and comes with an included book "Scout & Friends". £20 www.amazon.co.uk
Go Retro!
Fisher-Price Music Box Teaching Clock
Introduced in 1968, the Music Box Teaching Clock by FisherPricehas made learning to tell time fun for generations of children. Designed as The Little Red School House, the Music Box Teaching Clock plays 'Grandfather's Clock', and reveals pictures of preschoolers hour by hour as the clock face and minute hand revolve. £19.99 www.selfridges.com
vTech Baby’s Laptop
Lift the lid and learn with this cute laptop! Featuring two play modes teaching ABCs, colours, numbers and shapes for lots of learning fun during playtime. This fun laptop also introduces animals; cat, dog and bird and their sounds. Baby can also enjoy six uplifting singalong songs and 12 soothing melodies in music mode. Includes piano keys for fun play and a directional mouse button so baby can choose what they want to learn! £19.99 www.vtechuk.com
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