Gold Award Zachary Zero
Manufacturer: TTS Group Ltd Tel: 0800 318 686 Web:
www.tts-shopping.com Price: £29.99 Age range: 5 to 8 years
Description: Zachary Zero and Numero the Dog visit school to help teach children to count to 100. On the 100th day Zita joins to help represent the two zeros in 100. These beautiful puppets engage children, and the teacher’s notes will help you demonstrate the importance of zero!
Score: 92.5% 5to7 five to seven educator
What the testers said: “Fantastic product! It really engaged the children; they loved the characters, especially Numero and were constantly asking to play with the puppets! They really enjoyed counting as a class in tens up to 100. The pack it came in made it really easy to store away.”
Manufacturer: Haba Tel: 0161 304 9555 Web:
www.haba.co.uk Price: £33.99 Age range: 3 years +
Description: Children with a sweet tooth can make their own fantastic ice-cream creations without the sugar! A cone to takeaway or a sundae decorated with whipped cream, a strawberry and a wafer – the choice is theirs. Made from fabric, the ice-cream scoops are magnetic and can be combined any way. Practically, the box that the content comes in turns into a little shop counter and even contains play money.
Score: 91.8%
What the testers said: “Children really enjoyed playing with this high quality product, but in a group scenario it would be good to have a whole collection of products so that everyone can share. The fact that you can swap the pieces meant that it encouraged lots of cooperation between the players as they discussed what kind of ice cream they would like.”
5to7 Toys and Games Haba Ice Cream Shop Venezia
5to7 five to seven educator
Community Minifigure Set
Manufacturer: Lego® Education Europe Ltd.
Tel: 0800 334 5346 Web:
www.legoeducation.co.uk Price: £32.99 Age range: 4 years +
Description: This is an enhanced version of one of our bestselling products. Along with 22 characters to bring life and interaction to any brick set, it also features a variety of accessories such as food, animals, a laptop, a bicycle and a backpack to increase opportunities for role-play and storytelling.
Score: 91.7%
What the testers said: “The children played for hours with this set and
all worked as a team looking for the right pieces. Lego® is fantastic for meeting all the early learning goals and particularly outstanding for problem solving. It encouraged lots of imaginative play and also developed fine motor skills. We used them with our topic of work – ‘people who help us’ – and the figures stimulated a lot of discussions on different occupations and jobs. It was also easy to pack away and store. The children loved this set and it was very popular in the setting.”
Fairytale and Historic Minifigure Set 5to7 five to seven educator
Manufacturer: Lego® Education Europe Ltd.
Tel: 0800 334 5346 Email:
sales@legoeducation.eu Price: £32.99 Age range: 4 years +
Description: This fantastic new set brings myth and history together in the form of 22 characters and accessories that combine with any LEGO® set. From witches and mermaids to kings and soldiers, this set will grab any young child’s imagination.
Score: 91.3%
What the testers said: “Outstanding! Lego® has been around for years, yet they still manage to think up wonderful new sets! Lego® ticks off all the early learning goals and is extremely effective when teaching problem solving. Both boys and girls responded well to the figures and especially liked the extra accessories which accompanied them – including some spiders! Works brilliantly with other Lego® products. The children used the figures to develop stories in groups and individually. An excellent resource.”
5to7 five to seven educator
54 Practical Pre-School Awards 2011
5to7 Toys and Games
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