Rainbow Designs’ Abney & Teal collection includes toys, games and puzzles, all created to entertain and educate pre-schoolers. Bean Toy versions of the characters
are available, along with 30cm Abney and Teal rag dolls. The Abney Rag Doll is made from soft blue cord fabric, wears a red knitted scarf and a patterned black and white jumper, while the Teal Rag
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Doll wears a patterned dress with red wool hair in bunches. Rainbow also has a giant double- sided floor puzzle, which has a colouring-in image on the reverse. The collection also features the Mix and Match Card Game – a 20- piece matching numbers activity game designed to help pre-schoolers learn numbers one to ten.
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Having enjoyed a successful start to the year, Bigjigs is feeling confident as it heads into the summer season. The company’s new 2012 pre-school line-up includes the environmentally friendly Green Toys range.
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The collection features 100 per cent
recycled toys and role-play items such as Race Cars and Stacking Cups. There are also girl-focused products
across the whole range, such as the pink tool set and dumper truck.
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This year’s Get up and Glow line includes Pillow Racer ride-ons, Big Adventure play- sets, a counting cash register and the reinvention of the Activity Garden. First up, Pillow Racers come in three designs – ladybird, dinosaur and green turtle – and have four castor wheels. The toy develops coordination and motor skills, while the character detaches. The Big Adventures range includes several play-sets, plus vehicles such as
Big Adventures Fire Station, the Side by Side Racing Set and Construction Peak Rail & Road Set. Action Air Show will also launch later in the year. The Counting Cash Register helps toddlers learn to count, while the classic Activity Garden is being reintroduced following demand from parents. It can be enjoyed as an open play
garden or opened out into a two-sided play centre.
Miniland offers a number of Aptitude Box Sets, aimed at use in the classroom as well as for parents. The Aptitude range features a wide variety of infant learning toys targeted at three year olds to pre-school age. The Clock & Activity Card Set has a plastic clock face and is divided into hours and minutes. The hands are rotated by the functional outer wheel, while comic strip style activity cards show snapshots of daily life, adjacent
to a standard clock face and the 24- hour clock. Magnetic Letters are also available in upper and lower case. Wonderworld’s Stacker features buildable domino-style numbered blocks on a wooden base. Children will learn basic counting by stacking pieces in position, while developing problem solving and colour recognition. Finally, the Counting Ball is a pinball-inspired toy which teaches counting, adding and subtracting.