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Musically minded children can take the next step to stardom with the Music Playmat. The new release from ThumbsUp is sure to occupy kids for hours as they work on their unique musical medleys.
The Music Playmat comes with eight musical instruments, three
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scratch pads and four different drum sounds, and with the option to feed in their own music via CD or MP3, children can remix favourite tracks or create a dreamy duet performance using the headset. Sure to appeal to wannabe divas everywhere, this is the ideal gift for the Glee generation.
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DKL Marketing distributes a range of science and education products from Miniland Educational. The science kits are sold in tins for easy storage and feature Crystals, Robots, Physics and Skeletons. All the kits are easy to follow. There is an FSDU available which holds all the tins to make a feature display. The range also features Electronic Combination Kits to make an assortment of projects; a real working microscope; and a range of Solar Powered items. For the educational sector, Miniland leads the way with its range of products. The range of Aptitude items comes on a quality metal stand and holds 12 key lines, all sold in easy pick-up hanging boxes. The range features: Sewing Alphabets, Abacus, Lacing Shapes, Activity Clock, Nuts and Bolts, Magnetic Letters and Numbers among others.
Each set comes with a special book written so a child can benefit and learn from the kit purchased. As with all DKL ranges Miniland is backed by an in-store support programme, high profile marketing campaign and dedicated planograms all to drive consumers into stores.
Ein-O Science has created a collection of science kits for children aged six and over. Professor Ein-O is the alter ego of Ein-O Science. The goofy cartoon Einstein acts as the guiding catalyst to stir up curiosity and enthusiasm. His credibility is reinforced in animated cartoons. The Mini Lab range is a collection of small injection moulded kits that can be popped out and assembled by a child. The Illusion Disc can be assembled into a mini spinning top for
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colourful optical illusions, the Blade Zipper into a propeller head to demystify how helicopters fly and mini Air Hovercrafts for real life hovering. They come with EIN-O’s Mini Lab Guide and a Mini Comic. There are four Pocket Science kits which become pocket-sized gadgets once assembled, introducing some basic yet essential scientific concepts, while Box Kits are for children interested in the scientific areas of Physics and Environmental Science.
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The My World range of puzzles and games is designed in conjunction with child psychologist Dr Amanda Gummer. Each element is linked to early learning goals and the UK National Curriculum. There are lots of activities to choose
John Adams has expanded its Action Science kits range with the addition of numerous sets. Radioactive Science enables budding scientists to explore the effects of glowing science by learning how to make a neon-like tube sign, create glowing ectoplasm and how to build a glowing water fountain. The set includes a UV light viewer, as well as all the equipment and accessories kids need to erupt a radioactive light geyser.
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Booms Bangs Fizzes comes with 12 experiments to do at home. Kids can try out launching an air-powered rocket, erupt an underwater volcano or create mad scientist fizzing potions. Also joining the portfolio is Really
Gross Science. The set offers children the chance to get up close to gross science projects including how to create a peeing bladder, mould a life size jelly heart and examine their own body under the Revoltoscope.
from including three new additions: My Farmyard, My Garden Day & Night and My Silly Stories. Children will quickly develop basic language skills while also learning about the world around them. For example, Heads & Tails Jobs is a mix and match puzzle with eight different two or three-piece jigsaws depicting everyday trades and professions, and children will discover which uniform goes with the policeman’s head or that the builder is
the man with a hard hat. Gibsons’ Mission Earth
board game highlights the issues of global warming. Mission Earth is the brainchild of a group of school girls from Oxfordshire, who as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme, designed the board game. The scene is set in the year 2259 on a polluted earth where young Earth Heroes, each with a special power, must save the planet. The simple, spiral path through space and time is negotiated with a throw of a dice. In keeping with its ecological principles, Mission Earth is manufactured in the UK, with the playing surface being created from the box ensuring no extra packaging is required.