68 SECTOR GUIDE ELECTRONIC LEARNING LITTLE TIKES 01908 268480 JOHN CRANE
The John Crane B product range is a departure from the firm’s traditional wooden toys. The Symphony in B electronic toy which has 13 different instruments located at the back and 15 separate songs.
The new iTikes line consists of four interactive products: the Canvas, Piano, Map and Microscope. Each one works fine as a standalone toy, but really comes alive when linked to an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Using the free iTikes App download, kids can experience additional learning and gameplay. The iTikes digital Canvas works like a classic doodler with a stylus and shape buttons for stamping. When used with the iPad app, the stylus produces music, lights and sound effects, and allows colourful designs to be drawn in six different artist materials. The iTikes Piano can be played alone
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but when it connects to a compatible iOS device, children can actually learn to play the keyboard, take part in games, record and play back their own music. On its own, the iTikes Map allows a child to explore the world through six distinct maps. However, when it’s used with an iPhone or iPod Touch, kids can take part in interactive learning quizzes and games. The tethered stylus also activates facts and interacts in 3D. Finally, the iTikes Microscope allows
children to use a lens-based microscope to explore, examine and interact with 36 real specimens. iOS devices add animated 3D models to the mix.
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Children can choose up to six of the instruments and place them in the orchestra pit to hear them play together. This mix-and-match game – with a cost price of £40 – also has lights to help teach kids about the different sections that the instruments belong to, such as woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboard or strings. The 13 instruments are as follows: clarinet, flute, tuba, trumpet, xylophone, drums, cymbals, piano, accordion, koto, guitar, violin and sitar. The Symphony in B product even has a feature that allows children to
TOMY
Tomy continues to commit to helping pre-school children learn as they play with the Mr Colour Maker, from the popular Play to Learn range. The company says Play to Learn offers ‘simply brilliant developmental play’ through age- appropriate interactive toys that are designed to develop a baby’s core skills. The strong-
selling Mr Colour Maker continues to entertain and amaze children aged two to five years-old with its mess-free electronic colour mixing play pattern.
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The ChildPad is a seven-inch tablet made for kids which uses the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform. It comes with a pre-installed
cartoon, Big Buck Bunny, as well as Angry Birds and a host of pre-loaded educational and general knowledge apps. Plus, it uses a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM that ensures a smooth interface and multitasking capabilities. There’s a wi-fi connection that
allows users to surf the web and receive emails, and parental controls for safe and secure internet browsing. The latter parental control application is pre-loaded for six months and is provided by Editions Profil, whose ‘Mobile Parental Filter’ is ranked as the
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most efficient parental control in worldwide benchmarks. Special coloured icons and folders
have been designed to be as child- friendly as possible, while the AppsLib market contains apps across 14 categories which have been selected especially for kids. The ChildPad comes with 4GB of Flash memory which has enough room to store five movies, 40,000 photos or 2,000 music tracks. And there’s no need to convert data files. Additional accessories are available including a neoprene case and a silicon case. Other features include a built-in speaker, microphone, G-sensor and front camera.
InspirationWorks is launching the Kurio 7 in July, which it is billing as ‘the ultimate Android tablet for families’. It was also awarded Best of Show by Gadget Show Live at the London Toy Fair. The Kurio is a gaming, multimedia and entertainment device, but also doubles up as a learning tool, with users able to download all manner of Android apps online. It comes pre- loaded with a selection of apps, too, including e-books, Alligator Creative Play Apps, videos and games like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. It boasts a seven-inch touch screen and custom accessories. For example, kids can spruce the Kurio up with licensed cases and skins featuring Peppa Pig, Bin Weevils and more. InspirationWorks also says the Kurio can be used by the whole family, including adults. Accessories can transform the Kurio into a more sophisticated-looking tablet ideal for
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record and play back their own music. A book is also included which contains teacher’s notes, different composers and lyrics. The product is also environmentally friendly as it’s lead-free, phthalate-free and BPA-free. It’s never been quite so fun – or educational – for a child to learn to compose their own symphony.
020 8722 7300 A new lower price point makes this a
great toy for tots. Mr Colour Maker is the first product of its kind to teach little ones all about colours in an engaging way through innovative light technology. As both Mr Colour Maker
and his ‘paint pots’ are fully electronic, there’s no messy paint involved. Users simply hold one of the three primary colour pots over Mr Colour Maker and watch as the mixing pot magically lights up with the colour. There are more than 50 sayings and three separate
modes – ‘You Decide’, ‘Follow Me’
and ‘Sing-the-Rainbow’. Tomy will once again be supporting Mr Colour Maker with a TV advertising campaign and strong sales are predicted throughout 2012.
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office desks and business meetings. Other InspirationWorks products include a new pre-school tablet range, which includes a National Geographic Space Tablet, DS Superfriends’ Superhero Power Tablet, as well as Fireman Sam and Bob the Builder Fun & Learn Tablets. These will be available from this autumn for £19.99 each. The National Geographic Space
Tablet is an ideal educational tool as it helps children learn about planets, stars and space exploration.
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