Primary Teacher Update Toys and Games Bananagrams
Manufacturer: Bananagrams Inc. Web:
www.shop.winningmoves.co.uk Price: £14.99 Age range: 7 years +
Description: Bananagrams is a fast and fun anagram game that drives players bananas! Requiring no pencil, paper or board, Bananagrams comes in a small portable banana-shaped pouch which is perfect for travel and is brilliant fun for kids from seven to 107-years-old!
Score: 96.2%
What the testers said: “An excellent tool for communication and language
and literacy skills. There were lots of different games to play with Bananagrams! It got the children thinking and improved their spelling. The children also managed to use this in role-play, by turning it into a computer keyboard. This game is much like scrabble but without the numbers or a board. We love this product and would definitely recommend it to other settings.”
Gold Award SNUG
Manufacturer: SNUG & Outdoor and Sutcliffe Play
Tel: 01977 653200 Web:
www.snugplay.co.uk Price: £4,000 to £12,000 Age range: 4 to 11 years
Description: SNUG is a new type of play equipment that will transform your school playground into a creative and social environment for play and learning. SNUG consists of large modular shapes that children can combine together to build their very own play landscapes, encouraging physical activity, cooperative play and creative development. SNUG is robust, yet soft to the touch; it requires no installation and comes with its own storage unit.
Score: 95.9%
What the testers said: “SNUG is a hugely innovative product which allows children of all ages to let their imaginations soar. Because it is modular with ‘noodles’ to join pieces together, it has endless variations. It can be tricky to build with for younger children, but it teaches them to work together. SNUG has an incredibly positive impact on playground behaviour as it encourages cooperative play. This product is perfect for providing much-needed play opportunities in a restricted urban playground.”
Wedgits To Go
Supplier: Tolo Toys Learning Ltd Tel: 01978 280074
Web:
www.amazon.co.uk (retail)
www.ypo.co.uk (education) Price: £39.99 Age range: 3 to 10 years
Description: The Wedgits To Go construction set provides young children with the perfect opportunity to foster their interests and ideas. This versatile building set will present children with both physical and mental challenges. Wedgits are designed to be stacked, nested and linked to create three-dimensional structures, individually or with friends. This 35-piece set, including expansion parts and design cards, enables children to create a variety of structures and comes with its own portable storage.
Score: 92.1%
What the testers said: “The children were engrossed from the onset by the shapes and colours and the ease of construction quickly gave them the confidence to try their own designs. I found it excellent for encouraging collaboration and communication among the children. All of the children thoroughly enjoyed the Wedgits To Go. The
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age range is suitable too; however younger children require close supervision. We would definitely recommend Wedgits as they are a very versatile resource.”
Zip-It
Manufacturer: Bananagrams Web:
www.shop.winningmoves.co.uk Price: £14.99 Age range: 7 years +
Description: Zip-It is a two-player crossword race. Play one hand in as little as 20 seconds! Zip-It features 24 high quality letter cubes packaged in a unique cloth pouch with scoring zips.
Score: 90.5%
What the testers said: “This game is excellent to take on days out, it is very small and neat. There is no need for pens and paper because the score board is the zip, very clever. The only problem was that when children wanted to create long words there were not enough letters.”
Primary Teacher Update Toys and Games
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