SECTOR GUIDE: PRE-SCHOOL LEAPFROG
Aimed at two to five year olds, Read with Me Scout and Read with Me Violet are the latest cuddly additions to the plush toy pup family from LeapFrog. The interactive puppies
read from five colourfully illustrated board books and engage children by asking questions to help build reading and comprehension skills critical for success in pre-school and beyond. The five included books
promote a variety of key educational skills.
Let’s Go Camping teaches fundamental pre- school curriculum through rhythm, rhyme and repetition for example, while Let’s Find Scout’s Toy teaches children about narratives and how stories are put together with characters, settings and a sequence of events. The other three books
cover a range of core skills from identifying colours, to learning about the sounds of language. 01895 202840
H GROSSMAN
The award winning My First Scooter from Ozbozz is designed with little ones in mind, providing them with an ideal starter scooter.
Starting off on a sturdy four wheels,
young children can get to grips with the speed and feel of a scooter. Once they grow in confidence, parents
can reduce the scooter to three wheels and then as their ability develops, they can progress to a grown up two wheels. The scooter comes in pink and blue and includes easy to follow instructions and a small tool kit for modifications. For slightly more confident kids, the company offers the Elektra range – the
BANANAGRAMS
PairsinPairs was recently voted the winning product in the Educational category at the Dads’ Choice Awards, while it was also recognised in both the Primary Teacher Update Awards and Loved by Parents awards earlier this year. Packed with eight fun and educational activities, plus two word games, PairsinPairs grows with the family, from the pre-reader stage through to adulthood.
ALSO AVAILABLE
Haba introduces the Large Play-set at the Zoo this autumn, which joins My First Play World Horse and My First Play World Fire; University Games has a number of new Gruffalo items including The Gruffalo Word Rhyming Game, Gruffalo Hide and Seek Mini Game, The Gruffalo Felt Play Board and Gruffalo Magnetic Adventures. The firm also has the Great Expectations Glow in the Dark range; Galt Toys introduces Fancy Dress Fun and Ten in a Bed games for pre-schoolers; Great Gizmos’ pre-school portfolio includes Plan Toys wooden range (such as the Kitchen Centre, Bagel with Cheese, Breakfast Menu and Cake Set), as well as the NICI collection of luxury plush toys, accessories and soft dolls; The Hexbug Aquabots are water-born micro robotic creatures with the firm says are perfect for pre-schoolers; Playmobil has bolstered its 1.2.3 range with new lines including take along play-sets and vehicles; Meroncourt distributes a raft of Clementoni generic and Disney-branded lines; Golden Bear will launch its Henry Hugglemonsterline in 2014, as well as new additions to Woolly & Tig, Something Specialand In the Night Garden; Vivid is introducing its range for the new Peter RabbitTV series, which includes figures, plush and talking plush, while it will also expand the Tickety Toc, Cloudbabiesand Baby Jakeranges in 2014; Paddington The Adventurous Beartoys and games will arrive from Rainbow Designs this Christmas, while the firm also has new The Adventures of Abney & Tealitems launching; John Adams is adding to its Fuzzy Felt portfolio next spring with the introduction of Tatty Teddy and Blue Nose Friends; Sambro has a raft of licensed pre-school toys, arts, crafts and sta- tionery products, with brands including Doc McStuffins, Sofia the Firstand Minnie Mouse; Paul Lamond’s Chimp and Zee range of games are aimed at three to five year olds, while it also has collections based on Dr Seuss, The Tiger Who Came to Teaand Maisy; Schleich’s range of Farm Life figures and play-sets present pre-schoolers with a play experience that encourages imagination, says the firm; Fiesta Crafts has a set of four new moving mouth puppets including crocodile, green and red T-Rex, penguin and giraffe designs; Worlds Apart is looking to grow its range of pop up play tents in 2014, as well as introducing new water play toys and fresh colours for its multi-functional Rock N Rolla ride-on toy; Diamant Toys offers a combination of 300 Fun Bricks with farm animal images in a range of shapes that can be easily interlocked by pre-schoolers to construct a farm house.
With developmental activities
like Pattern Grouping and Letter Hunt for parents to play with their pre-readers, and wordplay activities like Rhyming and Fill in the Blank for early readers, kids will learn while having fun. The two games will also
have players racing to build word grids in friendly competition. 020 7262 9696
three-wheeler will help develop balance and coordination. 0141 613 2525
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