Time management for kids with Circa Circa is an ingenious educational toy calendar from new company, eleventyone Ltd.
The unique product launches in October and provides parents and educators an innovative way of teaching children about time awareness using the toy›s rotating and circular stacking design. The toy is divided into four pieces that represent a major cyclical event in the calendar. Children can explore each of the different pieces of the calendar individually and fi t them together as their knowledge increases. Assembled Circa makes a children’s desk calendar with its bold and bright colours. Director at eleventyone and inventor of the award winning product, Melinda Holohan said: “The idea and design for Circa came to me overnight, as I struggled to explain to my son when he could go swimming again. Using a linear calendar, the week just comes to an end, and yet I had to explain to him it actually starts again but on the next line! So I thought, why not present the calendar in a circular form such that its cyclical nature is understood more intuitively? “Time awareness is one of the hardest concepts for children to learn, so I wanted it to be fun and tactile. Children love movable pieces, stacking objects and sticking things, so it was a bonus that these were all things that were integral to Circa’s design.”
T: 0 77 4711 0324 W:
www.eleventyone111.com
Games magic from Haba Renowned for its high quality wooden toys, many retailers are
unaware that HABA extends its creative fl air to games and puzzles too. Little Magicians is a twisted memory game setting the scene
and creating turmoil in Wonderland. The big magician Merlin likes to test his apprentices and the tasks are never easy as animals are hiding under the nine magic hats. Merlin determines which animal has to be magically found and whoever remembers which hat the animal is hiding under, receives a star as a reward. But watch out! If the magic hat appears on the die the cogwheels are moved and all the magic hats mysteriously move. Broomsticks are also the favourite form of transport in the
magnetic game of skill -Witches Duel, but problems arise with the jinxed broom Mumbo Jumbo. Each witch tries to tame the fl ying broom and make it sweep their magic gems into the cauldron. However, only the one who has a magic touch with the witch’s magnetic power will be the fi rst to be able to sweep his magic gems into the pot.
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www.haba.co.uk T: 0161 304 9555
Four times the fun from ATB Games Quadraughts, from ATB, has recreated the classic game so that it
can be played by four people, not just two. The unique board bearing a 13 x 13 square grid and four sets of coloured draught pieces allows all the family to play together, either individually or as teams of two. With 36 other pieces to battle against strategic nous and skill levels are doubled. RRP £14.99 Socceristic is a football board game that features every rule in football: scoring goals, tackles, offsides, fouls, sending-offs, substitutions, and the rest. RRP: £29.99.
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www.atbgames.co.uk T: 020 8773 5979
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Imagination Games Imagination Games has produced a new music trivia board game exclusively for Tesco ahead of
the 80th anniversary celebrations of Abbey Road Studios this November. Abbey Road Studios Music Trivia game is collaboration between Imagination, Abbey Road Studios, EMI Music Publishing, DCD Publishing and Tesco and will be on sale in selected Tesco stores in the UK and online through Tesco Direct for this year and then general trade in 2012. The game is a mix of music trivia, missing song lyrics and guessing the song or artist with a
board featuring photographs from the famous studios, with special limited edition graphics and game pieces. David Snow, managing director of Imagination Games said: “Working on this project has been a
fantastic experience. The 80th anniversary of Abbey Road Studios is certainly something worth celebrating. The game will give a real insight into the great studios and give music and game fans a chance to show how good they are with music trivia and song and artist knowledge. I am very proud to deliver this great new game for Christmas 2011.” Tesco board games buyer Jonathan Ferdenzi said: “The new game is great fun for all the family - whether you are seventeen or seventy. Abbey Road is iconic and means so many different things to different people. TV Talent shows such as X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent have helped to increase people’s interest in the music world. The game will be great fun at Christmas.”
T: 01270 619100 W:
www.imaginationgames.com
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