Home - toys, teaching aids and books that can be used by a few children or by parents along with their children.
School - toys, teaching aids and books that are more durable and can be used by many children repeatedly. They also include teacher tools and kits.
Special needs - toys, teaching aids and books suggested by special educators for children with special needs.
You can also choose a product by the age of the child or user:
School - toys, teaching aids and books that are more durable and can be used by many children repeatedly. They also include teacher tools and kits.
Special needs - toys, teaching aids and books suggested by special educators for children with special needs.
You can also choose a product by the age of the child or user:
Colour, sound, shape, texture and movement – these are a baby’s first impressions of the world. Rattles, mobiles and bright toys stimulate a young child’s senses.
Suggested toys and books:
Suggested toys and books:
- Rattles
- Mobiles
- Soft toys
- Board books
1+ years
As children learn to grasp objects, they enjoy the rewards of stacking and sorting. Pull-push toys encourage them to take their first steps.
Suggested toys and books:
- Stackers
- Sorters
- Music
- Pull-push toys
2+ years
Children this age enjoy playthings they can manipulate. And as they play, they develop finer eye-hand coordination.
Suggested toys and books: - Pull-push toys
- Blocks
- Beads
- Balls
- Insets
- Jigsaw puzzles (two piece)
- Sorters (shape, colour, size)
- Stackers
- Music
- Flash cards
- Books (picture books, board books)
3+ years
This is the right age to introduce concepts like big-small, before-after, similar-different, cause-effect etc. Toys that build these thinking skills also prepare children for reading and math. Children at this age also enjoy open-ended play with dolls, puppets and playsets, and this encourages the imaginative use of language. They also enjoy doing art and craft activities with stencils and stamps.
Suggested toys and books: - Feely bag
- Blocks
- Construction sets
- Beads
- Jigsaw puzzles (5-piece)
- Sorters (shape, colour, size)
- Stackers
- Stencils
- Stamps
- Lacing toys
- Music
- Flash cards
- Picture books
- Math (counting, addition)
- Playsets (dolls, kitchen sets, animals, fruit)
- Puppets
- Language (alphabet)
- Concept toys (pairing, sequence, dominoes)
- Art and craft
- Books (alphabet, numbers, pictures, colours)
6+ years
As children develop greater mental and physical agility, they begin to enjoy board games as well as science, art and activity kits.
Suggested toys and books: - Outdoor play
- Construction sets
- Jigsaw puzzles (many pieces)
- Games and teasers
- Science
- Math (counting, addition, time)
- Activity kits
- Music (cassettes, audio books, instruments)
- Art and craft
- Playsets (dolls, kitchen sets, animals, fruit)
- Puppets
- Language (words, spelling)
- Art and craft
- Folk toys and games
- Books (picture-word books, short sentences)
8+ years
Games of strategy and skill appeal to children of this age. Science and math toys, tools and kits encourage investigation of the world. They also enjoy more sophisticated construction and activity kits.
Suggested toys and books: - Outdoor play
- Construction sets
- Science (microscope, magnets, telescope, optics)
- Games and teasers
- Math (percentages, decimals, fractions, multiplication, time)
- Activity kits
- Art and craft
- Language (spelling, grammar)
- Books (long stories)