A carefully sourced range of developmental toys for newborns to 6 year olds. The products are designed to stimulate and involve parents in all aspects of development (see ‘About Playbug’ for detailed guidance).
A rich and diverse source of educational and recreational software and a useful hunting ground for presents. The main categories are Family Learning, Hobbies, Leisure and Languages with back-up for all stages of the National Curriculum. Take the opportunity to add encyclopaedias, atlases and dictionaries to your home software library and encourage your children to explore the British Isles, the human body or the exciting worlds of history and science outside the classroom. There is also instruction available for the piano or guitar, to help you learn a new language and to improve your touch typing and IT skills. Budding artists and graphic designers will have a field day with drawing programmes and greeting card, poster and cartoon makers. The games section includes such classics such as Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Risk and Mastermind as well as quizzes, strategy and mind games. Sports fanatics can try their hand at simulated versions of their favourite games.
Knowing that the kitchen is the hub of family life, GLTC offers several educational games that can be attached to your fridge. While magnetic poetry kits are designed to encourage readers and writers to play around with words in their spare time, simple magnetic word/number kits and multiplication tables can help to reinforce national literacy and numeracy standards. For computer-friendly households, there is also a selection of enjoyable educational software to appeal to preschoolers and up. Jigsaw maps and beginners’ chess set will give an educational spin to pleasurable pastimes.
In addition to their stylish collection of children’s and babywear, nursery equipment plus safety gadgets, this site also offers toys and gifts for the 0-5 age range. 
A family run toyshop selling a range of popular brand name toys at competitive prices. This easy to use site includes traditional cars and trucks by Corgi, Bruder and Ertl, early years toys from Tomy and Plan Toys, Pintoy furniture, Lego and Playmobil construction kits, plus a selection of educational activities and character merchandise. A US website offering ‘fun’ products designed to help parents manage a range of behaviour/discipline issues and special needs and a small range of practical accessories to encourage children’s independence and self-esteem. Personal organisers and journals are guaranteed to appeal. Their lively, heartwarming book selection focuses on the following special needs: physical disability, dyslexia and other learning difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Down’s Syndrome, epilepsy, autism, spina bifida and cerebral palsy. Email them for details of their shipping charges to the UK or, alternatively, they will contact you once an order is placed. 
Boots the Chemist’s online store Wellbeing is a comprehensive one-stop shopping experience for mother and baby – with the added convenience of home delivery. Create your own little play school with their versatile Learning Board, alphabet puzzle mat, and scaled-down versions of household gadgets. Their story sacks will encourage lively imaginations.
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