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All you need to sprout
and grow your own indoor
herb garden, the leaves
of which can then be used
in the kitchen. The kit
includes seeds, a
greenhouse-style
terrarium, gravel and
planting mixture - just
add water and they should
germinate within a week!
Transplant them outdoors
to grow larger plants
that, when in flower,
will attract bees and
butterflies, and then
re-use the tray to carry
on sowing.
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A longer term germination
project but well worth it
for this exotic
collection of
extraordinary plants -
carnivorous pitcher plant
to trap bugs,
eye-catching eyeball
plant and sensitive space
plant whose leaves fold
in if touched. Easy to
grow plants from seeds in
an indoor terrarium which
can be transplanted
outside. The kits include
seeds, plant stakes,
stickers, gravel and
planting mixture.
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Lay the fish out on the
fabric pond, pick one of
the 100 word cards, then
fish for the letters to
spell it out. The first
to get ten words spelt
out wins! Helps younger
players with literacy
while older players can
use this game to improve
their French, Italian or
Spanish vocabulary.
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Your tea party guests
take turns to spin the
teapot wheel to collect a
tea plate, then choose a
napkin, sandwiches,
desserts, fruit and a
cup of tea until they've
collected all six pieces
for their place setting.
There's a floral fabric
tablecloth instead of a
board and a little fabric
bag to keep all the
pieces in. All the pieces
are different
illustrations that add to
the fun of choosing.
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Now the younger children
can join in the family
fun with this junior
version of the manic
panic game. The 40
colourful picture cards
are ideal for ages 4 to 7
and each child in turn
must shout out a suitable
associated word before
passing the ticking bomb
on and before it goes
'off'!
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Goodbye old-fashioned
blackboard, hello new
versatile chalkboard
panels! Stick them in fun
configurations on floors
or walls for all manner
of chalking, from
pictures to sums. Wipes
clean just like a
blackboard. Just peel off
the backing and apply to
a clean, smooth surface.
Four sheets and chalk
included.
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A fun game that will also
help improve children's
time telling skills.
Choose a clock, pick a
card, read the time
shown digitally and set
it on your analogue
clock's face. 50 cards in
sets of colour coded
skill levels so different
ages can play the game
together. A point to
everyone who gets it
right and the first to 25
is the winner.
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Snap with a faster and
more furious difference!
The first person to shout
'Tongue Twister' then has
to read out as many
tongue twisters as
possible before the egg
timer runs out. 100 cards
for 2 to 4 players to
play collaboratively or
against the clock.
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With the Cupcake Game you
must first spin the
cakestand board to first
get your mixing bowl with
recipe. Then collect all
the six ingredients to
complete your chosen
recipe – chocolate,
lemon, vanilla or carrot
cupcakes. Watch out for
the rotten egg though as
you'll have to lose a
piece!
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Unfold these clever book
cubes to reveal all 12
informative pages.
Available with the
following themes.
European Nations: Hold
all of Europe in your
hand and find out facts
on flags, capitals,
populations, languages,
currencies, EU members
and more. Multiplication
Tables: Who said learning
your times tables was
tricky! Unfold the book
cube to follow the tables
from 1 to 12. You can
cover up the answers for
self testing or challenge
a friend. Supports the
National Numeracy
Strategy. Planets: A
handy way to learn all
about each planet in the
solar system in turn. The
Human Body: Did you know
that it takes 40 muscles
to frown, but only 15 to
smile? This addictive
cube book teaches you
facts and figures about
the body in an original
way. Kings & Queens of
England: Sort out your
Saxons from your Stuarts,
your Egberts from your
Elizabeths. Plus key
dates, history facts and
a useful dateline from
829 to current times.
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A fun, learning puzzle
game with two part chunky
cards to match together.
Use the puzzle strip to
help with observation,
sequence and matching
skills. Flip the puzzle
strip over and use the
height chart to mark
their height as they
grow. All in a handy
storage carry case.
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What's the time Mr Wolf?
These water resistant
watches will help boys
and girls to tell the
time in style. The comfy
straps feature colourful
relief pictures in a
fairy theme. Each watch
comes with a learning
guide as well as a simple
practice clock face with
moveable hands.
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They don't come much
bigger or better than
this! You can construct
an endless variety of
exciting and intricate
marble mazes with this
huge 177 piece set. With
funnels and spirals,
double span bridges,
interlocking chutes,
straight and curved
rails, columns and
spinning wheels for long
lasting fun. It's
amazing, constructive
and creative! Adult help
needed for assembly.
Needs 2 AA batteries.
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Great fun for the back of
the car, this electronic
steering wheel fixes to
the side window with a
sucker. Press start and
you're off, changing
gear, indicating,
braking and beeping –
all realistic sound
effects and flashing
lights at the touch of a
button. Just as much fun
at home and no test
needed! Age 3+. Needs 3
AA batteries
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Sort out your Saxons from
your Stuarts, your
Egberts from your
Elizabeths. Plus key
dates, history facts and
a useful dateline from
829 to current times.
Just follow the arrows
around this clever cube
book as it unfolds and
refolds to show twelve
pages.
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Creative story telling
card game for 2 to 4
players to play
collaboratively or
against the clock. Each
of the 56 cards features
four magical or
mysterious objects; the
first player begins a
story about one of the
four objects on his card
and then passes to the
next player who must
continue the story by
incorporating one of the
objects on their card and
so on. There are over 200
colourful images for
inspiration - just choose
your preferred game
theme.
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Help your children to
learn through play with
these handy sets of
magnetic words to use on
our magnetic board or
easels or on your fridge.
The vital 159 words for
this age group are spread
across the three packs we
supply. Encourages 4-to-6
year olds to learn to
read.
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A whopping laminated wall
poster showing all the
parts of the solar system
– moon, sun, planets
- plus the history of
space travel and
exploration. Take a
journey into space and
learn about asteroids,
comets and meteors. Full
of information with fun
cartoon icons
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A is for Arrow, B is for
Balloon, C is for
Castle… Each letter of
the alphabet stands for
characters and objects in
Fantasy Land that
children love and they're
all in the story with
sounds and songs on the
two CDs. The book has the
story plus 26 lovely
illustrated Fantasy Land
scenes for children to
find things beginning
with each letter. A great
way to help your child
learn their KS1 initial
consonant blends.
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Who will collect the most
gold coins in their
treasure chest? Spin the
wheel and move your pesky
pirate around the island,
collecting every gold
coin you land on. Watch
out for the parrot or
Jolly Roger though! Good
fun and an easy way to
help with counting,
collecting and
interaction skills.
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Spin around the world
with this traditional
educational globe! A
serious globe, it's
double image and double
value. Unlit, it shows
the physical mapping of
the world. Plug it in and
switch on to see all the
political countries
brightly lit up. Ideal
for young geographers,
it's packed with
information and it's an
essential reference for
all the family!
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This colourful wooden ABC
and 123 abacus is a fun
way for toddlers to learn
their alphabet and number
sequences with help from
the pictures and will
also encourage early word
recognition by
association. Parents
could sit the other side
and stimulate discussion
by easy questions such as
'What begins with B?' or
'Where's number 5?'.
Painted maple and
rubberwood.
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An old favourite that's
perfect for playing
anytime, anywhere. A bag
full of cards with over
850 characters for
playing hilarious
guessing games against
the clock. Everything you
need is in the bag
including a timer and
blanks for creating your
own special characters.
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Lay out the tablecloth,
pile the slices of pie in
the cake box and flick
the spinner to see which
slice of pie to take for
your tin. Then see how
many tins you can
complete to win. If you
land on 'Take a Pie',
you can steal a slice off
your opponent's tin to
help complete your pie! A
fun game which will help
with fractions and
equivalents.
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All children love singing
'The wheels on the bus go
round and round' so
they'll enjoy playing
this well presented game
with their friends and
family. Make up the
jigsaw baseboard and the
four 3D buses, throw the
dice and then travel
around town collecting
the five different things
from the song. For 2 to 4
players.
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A clever and fun way for
your child to learn where
in the world they are.
The baseboard is a blank
world map on which the
magnetic country pieces
are placed. Each piece
shows famous cities,
landmarks and wildlife.
Excellent educational fun
for ages 6+.
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Help your children to
learn through play with
this handy set of
magnetic words to use on
our magnetic board or
easels or on your fridge.
Includes all of the 45
high frequency words
children are expected to
recognise by the end of
Reception Year. This
version has larger scale
words for easy
recognition. Encourages
4-to-6 year olds to learn
to read.
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Look after the pennies!
Use the wipe-clean pen to
write a sum of money on
the board and then choose
from the assorted,
magnetised notes and
coins to make the correct
amount. With all sterling
denominations up to a
£50 note, this is a fun
way to play together and
learn practical skills.
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Build 16 different whacky
contraptions from a
squeeze-claw grabber to a
super charged speedster
which races along. Over
100 Lego elements
including gears, axles,
connectors and bushes and
a 50 page clear manual.
This takes Lego to a new
level of engineering! Age
7+.
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A big fun fleet of eight
bright sail boats that
link together for sailing
in the water table,
paddling pool or bath.
The masts of the
detachable sails only fit
their specific colour and
shape matching boat so
good for helping children
with hand-eye
co-ordination skills.
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This comprehensive,
internet-linked reference
book covers science,
technology, geology,
the human body,
geography, history,
plants, animals and
more! It's full of maps,
charts. photos,
diagrams, facts and
figures galore plus links
to over 180 websites for
further research. Perfect
for encouraging those KS2
enquiring minds.
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Help your children to
learn through play with
these handy sets of
magnetic words to use on
our magnetic board or
easels or on your fridge.
The vital 159 words for
this age group are spread
across the 3 packs we
supply. Encourages 4-to-6
year olds to learn to
read.
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£5.00
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A must for techno whizz
kids! Build your own
hi-tech perpetual motion,
power driven marble run
with this 269 piece
construction set. With a
multi-spiral tower and
powered chain drive that
returns the marbles again
and again, it's
fascinating to construct
and hypnotic to watch.
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Creative story telling
card game for 2 to 4
players to play
collaboratively or
against the clock. Each
of the 56 cards features
four magical or
mysterious objects; the
first player begins a
story about one of the
four objects on his card
and then passes to the
next player who must
continue the story by
incorporating one of the
objects on their card and
so on. There are over 200
colourful images for
inspiration - just choose
your preferred game
theme.
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A superb traditional
family favourite for all
generations to play
together.This good
quality game, hand
crafted in Devon, has a
mahogany finish wood
board with baize back and
comes with 10 steel balls
and original rules. Age 3
to 93 - scoring helps
children to practise
mental arithmetic!
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£50.00
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This 100 piece world map
puzzle jigsaw has
easy-to-handle colourful
pieces which soon make up
in to a complete view of
the world – you can't
help but enjoy seeing it
grow! Lots of fascinating
animal and landmark
detail will hold their
interest to the end.
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This activity book is
packed with tried and
tested projects that will
encourage young
gardeners. The activities
can be done year-round,
whether you have a sunny
windowsill or a backyard
patch. The book comes
with ready-to-plant green
bean and red radish seeds
and two custom-designed
Super Sprouters,
engineered to get those
first seeds growing
within days.
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Help your children to
learn through play with
these handy sets of
magnetic words to use on
our magnetic board or
easels or on your fridge.
The vital 159 words for
this age group are spread
across the 3 packs we
supply. Encourages 4-to-6
year olds to learn to
read.
Availability: In Stock
£5.00
Available
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Help your children to
learn through play with
these handy sets of
magnetic words to use on
our magnetic board or
easels or on your fridge.
The vital 159 words for
this age group are spread
across the three packs we
supply. Encourages 4-to-6
year olds to learn to
read.
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£5.00
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Just like being at the
fair - see if you can
catch these wacky bobbing
ducks on the end of the
fishing line - everyone's
a different character
with its own number for
scoring. Terrific fun for
the bath or paddling
pool. Good for
concentration and number
skills. Six ducks and two
rods.
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The Hercules Magnet is a
monster of a magnet! A
Herculean character is
moulded into the frame of
this super-sized child's
magnet. The tough plastic
frame is designed with
youngsters in mind,
being robust but also
smooth, easy to hold and
awesome for picking up
metal objects. An
excellent educational toy
which combines play with
discovery.
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Did you know that it
takes 40 muscles to
frown, but only 15 to
smile? This addictive
cube book teaches you
facts and figures about
the body in an original
way. All you do is follow
the arrows around the
cube book as it unfolds
and refolds to show
twelve pages.
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See who wins the race to
fill their trolley with
the six items on their
shopping list from a
selection of fruit, veg,
meat and fish, dairy,
drinks and treats. It's
great for colour,
counting and matching
skills and it's a lot of
fun! 3D shopping trolleys
with moving wheels,
double sided supermarket
shelf unit, 36 toy coins
and aisle boards. For 2
to 4 players.
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Six awesomely eye popping
experiments: fire a
rocket, blow up a
volcano, make seriously
slimy snot, a fizz bomb,
a lava lamp, and water
fireworks! A lab notebook
packed with chemistry
facts and experiment
guidance with some adult
supervision makes this
kit a fun way to learn
some extremely explosive
science.
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Let your child explore
the world in this big,
colourful and absorbing
map. Hundreds of detailed
drawings illustrate facts
about each country,
highlighting famous
landmarks, important
figures, local
traditions and so much
more. A quick glance
often turns into a
wonderful journey of
discovery!
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A clever revolving globe
on a cool silvery stand
that's perfect for
budding geographers and
astronomers alike. By day
it shows Earth's
political boundaries,
natural features,
capitals and major
cities. By night it
becomes a fascinating
illuminated map of Space
with 88 named star
constellations. Automatic
LED light sensor mode or
on/off button.
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An original balancing
game with a colourful
flavour! Take it in turns
to throw the dice, match
a fruit piece and build
an impressive tutti
frutti tower - it's loads
of laughs while testing
concentration and
dexterity. Different
levels for all the family
- tiny tots can play a
simpler fruity matching
game. 48 wood fruits and
12 boards. For 2 to 4
players, from age 3+.
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All you need to sprout
and grow your own indoor
butterfly bushes with
purple, honey-scented
flowers. The kit includes
seeds, a
greenhouse-style
terrarium, gravel and
planting mixture - just
add water and they should
germinate within a week!
Transplant them outdoors
to attract butterflies
and bumblebees to the
garden, and then re-use
the tray to carry on
sowing.
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£10.00
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Draughts, chess and
backgammon are
traditional favourites
with all ages of children
because they are simple
enough to learn and play
as beginners but then
encourage growing
strategy skills to play
at higher levels. This
excellent value set
contains all the
necessary wooden counters
and chess pieces safely
stored in two drawstring
bags while the reversible
wooden board folds for
storage. For two players
and grandparents are
usually very good
teachers!
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Discover the prehistoric
world of 42 different
dinosaurs, lizards and
flying reptiles, listen
to their snarling,
growling, roaring,
screeching and warning
calls and read all about
them. With five big pop
up 3D panoramas full of
colourful detail from a
trip through time in the
Triassic, Jurassic and
Cretaceous periods
millions of years ago.
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I-Spy with a twist! Keep
children entertained
during long car journeys
with this fun game: the
150 playing cards picture
an object, animal or
situation to be 'spied'
during the journey, each
worth either 1, 2 or 3
points. There are
opportunities for
learning and
conversation, as things
to be spied include road
signs and buildings. The
cards come in an
attractive metal case
that has room to spare
for other games and
comforts too. 2 or more
players.
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Take a trip through the
jungle inside this
colourful book. With five
stunning pop up 3D jungle
panoramas that echo with
different animal noises
as you open the pages –
a trumpeting elephant, a
growling leopard,
screeching birds,
croaking frogs and
howling monkeys. Each
spread is followed by
fascinating facts about
each of the jungle
creatures.
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AMPHIBIAN ROVER KIT Make
a fun, whacky vehicle to
travel over both land and
on water! This mechanical
kit is a recycling
project too as it uses
four plastic bottles for
its wheels and floats.
The kit includes a set of
plastic mechanic body
parts to assemble, a
motor with worm gear,
one battery case & cover,
four wheel hubs, two
paddles, screws, two
terminal caps and
detailed instructions.
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A fun, learning puzzle
game with two part chunky
cards to match together.
Use the puzzle strip to
help with observation,
sequence and matching
skills. Flip the puzzle
strip over and use the
height chart to mark
their height as they
grow. All in a handy
storage carry case.
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£10.00
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Make your own yummy lip
balm with this kit of
balm base, equipment,
tools, stickers and
three colourful fruity
flavours – berries,
cherries and citrus. Mix
and match the colours and
flavours or invent your
own recipe. Label and
decorate the five pots
and keep them in their
carry case or give them
to friends for tasty
presents.
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Surprise everyone with
your scientific skills
and make this colourful
model clock. With easy to
follow instructions,
this fascinating kit
helps you understand how
the interaction between
the spring, pendulum and
gears creates a reliable
time-keeping system in
traditional 'wind up'
clocks. In a transparent
case so you can see the
cogs moving and complete
with a shiny bell that
chimes every fifteen
minutes.
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£13.00
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Creative story telling
card game for 2 to 4
players to play
collaboratively or
against the clock. Each
of the 56 cards features
four magical or
mysterious objects; the
first player begins a
story about one of the
four objects on his card
and then passes to the
next player who must
continue the story by
incorporating one of the
objects on their card and
so on. There are over 200
colourful images for
inspiration - just choose
your preferred game
theme.
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£6.00
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Get under the skin and
explore the human body
with this brilliant kit
which has a model body
full of nine squishy
vital organs to extract
with tweezers and
forceps! Study the bones,
muscles and veins to
your heart's content. 32
page book full of
fascinating facts.
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£22.00
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Roll the number dice to
move your sneaky bunnies
up to the Grumpy Farmer's
field of carrots. Then
roll the carrot dice to
see how many carrots you
can collect. The first to
three carrots wins! Good
for counting, colour
matching and sharing
skills. Floor or tabletop
game for 2 to 4 players.
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£10.00
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A clever set of cards
designed to get children
hooked on this
traditional family game.
All ages can play
together fairly as
younger ones pick one of
50 picture cards from a
monkey to a yo-yo for
their mime. Older kids
act one of the harder 150
objects or activities
such as licking an ice
cream or doing up a tie.
For 3 or more players.
Age 4+.
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This is a traditional lab
starter kit for young
chemists with a spirit
burner, test tubes,
corks and eleven pots of
chemicals plus all other
basic equipment,
materials and safety
goggles. The
comprehensive
instructions cover 100
experiments supporting
the National Curriculum
and help inform about
gases, metals, acids
and alkalis,
electrolytes, crystals
and much more.
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£25.00
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This fascinating
fact-filled encyclopedia
is full of fantastic
information! 320
illustrated pages cover
everything from tigers to
telephones, from Vikings
to volcanoes and much,
much more. Handy internet
links on every page means
the learning never stops!
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This good-quality wooden
version of the
ever-popular fishing game
is a real catch!
Colourfully illustrated,
all the pieces are
wooden, and the sides of
the fishing box slot
together easily. 20
numbered magnetic sea
life pieces and four
magnetic rods to catch
them with. Great for
manual dexterity and
number recognition.
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£20.00
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Classic chunky wooden
game with a difference!
The letter and picture
tiles simply flip to turn
so great for travelling
play. Well made, durable
version and, best of
all, no loose pieces to
mislay! With erasable
whiteboard and integral
dry erase marker pen.
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£12.00
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With the Pretend Post
Office Set you can set up
your own Post Office on a
tabletop and be open for
business! Great for
helping children develop
their writing skills on
letters, forms and
notice board ads and for
practising their math
skills with currency
exchange, adding up,
saving deposits and
selling stamps. With 178
pieces, it all folds up
for easy storage.
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£30.00
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Classic magic for
beginners, all in a
dramatic opening stage
box! Ten easy-to-master
tricks and illusions from
Secret Silks and
Disappearing Ball to the
Great Escape and Magic
Number Prediction.
Everything is made in
well decorated and
painted wood so a great
quality set that looks
good and will last.
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£30.00
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What's the time Mr Wolf?
These water resistant
watches will help boys
and girls to tell the
time in style. The comfy
straps feature colourful
relief pictures in a
dinosaur theme. Each
watch comes with a
learning guide as well as
a simple practice clock
face with moveable hands.
Availability: In Stock
£20.00
Available
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What's the time Mr Wolf?
These water resistant
watches will help boys
and girls to tell the
time in style. The comfy
straps feature colourful
relief pictures in a
princess theme. Each
watch comes with a
learning guide as well as
a simple practice clock
face with moveable hands.
Availability: In Stock
£20.00
Available
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What's the time Mr Wolf?
These water resistant
watches will help boys
and girls to tell the
time in style. The comfy
straps feature colourful
relief pictures in a
pirate theme. Each watch
comes with a learning
guide as well as a simple
practice clock face with
moveable hands.
Availability: In Stock
£20.00
Available
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A great memory training
game where the egg timer
gives you ten seconds to
study the picture card.
Then roll the dice and
see if you can remember
the answer to the eight
questions. 71
picture/question cards on
all the countries of the
world. For one or more
players and all the
family would enjoy it.
Availability: In Stock
£10.00
Archived Product
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You can't say 'No' to
this game. You can't say
'Yes' either, or you'll
get dinged out by the
bell. One player reads
the questions on the card
while another answers,
without saying 'Yes' or
'No'. Sounds easy doesn't
it? Yes? No? Just try it!
For 2 to 6 players.
Availability: In Stock
£5.00
Denmark