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Why should you buy Educational Toys and Gifts?

Educational toys are a great way to support children's learning and make a good gift choice

Kids' learning doesn't have to be restricted to the classroom

Most children need educational stimulation at home to help them remember and understand what they have learnt at school. Educational toys and gifts can help with this enhancing reading, mathematic and communication skills.

Studies have shown that children struggling in school score higher on achievement tests in June than they do at the end of the traditional summer break. Even more concerning are findings that indicate how these learning losses can add up with each passing year. In fact, by the time they reach middle school, some students may experience a 2-year lag in reading achievement. Even during shorter “breaks,” children’s minds should be stimulated through reading and learning games, during holidays, after school and on weekends. Experts have found that parents and carers who incorporate learning toys and tools into everyday activities and playtime enable children to have fun while also learning lessons in physics, mathematics, spelling and reading.

In addition to providing learning toys, adults can help their children retain learning in the following ways:

  • Have discussions with children about what they are reading. Ask them to talk about books they enjoy, retell the plots, and discuss their favorite characters. Our hand puppets are a great way to bring a story to life.
  • Play board games (see Games & Puzzles) or make a jigsaw. While you enjoy valuable family time, you can help your child build skills related to problem-solving, memory, and comprehension.
  • Maths games and Literacy based games that are fun help children to remember facts and help with reading skills.
  • Construction toys are a good way to develop problem solving skills and help with DT sujects.
  • Go online. There are a number of websites with games that help children build important spelling, reading, and maths skills while they’re having fun. These websites have been very useful for us while our own girls at various ages and levels of education -

BBC Schools  Always a good place to start for helping with homework and clearly explained facts for children

How Stuff Works  All kinds of well explained information with illustrations on pretty much anything 

Mr Men Great for fun games and interactive activities

Switch Zoo  Animal based activities where games can be played and children can create new funky animals

Cool Read  Literary reviews by teens for teens

Innocent Kids   From the smoothie makers, great fun fun games and activities

Top Marks  Useful help for tricky homework nights

Ask Kids  Safe search engine for children

ichild  Dedicated to supporting children's development and education

Up to the Moon has a large range of educational toys and gifts ranging from Maths Whiz to the ABC Cookie Jar making learning seem like fun. An educational gift is always appreciated more by other parents and is therefore a good choice if you are buying for a friend or relative's child. Our ranges can be seen on the Educational section of our website so please take a look.