Fun educational toys are a brilliant way for toddlers and young children to learn at home! Of course, these toys have to be fun, otherwise, children won’t be interested in playing with them. For some super-cool toys that not only encourage learning but are also highly entertaining, you need our ultimate list of the best educational toys for pre-schoolers. Here are our top 6 picks!
Best Educational Toys for Preschoolers:
- Build Your Own Racing Car – 30 pieces
- Drawing School – Step By Step
- Calendar & Clock – Let’s Learn!
- How We’re Made – Montessori
- Dinosaur Snap – Find the Pairs
- Caterpillar Alphabet Puzzle
1 Build Your Own Racing Car – 30 pieces , £29.99 £29.99
A brilliant STEM building kit
We all know how popular cars are with preschoolers, and with this 30-piece set, little ones can build their very own sturdy seven-inch race car! This kit is an excellent first STEM set, and it’s also a wonderful way to support those motor skills (no pun intended). Use the working toy power drill to fix everything in place. Before you know it, you’ll have your very own race car, complete with lights and sounds. The large bolts are easy to remove, so the fun can go on and on–mix and match the pieces to build different-coloured versions. A super-cool building kit for clever little kids!
2 Drawing School – Step By Step , £16.95 £16.95
Art school in a box
Drawing is excellent for young children’s development, as it supports motor skills, encourages creativity, and helps build problem-solving abilities. This kit teaches preschoolers to draw animals in progressive steps, which means it’s also great for concentration and learning to follow directions. Assemble the step-by-step puzzle piece guides, then copy them onto the wipe-clean board… Keep practicing to improve your skills, and you’ll be a master artist in no time!
3 Calendar & Clock – Let’s Learn , £21.99 £21.99
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An adorable clock…
Learning to tell the time is an important part of any preschooler’s education, and this clock and calendar makes it tonnes of fun! Just twist the coloured hands to the right places, and start learning about how a clock works. Read the numbers, move the hands, just have fun… A brilliant, inviting introduction to time-telling, basic maths and the changing seasons. It’s time to tell the time!
4 How We’re Made – Montessori , £19.95 £19.95
Explore the wonders of the human body
This fun Montessori-inspired box set contains eight different human body-themed puzzle games. Preschoolers will love fitting the colourful cutout shapes into matching slots to learn about the five senses, emotions, growing up, facial expressions and more. They can even use the special pen and whiteboard to practise their art skills and draw the body! A brightly coloured set sure to appeal to future doctors, nurses, and scientists!
5 Dinosaur Snap & Pairs Game , £7.99 £7.99
A prehistoric matching game
Matching memory games are a childhood classic, but did you know they’re also educational? Matching games can improve concentration, language skills, and memory. This fun set features 2 games using beautifully illustrated colourful dinosaur cards. The set is a fabulously fun way to keep little ones entertained on rainy days!
6 Caterpillar Alphabet Puzzle , £24.99 £24.99
For little learners…
Preschoolers will be instantly drawn to this colourful wooden puzzle! Use the puzzle as a way to talk about colours, animals, and letters. The 27 pieces are easy to slot together, and kids will love touching the tactile chunky wood. The 26 body segments are painted with a lowercase letter, so little ones can practice their ABCs whilst developing key motor skills. Larva-ly!
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