February: What’s Hot This Month?

Learning Resources Posted On Feb 22, 2016

Creative construction! This month youâ€™ve been loving our colourful Gears! Gears! Gears Â® range of construction toys for kids. Each set features interchangeable gears that can be mixed and matched, developing early problem solving and critical thinking skills.

LER 9215 Gears!Gears! Gears!Â® Sweet Shop Building Set

What are the benefits of construction play?

Construction encourages little ones to:

Build confidence, perseverance and self esteem
Prepare for the real-world problems
Explore early STEM skills
Develop an understanding of cause and effect
Strengthen hand muscles and develop fine motor skills

FromÂ Pet Playland to Movinâ€™ Monkeysâ„¢ thereâ€™s Gears a set for everybody. We even have two new sets for preschool engineers, designed especially to introduce construction play to little hands!

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LER 9219 Build & Spin Flower Garden

Join in the fun!

From the 22^nd -28^th February weâ€™re giving you 10% off all of our Gears! Gears! Gears! products using the code WHATSHOT2. Browse the full range here!FacebookÂ

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Tried & Tested: Word Construction

Name of tester: Tracy BakerEstablishment name: Little Bright Sparks fun phonics, literacy and numeracy classesAge range of children: 2-7 yearsProduct tested: Word Construction

â€œTracy teaches phonics, literacy and numeracy for 2-7 year olds at Little Bright Sparks. Helping children to prepare for school, classes show children and parents how to use the phonics system used in the classroom.â€Â Ratings:

How did you use the product?

To promote phonic knowledge, spelling and reading.Â Â Â

What did you like/dislike about the resource?

What I like about this resource is that it helps to refine motor skills, improve hand-eye co-ordination and strengthen the little muscles in childrenâ€™s hands. This will help them to hold a pencil correctly and for continued lengths of time.Â

Did the children enjoy using the product?

They loved using this product and didnâ€™t realise that they were learning at the same time. Â This is useful for special needs children and children that find it difficult to concentrate and sit still to learn. It allows them time to think about the next letter whilst screwing on the previous letter.

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How would you rate the long term appeal of the resource?

I believe this is something I will be using for many years to come and that it will be a favourite for all of the children I teach (2-7 year olds).Â

Do you currently have any similar products within your setting?

This is completely unique and different from the current toys that I use. Â I have phonics puzzles, kids bingo games and lots of homemade resources but nothing like this.

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How cost effective do you feel the resource is in terms of the results it delivers?

Very cost effective and great value for money.Â

Is the product unique?

Yes, I havenâ€™t seen anything like this on the market!Â To discover more about Little Bright Sparks visit their Website or Facebook page! Classes are held on Wednesdays in East Malling, Thursdays in West Kingsdown and Fridays in Eynsford. #LoveLearning
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Come out and play on National Children’s Day!

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Get into Gears!

Hi all

Gears! Gears! Gears!Â® is a very popular brand name in our household! Squirt loves playing with the different gears to make lots of different designs, and it’s something she enjoys with her Dad has he loves playing with construction toys! She was bought the Movin’ Monkeysâ„¢ Building Set for her birthday last year. She was a bit young for it at the time, but loved playing with the monkeys and all the different trees - they ended up in the bath on more than one occasion! Now she’s older she lovely building with all the gears and connectors and swinging the monkeys from the springy green vines.

A brand new product to the Gears! Gears! Gears!Â® range is the new Build & Bloom Flower Garden. This has only been available for a couple of days, but knowing how much squirt loves the range, I thought I’d ask her opinion of the new set!

Here are some of the things Squirt said about Gears! Gears! Gears! Build & Bloom:

“I like the bees and butterflies and flowers.”

“Daddy has to help me put the bricks (base) together.”

“The pink ones are my favourite.”

“I like it when they spin.”

The set of 115 includes flowers, butterflies, bees and ladybirds, along with colourful gears and wiggly flower stems! Not only is the set a lot of fun, it also helps to develop critical thinking skills and encourages creativity.

To find out more about the Gears! Gears! Gears!Â® range, view the products on our website. I particularly like the GizmosÂ® Building Set with so many pieces and parts it will offer colourfully and dazzling play for hours on end!

These sets will make great Christmas presents that will keep children entertained for hours! Find them in our Christmas Shop here. In case you didn’t already know, all items in the Christmas Shop are buy two get one free!