Our Toy Testing Team
- Learning Resources Posted On Aug 11, 2014 | Teachers Hub
2014 has seen the birth of our Toy Testing Team here at Learning Resources! We’re intrigued by the world of mummy blogging which seems to be spreading like wild fire! Us, along with many other brands recognise the importance of hearing exactly what parents think of our products and how we can continually improve them.
We set up our Toy Testing Team earlier this year, a network of mummy bloggers we know we can trust and rely on for honest feedback about the quality, suitability and educational support that our products offer. Whilst we love hearing positive things about our resources, we understand things aren’t perfect. We ask that our Toy Testing Team provide us with constructive reviews and, if there are some problems, we can feed this back to our Product Development team.
Some of the mummy bloggers we currently work with include:
Our blogger specialist, Helen Ferri Wilson works closely with our vast network of bloggers. Helen established a relationship with the mummy blogosphere nearly three years ago and has kept abreast of developments in the ever changing environment of blogging. We soon discovered mummy bloggers are influencers providing impartial and honest advice to their readers. Helen said ‘It’s been important for us to tell the Learning Resources story and the response to our toys, games and learning aids has been extremely positive. We offer an appealing range of toys ALL with added learning value making us differ from many mainstream toy brands. The most rewarding situations are helping children to develop in an area of learning they’ve struggled with; the biggest surprise to the blogger is their children haven’t noticed they’re learning as they’ve been having so much fun!’
If you’re a blogger and interested in joining the Learning Resources Toy Testing Team, send Helen an email at hferri@learning-resources.co.uk to find out more. Alternatively view our Blogger Media Pack for more information about us as a company and our partnerships with mummy bloggers!
Until next time…
Laura
Green Toys AeroplaneEven the smallest aviators can take off with this lightweight aircraft! All of our Green Toys products are made from 100% recycled materials!
Catch ‘n View Butterfly NetThis is a butterfly next and observation tent in one! Great for younger explorers from 3 onwards.
Smart Splash Sail Away ShapesThese linking ships have detachable masts which are a variety of shapes, encouraging shape and colour recognition through water play!
String Along Lacing SetMy daughter 'Squirt’ has one of these and she loves it! It’s great for inside play on rainy days. It keeps her busy for ages, and it’s great for supporting her fine motor skills and pencil grip.
Minute Math Electronic Flash CardThis little electronic game is perfect for travelling and learning all in one! It reinforces fact recall for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. At the end of each round a score is given, so children are encouraged to try and beat it next time! The ideal travelling companion!
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Have a great summer!Until next time…Laura 
Studies have shown that the earlier youngsters are introduced to a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, the more likely they are to welcome these foods into their diets. Including play food in imaginative play could be the key to exposing children to fruit and veg as early as possible. It introduces children to the colour and shape of fruit and vegetables, perhaps before their palate is quite ready for the taste! Play food has always been around, and it something that has improved in quality over the years and is now a lot more realistic!
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Older children can start preparing their fruit and vegetables with the Pretend & Play® Sliceable Fruits & Veggies that even come with a chopping board and play knife.
The LiveWell section of the NHS website has some great tips about including fruit and vegetables into your weekly meals and snacks. One of my favourite ideas on the site was to allow your children to pick one fruit or vegetable during the weekly shop and let them see the process from shop to table! Supervise them while they prepare it, cook it and serve it! Squirt luckily doesn’t need much encouraging when it comes to fruit and veggies, but this is certainly something I will be doing with her!Variety is the key! My +1’s mum is from Jamaica so I’m often introduced to fruit and vegetables I have never even heard of before. Most of them, I must say are absolutely delicious.Until next time…Laura 
