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Optimising Learning with Puzzles!

Optimising Learning with Puzzles!

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Are you looking for a fun and educational activity for your child? Look no further than puzzles! Puzzles have been...
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Safety Tips for Button Cell Battery Use around Children

Safety Tips for Button Cell Battery Use around Children

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While they may seem harmless, button cell batteries pose a serious risk to children if swallowed or inserted. Due to...
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What are Wheely Bug Ride on Toys?

What are Wheely Bug Ride on Toys?

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Australian designed wheely bug ride on toys are are an innovative and fun active play toy for toddlers and young...
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Choosing the Right Toys: A Guide by Age Group

Choosing the Right Toys: A Guide by Age Group

By Send A Toy
Choosing the right toys for a child is important for both their development and safety. Age-appropriate toys are designed to...
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This Easter season, give your little ones something special, chocolate free!

This Easter season, give your little ones something special, chocolate free!

By Send A Toy
  Our hand-picked collection of Children's Easter Gifts offers a variety of ideas …
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Ball Tracks and Marble Runs - Our Picks

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Ball tracks and marble runs have been a toy box staple for generations.The satisfaction kids feel when they send a...
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Hidden Dangers of Button Cell Batteries

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There's a little-known risk to small children - coin-sized lithium button batteries can cause severe injuries when swallowed or inserted...
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Maximising Learning with Activity Toys

Maximising Learning with Activity Toys

By Send A Toy
>How do activity toys benefit young children? Activity toys offer numerous learning benefits for young children. Here are some of...
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Christmas 2022 Catalogue

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This is an interactive catalogue. For more information on a particular product, click the product image.   Prices were correct...
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Tips for cleaning children's toys

By Send A Toy
Cleaning your child's toys will help remove germs, soiling and prolong their life cycle. Different types of toys require different...
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Aerospace Jigsaw Puzzle

Not Your Ordinary Puzzles

By Send A Toy
What you see isn't all you get! Once children have completed these unique puzzles the fun is not over, it...
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2020 Christmas Deliveries ... this year is a little different

2020 Christmas Deliveries ... this year is a little different

By Send A Toy
SHOP EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! To give your order the best chance of arriving in time for Christmas place your...
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4 Learning Benefits of Construction Sets

By Send A Toy
Construction Sets (aka Modular Sets or Building Sets) are play sets that contain standardised pieces or elements that allow for...
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How to wash your Jellycat

By Send A Toy
Jellycat brand soft toys are not only adorable and cuddly, but they also quickly become a child's best friend. Over...
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New Jellycat Arrivals

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We frequently receive emails and phone calls from desperate parents trying to replace a child's favorite soft toy that they...
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Your Childhood Toys Re-Visited

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If you are a child of the 70's and 80's you may remember some of these classic toys that have...
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Care, Safety & other Wheely Bug FAQ's

Care, Safety & other Wheely Bug FAQ's

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Developed in 1995, the Australian designed Wheely Bug makes the perfect ride on toy for children at the cusp of...
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Math dice STEM game

5 Battery Free STEM Toys

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This mentally challenging and fun dice game from Thinkfun helps kids sharpen their math skills by solving problems in a...
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