There are soooo many toys available at Toy Kingdom. Honestly, it’s overwhelming.
I used to walk around the store for at least half an hour trying to figure out what to purchase for birthdays.
I never bothered to research toys for my daughter until this campaign. Now that I have educated myself more about occupational therapy and OT toys – I would be able to walk in the store and know exactly what to get for my kids within minutes. I’m hoping this post will help many moms understand OT toys and the amazing range available.
Why are educational toys important?
According to registered Occupational therapist Dana Katz, educational toys, especially those that support fine motor, visual perceptual, planning and problem-solving skills can help to develop more refined, higher level learning skills. Read more here.
1. Beware of the Shark
Small and gentle Fish are swimming lazily in the middle of the sea. All of a sudden, the Fish see a Shark ready to grab them. They move quickly, but so does the Shark….Have fun in this game of quick reflexes. The Shark will try to grab as many Fish as possible and the Fish have to save themselves.
2. Sort in the Box
Sort-in-the box is a learning centre that teaches sorting and classification skills. It consists of a 4 compartment sorting box. It has 60 object tiles to sort by characteristics across 12 sub-categories and 3 main categories- Animals, Shapes and Visual features.
3. Spell Cat
Spell Cat is an interactive activity centre for learning spellings in a multi-sensory way. Let the child choose a spelling picture word card and place the letter tiles in the correct sequence in the spelling tray. Study the word again and close the doors. Then write out the word on the chalkboard from memory. To check whether the spelt word is correct, lift the doors and match the letter tiles to the handwritten word.
4. Monkey Expressions
This lovable puzzle helps children identify and express emotions-happy, sad, angry, surprise and fear. A discovery tool with a twist that helps children show what they are feeling and understand why.
5. Grammar Wise
A super fun way to learn grammar colourfully. Grammar Wise reinforces knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns in a fun, colourful way. Have fun matching words and parts of speech and be the first to get rid of all your tokens.
6. Why Connect
Put your thinking caps on and you have a reason to play! A highly addictive reasoning game that is not bound by a board and can be played anywhere on a flat surface. Score points by connecting picture tiles, that are related or go together.
7. Pirates Game Hide & Seek
Helps problem solving.
8. Colour Code Game
Choose a challenge. Pick the tiles you need and stack them up, one by one, in the tile display holder. Colour/Finish: Colour Code game. Check out how quickly you find a colourful challenge on your hands.
9. Quadrillion Game
Helps think skills and strategy.
10. Anti-Virus
For creativity.
11. Penguins on Ice
Have fun finding where the penguins fit with Penguins on Ice.
12. SMARTMAX Start (23PCE)
13. Three Little Pigs
Three Little Piggies is a perfect brain game for young children. It features 3 big puzzle pieces that are easy to hold, and kids will be intrigued by the way the pigs fit inside the houses and look through the windows.
14. SMARTMAX Extension Set –
Start Plus (30 PCE)
15. SMARTMAX – Power Vehicles Mix
With this extensive set you can compose a total fleet! Build a bulldozer, a fire truck, a forklift, a tow truck, a pick-up truck or a van! The cockpits, cabins, scoops, wheels and other attachments can be easily clicked onto the bars. All parts can be combined with all existing SMARTMAX® sets. Together with the bars and metal balls, you can create an endless range of possibilities.
16. SMARTMAX – Click & Roll
Magnetic Discovery – from a very young age! Park your car, or let it roll down the ramp.
17. ZOOB 125 (4 per Carton)
For serious ZOOB builders for hours of creative building and interactive play. Build a “DNA Spiral”, a “Crown” and 2 larger dinosaurs.
18. ZOOB 75 (6 per Carton)
Ready, Set, Build! The ZOOB 75 piece building set comes with everything you need for hours of creative building and interactive play. Everything is included to build 27 different creations including a spaceship, robot, scorpion, helicopter, and even a “space bird” and “dino bunny”. Then create your own designs.
19. ZOOB 55 (6 per Carton)
Unlimited creative building with the ZOOB 55 Piece Building Kit. Everything is included to build the “ZOOB raptor”, Wiley Hopper”, chopper, robot, and much more. Build the Zoobamator – it’s a star ship which transforms into a hawk and robot! Use our instruction guides or make your own creations.
20. ZOOB Junior 15 PCE
There are four question categories: Who am I? Where am I? What am I? and Hard Ass! The 500 questions are formulated into lots of clues. The clues get easy as the question is being read out, but don’t wait too long to answer, as the first person to yell out the right answer, wins the round and moves closer to the Smart Ass. If you yell out the wrong answer, then you are out of that round and have to wait ’till the next question is asked.
For more information about the range visit the website: www.toykingdom.co.za or connect with the brand on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/toykingdomshop. Toys are available at Toy Kingdom stores nationwide.
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78 comments
ZOOB 55 is awesome. The block interlock easily for interesting creative designs.
I love the SmartMax range especially the SMARTMAX – CLICK & ROLL. My little girl would enjoy that she loves putting things together and taking them apart.she’s got a very enquiring mind and i would love the chance to be able to get her some OT Toys that she would enjoy and i would know that she is learning from them as well.
Hope you enjoying New York :)!
ZOOB 125 my boys love dinosaurs so they will love this.
Penguins on Ice, my little one would love this
smartmax
The ZOOB75! My little one loves to build so she would just enjoy this so much, hours of fun for her and mommy 🙂
My baby of 3years old would Love the Monkey Expressions
The Zoob 75
Love the SMARTMAX-Power Vehicle Mix. With A Little Boy That Lives Anything That Moves But Who Especially Loves “Power vehicles” Because His Dad manafactures The Real Things So He Gets To Help Dad Build Them And Test Them When We go Visit Him At The Workshop This Is Right Up His Alley.
The ANTI-VIRUS game for creativity looks interesting and something that my daughter will enjoy because she is such a talented and creative child.
Click n Roll
SPELL CAT Looks amazing. My 5 year old is so eager to spell correctly, this would be fantastic for her.
THREE LITTLE PIGS
I love the spellcat! Awesome stuff would love to win
All the toys are lovely! But my favourite pick will have to be Spell Cat. Spelling is very important and by making it a fun game from a young age, it can only make it enjoyable to learn for the little one!
Love “Why Connect”
The Zoob 75
I love them all they all look and sounds interesting as a parent I always look for this kind of toys that my kids will be entertain for hours.
I love ZOOB JUNIOR 15 PCE plus my son loves to build..
Smartmax Click and Roll.
I love 125 pieces for my grandchild ,he loves to build .Very educational.
I would choose spell cat, just love the variety of educational toys.
Spell cat: is amazing as it is useful to kids learning spelling in a fun way and both mom and kid could find letters and make words together and it will be a great experience. 🙂
The penquins on ice looks like a lot of fun!!
Spell Cat
Fir me it’s gotta be Spellcat I love the wide variety of educational toys and this just does it for me and the kiddies ☑☑ hope to win ☑☑
SMARTMAX Start.
Great way to get the creative problem solving juices flowing.
Smartmax Magnetic Discovery! My kids love building things and playing with magnets, so a combination of both would be a lot of fun!
I love the SMARTMAX – POWER VEHICLES MIX! My son loves cars….and putting things together, so this would be perfect for him! What stunning toys…I seriously love all of them, especially the educational aspect. Everything has a purpose.
im loving Spell Cat, awesome for my daughter to practice her spelling.
I would love the SMARTMIX-POWER VEHICLES MIX my son will love it
Spell Cat, I love giving my child that little bit of extra help for the big world xx
ZOOB75 THE BOYS SILL LOVE♡♡ IT!
smart max click and roll… looks like fun..my boys will love it
SMARTMAX START (23PCE)
ZOOB 125 is amazing! 10 years teaching preschoolers and this a favourite every year
Love Monkey Expressions!
spell cat
The smart max start kit.
My toddler adores cars and logic. He’ll be crazy about this.
Pirates Hide and Seek!
Being a grade 1 teacher, I am naturally drawn to spell cat. It would be great for my son.
Penguins on ice
My favorite toy from your above list is the Smartmax Start. It would be perfect for the stage that my little boy is at and it would really challenge him in a positive manner. Thanks for your awesome list! We so often just walk into a shop and make purchases without putting much thought into it.
My son would LOVE the SMARTMAX EXTENSION SET as he enjoys putting things together. I love that it can be used so creatively.
This is a tough one. I think one of the building ones (smart max power vehicles) or the three little pigs.
I love the Spell cat game.. I think it’s the perfect tool for little ones to learn to spell in a fun and exciting way. It will go a long way in helping develope a child’s vocabulary.
Love the smartmax range <3
SPELL CAT is definitely a winner for me. Something I would have loved to have when I was a kid growing up 🙂
Spell cat
Zoob 125 is my favourite – my son loves building things and this product would be so good for any child’s fine motor skills!
love the spell cat
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