Preschool Toys

Boys and girls at pre-school age are little bundles of energy and love to play actively with other children. Playtime can vary from make-believe role-play and dressing up fun, to build and play construction sets, Rocking Ride on Toys and Tricycles.

Arts and crafts and musical toys bring out a youngsters creative side as they find things out for themselves. They will soon be forming their own little band with playmates and choosing from an array of instruments. There are toy keyboards, pianos, drum kits, guitars and sing-along microphones.

Making a mess has always been a fun activity for little ones but now Aquadraw no mess mats have arrived play just got better. Parents will be pleased too! Their works of art will gradually disappear as they dry leaving the mat ready for another one to be produced.

There are themed Aquadraw sets including Disney Princess, Cinderella, Thomas the Tank Engine, Cars, Peppa Pig and In the Night Garden. All of these enable a child to express themselves artistically.

Preschool development and educational toys comes in all forms with top names Leapfrog, Fisher Price, and VTech leading the way. They have a wide range of creative and imaginative books and toys that offer visual stimulation along with sound and touch.

Ride-ons, wheeled toys, trikes, bikes and scooters are best for keeping kids active. There are various themes available featuring lights and sound adding to the fun. Barbie wheeled toys; Bob the Builder complete with tool box and Fireman Sam are sure to be a favourite among the little ones.

Toys like VTech Ride on Alphabet Train helps with learning letters and numbers as does LeapFrog Alphabet Pal and Leapfrog Text and Learn. Top selling V.Smile Learning system and leapfrog Leapster also introduces electronic learning into the preschool arena

New 2009 Preschool shows like WotWots, Waybuloo and Timmy Time has seen a growing fan club of little ones. The best news is products have been released in time for Christmas. There are plush, soft toys, games and accessories relating to the show including their favourite.

A new animated show called Zigby is aimed at 3 to 5 year olds and is set on a plush jungle island. Lots of adventures and fun is to be found here with Zigby the Zebra and friends Mcmeer the Meerkat and Bertie the Guinea Fowl. You can buy Zigby books by Brian Pateson at Amazon and hopefully there will be Zigby soft toys and games filling the stores soon too.

Fluffy Gardens is another pre-school animation series that targets toddlers who are at an age to enjoy a bed time story. The show includes a group of colourful characters all with different personalities.

The show teaches a child what’s right and wrong and how important it is to help friends and to share. There are lots of different “Fluffy Gardens” animal characters and the promise of plush, soft toys with lights and sound including other toys and games early in 2010.