Educational Toys

A sea-scope with built in flashlight, thermometer and ruler for underwater viewing and investigating!

Robust children's binoculars with built in compass for added adventuring!

We’re going on a bug hunt!  Grab your Explorer kit and let’s go!  Everything you need to explore the wilderness or even the dusty corners of a cupboard.  Set contains: bucket hat, binoculars, catching net, keep net, magnifying glass, bug viewer and scissor scoop bug catcher.

Pocket sized microscope with an amazing 30x magnification!

A refracting telescope with x 12 magnification, a sturdy metal focuser and comfortable soft eye cup.  A great way to explore the surface of the moon, search the night sky or study nature close up.

Magnificent 20x – 40x magnification illuminated microscope, see the world close-up, perfect for exploring out and about, as hand-held with a lanyard to keep it close at all times!  Requires 3 x LR44 batteries, included.

Dual purpose telescope and microscope you can take anywhere!  Fantastic 8 x larger than life telescope magnification and 30 x larger with microscope!

A brilliant concept and fascinating STEM toy.  Inside each logibloc is a printed circuit board and every block is colour coded for the function it performs.  Plug them together in different combinations to create circuits and build unlimited projects.

A brilliant concept and fascinating STEM toy.  Inside each logibloc is a printed circuit board and every block is colour coded for the function it performs.  Plug them together in different combinations to create circuits and build unlimited projects.

A brilliant concept and fascinating STEM kit.  Inside each bloc is a printed circuit board and each block is colour coded for the function it performs.  Plug the blocs together in different sequences to create 10 different projects, including a Rain Detector and a Chocolate Guard.  Mix and match with other sets to build more complex projects.  

Build your own solar powered aircraft mobile.  Place it in the sunlight and watch it glide around!

Build a robot mini vehicle and power it with salt water – it’s amazing!

Drill a design with an award winning creative activity kit with a realistic sounding power drill!

Gears Activity Set - fantastic construction set for youg engineers!

Imagine, design and build multiple different moving machines, including cranes and cars using this Gears, Gears, Gears Building Set. 116 colourful interlocking pieces for endless combinations and see the other sets on our website!

Build an amazing moving jungle set with this ingenious gear construction kit and watch the mischievous monkeys hang, spin and swing!

Invent and build your own moving robots with this Gears, Gears, Gears building set.  Utilise the 116 colourful interlocking pieces, building them in endless combinations, inventing the robots of your imagination that really twist, turn and move!

Jigsaw puzzle and poster with big pieces for little hands.  A colourful puzzle filled with animals, numbers and colours with a matching poster too.

Shopping List Game from Orchard Toys

Learn to tell the time with this fun social interaction game that links with National Curriculum English and Maths.

"All aboard!" Race your bus to the depot with this fun addition and subtraction game.

Master times tables from 2 to 12 with these exciting games.  Practice 2, 5 & 10 times tables with Multiplication Bingo, or flip of the board and save the city with the Times Tables Heroes!  The perfect balance between education and fun.

Easy to follow guides to draw your own animals by following the 4 simple steps.

Such a brilliant idea for younger children to learn to draw in simple steps and gain a real sense of achievement.  Contains 12 step by step cards, 1 dry-wipe board, pen and cleaning cloth.

A brilliant, comprehensive set which provides an overview of calligraphy, typography and hand lettering, with step-by step instructions to master hand lettering.  Includes guide, lined and dotted grid page pad, mechanical pencil, pens in a great presentation box.

Biff!  Pow!  Wham!  Create your own superhero and comic book using this imaginative kit!  With full instructions, story boards, tracing sheets, creative projects and inspiring ideas to design male or female heroes.

A lockable secret diary with cheerful, sunny and positive designs on the cover, blank pages to start writing at any time.  Plenty of positive vibes included.

A school yearbook to fill with memories, messages and signatures from class mates and teachers, with special pages for best friends and future dreams.  24 bright and colourful pages.

A multitude of Montessori method based activities to develop language, logical mathematical thinking and manual skills.  Topics covered are letters, animals and numbers, with an extensive guide on how to play and get the best out of the game.  Box contains sandpaper letters and numbers, 2-sided blackboard, chalk and eraser, cards with pictures and words, pictures only and so much more.

An innovative set of 3-piece puzzles, a puzzle for each letter of the alphabet, consisting of the letter and an illustration with the corresponding word in both upper and lower case. 

Explore the wonders of glow in the dark and perform fun scientific experiments with this glow lab STEM set.

Learn about minerals, crystals and geodes.  Unearth rocks and minerals from a block of earth using the special hammer and chisel.  Make a magnificent, large geode using the moulds provided and plaster of Paris, then fill it with the solution to create the crystal layer.

Grow four stunning crystals from chemical components with this fascinating project and make an awesome dinosaur terrarium.  The 4 different sized and coloured crystals grow in just 7 days and are then used to create a terrarium habitat for 3 dinosaur figures.  All chemical compounds, equipment, figures and terrarium included.

Learn to grow stunning crystals of different colours and display them in a night light.  Requires 3 x AAA batteries and adult supervision.

A STEAM science kit for budding young astronomers to make a Solar System planetarium model and 2-way space slide projector.  Engaging projects that are useful when you complete them and the set includes a large, informative poster and set of glow in the dark stars. 

Children will be enthralled with this set of fascinating learning activities.  Make a wooden model, complete a jigsaw, work through trivia questions and study the beautifully detailed poster. 

Prepare for lift off!  Take a journey through the constellations and discover the wonders of the universe with this brilliant Space Lab.

Build an out of this world model planetarium, paint it and add glow effects too!

A fascinating space projector and torch with 24 space themed images to project onto your wall or ceiling!

Create amazing coloured crystal shapes, collect precious stones and decorate a Geode with this comprehensive set with full instructions, safety equipment, scientific equipment and chemicals.

Durable 81 piece plastic construction kit.

Use the special Numberblocks MathLink® Cubes to build the familiar characters, get to know more about them using Character Cards, then follow the 30 maths activities written to compliment episodes of the popular children’s TV programme; play along with the characters as you watch.

Mathlink Cubes - an early maths starter set.  Colourful interlocking cubes that connect on all sides with activity cards and supporting activity guide.

A stacking tower of colourful wooden numbered bricks, each shaped to fit with the neighbouring number.

2 in 1 toy! Stack & Count Garage with 10 wooden cars, from Melissa & Doug, is great fun to play with and also an innovative way to learn sorting, counting and matching.

Attractive spotty wooden ukulele, with 4 tuneable nylon strings – a great first ukulele.

10 piece set of easy to play wood and metal musical instruments for an introduction to music, stored in a wooden crate. Contains 2 x maracas, tambourine, triangle, tone block, clacker and 2 x cymbals.

Colourful chunky wooden lacing beads with sturdy thread.

Traditional wooden toy to help children with numbers, colours and counting.  10 rows of ten beads in 5 colours.

A pre-school letter skill activities set to help get your child ready for school.  These hands-on activities use the materials provided to help children learn through active play.  91-piece set with clear instructions.

Box of colourful wooden number magnets and mathematical symbols to use on any magnetic surface to make maths fun.

Complete easy experiments to answer everyday questions with this hands-on introduction to Chemistry, Physics and Biology.  Complete an awesome 29 experiments with the 58-piece set, using the 48 page manual and find out how a magnifying glass enlarges an image, why boats float and how does soap clean things.  Investigate and experiment in the key areas of nature, physics, chemistry, air and water while introducing children to the scientific method.  Requires the addition of easily obtainable household items for some experiments.

Explore the science of electricity in a fun, hands on way by learning the basics of electric circuits with 15 circuit experiments and building 5 motorised models.  Set includes 64 pieces and a 32 page manual to conduct 20 experiments. 

Box of colourful upper-case wooden letters in striking designs, to make learning as simple as ABC.

Box of colourful lower-case wooden letters in striking designs, to make learning as simple as ABC.

Build your own slot together Honey Bee with stand from 20 pieces of pre-cut sustainable card.

Build your own slot together Ladybird with stand from 27 pieces of pre-cut sustainable card.

Build your own awesome slot together refractor telescope with 16x magnification with this engaging kit.

Build your own cardboard plane launcher using a slot together technique and launch incredible paper planes with this awesome sustainable kit!

Build an adorable smart friend!  Tobbie the Robot has 6 legs, IR sensor and a dual gearbox, when he is assembled, he has two interactive modes – follow Me and Explore, with fun sounds and light effects.  Tobbie develops and reacts with his own emotions and gestures, just like a pet!