Toys for Cause & Effect

This large wooden natural rainbow (12 pieces) from Grimm's is a great versatile toy, representing the element of air. The large tunnel can be used as a bridge, tunnel, fence, puzzle, small house and so much more. The uses are endless and perfect for free play and open ended play opportunities. Dimensions: 36 x 7 x 17 cm Materials: alder-wood, non-toxic plant based oil finish. Recommended from 0 mths+

The sloping blocks are a tricky building set with different tilted blocks. Only the matching colours will complete a rectangle. All 6 blocks within one shade of colour (blue/red/green/yellow and purple) have the same tilt angle and therefore will also complete a rectangle. By building and playing with these uneven blocks, develops fine motor skills and spatial thinking skills. The set includes 30 building blocks in a wooden frame. Materials: lime wood, non-toxic water based color stain/non-toxic plant based oil finish. Size: Frame length 31 cm, single blocks 6 cm thickness. Recommended from 5 yrs+

Grimm's Stacking Moons can not only be sorted and stacked. They make a great resource for building funny leaning houses and towers or use your imagination and lay them flat to reveal animals or images. A great way to practise hand-eye coordination and stimulate fine motor skills Materials: 15 pieces of lime wood, non-toxic water based color stain/non-toxic plant based oil finish. Size: length 28 cm, height 22 cm. Recommended from 12 months+

Children love to explore and make sound with this beautifully crafted wooden musical set, it will bring musical delight even to their parents! The Melody Mix is an activity music toy that has ten different musical instruments including a xylophone, drum, tubular chimes, triangle, cymbal, bells, maracas, castanet, double guiro, and pair of rhythm sticks plus two strikers and one scraper. Size: L 32.5 x W 32.5 x H 16 cm Recommended from 3 yrs+

Throw the dice and position your acrobats strategically to create the tallest possible tower. The first person to knock down the tower loses! Acrobat is a game of skill to encourage fine motor skills, logical thinking and concentration. When you roll the dice you need to place your acrobats on the corresponding coloured spots of the disc. Then the next player lays a disc and rolls the dice. Take it in turns adding a level until someone wobbles and the tower falls! A game for 2-8 players. The set includes 20 cardboard discs, 57 wooden acrobat blocks and 3 wooden dice. Recommended from 5 yrs+.

It's easy to get in a flap with the Janod wooden Balancing Flamingo! Super cool, painted with water colours and crafted from FSC certified wood, this educational game will test your fine motor skills and patience while teaching basic physics. Take turns and gently place your sleepy bird on the flamingo's outstretched wings. Keep stacking them to see how many you can pile on before she topples over. You can also use the birds separately as a stacking game or counting as you go! Size: 26 W x 14 D x 19 cm H Recommended from 3 yrs+

Building fun with 100 dominoes and additional elements is guaranteed with this huge set of Cocoon Dominoes from Janod. Line up the blocks and penguins in the longest track possible. Strategically place a cog, bridge, bell or ball. Once you have finished setting up, gently tap the first block to watch them tumble in progression and see the flag flip up at the end. Dominoes encourage patience and dexterity as well as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.  Recommended from 3 yrs+

This 60 piece block set from Janod will challenge concentration and fine motor skills. A perfect STEM starter for kids aged 4 and up. It allows for lots of creativity and open ended play, creating the craziest buildings their imaginations can come up with. Towers, houses, animals and more. The 4 double sided template cards offer a starting point, but once they get going, there is no limit to their engineering inventiveness. Ideal for developing ingenuity, creativity and spatial awareness, these FSC certified wooden blocks are painted with water-based paint and are all interconnecting. Presented in a tower box, making it convenient and easy for storage. Recommended from 4 yrs+

Drum roll please! Janod's Gioia Wooden Drum playfully develops children's sense of rhythm and hand-eye coordination. Beautifully illustrated, the drum is easy to carry and makes peaceful sounds when the child taps the top with the included drumstick. Its wave-shaped pattern allows different tones to resonate, ideal for introducing children to the concept of musical beats as well as cause and effect. Size: 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 8 cm An early-learning toy for children from 18 months+. Made from FSC wood.

Just Blocks are ecologically manufactured out of beech wood without being chemically treated by preservatives, paints or oils. Each block size and shape has each been thoroughly tested so as to support and enhance a child’s motor skills and cognitive brain development. Building ‘Just Block’ structures helps develop a child’s fine motor and manual dexterity skills as well as hand-to-eye coordination and to exercise the hand and finger muscles. A given block set is not designed to force/instruct any particular way of playing. In contrast, the focus is on letting children use their own imagination. During the building process, a child can learn how to explore and exploit cause & effect, to undertake challenging tasks and to test the limits of their abilities. In general, toys tend to impose limits in their use-for-play without stimulating a child’s imagination. The ‘Just Blocks’ approach is intended to counteract this, where a child uses its own creativity, through play, to achieve whatever goals they have in mind. Spacial creative skills so acquired help a child to achieve the necessary and enhanced means for its mental development. Contains 166 pieces: 74 Basic bold blocks28 Flat large blocks14 Flat medium blocks50 Stick blocks Recommended from 3 yrs+

A beautiful large wooden xylophone for all the little musicians. Made from good quality timber and colourfully painted with non toxic paint. Complete with 2 beaters. Size: Approx. 41 cm long and 23 cm wide. Recommended from 18 months+

Push Alongs have been around for many years and are still a toddler favourite. The  beads on the bee and dinosaur's wheels provide a pleasing sound while walking along. The silicone feet on the tucan, macaw and flamingo produce a calm flapping noise as they get pushed along and their wings turn with movement. The leather feet on the geese make a calm flapping sound. They all feature easy to grasp handles and are painted with non-toxic paints. Recommended from 18 months+