Basic Skills

Baby Bigjigs Activity Walker
They're off! Your toddler will be even more enthusiastic about learning to become mobile with this brightly coloured wooden activity walker....
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Learn To Dress Monkey
Learn to dress from head to toe with Alex the Monkey! 22 inch long plush doll has 11 dressing activities that help to develop fine motor ...
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Primary Lacing Beads Melissa  & Doug
Thirty wooden beads in six vibrant colours and five distinct shapes combine with two extra-long laces for many activities. Stringing the easily gr...
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Lacing Shoe Wooden Pre-School Toy
I can do it myself! Few things will give your child more satisfaction than mastering shoe lacing and tying skills. This wooden, high-top sneaker w...
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Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads in a Box
You can count on this wooden bead set to make a bold statement! The variety of these dramatic bead shapes, their bold colours and two extra-long l...
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Melissa & Doug Latches Board
Undo a latch, swing open the numbered door, and count on fun when the picture beneath is revealed on this wooden play board! Build fine motor skil...
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Dress Up Pirate Doll
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Basic Dressing Skills Board - Melissa & Doug
Learn how to work zips, do up buttons, tie a shoe lace, work poppers and fasten a belt with this brilliant basic skills board. All contained on one ea...
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Dress Up Princess Doll
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Head Shoulders Knees & Toes Learning Game From Orchard Toys
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, and eyes and ears and mouth and nose! Have fun learning about parts of the body with this all-action 2-4 player&...
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Manhattan Toy - Busy Hands Bear
This cuddly friendly bear from Manhattan Toy is covered in oodles of colours and textures including corduroy & canvas. This bear will help you...
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My First Lacing - Farm
Lacing activities develop fine motor skills. This is important when toddlers are first learning about their world through their sense of touch, how ...
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Practical Life Skills can take some learning and even in a Montessori Nursery, they use manipulatives to give extra practise to children who need to learn to tie, lace, button and undo things. These bright and cheerful toys have great practical value in teaching useful skills to young children. Learn to do up and undo different catches on the lovely Latches Board from Melissa & Doug, or practise tie-ing a shoe lace. The Basic Skills Board has zips, poppers and buttons to work on and our fun dressing up dolls from Alex & Manhattan Toys are superb.For fine motor skill work we have a variety of stunning wooden lacing beads to suit small fingers all in chunky sizes and bright colours.