How do children learn? How does your child learn? Like circles in a Venn diagram the answers to these questions overlap, but not entirely. Every child is unique and though what you’ll read below applies in general, it’s vital that you take the time to observe your child’s play and see what works for them.

Are you finding it hard to devote enough time to your children during lockdown? Sarah Thompson, our copywriter, shares her experience of a positive parenting course where she learnt some helpful techniques. Being a self-employed writer who works from home, going full lockdown hasn’t been too much of a leap for me. But having both

Can you tell the difference between a good wine and a bad one? What is it that marks one from the other? Have you ever tried tasting two wines side by side to see which was best? Did you have the skill to notice and the vocabulary to label what you discovered? When you taste-test

How do you feel about educational toys? And what are they, anyway? Children instinctively know what’s good for them. Objects that can teach them lessons they are ready to learn are intensely interesting. It could be a wine cork, a marble or a muddy puddle. It could also be blocks, a wooden figure, or (very

A baby’s most important toy is you, which is why we don’t recommend many toys for babies, and for under six-months very little at all. A mobile, a baby gym and a couple of activity toys to scatter on the play mat is more than enough. But there are a few items in our range

The two or three years before children enter primary school is a period of incredible wonder, when they develop their own personalities, learn to make friends, to chat, to play. Your toddler will move away from experimentation to intention, from making marks to holding a pencil and maybe even writing, from dependence on you to

You’ll often hear us say that babies don’t need any toys at all. Some human company and a handful of household objects to investigate is plenty. At the risk of completely destroying the 100 Toys business model, the advice for toddlers isn’t much different. Life for a toddler is about investigation. The way they learn

Maileg (pronounced My-lee) is a real customer favourite here at 100 Toys but with three core animal collections (mice, bunnies and rabbits) and family members of every size and persuasion, plus a few Danish words thrown in, it’s not always easy to understand their sizing. To make things even more complicated, Maileg has recently updated