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• Parents Want Better Practical Skills Teaching

  07/09/2010
  Parents want better teaching of practical skills such as woodwork as children go back to school this September, according to a children's educational toy industry survey...

• Pocket Consoles Are Latest Educational Toys

  27/08/2010
  Anew generation of hand-held electronic devices have entered the children's educational toy and game market...

• Educational Toys Nurture Next Generation of German Engineers

  26/08/2010
  High-tech German manufacturers are using children'seducational play programmes to solve the shortage of qualified engineers in Europe's largest economy...

• Wiltshire Toy Library Appeals For New Home

  26/08/2010
  The volunteer staff at Chippenham Toy Library in Wiltshire are appealing for a new home for the threatened community service...

• Tyneside Teenager Opens Toy Shop

  20/08/2010
  A 17 year-old boy has gone into business by opening a toy store in a Gateshead shopping centre...

• Education and Fun Play Hand-In-Hand with Traditional Toys

  09/03/2010
  Parents are increasingly aware of the great advantages to be found in traditional, learning-based toys,   This powerful intuition is backed by the findings of educational researchers and government advisors...

• Toy Manufacturing - A Truly International Enterprise

  09/03/2010
  Children find toys endlessly fascinating and derive hours of fun from playing with them, and parents love giving them...

• A Quality Commitment – Combining Fun Play with Education

  09/03/2010
  Toy makers are very keen to promote the educational credentials of their products, as more parents demand that their children’s gifts should help them to develop their skills and imaginations...

• Traditional Toy Market Remains Vibrant Across Britain

  09/03/2010
  The UK has the world’s largest toy market in terms of spending per child – last year each youngster received on average some £216 worth of new toys...

• Library Revives Joy of Traditional Toys

  29/07/2010
  A New England libraryheld a special event to introduce modern kids to the wonders ofpre-electronic traditional toys in July...