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Better Educational Toys
At Rocketheads we believe "less is more", so we don't sell all children's toys & games, just the best educational toys for boys aged between 3 and 11 years of age.
We researched thousands of popular, award winning kids toys to find the ones best suited to the way boys like to learn, and then tested them with boys & their families. So these were our top boys educational toys for boys aged between 3 to 11 years old. more...
Our site makes it easier for you to find the best children's educational toys and games and you can be confident that they will work
A hand picked range of the best children's educational toys, learning games and puzzle toys. From brainteasers to science kits, literacy aids to remote controlled helicopters and creative building sets to educational wooden toys.
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Hotwires is an electronics set that teaches and reinforces important electronics principles. It supports the National Curriculum.
John Adams Hot Wires is the ultimate in snap together electronics science toys! You can make anything from a flying disk to a burglar alarm, from a voice recorder to an FM radio with automatic station selection or even a lie-detector, and that's just for starters! Simply follow the full colour step-by-step instructions to become your very own resident electronic wizard! Great fun for boys in general or children with an interest in science. Learn More (New: 02/11/2009) |
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Zoobmobile is an award winning building kit from Zoobs Toys. Zoob car designer kit is a fun and educational construction toy that enhances building skills and stimulates the imagination.
Zoobmobile racer is an exciting and versatile construction toy that allows you to create, build and race different Zoob car models. You can follow the instructions to make 9 different vehicles or you can invent your own design. A terrific gift to introduce any budding engineers to the moving, mind-building, modelling system that is ZOOB! Children are motivated to finish models as they can be raced once complete. Age 6 to 10 Learn More (New: 27/10/2009) |
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Zoobmobile is an award winning construction set from Zoob Toys. Zoob car designer kit is a fun and educational construction toy that enhances building skills and stimulates the imagination.
Zoobmobile car is an exciting and versatile construction toy that allows you to create, build and race different Zoob car models. You can follow the instructions to make 13 different vehicles or you can invent your own design. This deluxe kit has enough parts to build up to 3 Zoob cars or trucks at the same time! Children are motivated to finish models as they can be raced once complete. During testing it kept even older children interested, boys up to 10 years old enjoyed this. Age 6 to 10 Learn More (New: 27/10/2009) |
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Quercetti Skyrail is an innovative construction set that also demonstrates physics principles like velocity, acceleration, gravity and friction.
Skyrail 150 Roller Coaster Marble Run, enables the building of a variety of marble roller coaster suspension tracks including loop the loops and can run for over 8 meters in total length. For ages 6 years and over. Skill and dynamics of speed can be perceived by changes to the angles, descents, turns and twists to the marble runs. Learn More (New: 05/10/2009) |
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Blokus is a geometric and spatial strategy board game for the whole family.
Blokus is a game with simple rules that take 1 minute to learn "Only the corners of your colour pieces can touch!" It is enjoyable for both experts and beginners. We found that for 2 players, children find that Blokus classic is too slow moving and can lose interest. So if you are going to play in twos we strongly recommend buying Blokus Duo. However, for 3 and more playersBlokus is great fun. Although age is 7+ during panel testing boys as young as 5 were able to play and enjoy the game. Age 7+, 2-4 players, 20 mins playing time Learn More (New: 05/10/2009) |
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Winomino is an educational puzzle game that develops visual spatial, problem solving and fine motor skills. It is particularly good at developing non-verbal reasoning which is an important part of 11+ exams.
This wooden puzzle is very tactile and naturally encourages players to pick up and start playing. It has a 3+ age guidance which was confirmed in our testing with boys. The appeal of this game is that you race your opponent to solve the puzzle and there are 900 different combination challenges. Highly commended SMart Play science toys award by the Science Musuem in 2007. Age 3+, 2 players, avge challenge takes 10-15 mins. Learn More (New: 01/10/2009) |
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Meccano set 2 mechanics box with 10 different models to build in an easy to carry and store tool box.
Meccano mechanical box with 10 toy options to build and play. This Meccano mechanical box contains ten fun models to build. A lot of pinions, cranks, mechanisms, gears, motor for mechanisms. A great tool box. Easy to carry and convenient to store your parts. Tools and instruction booklet included - 120 parts. Learn More (New: 30/09/2009) |
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Labyrinth is a children's board game which develops strategy, spatial and sequencing skills.
The rules of Labyrinth are not as simple as some of the other games on our site. It takes 5 -10 mins not the 1-2 mins of Blokus, Qwirkle etc. For this reason we would not recommend its as a first game. However, it is a fiendish game where you plot your path to your treasre. But there's a twist! The structure of the Labyrinth game can change at any time as players manipulate the course to either make a path easier for themselves, or block that of an opponent. The board appears partly complete with fixed pieces of the Labyrinth. Age 7+, average game time 20-25 mins. Learn More (New: 30/09/2009) |
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View a demo of how you play Rush Hour Game...
The Rush Hour game is a particular favourite of ours, quick to both set-up and play. This Rush Hour puzzle game develops logical, spatial and sequential thinking. We found it ideal for boys in Year 3; below this we strongly recommend starting with the Rush Hour Junior, which builds confidence as it has more of the simpler problem card). The range of Rush Hour games have won over 16 international awards including * Best UK Toy of the year 1999 * Learning Magazine: Teachers' Choice Award - 1998 * Mensa Mind Games Select Award 1997, Age: 8+, average time takes 4-6 mins per problem. Learn More (New: 30/09/2009) |
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View latest award for Digitz... , View testimonials for Digitz...
Digitz by Learning Resources toys promotes quick thinking, reinforces maths multiplication concepts and makes practice more fun. One of the few electronic learning toys that we think works in real family situations. Used regularly it quickly hardwires times tables. It is portable making it ideal to fill in any spare time in the house or on the move. Our panel of boys were motivated to be the fastest on the clock. Digitz focuses on multiplication which means it does it very well. The 5 skill games (below) make a good tranistion to multiplication mastery. No-fail game nature makes Digitz great for self-directed practice at home.Requires 3 C batteries (not included). Headphones not included. Age 7+, each game lasts 2 -3 mins. Learn More (New: 30/09/2009) |
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