zigzag Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 We have £350 pounds to spend on resources/toys for two year olds. What would you buy? What resources do you have that benefit your two year olds and more importantly what do they love? (We take from two and a half) Inspiration needed please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 our 2 year olds love the happyland toys (elc)-they are very chunky so easy to hold and so far been very strong and reliable x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Anything they can empty onto the floor!! (My 2yr olds love filling and emptying and carrying things around) Scribbling on anything.....dolls, walls, other children, arms. Postman pat I seem to have lost all my smilies And my post editor too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 There they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 No gone again! What is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 blocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekker Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 go for open ended things and natural resources.... avoid too much bright plastic stuff - wooden blocks, push along trolleys, baskets and bags to fill, heuristic play resources...balancing / climbing equipment... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 blocks We have the community playthings large hollow blocks and I have also set up a block area using unit blocks etc. So we are well covered on blocks. Our children are obsessed with our marble run, but this is plastic and quite tricky for them to build. I would really like to purchase a large wooden one (if there is such a thing?) Does anybody know if these exists? I really want to get away from plastic regardless of what we buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) We have the community playthings large hollow blocks and I have also set up a block area using unit blocks etc. So we are well covered on blocks. Our children are obsessed with our marble run, but this is plastic and quite tricky for them to build. I would really like to purchase a large wooden one (if there is such a thing?) Does anybody know if these exists? I really want to get away from plastic regardless of what we buy. Yes there are wooden ones and very lovely they are too - but I do find that as they still have to be constructed (or the one we use) it is less stable than the plastic ones, Just going to see if I can find them online and will put a link to it. http://www.woodentoystore.co.uk/dept/haba-marble-runs_d01153.htm As you can see it needs to be constructed and it easily moves about and is quite frustrating, for 2's I would go for something that is completely made as a structure - Lidl have something with cars on it I think called a race track with 4 levels and 4 vehicles Edited October 25, 2015 by Panders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Yes there are wooden ones and very lovely they are too - but I do find that as they still have to be constructed (or the one we use) it is less stable than the plastic ones, Just going to see if I can find them online and will put a link to it. http://www.woodentoystore.co.uk/dept/haba-marble-runs_d01153.htm As you can see it needs to be constructed and it easily moves about and is quite frustrating, for 2's I would go for something that is completely made as a structure - Lidl have something with cars on it I think called a race track with 4 levels and 4 vehicles Yes I bought a click clack race way from Sainsburys and they love it and would love something as simple as that but on a bigger scale and no building involved! Think it may have to be a project for my sons GCSE resistant materials project!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Yes I bought a click clack race way from Sainsburys and they love it and would love something as simple as that but on a bigger scale and no building involved! Think it may have to be a project for my sons GCSE resistant materials project!! Excellent idea - there are those ones in towers with what looks like jumbo hose for a tumble dryer venting kit wrapped around the tower which the children role tennis balls down. I have a brother in law who lives in Switzerland and there are so many wooden toys to choose from out there, I still have one tower he gave my eldest son some 26 years ago, it is literally a tower with 4 sides and the marbles go in the top and they "clink clonk" down the different levels as they move round the tower and pop out of a single hole into a dish at the bottom - almost every child in the pre-school has played with it at some point in the last 15 years - He also gave the boys another marble tower a bit like the click clack one for the cars but for marbles and they rolled from side to side, level to level and when they exited at the bottom of the the marblerun, they rolled into a sectioned off part at one end which gave a score of 5 10,15,20 or 25. alas it hasn't survived. Edited October 25, 2015 by Panders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 http://www.myriadonline.co.uk/marble-tracks.php go to the bottom half of this page.......! also try items from nic nac noo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 http://www.myriadonline.co.uk/marble-tracks.php go to the bottom half of this page.......! also try items from nic nac noo ! they are delightful Finleysmaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mundia Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I would look at what you want as play value to complement what you already have. Those fixed marble structures look great, but the play value is more limited than things children can assemble or create in different ways. What are children actually going to do with it? Yes my grandson had one which he loved and loved but on its own it was limited. Perhaps ask yourself if it would enhance and extend what you already have? Given that you are well covered for blocks, what about extending a range of accessories to go with blocks? Or if they really love marbles,what about getting some giant marbles (or balls) to create pathways in the blocks for rolling the marbles down and along. There is something about big marbles and wooden balls that seem irresistible to young children (risk assessed of course!). Alternatively as trekker said, heuristic play stuff, nice baskets and containers, things for children to fill empty tip carry and move, indoors and out. Enjoy spending... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tish501 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I got some Trio building blocks.....secondhand but the children of all ages love them..a different toy every day xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I have just bought some lower level storage units for them to be able to reach the tops easier for play ....as they appear to be here to stay :-/ , I'm just hoping they don't think they are to play on top of literally now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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