Educational toys for 4-5 year olds

With so many different themes and challenges, games are a fun way for little ones to learn about rules, turn taking, teamwork and patience.

Introduce them to key subjects such as science, technology, engineering and maths. There's a huge variety of activities, helping to prepare them for school.

Think phones, smart watches, games and laptops, all designed to help children solve problems, figure out tasks and complete challenges.

Squishing, sculpting and moulding. As well as being great fun, modelling dough like Play-doh helps build strength in hand muscles. This helps children with writing and cutting with scissors – essential skills for a 4-5 year old.

Stock up on beads, paints, stickers and more, and let them use their hands and imaginations to get creative with arts and crafts.

Whether they want to develop a hobby or try something new, try toys that’ll help them run, jump, skip, catch…anything to wear them out.

Paint different pictures from their favourite story, onto clean dry pebbles. Use as many as you need for characters and objects. Allow your child to retell the story or even make up one of their own!

Share a story. With so many classic characters and exciting imaginative worlds to explore, they’ll want to dive into their favourite bedtime books, night after night.

Boost their confidence. Performing and singing along to their favourite songs is a great way to develop reading, memory and communication skills. Let them find their inner X factor.