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Educational

Learning doesn't have to be boring and having fun doesn't have to be without educational value.

Educational Toys - Shopping

• Young Minds - Children's educational products and toys catering for all children from newborn up. Based in Sydney, they offer free gift wrapping and flat rate delivery Australia wide.
  • Bilingual Dolls and Dolls
  • Educational Toys and Games - Activity puzzles and tangrams, brainy blocks, reading card games, lacing sets.
  • Books and Flashcards - Heaps of books about animals, nature, language, colour and shape. 
  • Literacy, Numeracy Resources
  • Geomag magnetics
  • Puzzles - Jigsaw puzzles, cube puzzles, counting, shapes, alphabet, transport and a princess.   
  • Science Kits - Science experiment kits, chemistry kits, electronics set, construct your own robots, rockets, magic kit, magnetic kits, microscope kits, clocks, outdoor sets, wobble science kits, spy kits.
     
• Coolthings is all about fun. Based in Launceston, Tasmania with delivery Australia-wide. See
  • Cool Science Projects
  • Games & Puzzles
  • Gifts for children
     
• My Wooden Toys - is a Western Australian family run business offering quality, affordable wooden, educational, and fun toys for delivery Australia-wide.
  • Wooden Toys - includes puzzles, threading and lacing toys, dress up dolls, rattles and games. Many of these toys are reminiscent of the wooden toys we used to play with as children.
  • Puzzles - Brain Teasers, Tangram, Cubes and More - silhouette, princess and medieval castle puzzles, Tangrams, brainteasers, infants' chunky puzzles. Puzzles help your child with fine motor skills and spatial awareness.
     
• Peanut Gallery - Australian online toyshop offering a beautiful selection of wooden, educational and traditional toys for children aged birth to 8 years. They specialise in children's toys with educational value that challenge young minds and assist with literacy, numeracy, motor skills and social development. Beautifully crafted wooden toys and traditional toys with a timeless quality. For toys to help children develop literacy, numeracy and motor skills, see their Educational toys
   
• PeeDee Toys is a Melbourne-based toy shop with the widest range of brand-name toys. Delivers Australia-wide and to New Zealand, USA and Canada, England and Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.
  • Learning Toys - For the young scientist in training. Fisher Price, Leap Frog, VTech and much more.
     
• Silly Gifts - The gift of silliness! - a website devoted to the sort of silly gifts that lighten the mood and encourage creativity. See:
  • Silly Active Gifts Gifts to get everyone up and active, laughing and having fun.
  • Silly Remote Control Who can resist the remote control?
  • Silly Musical Gifts Move on from playing the spoons!
  • Just Plain Silly Gifts