Learning through play with Jaques of London #AdGifted

We have been very luckily to have been asked to review some lovely toys from Jaques of London, I picked a toy for the girls to try out and that I thought would be good to grow with them. I went for the original compact quoits set and the Lets pretend wooden biscuit tin which I thought would be a great addition to there toy collection.

Jaques of London are a family run company who have been making toys since 1795, with the 8th generation currently creating beautiful toys and games for all the family to enjoy.

The quoits set is a beautiful wooden set which is perfect for the family to play with, it comes with 4 rope hoops to use. The aim of the game is to get 230 points first. The quality if this set is beautiful and looks very traditional, it's a great size for travel as well as storing at home. This game promotes collaborative play and helps develop precision.

The biscuit tin set comes with a selection of cakes and biscuits which all look very tasty and are very recognizable as some of the family favourites, there are 10 in total and are painted beautifully. We absolutely love our wooden food items that we already have so these are a great addition to this. These promote self expression with communication and feelings, nimble fingers with the grasp technique and precision and limitless play as there really are so many ways of including these in play. Olivia has already used these are stacking blocks as well as pretend food.

We would highly recommend these toys and others from Jaques of London, they are always brilliant quality and also promote some way of learning through play. They are also a great way to get the family back together.

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