Equal parts educational, challenging, and entertaining, there’s nothing quite like giving a child a quality science toy with the hopes of sparking an interest in one of many useful scientific fields.

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Help your toddler exercise his or her fine motor skills with Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog by Learning Resources. The toy comes with 12 peg-shaped "quills" that are easy for little hands to hold and ...

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Tim Rowett is an avid collector of science-related toys. Robert P Crease and son drop in to play with them The wow factor: Tim Rowett, collector of scientific toys. “I have a low boredom threshold,” ...

GoldieBlox kits aren’t like other construction toys. Instead of coming in primary colors, or in drab military tones, the kits are pastel: a platform the shade of a robin’s egg, to which you can affix ...

Boys are almost three times as likely as girls to receive science and maths toys this Christmas, the Institution of Engineering and Technology has said. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...