Early Learning

Free shipping on this product! - Please note Blue and Black trays will be available again in mid-October These versatile trays have so many uses! Made from recycled plastic Encourage group play Plastic Active World Discovery Tuff Tray Free shipping on this product! These versatile trays have so many uses! Will you set up a jungle with real plant cuttings and animals, or will you create some super outdoor art using messy materials? Made from recycled plastic, they store easily. You can carry them easily and they are extremely durable. Why not fill it up with sand and hunt for squidgy sparkle letters, fill it with water and sail a boat you made yourself, or use it as a giant inspection tray for minibeasts? The possibilities are endless! Eight sided to encourage group play. Made from recycled plastic. The tray has a diameter of 94 cm and a depth of 6cm.

Introducing the BeeBot, The Award Winning Programmable Floor Robot Designed for use by young children for the introduction of coding and considered communication skills, the Bee Bot is an entertaining, versatile, child- and classroom-friendly resource that is adaptable to both home and school environments. Suitable for kids of early learning, childcare and lower primary ages, the simple layout is a perfect starting point to teach control, directional language and programming too little ones. The playful nature of the Bee Bot encourages children to access the creative brain to enter more complex command sequences guiding them through each program of games and activities designed to improve skills in science, literacy and numeracy. Whether experimenting through trial and error or using their imagination to visualise the robot's movement prior to calibrating, this impressive programmable floor robot is the latest gadget to instigate innovation in today's young. Bee-Bot is a perfect floor robots for teaching control & programming Bee-Bot can now detect another Bee-Bot or Blue-Bot and say hello. They will play a default sound or the students can record their own. Students can also record audio to play back when each button is pressed, making it more accessible to all students, including those with auditory or visual processing needs. The Ideal Classroom Pet Do away with messy birds, stinky bunnies and pets that carry nasty germs! The Bee Bot can be an exciting, interactive and ultra-hygienic pet for your classroom. Obtain some of Bee Bot's separately sold, curriculum guides and accessories to make your Bee Bot an immersive and engaging teaching tool. Fun, Versatile Shells The vibrant design of the Bee Bot is interchangeable with a range of jackets available in Activity Tin Packs. No More Batteries - NOW RECHARGEABLE! Each Bee Bot device is now supplied with a USB lead and can either be recharged via your computer or a wall socket with a USB mains adapter (not supplied). Features: Great for young learners Robust and small design Clear and bright buttons Ideal introduction to logic and thinking skills Memory of up to 200 steps No confusing degrees to program Sounds and flashing eyes confirm your instructions Moves accurately in 15cm steps at a time and turns in 90 degrees Suitable for the home or classroom Activities to improve numeracy and literacy Improves children's communication skills Bee Bot available to buy online in Australia

THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY ON BACKORDER - DUE MID OCTOBER 2023 Active World Adjustable Stand  - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. Help children self-access from different heights with this adjustable stand, designed to fit an Active World Tray. The stand can be set at 4 different heights: 20cm, 30cm, 40cm and 50cm, ideal for different age children and different activities. Easy to assemble, or disassemble to pack away. 

Active World Tuff Tray Builder's Yard Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. This waterproof PVC mat with its delightful illustrations helps children immerse themselves in the builder's yard, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. A great opportunity for using 'real world' items to create a realistic environment.

Active World Tuff Tray Number Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. A waterproof number mat, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. The mat is designed to bring a multi-sensory approach to numeracy. It has been designed to bring extra appeal to number activities.Sprinkle the mat with soap suds, spaghetti, jelly, etc., as you swirl your hands around to find the numbers. Try making the corresponding amount of items out of dough to match the numeral.

Active World Tuff Tray Dinosaur Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. A beautifully detailed dinosaur themed mat, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. The mat is designed for wet or dry play. Why not fill with sand or other messy play materials and create a prehistoric land. Walk with the dinosaurs, see the erupting volcano and watch the eggs hatch but be careful where you tread. You never know what's behind you!

The Bee-Bot Swarm bundle includes 6 Bee-Bot's, the award winning programmable floor robot. The simple and child friendly layout is a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language and programming to young children. The new and improved Bee-Bot is a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language and programming. Bee-Bot can now detect another Bee-Bot or Blue-Bot and say hello. They will play a default sound or the students can record their own. Students can also record audio to play back when each button is pressed, making it more accessible to all students, including those with auditory or visual processing needs. NO MORE batteries - NOW RECHARGEABLE!  The Bundle also includes the Bee-Bot Rechargeable Docking Station - an excellent storage device for a class set of Bee-Bots, it can be wall mounted with six docked Bee-Bots. Features: Great for young learners Robust and small design Clear and bright buttons Ideal introduction to logic and thinking skills Memory of up to 200 steps No confusing degrees to program Sounds and flashing eyes confirm your instructions Moves accurately in 15cm steps at a time and turns in 90 degrees. Swarm Bundle includes: 6 x Rechargeable Bee-Bots 1 x Rechargeable Docking Station

Now Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot can draw! Simply click on the shell, place a pen in the pen holder and off you go. This set of 6 rainbow coloured shells are made from a high quality plastic that is designed to withstand everyday school life.

Introducing the Blue-Bot Swarm - a Bluetooth Programmable Robot Class Pack You can program Blue-Bot with a wide range of tablets, a PC, Mac, or our very own TacTile Reader. The tablet app features a host of programming challenges and problems for children to solve by constructing the correct program. Blue-Bot Swarm is a set of 6 Blue-Bots and also includes a docking station, allowing you to charge 6 Blue-Bots at the same time so you don't need to worry about storage or batteries, just pop Blue-Bot back on the dock and it'll charge ready for its next adventure! Blue-Bot can now interact with another Bee-Bot or Blue-Bot and say "hello" or students can record their own message. Students can also record audio to play back when each button is pressed (e.g. a different sound for forward and a different sound for backward), making it more accessible to all students, including those with auditory or visual processing needs. Blue-Bot is well suited to supporting a number of aspects of computing. It can be used to help pupils: Understand what algorithms are, how they are implemented as programs on digital devices, and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts Use sequence, selection and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output. Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs

Active World Tuff Tray Safari Park Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. Add materials to this mat to create a realistic scene, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. Use stones, or leaves to create a multi-sensory experience. Wipe clean. Please note that accessories are not included.

Active World Tuff Tray Farmyard Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. A large farmyard mat, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. Use this play mat with materials from the 'real world' or to emulate a farmyard environment. Why not feed the chickens, pick apples or drive the tractor. Add small world animals and found materials to really make imaginations soar. Accessories not included.

The Bee-Bot Transparent Pocket Mat is an extension of our highly popular transparent range, use this flexible pocketed mat to insert any customised card or tile to retell a favourite story or support any cross curricular topic. Insert any type of content into each pocket such as pictures, letters or symbols.

Active World Tuff Tray Enchanted World Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. Create a delightful place for elves and fairies to live and play on this mini world, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. With cosy cottages, waterfall, vegetable patch and a fairy bridge. Use wet and dry materials to act out different scenarios. Accessories not included. The mat has lots of charming enchanted things to discover. Encourage communication and creativity to flourish. A magical scene, where imaginations can soar.

Active World Tuff Tray Transport Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. An engaging Active World Tuff Tray Mat that enables road safety focus, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. Use wet and dry materials on this waterproof mat for a multi-sensory scene. A world of transport to keep busy cyclists, pilots, sailors etc entertained. Travel along the busy roads stopping off for fuel. Catch a train at the station. Visit the airport, the helipad and even go flying in a hot air balloon. Sail on the pond.

Active World Tuff Tray Lunar Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. This beautifully illustrated mat is another addition to the Active World experience, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. Take a rocket to the moon, moon walk with the astronauts, explore the craters and drive the moon buggies! Active World Tray sold separately.

Outdoor Plastic Active World Tuff Tray Cover - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. A useful, hard wearing cover for your Active World Tray. This waterproof cover fits snugly over the tray. Suitable for indoors and out. Wipe clean, hand wash. Cover colours may vary.

This Bee-Bot Alphabet Mat is an excellent way to learn literacy and ICT skills through play. Brightly coloured upper and lower case letters. Children can explore the alphabet whilst playing a range of literacy games. Use this mat to help reinforce spellings and to help children to practice new words. Size - 75 x 90cm

Our award winning Giant Dark Den has a simple premise: Not everyone has the space for a dedicated sensory room, but we all agree it's an important part of a child's development to explore the dark. Focussing on sensory play, we set about designing and making our original Dark Den, and following on from its success, we have added to the family. This versatile giant version of our dark den is able to fit a group of children or accommodate those who need a little more space; it's ideal as a semi-permanent sensory room, and is large enough to accommodate bubble tubes, fibre optic strands and other items that may not fit into the original Dark Den. With a thick cover to keep light out, large door panel and easy to pack away, it's great for those settings short on space. It can be used portrait or landscape. Also great for using without the cover as a giant den frame. Features Easy to pack down and transport, the Giant Dark Den comes with a storage bag Ideal for a group of children Can accommodate Bubble tubes or other large sensory equipment Can be used as a giant den frame without the cover Includes Den poles Connectors Den covering Storage bag Dimensions H182cm, base 150cm2 approx. For ages 3yrs+ , This item should be assembled and packed away by an adult.

Give your beloved Bee-Bot a new lease of life with these fantastic cards and use Bee-Bot or Blue-bot to improve mathematical thinking and learning. Each card has a learning intention, an activity and a list of any resources needed. Includes activities on counting and number, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, shape, fractions, measures, sorting, money and time. The activities are suitable for paired and group work, often open-ended and investigative. They also help develop the skills of independent learning. Your children will love these exciting activities, so charge up your Bee-Bots and away we go......

Active World Tuff Tray Alphabet Sorting Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. This plastic mat fits into the Active World Discovery Tuff Tray and is designed to be used with messy materials. Simply wipe clean and roll for storage. Features upper and lower case letters with corresponding images to match the phonemes.

Active World Tuff Tray Treasure Island Mat - Note this item does not include a Tuff Tray Active World Trays are not included but are available separately. A beautifully designed pirate theme mat, purposed designed to fit in our Active World Discovery Tuff Tray. Explore the jungle ruins, hide in the smuggler's cave or search the beach with this Active World Tuff Tray Mat. A great opportunity for wet and dry play, this mat will be a favourite with little adventurers! Accessories not included.

Push objects from one destination to another with this set of clip-on Bee-Bot/Blue-Bot Pushers. A set of 6 rainbow coloured accessories to extend the use of Bee-Bot and Blue-Bot. Ideal for use with the Bee-Bot/Blue-Bot Construction Site Mat.

This pack of durable, laminated A5 Bee-Bot Giant Sequence Cards is ideal for assisting in program planning and recording. The bold and colourful layout makes these cards perfect for front of class work. Pack contains 49 cards. For ages 3+ years.

Bee-Bot/Blue-Bot Australia Money Mat is a highly adaptable and can be used to learn; Awareness of what money is and how money is used Recognition of coins and notes Learning money values Maths tasks through money calculations Control, programming, problem solving and communication skills The money mat is a fantastic resource for children to learn more about their local currency. Children will learn the everyday need of problem solving using notes and coins when they calculate the value of items. Let Bee-Bot help the children calculate the change after purchasing a product.