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The Baby Toys You Need To Have

Posted on August 03, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

If there is one thing near and dear to our heart, it is baby toys.

When we first started KidzInc one of the key motivators was our first child. We wanted to buy her toys like any parent, but we also wanted to develop her mind at the same time.

We were unsure what baby toys would do this, and even how to begin. It seemed there were not a lot of high-quality baby toys on the market, and they were hard to find.

Starting a toy store certainly solved this issue for us :). But in all seriousness we understand why finding the best baby toys you can for your child is close to your heart.

So today we have put together not just a collection of baby toys, but a collection of baby toys that are high quality. They will support your babies development in all aspects. Including social, spatial, motor skills fine and major, and cognitive development.

The development we saw in our daughter using some of these toys, and now in our son have been amazing.

We know that every single parent want to develop their baby. So without further ado, here is a list of baby toys we feel you should know about.

First off the rank for baby toys is one of our personal favourites, the Tobbles Neo by Fat Brain Toys. Winner of the prestige 2013 Toy of the Year – Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair, and many other awards. The Tobbles Neo is wonderful for building fine motor skills, co-ordination and spatial awareness.

The bright colours and fun stacking options, make this a wonderful toy for baby while developing critical skills at an early age. They build in a variety of ways, meaning the biggest piece does not always need to be at the bottom. A lot like there are many answers to one problem.

The design is unique, and they are very tactile and easy for baby to grab hold and play with. As far as baby toys go, we believe this one is a must-have for any parent.

Included in our must-have baby toys collections is a soft book. Where would a baby be without a book :)?
The Galt Giant Soft Book makes books fun for Baby. It is an 8-page book with crinkle wings, furry body, shiny wings, patterned spots, peep-o leaf, squeaky petal, dotty shell and s sun mirror. Most importantly Machine washable.

As baby toys go, making books fun has all sorts of long-term benefits for baby.

And in terms of long-term benefits how about music? Shown to have a direct linkage to understanding math, the Hape Early Melodies Xylophone is a wonderful instrument for baby.

The Hape Early Melodies Xylophone helps baby develop an appreciation for rhythm and music, hand eye coordination and sensory perception.

All of Hape wooden toy products are masterfully made, and this one has no square edges.

Where would a baby toys collections be without a walker? The Hape Little Rider is one of our favourites. Winner of the toy of the year 2014 in Finland, it has soft rubber handles, rounded edges and even a storage compartment for baby toys.

The other wonderful aspect is that when baby gets tired, baby can ride it. This is a great baby, Walker.

Another classic in our collection of baby toys is the Hape Book Wood at the Zoo. With colourful coloured pages, made with non-toxic paints it is a great option for a baby book.

Helping baby with visual, tactile, and auditory cues. It is also great for Developing Social Skills. The basics of communication, cooperation, and collaboration; encourages trust, friendship, and language development.

If you are planning a vacation soon, then this might be one to add to your collection. The K's Kids- Jumbo Go Go, Winner of Dr Toy Best Vacation Children’s Products Winner. It comes with a teether key set to start the engine, has a real engine sound, followed by music and lights. Just like mum and dad it even includes a place for babies bottle :), a pocket for toys, and a mirror.

A cool toy to add to babies collection, and perhaps give you 5 minutes to yourself.

Let us introduce you to K’s Kids - Popboblocs Chain An Inch Worm. As baby toys go, this one is all fun, with development sneakily included. The inch worm develops babies fine motor skills, as each of the pieces of our little worm link together. This is so baby can build inch worms of different types and configurations. 2D and 3D configurations are possible. Winner of the preferred Choice Award 2013 - Baby and Toddler Toy.

Inch Worm is a happy little worm, and we are sure inch worm will make baby smile while learning.  

I know you might be asking where are the baby toys for the bath? Well how about Plan Toys Sea Life Wooden Bath Set. Float them on the water, fill them up and squirt the water out. This set of 4 animals includes a Shell, Starfish, Turtle, and Dolphin. Wonderful for developing coordination, fine motor skills and imagination.

In term of baby toys, we have left one of the best for last. If you are not familiar with Tegu, prepare to be amazed. These beautifully made magnetic wooden blocks, will bring baby hours of fun. That is right we said magnetic! One of our very best sellers for baby, the offer hours of fun, and the pleasure of building structures with wood.

The magnetics lock the pieces in place, making play interesting and versatile for baby. And the winner of Slow Toy Movement Award - 2014. All paints are water-based, non-toxic and the magnets are safely embedded inside each block. Made from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified Honduran tropical hardwood timbers. Tegu blocks are heirloom quality toys and meant to be passed from generation to generation.

Some of the Tegu range suitable from Zero up. This one is a real favourite in our baby toys range.

You can see our full baby toys range, by clicking here, and should you have any questions about this or other toys in our range, please ask.

Happy playing x

Posted in baby toys, baby toys australia

The Best Wooden Toys For Your Children

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

If you would like to understand the benefits of buying wooden toys for your children? Or just understand the amazing collection that is on the market today, then this is the article for you.

At KidzInc, we love wooden toys, because well they just have that natural feeling that no other product on the market has. What you may not be aware of is just how far Wooden toys have come since the days we were playing with them as little ones. Those were the days, building towers knocking them over :)

One of the first of our collection that we would like to share with you is the Dynamo Dominoes from Hape. As you can see from the image below, these are not your ordinary dominoes. They are colourful and come with a bridge, rails, and spinner. The collection is a full set of 100 dominoes. They make for hours of fun, creating different paths, only to watch them tumble down.

There is no right or wrong answer; there is only creativity and fun. Wonderful for developing your child's fine motor skills, and cause and effect.

We are going to stick with the Hape brand for a second because they do make some of the coolest wooden toys on the market. This one we love, and while it is on the pricier side if you are looking for something special to add to your toy collection, this is it.

It is Hape Quadrilla the Challenger. This is simply an amazing toy as you can see below, where your child can build structures that marbles run down. Enabling them to bring their creations to life. Included are high-velocity funnels, curved rails, seesaw, accelerators, levelers and 50 marbles.

Wonderful for developing your child logic, reasoning, and imagination. Not to mention giving them endless amounts of fun.

Anyone for Croquet? This beautifully made little set from Hape is wonderful for child development. Developing their gross motor skills, maths skills, colour recognition, and social skills.

Now one for not for the land lovers. Hape Stormy Seas, a brilliant awards winning wooden toys game for children 3+. Your little one will need to use all of their strategy skills to keep this one from tipping over in the ocean.

Whilst our children would love to have one of each toy we sell in the house, we do not. However, we do have the little sister to the Hape Vibrant Guitar. The benefits of this one are obvious. They get to learn music, practice fine motor skills, and, of course, do family concerts.

Our daughter loves her ukulele, and we sure your little one would enjoy either equally depending on age.

For the artist in the family, or just as a learning and fun activity board this wooden easel from Hape is very versatile. Obviously painting, drawing, or writing with chalk are all possible. The wooden easel has compartments for everything, as well as the magnetic whiteboard. The whiteboard is great to stick letters, words, or numbers on and supplements as a teaching aid. It is of course also just good fun.

Height adjustable as well. Some of the best artwork in our home all started from a wooden easel.

Perhaps you are a fan of the game of thrones and after something a little more old world? When it comes to wooden toys, almost anything is possible. This fabulous little lionheart castle from Le Toy Van, with a drawbridge, turrets, pull-up portcullis, winch, ladder, and flags is a special toy. In terms of wooden toys, this should bring your little one our fun.

Great for role play and building imagination.

A winner of the right start best toys award is the Le Toy Van Mikes Auto Garage. It is a very retro, 1950’s wooden garage. Including a working up and down lift, Helipad for those getaways, two spiral ramps. The garage is mounted on a big race track, and should offer hours of fun for child and parents alike.

Now if your son or daughter likes Bob the Builder, then they are going to love this one. With Plantoys Robot Wooden Tool Box, they will fix the house in no time, and then moving on to build the very own cubby house. I can see it now.  

Brilliant for coordination, creative, fine motor skills as well as logic this wooden tool box will be a hit. Oh Yes, almost forgot, you can flip the whole set upside down and make a robot! What other wooden toys can you do that with?

The last of the wooden toys we would like to share with you today is the Tegu Future Magnetron Solar Station Magnetic Wooden Block Set. This is the future of wooden building sets. The 32 piece set has 14 unique shapes, a charging plug, magnetic wheels and a solar panel.

Your little one can build a magnet tank, junkyard crane, solar station, rock crane or whatever they can imagine. If you are new to Tegu, these little wooden blocks, are the type of quality of toy Steve Jobs would have built. Yes, they are that good. The whole range is wonderful, and you can click here to see them.

Magnetic wooden blocks, who would have thought?

That is it today for our collection on wooden toys. We hope you found this article useful. For our full range of wooden toys click here.

Or if you like the look of Hape click here, Tegu click here, Le Van Toys click here or PlanToys click here.

Of course, if you have questions, please let us know. Otherwise Happy playing..

Posted in buy wooden toys, hape toys, le toy van toys, tegu blocks australia, wooden toys, wooden toys australia

Roominate in Australia - The Perfect toy

Posted on July 07, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

Roominate is a building toy for girls; incredible is it not? We just love this toy, and from the moment we put it on our site, it has been flying out the door. It is not that surprising as it is one of the first toys on the market for little girls to learn creative building.

As you would undoubtedly know women make up half of the population, but surprising only 1/6 of all engineers in the world. Roominate was founded by Alice Brooks and Bettina Chen when they met at Stanford University, both coincidentally studying engineering. They had both been inspired by their childhood toys to follow the career path of engineering.

They both agreed that something needed to be done to introduce young girls to building toys. They wanted girls to develop spatial skills, fine motor skills, hands-on problem solving. With this would come, self-confidence, creativity, and knowledge of basic circuitry. From this Roominate was born, and what a delightful toy Roominate is.

Roominate Chateau is a wired building system for girls. It is an Award Winning Construction Toy, your little girl can build her very own structures with, including a doll house.

Your little one can tap into her imagination and design two-level structures. They can make their very own doll house with bunk beds, balconies, wheels, and other endless possibilities. The electrical circuits enhance designs so girls can watch their creations come to life with real movement, including spinning windmills, carousels, lamps, and more.

It is also compatible with all other Roominate products.

We were one of the first companies in Australia to start promoting Roominate, and as you would know if you have been following us on our journey. Any toy like Roominate that develops children we are 110% behind. All our toys are cool, all our toys are fun, and all our toys teach.

And speaking of cool, how about the Roominate helicopter that can also be made into an airplane or submarine. Which means they have transport to reach the studio.

Roominate - Studio. Another compatible piece in the set your daughter can build her very own studio. Also including a motor circuit this studio comes to life. Sold separately but also compatible with the range.

Our greatest pleasure comes from sourcing toys like Roominate and bringing them to you. We believe interactive play is the best way for your children to learn.

Roominate is considered a STEM toy, and if you are not yet familiar with this term, you soon will be. Gaining a lot of momentum in the U.S, and recently discussed by Malcolm Turnbull. STEM is all about developing Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths skills for the young.

Roominate does exactly this 2014 TOTY finalist by the Toy Industry Association and received a 2014 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award.

Your little girl can now make her creations come to life. And we do mean come to life. They get a motor with most Roominate sets, and they can make light circuits make spinning windmills, carousels, lamps, and elevators! This is a cool toy.

We even have accessories like the Roominate architect pack, and the Roominate circuit accessories pack.

Roominate architect pack

Roominate circuit accessories pack

Developing your little girls spatial skills and confidence with technology with toys like Roominate is wonderful. This is not to say, we are not 110% behind little boys developing these skills, we most certainly are. It is to say we are pleased more and more products are coming on to the market to develop girls in this area.

As we said, earlier Roominate has been flying out the door! If you are after a cool toy for Christmas, or just a special toy for you now, you and your daughter will not be disappointed.

I think we would all agree technology is changing the world faster than it ever has. Any toy or learning program that enables our children to learn and develop confidence in this area is worthwhile.

As you probably know by now, we love the Roominate toy, and we just know you will too. If you have already bought the toy from us, we would love to hear about your experience and the creations your daughter has made. Please send pictures.

For those yet to create pictures, please click here for the Roominate collection..Happy building.

 For our whole range of STEM Toys, please click here.

Posted in Building toy for girls, Buy Roominate, Roominate, Roominate Australia, Roominate Chateau, Roominate in Australia, Roominate Studio, STEM Toys

Cool Toys at KidzInc in 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

So if you are after cool toys for your children in 2015, we have the selection for you. Regardless of your child’s age or sex we have something to fit your budget, something that is cool and something they will learn from.

I know imagine having toys that are cool toys as a kid that also taught you. What an argument for continued play time. Oh well, maybe in another life.

So where to begin, at the beginning they often say :).

In no particular order, the first toy we added to our cool range in 2015 was the new Artificial Intelligence Real FX Racing Car Set.

What makes this a cool toys selection, well can you imagine setting down the tracks just like you would roll out a mat, and then placing two racing cars on top and begin to race. No rails to set up, no groves, and if they ever go of the track, they are straight back on.

Not only will your children develop some great fine motor skills. They will also learn about Artificial Intelligence at the same time.

Next in the line-up of cool toys, is one for the girls. If you have not heard about Roominate, then you will be surprised. This is a building toy for girls, I know a building toy for girls? Cool toys #Letgirlsbuild.

This one teaches those little ones, hands-on problem, spatial and fine motor skills. Also self-confidence and creativity, and basic circuitry.

Roominate empowers girl builders, cools toys enable girls as well.

Now not normally associated with cool, is emotions. However being self-aware and understanding your emotions is cool these days, and so it should be.

These little Worrywoos are not only great at teaching your child about emotions, they are fun to look at too. Even the most serious parent out there is likely to smile.

These little award winners including Nola, Wince, Rue, Twitch, Fuddle, Squeek and the Worry Bug. They help your children learn about loneliness, worry, insecurity, frustration, confusion, innocence and a whole lot more.

If that is not worthy of a cool toys selection, then we do not know what one is. Our kids are living a far more informed and self-aware life. And hopefully, that makes the world a better place.

What about a Pirate Ship, Noahs Ark shape sorter, or Pirate Fort from Le Toy Van for cool? These amazing cool toys teach your children about fine motor skills, social skills and pretend play.

The Pirate Ship winning the Right Start Toy Awards.

If you would like to teach your children about “Mechatronics.” A multidisciplinary field of mechanical engineering, electrical, telecommunications, control, and computer engineering. Then this range from IQ Key toys is sure to impress.

Even I had to look Mechatronics up, but wow! These are cool toys. You and your little one can build your robotic toys, what a wonderful way to spend time together.

It enables your child to learn about fine motor skills, concentration and visual processing and develops the little engineer in them, so they can see how things work.

There are so many sets to choose from the perfect 350 all the way up to the advance 1200 (suitable 8 years +).

Perfect 550

And last but by no means least we have Matador set, for the baby architect all the way up to the most senior of architects.

Now a baby architect toy, well that is a 2015 cool toys award winner in KidzInc's book.

We have so many other toys that we feel should be included, and so many new ones are coming into the market.

Cool toys are toys that are fun and sneak in learning along the way.

Posted in cool toys, iq key toys, le toy van, le toy van pirate ship, matador, real fx car racing, roominate, worrywoo monsters

Kids Kitchen and Kitchen Accessories at KidzInc

Posted on June 04, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

My little girl wants a kids kitchen, and our little man wants a broom. One of the things that surprised me most about having children is just how much they want to model us “their parents.”

Of course when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Social intelligence, which is where Kids Kitchen sits in child development. It is a wonderful developmental kids toy.

When our daughter got her kids kitchen, she played with it endlessly. And a year and a half later at the ripe old age of 4 and a half she still does. We added one of the accessories the ice cream stand to the mix, so now she makes us meals and dessert.

It is the cutest thing. Our little man has also now got in on the act, and he is reasonably passionate about the frypan.

Seeing how beneficial this has been for our daughter from a social interaction has been fascinating.

She started welcoming friends and family into our home and asking what she could make for them.

As you could imagine when your child falls in love with something, you do too.

So our Kids Kitchen range and accessories are some of the best in town.

We have the Plan Toys Kids Kitchen set which is beautifully designed and includes a frying pan, pot and spatula.

The Hape My Giant Kids Kitchen, which is a popular seller. It is perfect for the young master chef. It has an acrylic window, and large knobs that suit little hands, and a sink all ready for parents to wash the dishes :).

The oven and stove top

The kitchen sink

And a washing machine? All sold separately.

And, of course, what would a kids kitchen set be without the accessories. We have the also added the Ice Lollies set from Le Toy Van.

Le Toy Van Mixer Set

Hape Whip it Up Mixer

Le Toy Van - Chococcino Machine

Hape Rise N Shine Toaster

As well as plates, pots and pans, and a large range of food. Including cakes, sushi, salads, pita rolls, and gingerbread men.

Now last but not least on the list is the Hape Cook and Serve Kitchen for the budding entrepreneur. This set comes with a front ended blackboard, so your little one can now set prices for the food they make. And why not.

Hape Cook N Serve Kids Kitchen

This kids kitchen sure to be the envy of any little aspiring chef.

We love the fun this has brought to our children, and that is why we have spent so much time building this range. We hope that we can share this joy with you.

No matter which one you choose, we know your little one will love it. The magic part being that not only will they have fun, but they will develop some valuable skills along the way.

To see the full range of accessories and kids kitchens simply click here.

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Games for Toddlers - By KidzInc

Posted on May 04, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

In today's article, we are going to explore some award-winning games for your toddlers.

We know when choosing games for toddlers you would like an extensive range. And with two little toddlers running around our own home, we know that you need good games if you are going to get them engaged.

We are forever adding to our games for toddlers range, but today we would like to talk with you about three of our best. Which have also won many awards.

First of the rank is Move and Grove. The perfect game for toddlers when you just think about the title. We know they are hard to keep still.

This is a wonderful game, and we play this with both our children.

The rules are simple. Your child tosses the plush cube to determine the colour, you choose a matching colour card and perform the given move.

No one wins or loses, but everyone has fun.

Just some of the awards in the category of “games for toddlers” move and groove has won include.

   •    ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Finalist - 2014
   •    Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award - 2014
   •    Play Advances Language Award - 2014
   •    The Toy Insider Top Summer Toys Award - 2014

Next in our lineup for you is “Roll and Play,” also in our games for toddlers group.

This was the first ever game designed for toddlers. simply toss the big plush cube and identify which coloured side faces up. Choose a matching colour card and perform the simple activity shown. "Make a happy face", "Moo like a cow.”

What a wonderful way to teach your children about expressing emotions, or practising sounds. We love mooing (this might not be a word) in our family, don’t ask us why, we don’t even know. It is just fun :)

This game as won too many awards to list them all.  There are well over 16 international awards, but one of our favourites is

“Loved By Parents Best Activity Toy 1-3Yrs - 2013”

Hello Sunshine, no not you. This is the name of the next game in our “games for toddlers range.”

Now if your little ones love hide and seek like ours do, they will also love this game. They may even learn about some not so obvious hiding spots.

They get to hide little sunshine around the house in an a spot the card tells them. Mum, dad, or the rest of the family get to find sunshine, and then it is their turn to look.

This one is great for teaching your toddler positional words like “on top,” “below,” “next to”, and more.

Also winning many awards, however, one we would like to make special mention of is the

“Play Advances Language Award - 2013”


We are adding a lot more to our “games for toddlers range,” over the coming months. These little award winners are fun and importantly effective in developing your toddler.

Because after all learning should be fun.

Posted in award winning games, games for toddlers, thinkfun games, toddler games

The Best Building Blocks for Your Child

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Lubica Misevski

A question a lot of parents ask, is what are the best building blocks I can buy my child?

In today's article, we will share some of our ranges and also make recommendations on which set might be right for your child.

Building blocks, as you would know, are a foundation toy that no little one should be without. They are wonderful for developing motor skills, spatial awareness, and confidence for your children.

There are many to choose from. Including magnetic blocks, blocks that aren’t quite blocks, wooden, rubber and cardboard building blocks.

So let us start!

K’s Kids Knock Building Blocks. These beautiful little coloured soft blocks are made for babies and toddlers. There are little peek-a-boo windows and house type shapes, so your little one can have hours of fun.  

Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks - Suitable from baby to adult. Beautiful blocks let your child create some unique structures from little birds to weightlifters. Fun for any age. For our whole Tegu range, please click here.

                               Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism (Jungle) 

                                          Tegu 24 Piece (Tints)     

                                     Tegu 42 Piece (Jungle)

Kapla Planks - Suitable from three years + is a wonderful wooden construction toy encouraging children to learn about the inherent power of the mathematic ratio and its application to architecture.

                      Kapla Planks 200 Wooden Blocks 

            Kapla Planks Octocolour 100 Wooden Blocks 

Plan Toys 50 Blocks - Suitable for two years + this set is a combination of natural wood and colours. Great for stimulating your child's imagination.

Melissa and Doug Wooden ABC and 123 Building Blocks. Hand painted artwork, numbers, letters, and images on the one set. It just makes this set not only economical, but a wonderful learning toy.

Fatbrain Toys Tobbles Neo. We love this one. Your child can have the blocks wiggle, spin, stack, and balance even when the second block is bigger than the first. Not quite blocks, because they are not round. But they do everything blocks do and more.

We feel this is a wonderful way to show children there are many solutions to any problem and many options.

They are easy for Babies to hold, and we feel one of the best stacking toys on the market.

Hape Maple Building Block Set - Another beautiful little wooden and coloured block set.

Hape ABC Building Blocks - Ok so you caught us out, we have more than one Hape set of building blocks. Why? Well, value for money and quality these are great building blocks for your children.

Suitable from 2 years + they are great blocks to own.

Melissa and Doug Alphabet Truck - Yes an alphabet truck set. I mean who does not want a truck with so they can carry their building blocks from one room to another :)

Hape Fantasia Stacking Block Train. A train set that you can stack the colourful building blocks on also carries from room to room. These little blocks are also great at building fine motor skills for your child.

Fat Brain Toys Squigz. This colourful little set won “Best in Play International Toyfair 2013, Parenting Magazine.”

Not a classical set of building blocks, the variety of options and they way the stick together for your little one are amazing. For the lateral thinking little one. Suitable three years +

Hape Fantasy Castle - A 22 piece building block set that you can make into a castle. Need we say more?

Hape Undersea Building Blocks - Want an octopus in your blocks? Ok. How about a starfish? You get the idea. Just a novel way for your child to have more fun with building blocks. Suitable from 2 years +

Now you know just how many blocks there are to choose from. Of course at the outset of the article we stated that we would also make recommendations.

Now the simplest way to do this is to let you know is what we have bought or own children, and what we wish we also had :)

Having a 2-year-old and four-year-old, we bought a couple of sets for each of them.

Our experience with building blocks and each of our children has been very different.

Our daughter gets the greatest sense of achievement by building towers. And once they were complete we would sit there either counting the numbers with her or explaining the letters and words.

The Melissa and Doug Wooden 123 Building Blocks, Hape ABC were the ones we initially used with Sienna. She loved them, and she still does today at the age of 4.

With our son, he was lucky because when he was born so was our toy store. For him, he got some of the latest building blocks as well as the benefit of using some of Sienna’s.

Little Zach loves his Tegu, which was perfect for him even as a one-year-old. They are beautiful little wooden blocks that connect via magnets and safe from baby right through the ages.

He also loves Fatbrain Tobbles Neo because of the shape and how easy they are for his little hand to hold.

But you know what he loves most of all, knocking them all down. A bit like his father when he was young.

We have personally hand selected every building block in our range like we were choosing them for our children.

No matter which one you decide on you will be happy. Whether learning the alphabet, numbers or how to stack. We have a building block for every occasion and every munchkin. For our whole range of blocks, please click here.

Why? Well, because learning should be fun.

Got more questions, ask away..

Posted in building blocks, fine motor skills, spatial smart toys, toddler toys, toys for babies, toys for babies and toddlers, toys for preschoolers, wooden building blocks, Wooden magnetic blocks, wooden toys