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The School of Life
Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds
£12.00
Puzzles and Ideas To Help Young Minds Grow
Children are born philosophers but in order to fully bring out the best of their thinking, it helps to equip them with the largest and most thought-expanding questions.
This is a pack of the very sharpest, based on the biggest conundrums of philosophy, and is guaranteed to generate lively, warm and fascinating conversations among families and friends. No prior knowledge is required; all that counts is a spirit of curiosity.
The pack includes questions like: Is it ever right to lie? When might freedom not be a good thing? What's the difference between living and being alive? How does money make you happy and when doesn't it?
With these questions to hand, conversation will forever be profound and entertaining, and minds young and old will have a crash course in the joys and adventures of philosophy.
The cards cover five categories:
What Is Right and Wrong?
What Is Real?
What Is Society?
Is There a God?
What Is the Meaning of Life?
Questions cover topics such as:
Can you make a case for why it is okay to eat some animals (like cows, pigs and lambs) and not others (like dogs, cat or goldfish)?
Imagine that you and your best friend swapped brains: your brain was inserted into their body, and their brain was inserted into yours. Which person would be you - the one with your brain in their body, or their brain in yours? Or would it be neither? Or both?
Should people be allowed to keep all the money they can earn? Or should they be made to give some money away to help others? Explain why?
Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds Details: 52 Cards | 129mm x 90mm x 24mm | Instruction card included | Ideal for Ages 8+
Daily Mind
Furniture Doll House & Wooden Doll House to buy Individually
£10.00
The Wooden Furniture & Doll for Doll Houses to buy Individually is perfect for children playing, at home, playroom, school or party decoration and for the cases when you already have some furniture and need to complete the pieces.
The Wooden Doll & Furniture for Doll House to buy Individually is an educational toy aimed at children aged 3 to 7 yrs approximately. They are made from natural wood and sensitive materials to be handled safely for children.
You'll love this little Wooden Doll & Furniture for Doll House to buy Individually that not necessarily need to be used within a doll house as could use it as an addition to a playroom over a rug play even a simple towel. Easy to tidy up in a box or bag of toys.
You can choose any wooden Furniture & Wooden Dolls. We offer six spaces of the house: Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Bathroom, Bedroom and Kids Room and six dolls representing the family members. Each area comes with a different setup.
Beginners will find them easy to recognise for which area belongs all the Mini Furniture and all the pieces also can be mixed and then will be up to the creativity and imagination of every child.
They are perfect for teaching your child about family values, decoration, organisation of spaces, friendship, routine in the house and family household and other topics as creative play through interactive play and role play.
If you want to buy the complete collection could be ideal to buy it in this link with a big discount. Wooden Furniture & Doll for House Doll - Complete Set
or if you need just one of the set feel free to choose each product individually.
Choose from the six basic areas ( Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Bathroom, Bedroom and Kids Room) of the house and add the family members to make a complete collection to play and have fun!!
Commotion
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel
£39.99
Large clear shallow thermoplastic cover designed to fit over our A2 Light Panel 73048, providing an illuminated container for a range of art, craft, messy play, sensory or exploration activities.
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel can be used alone or with the A2 Light Panel that is sold separately.
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World - light & colour• Understanding the World - exploration• Understanding the World - observation• Expressive Arts & Design - art• Personal Development - collaborative play• Enabling Environment - practical resources
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel specification:Size: 670 x 490 x 53mm. Internal depth 44mm.
Daily Mind
Duck Wooden Puzzle 28 pieces 1 in 5 Layers
£34.99
This wooden puzzle gives children in a playful way a clear picture about the growth of a duck.
Specification Beleduc Layers Puzzle Duck
Material: woodDimensions puzzle: 205 x 205 x 20 mm (L x W x D)Number of pieces: 28 piecesAge: from 3 years old
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Handmade Sensory Wooden Car
£12.00
This Handmade Sensory Wooden Red Car comes with 2 pieces in one so the child can play taking away the window and put it again inside the car.
A very simple toy to play and secure for a baby and still use it when your child grows.
A perfect quality gift and a must to have in any playroom.
Handmade Sensory Wooden Car Specification:
Colour: Red
17.5 *10*5.6 cm
Material: Beech Wood
Qty: 1 Car
The School of Life
Soft Animal: Donald
£25.00
A handcrafted teddy bear doll, designed by Donna Wilson, and inspired by the psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott.
Donald is a soft toy designed to offer comfort to adults, children alike and children. Each Donald has been lovingly embroidered and assembled by hand in East London, making each one individual. He was created in collaboration with designer Donna Wilson.Donna Wilson set up her company in 2003 after making odd knitted creatures for her final show at the Royal College of Art. The creatures sold out and since then she has built her business designing and making a collection of curious cushions, luxurious lambswool blankets, and a variety of products for you and your home.Donna says:"It was a wonderful commission to work with The School of Life on a transitional toy. My own teddy bear was my most treasured possession when I was little, and I loved the idea of creating this symbolic object for adults or children. Donald is no ordinary teddy bear; he has a lot of character in his embroidered face and looks like he’d keep all your secrets! He’s made from the softest lambswool and has cosy knitted shorts to make him stand out from the crowd."
The English psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott was the first person to write seriously and with sensitivity about the business of teddy bears. In a paper from the early 1960s, Winnicott described a boy of six – whose parents had been deeply abusive to him – becoming very connected to a small animal his grandmother had given him. Every night, he would have a dialogue with the animal, would hug him close to his chest and shed a few tears into his stained and greying soft fur. It was his most precious possession, for which he would have given up everything else. As the boy summarised the situation to Winnicott: ‘No one else can understand me like bunny can.’
Winnicott knew that mental well-being depends on having to hand a repertoire of more gentle, forgiving and hopeful inner voices. To keep going, there are moments when one side of the mind needs to say to the other that the criticism is enough: that it understands, that this could happen to anyone, that one could not have known… It is this kind of indispensable benevolent voice that the child first starts to rehearse and exercise with the help of a stuffed animal.
If our development has gone well, what was trialled in the presence of a stuffed animal should continue all of our lives. Every healthy adult should possess a capacity for self-nurture: that is, for retreating to a safe secluded space and speaking in a tone that’s gentle, encouraging and infinitely forgiving. We should honour stuffed animals for what they really are: tools to help us on our first steps in the vital business of knowing how to look after ourselves.
32cm tall soft lambs wool toy | Assembled by hand in London | Supporting booklet
Kids Concept
Floor Cushion Apricot- 100% Cotton
£55.00
Cosy floor-pillow for our tents or for the pillow fort. Favourite for put inside the tent
Product Details
The product is not flame retardant because the chemicals included in the treatment are not approved according to the “REACH” legislation.
Color Apricot
Length in cm 100
Width in cm 100
Height in cm 15
Material 100% Cotton/100% Polyester
By Kids Concept
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Furniture Doll House & Wooden Doll House to buy Individually
£10.00
The Wooden Furniture & Doll for Doll Houses to buy Individually is perfect for children playing, at home, playroom, school or party decoration and for the cases when you already have some furniture and need to complete the pieces.
The Wooden Doll & Furniture for Doll House to buy Individually is an educational toy aimed at children aged 3 to 7 yrs approximately. They are made from natural wood and sensitive materials to be handled safely for children.
You'll love this little Wooden Doll & Furniture for Doll House to buy Individually that not necessarily need to be used within a doll house as could use it as an addition to a playroom over a rug play even a simple towel. Easy to tidy up in a box or bag of toys.
You can choose any wooden Furniture & Wooden Dolls. We offer six spaces of the house: Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Bathroom, Bedroom and Kids Room and six dolls representing the family members. Each area comes with a different setup.
Beginners will find them easy to recognise for which area belongs all the Mini Furniture and all the pieces also can be mixed and then will be up to the creativity and imagination of every child.
They are perfect for teaching your child about family values, decoration, organisation of spaces, friendship, routine in the house and family household and other topics as creative play through interactive play and role play.
If you want to buy the complete collection could be ideal to buy it in this link with a big discount. Wooden Furniture & Doll for House Doll - Complete Set
or if you need just one of the set feel free to choose each product individually.
Choose from the six basic areas ( Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Bathroom, Bedroom and Kids Room) of the house and add the family members to make a complete collection to play and have fun!!
Commotion
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel
£39.99
Large clear shallow thermoplastic cover designed to fit over our A2 Light Panel 73048, providing an illuminated container for a range of art, craft, messy play, sensory or exploration activities.
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel can be used alone or with the A2 Light Panel that is sold separately.
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World - light & colour• Understanding the World - exploration• Understanding the World - observation• Expressive Arts & Design - art• Personal Development - collaborative play• Enabling Environment - practical resources
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel specification:Size: 670 x 490 x 53mm. Internal depth 44mm.
Kids Concept
Big Wooden CarTrack
£49.99
Large wooden car track with an uplifting bridge. Can be put together in different ways. Will assure
Big Wooden Car Track Description
18 pieces.
74x110 cm in plywood.
Daily Mind
Airplane Pink Wooden Toy
£12.00
Pink wooden airplane with painted white and pink details. The airplane has propellers and wheels that spin.
Product Details
Rec. age months+ 18
Color Pink
Length in cm 18.5
Width in cm 10
Height in cm 17
Material Schima/Plywood
SAFETY
THE PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH THE EU'S CURRENT SAFETY AND FOLLOWS THE TOY STANDARD EN 71
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Big Sensory Wooden Blocks. Set of 16
£45.00
The sensory blocks made of wooden can assure safe learning and fun playtime. Children can learn how to stack the blocks on top of each other to create great new play ideas.
This set helps the child to engage in construction activities and the acrylic colours can be mixed together to create a lovely sensory aspect to the blocks.
Big Sensory Wooden Blocks - Set of 16 details:
Material: Rubberwood+Acrylic, 16 pcs with sand, water, beads, etc.
Dimensions: 35x8.5x31.5 cm
Kids Concept
Racing Car Pink Set- Wooden Toy
£29.99
Fun racing car set with pink details. The track is made of simple puzzle pieces which makes it easy to assemble. It also includes three fast race cars, four cones, one goal banner and one depot.
Product Details
Concept Pink
Rec. age months+ 36
Color Pink
Length in cm 69
Width in cm 40
Height in cm 10
Material MDF/Plywood
Kids Concept
SUV Car Aiden - Wooden Toy
£12.00
SUV Car Aiden. Easy gliding wooden car, part of the Aiden toy collection. These play vehicles are lots of fun and will help develop eye-hand coordination. Designed with cut out windows that allow for easy grip, making them perfect for small hands. Featuring a small gas tank hole that can be used to fill up with petrol.
Product Details
Concept Aiden
Rec. age months+ 12
Colour Multi
Length in cm 7
Width in cm 12
Height in cm 8.5
Material Beech
Safety
THE PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH THE EU'S CURRENT SAFETY AND FOLLOWS THE TOY STANDARD EN 71
The product is intended for children over 12 months. Remove the wrapping and packaging before giving the product to a child. Retain the information and the address for future reference.
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Big Stackable 12 Pieces Wooden Rainbow
£40.00
This versatile toy is an awesome way to introduce your child to colour recognition and object manipulation from smaller pieces to bigger and create 3D construction figures.
This durable stacking rainbow comes with 12 natural wood rainbow arches that can be slot together. can be used for years in different ways, could be for imaginative play, but also a way to learn different topics.
This piece of natural wood, coloured in pastel colours will look beautiful in your playroom and also will offer an unlimited base to create different games and learning moments.
Let them play and learn in the process without even noticing it.
Big Stackable 12 Pieces Wooden Rainbow Toy Specification:
18cm in height, 35.5cm in length, suitable for 0+ years
Daily Mind
Furniture Doll House & Wooden Doll House to buy Individually
£10.00
The Wooden Furniture & Doll for Doll Houses to buy Individually is perfect for children playing, at home, playroom, school or party decoration and for the cases when you already have some furniture and need to complete the pieces.
The Wooden Doll & Furniture for Doll House to buy Individually is an educational toy aimed at children aged 3 to 7 yrs approximately. They are made from natural wood and sensitive materials to be handled safely for children.
You'll love this little Wooden Doll & Furniture for Doll House to buy Individually that not necessarily need to be used within a doll house as could use it as an addition to a playroom over a rug play even a simple towel. Easy to tidy up in a box or bag of toys.
You can choose any wooden Furniture & Wooden Dolls. We offer six spaces of the house: Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Bathroom, Bedroom and Kids Room and six dolls representing the family members. Each area comes with a different setup.
Beginners will find them easy to recognise for which area belongs all the Mini Furniture and all the pieces also can be mixed and then will be up to the creativity and imagination of every child.
They are perfect for teaching your child about family values, decoration, organisation of spaces, friendship, routine in the house and family household and other topics as creative play through interactive play and role play.
If you want to buy the complete collection could be ideal to buy it in this link with a big discount. Wooden Furniture & Doll for House Doll - Complete Set
or if you need just one of the set feel free to choose each product individually.
Choose from the six basic areas ( Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Bathroom, Bedroom and Kids Room) of the house and add the family members to make a complete collection to play and have fun!!
Commotion
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel
£39.99
Large clear shallow thermoplastic cover designed to fit over our A2 Light Panel 73048, providing an illuminated container for a range of art, craft, messy play, sensory or exploration activities.
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel can be used alone or with the A2 Light Panel that is sold separately.
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World - light & colour• Understanding the World - exploration• Understanding the World - observation• Expressive Arts & Design - art• Personal Development - collaborative play• Enabling Environment - practical resources
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel specification:Size: 670 x 490 x 53mm. Internal depth 44mm.
Kids Concept
Big Wooden CarTrack
£49.99
Large wooden car track with an uplifting bridge. Can be put together in different ways. Will assure
Big Wooden Car Track Description
18 pieces.
74x110 cm in plywood.
Daily Mind
Airplane Pink Wooden Toy
£12.00
Pink wooden airplane with painted white and pink details. The airplane has propellers and wheels that spin.
Product Details
Rec. age months+ 18
Color Pink
Length in cm 18.5
Width in cm 10
Height in cm 17
Material Schima/Plywood
SAFETY
THE PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH THE EU'S CURRENT SAFETY AND FOLLOWS THE TOY STANDARD EN 71
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Strawberry Wooden Puzzle 30 Pieces 1 in 5 Layer
£34.99
The Strawberry Layer Puzzle is a test of memory and logical thinking. Watch as your child puts pieces together and discovers the nature with this fun resources.
Strawberry Wooden Puzzle 30 Pieces 1 in 5 Layer Specification
Material: woodDimensions: 15 x 15 x 1.8 cm (L x W x D)Number of pieces: 30 piecesAge: from 4 years old
Daily Mind
Pumpkin Wooden Puzzle 5 in 1 Layer
£34.99
The Pumpkin Layer Puzzle is a test of memory and logical thinking. Watch as your child learns about nature while putting together the pieces and discovers the power of understanding your world while having fun.
This 5-in-1 wooden puzzle shows how pumpkin grow. There are 5 layers of the puzzle to show the 5 different stages of its growth & harvesting. These puzzles are not only placed side by side but also on top of each other. They are arranged in tiers that explains the growth of Pumpkins.
Puzzles help children with their hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and problem-solving skills! Your child can also cultivate patience as you work on the puzzles independently or with a caregiver’s guidance.
Specification Beleduc - Pumpkin 5 in 1 Layer - Wooden Puzzle
Dimensions : 14.5 H x 14.5 W x 2 cm D
Age range: 4yrs+
Daily Mind
Carrot Wooden Puzzle 30 Pieces 1 in 5 Layer
£34.99
The Carrot 5 in 1 Layer - Wooden Puzzle is a test of memory and logical thinking. Watch as your child learn where the carrots come from putting the pieces together and discovers the power of imagination.
Specifications Beleduc - Carrot 5 in 1 Layer - Wooden Puzzle
Dimensions : 14.5 H x 14.5 W x 2 cm D
Age range: 4yrs+
Daily Mind
Carpenter Wooden Tools Set
£25.00
Carpenter Wooden Tools - Wooden Toy encourages pattern recognition and object recall among younger children. Watch as they feel the thrill of triumph as they put pieces together and experience their first individual success.
Specification Carpenter Wooden Tools - Wooden Toy
Product Details Material: Pinewood
Dimensions: 30x20x8 cm
Age: +3
Commotion
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel
£39.99
Large clear shallow thermoplastic cover designed to fit over our A2 Light Panel 73048, providing an illuminated container for a range of art, craft, messy play, sensory or exploration activities.
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel can be used alone or with the A2 Light Panel that is sold separately.
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World - light & colour• Understanding the World - exploration• Understanding the World - observation• Expressive Arts & Design - art• Personal Development - collaborative play• Enabling Environment - practical resources
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel specification:Size: 670 x 490 x 53mm. Internal depth 44mm.
Daily Mind
Duck Wooden Puzzle 28 pieces 1 in 5 Layers
£34.99
This wooden puzzle gives children in a playful way a clear picture about the growth of a duck.
Specification Beleduc Layers Puzzle Duck
Material: woodDimensions puzzle: 205 x 205 x 20 mm (L x W x D)Number of pieces: 28 piecesAge: from 3 years old
Daily Mind
Strawberry Wooden Puzzle 30 Pieces 1 in 5 Layer
£34.99
The Strawberry Layer Puzzle is a test of memory and logical thinking. Watch as your child puts pieces together and discovers the nature with this fun resources.
Strawberry Wooden Puzzle 30 Pieces 1 in 5 Layer Specification
Material: woodDimensions: 15 x 15 x 1.8 cm (L x W x D)Number of pieces: 30 piecesAge: from 4 years old
Daily Mind
Carpenter Wooden Tools Set
£25.00
Carpenter Wooden Tools - Wooden Toy encourages pattern recognition and object recall among younger children. Watch as they feel the thrill of triumph as they put pieces together and experience their first individual success.
Specification Carpenter Wooden Tools - Wooden Toy
Product Details Material: Pinewood
Dimensions: 30x20x8 cm
Age: +3
Daily Mind
Wooden Vegetable Cooking Set
£25.00
Set of Vegetables, with accessories. It's time to step back and let the children make dinner! Give this lovely wooden set to your child and be sure to receive a lovely meal back in return. There is a great variety of food to role play with such as a carrot, tomato, parsnip, onion, garlic, asparagus and an aubergine.
Product Details Wooden Vegetable Cooking Set
Material: Beechwood.
Dimensions: 34x28x7 cm
Kids Concept
Mixed Fruit Bistro Box - Wooden Toy
£16.00
Kids Concept - Mixed Fruit Bistro Box - Wooden Toy
A mixed wooden box of fruit. Strawberries, banana, lemon, apple pear and oranges. The lemon can be divided into two pieces and put back together again with velcro.
Article number
1000275
Concept
Bistro
Rec. age months+
36
Colour
Multi
Length in cm
11
Width in cm
2.5
Height in cm
3
Other dimensions
Banana: 11.5 cm. Remaining fruits: 4.5x4.5x5 cm.
Number of parts (mounted)
13
Net Weight (g)
253
Material
Schima/Schima
MAINTENANCE
Clean with a damp cloth. Wipe dry.
SAFETY
WARNING! Contains small parts that could be swallowed. Choking hazard. Not for children under 3 years. Retain all information. Remove all packaging before giving the toy to a child.
Kids Concept
Puzzle Number Pink 1 to 20
£15.00
Fun number board puzzle in white with pink numbers in different shades and patterns. Can be used as a puzzle or to play or count with. Puzzles help develop logical thinking and recognising shapes since each piece only fits in one place.
Rec. age months+ 36
Color Pink
Length in cm 30
Width in cm 22.5
Height in cm 1.2
Material Plywood
Net Weight (g) 448
By Kids Concept
SAFETY
THE PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH THE EU'S CURRENT SAFETY AND FOLLOWS THE TOY STANDARD EN 71
Kids Concept
Memory Transport Game - Wooden Toy
£14.99
Classic memo game in FSC plywood with 10 different symbols from the Aiden series cars, trucks, and road signs. Simple rules mean you can play again and again without getting bored. Do you remember where the 100 sign was?
Playing this memory game is fun and educational and helps to train spatial and visual memory. Contains 20 pieces (10 pairs) in a wooden box for practical storage.
SPECIFICATIONS
Article number
1000426
Concept
Aiden
Rec. age months+
24
Colour
Nature/Nature
Length in cm
22
Width in cm
7
Height in cm
6
Number of parts (mounted)
22
Net Weight (g)
435
Material
Plywood
MAINTENANCE
Clean with a damp cloth. Wipe dry.
SAFETY
The product is intended for children over 24 months. Remove the wrapping and packaging before giving the product to a child. Retain the information and the address for future reference.
The School of Life
Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds
£12.00
Puzzles and Ideas To Help Young Minds Grow
Children are born philosophers but in order to fully bring out the best of their thinking, it helps to equip them with the largest and most thought-expanding questions.
This is a pack of the very sharpest, based on the biggest conundrums of philosophy, and is guaranteed to generate lively, warm and fascinating conversations among families and friends. No prior knowledge is required; all that counts is a spirit of curiosity.
The pack includes questions like: Is it ever right to lie? When might freedom not be a good thing? What's the difference between living and being alive? How does money make you happy and when doesn't it?
With these questions to hand, conversation will forever be profound and entertaining, and minds young and old will have a crash course in the joys and adventures of philosophy.
The cards cover five categories:
What Is Right and Wrong?
What Is Real?
What Is Society?
Is There a God?
What Is the Meaning of Life?
Questions cover topics such as:
Can you make a case for why it is okay to eat some animals (like cows, pigs and lambs) and not others (like dogs, cat or goldfish)?
Imagine that you and your best friend swapped brains: your brain was inserted into their body, and their brain was inserted into yours. Which person would be you - the one with your brain in their body, or their brain in yours? Or would it be neither? Or both?
Should people be allowed to keep all the money they can earn? Or should they be made to give some money away to help others? Explain why?
Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds Details: 52 Cards | 129mm x 90mm x 24mm | Instruction card included | Ideal for Ages 8+
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A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel
£39.99
Large clear shallow thermoplastic cover designed to fit over our A2 Light Panel 73048, providing an illuminated container for a range of art, craft, messy play, sensory or exploration activities.
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel can be used alone or with the A2 Light Panel that is sold separately.
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World - light & colour• Understanding the World - exploration• Understanding the World - observation• Expressive Arts & Design - art• Personal Development - collaborative play• Enabling Environment - practical resources
A2 Cover Tray for Light Panel specification:Size: 670 x 490 x 53mm. Internal depth 44mm.
Commotion
A2 Light Panel - Tickit
£109.99
The A2 Light Panel LED are an essential and versatile cross-curricular resource. With a new anti-trip magnetic connector and 3 light level settings they provide a cool, clean, bright illuminated background and are ideal for the investigation of light, colour and shape, or focused group work in a wide range of subjects.
Slimline and with rounded edges, the panels are tough, portable and easy to wipe clean. Simple operation with a lock function to prevent them being turned off unintentionally.
All TickiT Light Panels have an A+ energy rating and include a universal power adaptor (UK/ EU/ US/ AU compatible) with low voltage mains power supply, instructions for use and a TickiT Light Panel Guide. Digital versions of our light panel guide are available as follows:
English
Italian
French
Spanish
German
Swedish
Polish
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Personal Development - sensory• Personal Development - collaborative play• Understanding the World - light• Understanding the World - observation
A2 Light Panel Specification:Size: 635 x 460 x 8mm. Illuminated area: 585 x 410mm. Weight 3Kg.Age: Suitable for use with children under adult supervision.
Commotion
Understanding Feelings Pack
£26.00
The Understanding Feelings set has been designed to help children to learn about a range of feelings and to enable them to communicate more effectively with others. Using the components of the set children will be able to discuss, observe and better understand how they and others feel.
Included in the set are 13 acetate faces all with different feeling expressions. These can be handled by the children - placed on a table, window or light panel. An A3 poster of these expressions includes a key to what they show. Also included are 3 blank white face-shaped boards for use with dry-wipe markers, 3 blank acetate faces and 3 face-shaped mirrors to observe self-expression. The set comes complete with a teacher’s guide with suggested activities and questions to pose.
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Understanding the World - observation• Personal Development - self-awareness• Personal Development - PSHE• Communication & Language - talking & listening• Personal Development - collaborative play
2016 PPS Silver Award Winner(Teacher Resources, Equipment & Tools category)
What the PPS Award testers said:
"We used the pack when discussing the transition to school and how new things were making the children feel. They took it in turns to say what makes them happy and used the blank ones to draw faces of themselves and how they look when happy or sad. The pack is easy to use and has good instructions."
SpecificationSize of faces: 210 x 185mm. 13 expression faces, 3 mirror faces, 3 white dry-wipe faces, 3 clear acetate faces, teachers' guide and A3 poster.Age: Suitable from 3 years.
Commotion
A2 Light Panel & Table Set
£149.99
Low-level wooden table with A2 LED light panel which sits on top. Table legs lock into place with a hex key.
Our LED light panels are an essential and versatile cross-curricular resource. With a new anti-trip magnetic connector and 3 light level settings they provide a cool, clean, bright illuminated background and are ideal for the investigation of light, colour and shape, or for focused group work in a wide range of subjects. Slimline and with rounded edges, the panels are tough, portable and easy to wipe clean. Simple operation with a lock function to prevent them being turned off unintentionally.
All TickiT Light Panels have an A+ energy rating and include a universal power adaptor (UK/ EU/ US/ AU compatible) with low voltage mains power supply, instructions for use and a TickiT Light Panel Guide. Digital versions of our light panel guide are available as follows:
English
Italian
French
Spanish
German
Swedish
Polish
Supports the following areas of learning:
• Personal Development - sensory• Personal Development - collaborative play• Understanding the World - light• Understanding the World - observation
SpecificationSize of light panel: 635 x 460 x 8mm. Illuminated area: 585 x 410mm. Overall height: 290mm.Age: Suitable for use with children under adult supervision.
The School of Life
Therapeutic Colouring A1 Poster: Walden Pond
£2.50
Colouring is not just an activity for children, but an enjoyable and therapeutic pastime for adults too.
An ideal activity for time spent alone or shared in the company of friends and family.
We work hard to juggle the many challenges and complexities of modern life, and we need time to relax and recharge. The simple, meditative act of colouring in lines on a page can help to alleviate anxiety, sharpen our concentration, and cultivate a deep sense of calm.
You don't need to be an artist to create a masterpiece. Our illustrators have designed these posters with collaboration in mind. Using their framework as a guide, we encourage you to exercise your imagination as you select your colours and fill in between and outside the lines.
About the illustrator:
The School of Life commissioned Illustrator Michael Kirkham to re-imagine the great literary work, Walden: or Life in the Woods by Thoreau.
Michael Kirkham works internationally in the fields of advertising, editorial and design. He has been represented by the Heart Agency in London and New York since 2007. He lives with his partner and their two young children in Edinburgh, UK. He also enjoys walks.
Therapeutic Colouring A1 Poster: Walden Pond | 680 x 990mm | 128gsm art paper by The School of Life
The School of Life
Egg Cup Philosophers
£18.00
4 Porcelain Egg Cups
A surprising number of the great thinkers of history started their day with an egg. Our Egg Cup Philosophers are an aid to thinking. Each one represents not just a particular philosopher, but one of their key ideas: a morsel of wisdom to sustain us throughout the day. By contemplating each thinker, and perhaps discussing them over the table, you can choose whichever best suits the demands of your day, helping you to meet it with a wiser frame of mind.
Philosophers Included:
Buddha
Hypatia of Alexandria
Maimonides
Simone de Beauvoir
Four egg cups in box | 100 x 100 x 70mm | Booklet included
The School of Life
Culture Memory Game
£18.00
A card-matching memory game in which players try to pair iconic cultural items.
This is a matching game showcasing iconic works of art, architecture, design, and literature. Each work represents a unique perspective or key insight into the question of how to live a good life. Together, they form a visual index of some of the best ideas in the world.
Designed to be enjoyed by grown-ups and kids of all ages.
How to play:
Mix and place cards face down. Players take turns turning any two cards over at a time. If the cards match, the player takes another turn. If the cards do not match, flip the cards back over and the next player takes their turn. When all pairs have been matched, the player with the most pairs wins.
Example card:
The Pantheon The purpose of this building is to focus our minds on unity: the single perfect circle at the top and centre. Unity in our daily lives means organisation: resolving things into their simplest, clearest state, so we can make decisions and set priorities.
Japanese Tea Ceremony The tea ceremony makes every part of an act serve a psychological purpose: becoming more tranquil, noticing details, being exact. It is a transformation that could be applied to many things, i.e. brushing one's teeth, doing stretches in the morning, using social media, or making a ritual for dealing with emails.
Bauhaus Colour Sphere Colours, like sounds, don't force us, but they encourage particular states of mind: the grey-green of a lichen-covered wall could be calming; ones dormant tenderness might be brought out by a pink sky. We should want to help make a society where colours in every circumstance are thought about carefully.
36 Pairs | 60mm x 60mm cards | Printed grey board | Supporting booklet
The School of Life
Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds
£12.00
Puzzles and Ideas To Help Young Minds Grow
Children are born philosophers but in order to fully bring out the best of their thinking, it helps to equip them with the largest and most thought-expanding questions.
This is a pack of the very sharpest, based on the biggest conundrums of philosophy, and is guaranteed to generate lively, warm and fascinating conversations among families and friends. No prior knowledge is required; all that counts is a spirit of curiosity.
The pack includes questions like: Is it ever right to lie? When might freedom not be a good thing? What's the difference between living and being alive? How does money make you happy and when doesn't it?
With these questions to hand, conversation will forever be profound and entertaining, and minds young and old will have a crash course in the joys and adventures of philosophy.
The cards cover five categories:
What Is Right and Wrong?
What Is Real?
What Is Society?
Is There a God?
What Is the Meaning of Life?
Questions cover topics such as:
Can you make a case for why it is okay to eat some animals (like cows, pigs and lambs) and not others (like dogs, cat or goldfish)?
Imagine that you and your best friend swapped brains: your brain was inserted into their body, and their brain was inserted into yours. Which person would be you - the one with your brain in their body, or their brain in yours? Or would it be neither? Or both?
Should people be allowed to keep all the money they can earn? Or should they be made to give some money away to help others? Explain why?
Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds Details: 52 Cards | 129mm x 90mm x 24mm | Instruction card included | Ideal for Ages 8+
The School of Life
What Can I Do When I Grow Up
£15.00
A Young Persons Guide to Careers, Money - and the Future
Have you ever felt confused, scared or even a little annoyed when an adult has asked as if it were the most normal thing in the world: What do you want to do when you grow up? If so, you are not alone. Knowing what you want to do with your life is one of the hardest questions you will ever have to answer and it is one that most adults are still grappling with
What Can I Do When I Grow Up is a book about the world of work written expressly for young people. It takes us on a journey around the most essential questions within the topic, such as:
How can I discover my passions? What should a 'good' job involve? How much money should I make? How does the economy work?
The result is a book that will spark exceptionally fruitful conversations and help you look forward to your work life with positivity and anticipation.
Extracts from the Book:
Why it's hard to know what you want to do
A big difficulty in all this is that our brains are not very good at telling us what would make us happy. We know quickly enough when there is a problem, but that's different from knowing what we need to do to feel content.
What is a job?
The real reason you can get money for working is this: People pay money because they have a problem that they cannot solve on their own. They need someone else to help them - someone they generally do not know and who can't just do it as a favour - and they have to hand over some cash in exchange for their assistance.
What do you really enjoy?
Thinking about pleasure is central to achieving a good working life. This idea sounds odd only because schools almost never think about fun. Fun does not come into it around schoolwork: you're meant to suffer - or so it can seem on a bad day. However, your ability to do your job properly as an adult is going to depend on you getting a good sense of what actually brings you joy and then finding a job that matches.
Hardback book with exercises | 175 pages | 227 x 160 mm
The School of Life
Soft Animal: Donald
£25.00
A handcrafted teddy bear doll, designed by Donna Wilson, and inspired by the psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott.
Donald is a soft toy designed to offer comfort to adults, children alike and children. Each Donald has been lovingly embroidered and assembled by hand in East London, making each one individual. He was created in collaboration with designer Donna Wilson.Donna Wilson set up her company in 2003 after making odd knitted creatures for her final show at the Royal College of Art. The creatures sold out and since then she has built her business designing and making a collection of curious cushions, luxurious lambswool blankets, and a variety of products for you and your home.Donna says:"It was a wonderful commission to work with The School of Life on a transitional toy. My own teddy bear was my most treasured possession when I was little, and I loved the idea of creating this symbolic object for adults or children. Donald is no ordinary teddy bear; he has a lot of character in his embroidered face and looks like he’d keep all your secrets! He’s made from the softest lambswool and has cosy knitted shorts to make him stand out from the crowd."
The English psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott was the first person to write seriously and with sensitivity about the business of teddy bears. In a paper from the early 1960s, Winnicott described a boy of six – whose parents had been deeply abusive to him – becoming very connected to a small animal his grandmother had given him. Every night, he would have a dialogue with the animal, would hug him close to his chest and shed a few tears into his stained and greying soft fur. It was his most precious possession, for which he would have given up everything else. As the boy summarised the situation to Winnicott: ‘No one else can understand me like bunny can.’
Winnicott knew that mental well-being depends on having to hand a repertoire of more gentle, forgiving and hopeful inner voices. To keep going, there are moments when one side of the mind needs to say to the other that the criticism is enough: that it understands, that this could happen to anyone, that one could not have known… It is this kind of indispensable benevolent voice that the child first starts to rehearse and exercise with the help of a stuffed animal.
If our development has gone well, what was trialled in the presence of a stuffed animal should continue all of our lives. Every healthy adult should possess a capacity for self-nurture: that is, for retreating to a safe secluded space and speaking in a tone that’s gentle, encouraging and infinitely forgiving. We should honour stuffed animals for what they really are: tools to help us on our first steps in the vital business of knowing how to look after ourselves.
32cm tall soft lambs wool toy | Assembled by hand in London | Supporting booklet
Usborne
Looking After Your Mental Health
£6.99
The mental health of children and teenagers hits the headlines on a regular basis, with more and more young people reporting mental health difficulties. This book provides a gentle guide to good mental health, with input from experts in both psychology and psychiatry.
Age 11+
Key Stage KS2/3 PSHE
BIC CBMC D5N79
Paperback ISBN: 9781474937290 Extent: 272 pages Dimensions: 198 x 130mm
Author/Editor Alice James & Louie Stowell
Illustrator Nancy Leschnikoff
The School of Life
Culture Memory Game
£18.00
A card-matching memory game in which players try to pair iconic cultural items.
This is a matching game showcasing iconic works of art, architecture, design, and literature. Each work represents a unique perspective or key insight into the question of how to live a good life. Together, they form a visual index of some of the best ideas in the world.
Designed to be enjoyed by grown-ups and kids of all ages.
How to play:
Mix and place cards face down. Players take turns turning any two cards over at a time. If the cards match, the player takes another turn. If the cards do not match, flip the cards back over and the next player takes their turn. When all pairs have been matched, the player with the most pairs wins.
Example card:
The Pantheon The purpose of this building is to focus our minds on unity: the single perfect circle at the top and centre. Unity in our daily lives means organisation: resolving things into their simplest, clearest state, so we can make decisions and set priorities.
Japanese Tea Ceremony The tea ceremony makes every part of an act serve a psychological purpose: becoming more tranquil, noticing details, being exact. It is a transformation that could be applied to many things, i.e. brushing one's teeth, doing stretches in the morning, using social media, or making a ritual for dealing with emails.
Bauhaus Colour Sphere Colours, like sounds, don't force us, but they encourage particular states of mind: the grey-green of a lichen-covered wall could be calming; ones dormant tenderness might be brought out by a pink sky. We should want to help make a society where colours in every circumstance are thought about carefully.
36 Pairs | 60mm x 60mm cards | Printed grey board | Supporting booklet
The School of Life
Seeds of Virtue Notecards: Herbs
£16.00
A gift box of notecards and corresponding herb seeds highlighting virtuous qualities to cultivate. Flowers seed sets also available.
Being virtuous sounds old-fashioned nowadays. Yet goodness is, in fact, one of the most important qualities we can aspire to. We all need to develop positive yet challenging qualities like confidence, devotion, and hope in order to better connect to those we care about and accomplish the tasks we truly value. In order to cultivate these virtues, we need regular reminders of their dimensions and importance. These notecards are designed to give (the recipient) this kind of nudge. Each card displays a short contemplation on a different virtue and is paired with a seed packet offering further botanical inspiration. As the flowers bloom, they serve as a daily prompt to revisit their corresponding virtuous quality, so that ideally we can grow alongside them.
This set includes:
Thyme for Courage
Fennel for Endurance
Sweet Basil for Good Wishes
Sage for Wisdom
Rosemary for Remembrance
5 Printed greetings cards with accompanying envelope | 161 x 114mm | 280gsm| 5Seed packets| Printed gift box with sleeve
The School of Life
Snakes & Ladders Game
£22.00
Climb to Emotional Maturity
The School of Life has taken Snakes and Ladders and turned it into a great game about emotional life: the ladders represent all those moments when you learn how to be more of a grown-up, the snakes the times when you end up acting, against your better nature, like a tantrum-prone toddler.
Depending on where you land, you pick up cards that outline, with humour and wisdom, the ingredients of emotional maturity - and ask you to share insights from your own life. As we play, were entertained, amusingly educated and subtly invited to continue to try to grow up - a goal that, as the game kindly implies, none of us ever quite master completely.
Instructions:
Start the game from the bottom left-hand square, marked number 1, and go to the top left-hand square, marked number 100. The first to finish wins.
Every player chooses a coloured counter. Take it in turns to roll the dice, with the youngest player starting. On your turn, move your counter forward the number of spaces shown on the dice.
The board is accompanied by two packs of cards: one with the snakes on the back, one with ladders on the back. Shuffle both packs before starting the game. If your counter lands at the bottom of a ladder on the board, pick up one of the ladder cards and read it out to the group: it'll specify one of the stages of emotional maturity - and ask you a big question. Answer it, then move up to the top of the ladder.
If your counter lands at the top of a snake on the board, pick up one of the snake cards and read it out to the group: it'll specify one of the stages of emotional immaturity - and ask you a big question. Answer it, then slide down to the bottom of the snake.
The first person who can advance their counter to the square marked with the number 100 is the winner - that is, they have made all the right moves towards emotional maturity in the fastest time. We suggest rolling the exact number to land on the 100 square to finish.
The game offers us a chance to reflect on our own always tenuous hold on emotional maturity. Discuss frankly with the other players some of the ways in which you have been either mature or immature over the years. What have you learnt about becoming a more psychologically grown-up person? What still trips you up to this day?
Snakes & Ladders Game Contains Game Board, 26 Snake Cards, 26 Ladder Cards, 6 Counters, 2 Dice | 197 x 197 x 35mm | Instructions included | Suitable for 14 years +
The School of Life
Stamps of Encouragement
£10.00
Given how life can go, we all need some regular and emphatic words of encouragement to give us the energy to endure and the spirit to face a new day. Weve collected five of the best such phrases and artfully laid them out on stamps: with some of the vigour of an immigration official (but with a lot more humanity), you can imprint them on documents, cards, notepaper, the back of your hand - or more broadly your life. The pleasure of stamping things, well known in childhood, is here used for the finest psychological ends: to keep playfulness and hope alive.Five stamps with box | 130 x 100 x 90mm | Care Instructions: Wipe clean. Do not soak.
The School of Life
Therapeutic Colouring A1 Poster : Still Life with Fruit
£2.50
Colouring is not just an activity for children, but an enjoyable and therapeutic pastime for adults too.
We work hard to juggle the many challenges and complexities of modern life, and we need time to relax and recharge. The simple, meditative act of colouring in lines on a page can help to alleviate anxiety, sharpen our concentration, and cultivate a deep sense of calm.
You don't need to be an artist to create a masterpiece. Our illustrators have designed these posters with collaboration in mind. Using their framework as a guide, we encourage you to exercise your imagination as you select your colours and fill in between and outside the lines.
An ideal activity for time spent alone or shared in the company of friends and family.
About the design:
The School of Life commissioned art collective Atelier Deux-Mille to re-invent the traditional still life. Their solution: a colour-by-shape basket of fruit complete with key for colouring in.
Atelier Deux-Mille is a collective made of four artists and designers: Nicolas Delpech, Bejamin Stoop, Lucas Faudeux & Eugenie Babion. Not only artists and designers, they are craftsmen too working from a printing studio in Toulouse, France.
They love process colours and their favourite fruits are the real ones. To see more of their work, click here.
Therapeutic Colouring A1 Poster : Still Life with Fruit | 680 x 990mm | 128gsm art paper by The School of Life
