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The Bigjigs Toys Blog

With over 35 years experience in making award-winning toys, we know quite a bit about what children (and parents) love.

Explore our collection of toy and parenting blogs, written by our toy experts for you and your family.

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July 20, 2022
How To Deal With Toddler Tantrums
Uh-oh, the dreaded toddler tantrums! Find out why they happen and how you can handle them (without losing your sanity).
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June 27, 2022
Grab Your Pens For National Writing Day
Writing is regarded as one of the best inventions by humans, dating back to around 3,300BC. Studies show that whilst reading develops children’s writing skills, writing helps develop their cognitive...
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March 3, 2022
World Book Day 2022
Celebrating its 25th birthday, World Book Day encourages children to read for pleasure and to fall in love with reading. Explore our World Book Day ideas!
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August 24, 2021
Teachers 5 Top Tips For Going Back To School
It's that time of year again! After six weeks of summer holiday bliss, the kids are going to soon be back into the classroom ready to enjoy the new school...
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July 22, 2021
Learn To Tell The Time - Best Telling The Time Games
It's €˜about time we showed you our top telling the time games, isn 't it! Learning to tell the time really can be as easy as 1, 2, 3 (o'clock).
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March 26, 2020
71 Indoor Play Ideas
There’s lots of fun to be had indoors if you take a moment and look around.
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June 19, 2018
The importance of creative play
Creative play doesn't have to be messy and doesn't have to involve paint or glitter! You can get creative with your little one by making music, acting, singing or dancing,...
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November 1, 2016
Books for little bookworms
Petit Collage: Little books for little bookworms Little bookworms will love these books. All these books have been tested with little ones and not only do little bookworms love them...
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June 9, 2015
Get Caught Reading - spot your bookworm!
Last month we celebrated Get Caught Reading month and invited you to share photos with us on social media of your mini bookworm enjoying their favourite book. We've collected up...
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October 25, 2013
Ready, Set, Baaaaaaake!
Learn how baking cakes is great for developing kids' numeracy, ecology, and even geography skills!
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March 21, 2013
World Poetry Day 2013
Hello Bigjiggers, Some of you may, and some of your may not know that Thursday 21st March 2013 is world poetry day. We thought that we would share some of...
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