How to teach multiplication tools to little children

With Tubò it’s really easy and fun to learn the multiplication table! Just turn the two colored knobs and results will appear in the window along the tube.

The Multiplication Tube has 2 knobs; blue and red. Each turn of either knob alters the number in the corresponding coloured window, and the results of the product of "red" X "blue" is shown.

The Tubò makes a very ideal "learner's first computer" as it is un-complicated. A very simple exercise can be carried out at pre-school level with a story problem and the multiplication tube. Ask the child to tell you how many candies (or the likes) she needs for everyone in your household - when everyone gets 1 candy. Then show how the tube can compute the answer when every one gets 2 candies. Explore with your child what happens when it goes to 3 candies each.

Find the multiplication tube at www.partyandplay.com.sg

What are their differences; BIG Bobby Car Classic vs BIG New Bobby Car

What are their differences; BIG Bobby Car Classic vs BIG New Bobby Car

BIG Bobby Car Classic

• Body shaped like nostalgic era car
• Finer steering handle
• Absence of "hole" (for accessories) in the top
• Hard plastic surface wheels

BIG NEW Bobby Car

• Smooth body contours
• Bolder steering handle
• Has "hole" (for accessories like Sound Starter, Easy Touch) in the top
• Rubber coated wheels

Find a Bobby Car here at www.bobbycar.com.sg

The Marble-run vs the Skyrail. Choosing the right marble track toy for kids.

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What is the difference between Migoga marble run and Skyrail?

The "Migoga" series from Quercetti is a range of marble run toys for children. Each is a box set of varying pieces and design. The larger sets comes with more pieces, and are packaged with some distinct parts for attaining different marble-running effects. The parts are wheels, gravity-pull plates and curves and so on.

The "Skyrail" from Quercetti is almost like any marble run toy, except for 2 main differences. First, the "tracks" of Skyrail are flat and malleable. Then, the tracks are upheld by the tower structures to be raised upwards. 

 

Migoga is made so that the tracks are already made with a fixed "incline" or rather "decline" as it will normally work. The track pieces are interconnected so that the marbles will always tend to roll down.

However, in the Skyrail, the tracks are just flat. Any declination of the whole layout has to be built by choice. This is where the test of mental planning, an instinct for gravity will be exercised. Skyrail is very appealing once the player discovers the natural phenomena of "momentum" - the marbles can be coaxed to roll down and than even up, as gravity and kinetic energy does the job.

The Skyrail produces a "roller coaster" like outcome with a little exploration.

Some of our customers have compared Quercetti Skyrail with alternatives that use metal tracks. Their conclusion was the rigid metal tracks are not the ideal parts because the "roller coaster" effect, which is the point of such toys are unattainable. In fact, Quercetti's Skyrail plastic tracks are simply just right for the purpose.

To view our Quercetti Migoga and Skyrail sets, just click on one of these links.

Or, visit www.partyandplay.com.sg to find other great toys.