Snap-n-Learn - Shape Snails
These 10 cute snails can take off their shells and take a break from carrying all that learning on their backs. When it’s time to put the shells back on, certain shells match certain snails. Watch your child crack the snail code, matching the round, red snail to its round, red shell and helping their turquoise snail pal move back into their turquoise shape shell. Or maybe your child will be more fascinated by the numbers on the snails and line them up in a row to be counted or take turns going down the sofa cushion slide.
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What makes this product special
Toys for learning through play
Play is essential for children’s learning, well-being, and development. Through play, children learn about themselves and the world around them.
Play helps children:
• stay curious
• focus and become absorbed in what they're doing
• take on age-appropriate challenges
• build confidence
We believe children learn best by doing things for themselves:
• by making mistakes
• by getting messy
• by falling down and getting back up again
Resilience, confidence, and courage grow through experience, one small step at a time.
That's why we carefully choose toys that encourage independence, imagination, movement, and social skills — offering just the right balance of support, freedom, and opportunities to grow.
Carefully selected toys
We carefully handpick every toy from the vast world of toys available today. The only toys that make it into our range are ones we'd be happy to give our own children.
Every toy at ToyAcademy should:
• support learning through play
• be made from durable, high-quality materials
• be safe and enjoyable for children to play with
20 years of experience as parents and professionals
We're a Danish company founded in 2005, and we're parents too. We know what it's like to want the very best toys for your children.
Our mission is clear:
Toys should support children’s development, well-being, and confidence through play.
90-day returns
Shop with peace of mind — especially when buying gifts.
You have 90 days to return your purchase, giving you extra flexibility and peace of mind.
If you happen to choose the wrong toy, you can easily exchange it or return it.
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What makes this product special
These 10 cute snails can take off their shells and take a break from carrying all that learning on their backs. When it’s time to put the shells back on, certain shells match certain snails. Watch your child crack the snail code, matching the round, red snail to its round, red shell and helping their turquoise snail pal move back into their turquoise shape shell. Or maybe your child will be more fascinated by the numbers on the snails and line them up in a row to be counted or take turns going down the sofa cushion slide.
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Suitable for children aged 18 mos. to 4 yrs.This toy doesn't have any rulebook or right or wrong ways to play, and your child can simply play without having to think about how to use it. Playing in the present moment is the goal itself. At ToyAcademy, we call this type of play intuitive play - its also known as "open-ended play". We recommend that you seize the opportunity to observe how things unfold when your child plays using their intuition.
As opposed to types of play which are about achieving a result or playing within specific boundaries, intuitive play will often give you a fascinating peek into your child’s own imagination, problem-solving skills, and thought process.
This type of play helps improve your child’s ability to sort through toys as well as the myriads of impressions they experience daily. Sorting is quite simply a way of learning and comprehending new concepts, words, and experiences. Before we can understand what something is and what it means, we first need to comprehend how it differs from something else.
Once your child learns to understand sorting and organising as a tool for getting an overview of tasks and activities, that skill will be very valuable for them and help them stay calm in many real-life situations – going to the recycling depot, sorting laundry, understanding equations, and much more.
The activity supports skill development and is wonderful for your child's well-being:
- Gives your child's fine motor skills a wonderful workout.
- Stimulates hand-eye coordination, a skill we use for example when cutting accurately with scissors, pouring water into a glass without spilling, or when throwing, kicking, or catching a ball that comes flying at us in PE class.
| Item number | 21-LER6722 |
|---|---|
| Age | 18 mos., 2 yrs., 2.5 yrs., 3 yrs., 4 yrs. |
| Function | Fine motor skills, Shape and colour recognition, Hand-eye coordination, Observation, Language and language comprehension, Numeracy skills |
| Material | Plastic |
| Maintenance | Hand wash |
| Instructions/rules | English, French, Spanish, German |
Do you know Learning Resources?
As their name suggests, it's important for Learning Resources to create materials that make learning fun for children.In particular, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is at the centre at Learning Resources. Among other things, your child can learn about coding, doing experiments, exploring their world, and building robots. For educators and teachers, Learning Resources is a learning goldmine. Sorting animals, math games, and coding dinosaurs can really be a breath of fresh air in the classroom.
See our selection from Learning Resources here.
Delivery time: 2-4 business days
We aim to ship your order as quickly as possible. In most cases, you’ll receive it within 2-4 business days. Occasionally, minor delays may occur.
Please note: During busy periods, such as Christmas or Black Friday, delivery times may be slightly longer.
Returns
You have 90 days to return your purchase. That gives you extra peace of mind, especially when buying gifts. If you happen to choose the wrong toy, you can easily exchange it or return it.
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