Educational toys at school

Educational toys for school? How do you keep things fresh in your class? What types of toys stimulate cognitive skills but also inspire creativity?

Open toys are becoming increasingly popular in our schools. Open-Ended Play has really become a well-known concept that has also found its way into our living rooms.

Magnetic play items are a category within this group of toys.

Magnetic toys: why are they just extra fun?

There is little for children that is as fascinating and appeals to the imagination as magnets. There is nothing quite like the feeling of two poles that repel each other and attract each other at the same time. You literally feel invisible forces in action. Bringing that magic into the classroom is what Cleverclixx stands for.

Because of the natural interest children have in magnets, magnetic construction toys are so much fun. The children learn to build magnetic constructions in 3D and develop construction skills. Children can copy the example of the teacher, but they can also come up with a structure themselves. They can thus develop spatial insight in a playful way.

The Cleverclixx building sets are suitable from the age of 3 onwards. The sets consist of magnetic figures such as squares and triangles. The ball runs are slightly more difficult. It already requires more insight to make a ball track.

All Cleverclixx sets use the STEAM principle

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics. What is STEAM and why is this so popular? STEAM is certainly not a mere trend but reflects an important change in education.

The goal is therefore to make learning more practical so that children grow up with the skills needed to find a good job and to help improve society later.

Compared to the dusty atmosphere of traditional classrooms, smart classrooms with a focus on STEAM are more fascinating. The students are more involved and that automatically translates into a better insight and later also into the preservation of knowledge and an overall better approach to learning.

Good reasons for integrating STEAM are:

It practises manual skills - so it is preparation to learn to write.

It exercises concentration.

Exercises visual coordination.

Develops the imagination.

Develops creativity.

Together with parents or other children, the children learn how to share and work together.

How to integrate magnetic constructions at school?

You can already get started with Cleverclixx in preschool. The primary colours are discussed in the sets, so the little ones can learn to recognise and name colours.

Place a red tile on a blue tile and let the light shine on them. You will then see purple appear. Let them experiment with different colour mixes.

Preschoolers can learn a lot by copying patterns in the right colours. They must count, compare, recognise and measure colours.

Preschoolers start learning letters and then learn to read words and simple sentences. By copying the letters with Cleverclixx tiles, the child is very active with letters. This makes them learn the letters easier and they will remember them better.

The next step is to copy and build basic shapes such as a cube or a triangle. This stimulates depth of insight.

The Cleverclixx sets also come in handy during the learning of arithmetic skills. Practising fractions or sums, for example, is very convenient with the sets including graphic figures. With the Cleverclixx tiles, you make it very visual and tangible and easier to understand.

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