Fun Educational Toys for Preschoolers

Welcome to the ultimate guide to preschool playtime, brought to you by Wicked Uncle – the leading authority on cool toys! If you’re on the hunt for fun, engaging, and educational toys that spark imagination and boost early learning, you’ve come to the right place.

Preschoolers are naturally curious and the right toys can help channel that curiosity into meaningful skill-building – think fine motor development, problem-solving, language skills, and even early math concepts.

But we’re not talking about boring flashcards. Our list is packed with vibrant, hands-on toys that make learning feel like play (because it should be!). Whether you’re a parent, grandparent or teacher, these top picks will keep little hands busy and young minds growing. Get ready to discover toys that entertain and educate!

Best Educational Gifts:

1. The Human Body – Science Snippets
2. Drawing School – Step By Step
3. Shape Sorting Clock – Let’s Learn!
4. How We’re Made – Montessori
5. Counting Stacker – One to Ten
6. Dinosaur Alphabet Puzzle
7. My First Microscope
8. Wooden Barometer
9. Count & Learn Cookie Jar

1 The Human Body – Science Snippets ,  £12.99 £12.99

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Fun facts, from goosebumps & freckles to funny bones & earwax!

Clever set answers all your questions about the human body, with more than 70 flashcards. What is earwax made of? How come our fingers get wrinkly in the tub? Why do we have a belly button? All this and more in this fascinating scientific set! Simply unroll the box to reveal three sections packed with more than 70 illustrated fact cards.

2 Drawing School – Step By Step ,  £16.99 £16.99

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Art school in a box

Drawing is excellent for young children’s development, as it supports motor skills, encourages creativity, and helps build problem-solving abilities. This kit teaches preschoolers to draw animals in progressive steps, which means it’s also great for concentration and learning to follow directions. Assemble the step-by-step puzzle piece guides, then copy them onto the wipe-clean board… Keep practicing to improve your skills, and you’ll be a master artist in no time!

3 Woodland Animal Shape Sorting Clock ,  £19.99 £19.99

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An adorable clock…

Learn to tell the time with this colourful wooden shape sorter! Each of the numbers on this colourful clock is represented by a different shape, from circle and square to oval and star. Little ones are sure to enjoy slotting each around the 22cm face, matching the numbers and colours as they go. Just spin the minute and hour hands to represent different times of day. Sustainably made from FSC-certified wood and with a cute forest theme, this handsome clock will look great in any playroom. Bear-y cute!

4 How We’re Made – Montessori ,  £19.99 £19.99

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Explore the wonders of the human body

This fun Montessori-inspired box set contains eight different human body-themed puzzle games. Preschoolers will love fitting the colourful cutout shapes into matching slots to learn about the five senses, emotions, growing up, facial expressions and more. They can even use the special pen and whiteboard to practise their art skills and draw the body! A brightly coloured set sure to appeal to future doctors, nurses, and scientists!

5 Counting Stacker – One to Ten ,  £16.99 £16.99

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Colourful visual aid to help with counting

Practice early maths skills with this wonderful wooden toy! Measuring 45cm, the sturdy board is decorated with dots. Count them up and match each recess with its wooden tile, saying the number out loud. Then find the matching colourful rings and slot them on to the upright pegs!

6 Dinosaur Alphabet Wooden Puzzle ,  £21.99 £21.99

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For little learners…

Preschoolers will be instantly drawn to this colourful wooden puzzle! Use the puzzle as a way to talk about colours, animals, and letters. The 26 pieces are easy to slot together, and kids will love touching the tactile chunky wood. The 26 body segments are painted with a lowercase letter, so little ones can practice their ABCs whilst developing key motor skills. Roarsome!

7 My First Microscope ,  £24.99 £24.99

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Functional microscope designed especially for little hands

this great gadget has low 8x magnification that little ones can easily understand as well as an oversized knob for simple focusing. Specimens can be viewed with both eyes using the extra large rubberized eye pieces. Explore the fascinating hidden mini-world all around us – welcome to the wonders of science!

8 Wooden Barometer ,  £19.99 £19.99

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Fun board to explore & record the weather

This brilliant wooden weather station shows wind, temperature and more. Little ones are sure to enjoy moving the pieces to reflect the conditions on the day. Is it rainy, windy, snowing or sunny? Great fun, whatever the weather.

9 Count & Learn Cookie Jar ,  £29.99 £29.99

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Talking toy counts to ten!

Practice number recognition with the Count & Learn Cookie Jar! In ‘Let’s Learn’ mode, the friendly 16cm jar counts out loud as you slot the cookies in the top. Switch over to ‘Find It’ mode and the jar will say a number – find the corresponding cookie by counting the chocolate chips and pop it in. Happy sound effects play when little learners get it right. Chip chip hooray!

Wicked Uncle have scoured the world to find a really useful selection of fun, unusual and different presents for children.  We test every potential present before it goes on our website – we build the robot kits, paint the fairies, doodle with the pens, play the games and yes, we even wear the t-shirt.

We also have a brilliant gift wrap service, with lots of cool designs available. Simply select this option at checkout and one of our expert Elves will wrap your order with care. It will look as good as if you’d done it yourself – or better!

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