Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Early Learning Centre introduces new Springwood Farm garden games range

Early Learning Centre, Britain's leading children's toy retailer, has introduced a new range of Springwood Farm garden games to encourage active play this summer.

The classic range of garden games has been introduced to tempt children into the great outdoors this spring and summer. The new range of Springwood Farm garden games for 3 - 8 year olds includes cotton jumping sacks with child shoulder straps and animal designs, a coconut shy, farm croquet, skittles, a beanbag rabbit warren target game and quoits with fun wooden farm animal targets. All Springwood Farm games feature a collection of farmyard animals that include a lamb, rabbit, cow, chick, duck and donkey.

The Springwood Farm garden games range includes wooden classics and is designed to help stimulate the imagination. The Farm Coconut Shy set includes six wooden blocks and beanbags while the Springwood Farm croquet set farmyard game includes 6 colourful wooden targets with animal designs, 2 balls and 2 mallets. The Farm beanbag target game comes with a colourful wooden façade and six beanbags, while the Farm Quoits game includes 6 wooden hoops and a series of wooden farmyard animal targets.

The garden games and toys from the Early Learning Centre are designed to aid with child development and to provide family fun through encouraging active summer play. Active play through running, jumping, catching and dancing is recognised as an excellent way to release tension while building strength and coordination in children. Information is available through the ELC website which outlines how each toy can help in a child's development by aiding physical development, hand to eye coordination or social skills.

About ELC:

Early Learning Centre is Britain's leading retailer of children's toys. Toys from the Early Learning Centre are designed to help children develop vital skills, explore the boundaries of their imaginations and creativity, and to grow into happy, self-confident people.

Early Learning Centre currently has 215 stores across the UK and over 80 international stores in 19 countries worldwide. All Early Learning Centre toys meet British and European standards for toy safety. The Early Learning Centre is also associated with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

For further info, contact:

Early Learning Centre contact:

Noella Dixon
PR Manager
Early Learning Centre
Daisy & Tom
Chelsea Stores
Burdett House
15-16 Buckingham Street
London
WC2N 6DU

Tel: 020 7321 6428
http://www.elc.co.uk/
http://www.daisyandtom.com/