A wooden farm.

Advantages: Good play opportunities
Disadvantages: the 2 d animals

...with had the addition of other toy animals and perhaps not all of the Bigjig toy animals that should come with this farm. However most of the Bigjig animals were there. The big jig animals like the frees are not 3D they are flat, about 1cm thick so they do stand up reasonably well. There are a couple of pink pigs, a couple of sheep, two cows two horses,, two chickens a dog and a ginger cat. There is a wooden 2 dimensional farmer and his wife too. There is a tractor and a wooden lawn mower (at least that's what I think it is.) Then there is a wooden 3 dimensional wheelbarrow with a wooden spade. There are a couple of wooden tubs for animal feed . Then there are a few wooden trees these stand on a firm base, they are not 3d though they are flat, probably about1cm thick I seem to recall. A couple of the trees are fruit trees...

mumsymary 14.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bigjigs Toys Wooden Play Farm

Flat animals for a toy farm

Advantages: Last well
Disadvantages: flat bodies

...I often play alongside children with these pin toy animals and other animals on a toy farm. I think a toy farm is an excellent toy for children. Included in this set of farm animals from Pintoy are 2 cows, 2 pigs. 2 lambs, 2 ducks and 2 chickens. These little animals are made of Rubber wood which is harvested from a replenishable forest. These animals are fair representative shapes of real animals but not as good as some other the animals that I have seen . The cows for example have a thick rectangular flat sided body the head is rounded though. The other animals although not really realistic you can tell what they are. The shapes of these animals are chunky easy to hold and play with. They all have eyes, noses, or beaks and smiling mouths look friendly. These animals are all coloured the colours you might expect those...

mumsymary 28.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pintoy farm animals

Farm animals sticking around the bath

Advantages: good water toys
Disadvantages: none mmmm maybe get chewed

...Time for fun in the bath Let?s find all the toys then. I have some farm bath time stickers. (well they are works ones really). These Farm bath time stickers are toys from Alex who produce many children?s toys. This set of stickers is in a mesh bag, approx 24 cm (H) x 21cm (W) This bag has suction cups that attach to loops at the top of the net bag . The suction cups make it easy to fix the bag to the bathroom tiles the mesh bag ideal to pop the stickers in after use so that they will drain and dry. You could just hang the bag up by a fabric loop that is on the top of the bag too. These stickers are foam stickers chubby shaped about half a cm thick. The dense foam has been cut to an animal shape. One surface is the plain yellow foam the other a durable coloured plasticy type with the animal features coloured on. I will be...

mumsymary 30.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of ALEX Toys Farm Stickers

Excellent Long Lasting Toy Farm

Advantages: Can be collapsed flat after playing for easy storage
Disadvantages: Can be tricky for kids to put together

...We got my son the ELC Wooden Farm for his Christmas present when he was 2 years old. He was always into animals and loved playing with horses and dogs especially, so we thought a farm would be an excellent toy for him. We paid £15 for it 2 years ago and I have just checked the ELC website and it is still the same price today. What do you get: - Well there are two large wooden floor pieces with grass and a pond painted on to it. This is meant to be the basis for the farm buildings to stand round. They just sit next to each other or you can have them anyway you like - that?s the beauty of kids imagination! You also get a cowshed, a stable, a pigsty, a dog kennel, and another building, which I guess could be a barn. Along with this you get chunky wooden fence pieces, which slot together to form a wall all the way round...

wendybull 10.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Early Learning Centre Wooden Farm

A farming set of puzzles

Advantages: Good puzzles
Disadvantages: None

...your child about these puzzles as they do them say the animal names and count the animals. Make learning fun. Generally I think these puzzles ok not brilliant but ok. Would I recommend well yes but there are many puzzles as good as or better than these. Thes puzzles are available from http://www.orchardtoys.com/advancedsearchresult.php?categoriesid=2&incs ubcat=1&keywords=farm+&pfrom=&pto=&x=13&y=18 they cost £6 . You might be able to buy them from high street toy or department stores...

mumsymary 19.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Orchard Toys Farm Four in a Box Jigsaw

On the farm

Advantages: Good time piece models
Disadvantages: none

...head too. She has mid length brown hair and wears an oatmeal jumper under her green jacket. Mum wears a blue skirt. Under one arm she carries a basket of eggs in the other hand The other figure a younger girl wears no hat she has brown hair cut in a bob, she wears a grey shirt with her sleeves rolled up and blue dungarees. She is obviously finding her grey bag heavy as she is bending sideward as if she is struggling to carry it. The black and white collie dog can run anywhere he likes scampering around the farm herding the sheep or just going for a walk . This farming family will make a good addition to a farm toy set. Good as a toy for a child aged about 6 or 7 upwards I think. Your child will enjoy playing with these creating a working farm scene. These figures are realistic, good to add to any other Britain's farm toys. They...

mumsymary 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Britains Farming Family

Chapel Farm

Advantages: a nice break
Disadvantages: British weather

...I fancied going away for the weekend but didn't want to go far or spend a fortune, I didn't even want to spend £100 a night for a basic hotel so I searched for guest houses in the lake district as we don't live far from there and the countryside is lovely. I couldn't find any vacancies so I suggested a caravan to my husband, he agreed as we both think it's great for children to be outside and they love it. I search the Hoseasons website and we decided to go on Friday after school and work etc and stay until Monday as the children were off school then. We wanted a fairly basic site as we were going to take games to play at night and the netball post and maybe the swingball. After looking I came across Chapel Farm Caravan Park in Little Asby. The Hoseasons site had a caravan available for 3 nights at a cost of £165, fairly cheap...

rojm 28.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chapel Farm Caravan Park, Cumbria

Animals on the Farm

Advantages: Great photos, educational for young children.
Disadvantages: None

...- The Book - This is a non-fiction book and as the name suggests it's focus is on farm animals. There are 7 double page spreads, each one focusing on a different aspect of the animals: * Farm Friends The first double page has two flaps to lift. There are 7 farm animals introduced: sheep, chicken, pig, duck, goats, horses and cows. * Farm Families These two pages show three animal families and give the names of the male, female and offspring: goats (nanny, billy and kid), ducks (duck, drake and duckling) and chickens ( hen, cockerel and chicks). There are three flaps to lift. * Favourite Foods On this double page spread we are told that sheep like to eat grass, pigs eat porridge, horses eat hay, goats eat leaves and chickens eat seed. There are also three flaps to lift. * Happy Homes There are three flaps to lift on one...

neenn 08.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of DK Lift the Flap: Farm Animals

Finkley Down Farm

Advantages: Lots of hand on experience with animals, reasonable prices, relaxed atmosphere.
Disadvantages: you can't take any animals home with you!

...On a recent trip with my daughters pre-school, we all spent a very enjoyable day at Finkley Down Farm in Andover, Hampshire. With the school holidays coming up, if you have little one's, this would be an ideal place to take them. Also because the farm unit is completely flat, it means that wheel chair and buggy access is easy. There are no ramps inside any of the barns or out buildings so you will have full manoeuvrability. Please read on to find out more. ** GETTING THERE ** Finkley Down Farm is situated on the A303, close to Picket Piece. At M3, J7 take the 3rd Exit off the roundabout into M3 direction Winchester, Andover Via [a303]. Leave the M3 at junction M3 J7 and straight ahead into A303 direction Andover. Continue straight until you reach the Walworth roundabout. From here Finkley is signposted...

mrsmopples 23.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Finkley Down Farm

Spot on The Farm

Advantages: a great book
Disadvantages: none

...Spot Goes To The Farm - by Eric Hill Everyone must surely be aware of the Spot books Eric Hill first created Spot back in 1980 and the cute dog character has been a firm favourite for pre-school children ever since. I have fond memories of my childhood when these books were pride of place on my bookshelf and today they are pride of place on Jack book shelf. Spot is a cute, chubby and friendly dog that gets up to all sorts of mischief. In this book I am reviewing Spot takes a trip to the farm. This particular book I have is a board book but the same book is available in hardcover with paper pages or indeed soft paper cover with paper pages. The book still costs the same though and that price is £4.99 pence. These books are widely available in every bookstore or they can be found easily online at places such as Amazon...

newby2 29.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Spot Goes to the Farm - Eric Hill