Educational Games

An exciting game where all the pirates move simultaneously towards the desert island to raid the treasure chest. Race to be the first pirate to collect four pieces of shinning treasure, but beware, you may have to walk the plank!

Age: 4 +

Players: 2 - 4

Two traditional family games in one! Old favourites are given an exciting pirate twist on this double-sided playing board. Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 5 - 9

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Pirate Snakes and Ladders & Ludo BG25

Collect the pairs of the amazing sea creatures, but watch out for those sneaky sharks! Recommended by the Good Toy Guide.

Age: 5 +

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Sneaky Sharks FL07

Help your scatty professor make a wacky experiment by collecting weird and wonderful apparatus. A number game to make learning multiplication fun. Guess the answers to the sums, then rub the heat sensitive patch on the cards and watch the correct solutions magically appear.

Age: 6 +

Players: 2 - 4

A unique way to make maths exciting and fun! Children have fun filling their bubbling cauldrons with weird and wacky ingredients. They have to guest the solutions to the sums and then rub the heat sensitive patches on the cards to find the magic answers.

Age: 5 +

Players: 2 - 4

Listen to the tape and guess the familiar household sounds. Build your house and be the first to get the key to the door. 2 to 4 players. This puzzle supports communication, language, literacy and knowledge and an understanding of the world.

Age: 3 - 6

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Reference: Crash Bank Wallop BG24

Come on everyone, the party’s started! Race to fill your handbag with fun accessories and be the first to join your friends on the dance floor! A great game for girls’ sleepover parties. Bronze award winner. Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 5 - 9

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Reference: Orchard Toys Party Party Party BG27

Oh dear, Humpty Dumpty's had a great fall! Can you help the king's men? Spin the big 3-D spinner and try to collect the matching coloured pieces to put Humpty together again. A fun game for 6 players, based on the enduringly popular nursery rhyme. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Creative Development.

Age: 3 - 6

Players: 2 - 6

Supplier Reference: Orchard Toys Humpty Dumpty Game BG28

Three fun rhyming games. Collect the rhyming cards and make a silly sentence or play find the rhyme or rhyming pairs. All games link with national curriculum key stage 1.

Age: 5 +

Players: 2 - 4

Two fun number games to play using freaky bats, owls, wizards, witches and cats. Beware of the creepy 'ooky spooky' cards!

Age: 5 +

Players: 2 - 4

Listen to the tape and try to identify the familiar farmyard sounds as you race to be the first to stand your scarecrow in the field.

Age 3 +

Players: 2 - 4

Help children learn about handling money and giving change by playing this fun shopping game. Go round the board from shop to shop using plastic money to buy lots of different items. Silver award winner. Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 5 - 9

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Pop To The Shops BG08

Say the time out loud and try to make a match on your activity-packed lotto board. Children learn and develop numeracy skills with analogue and digital times. The game's play value may be extended by also using the Penguin Clock Face. Links with National Curriculum English and Maths.

Age: 5 - 9

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Tell The Time Lotto FL15

Can you pretend to be a monkey, make a noise like a firework or wiggle your ears? If you can't, use the magic decoder and reveal your hidden forfeit! Be a star and rise to the challenge in this all-action game of fun for all the family. Includes more than 200 exciting activities for up to four players or teams. Links with National Curriculum English and Maths.

Age: 5 - Adult

Players: 2 +

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys What A Performance BG32

How much money can you save? A fun game to help children learn about money. Travel round the board earning and spending your pocket money as you race to fill your piggy bank! Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Mathematical Development. Also links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 5 - 10

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Piggy In The Middle BG36

A fun food game for all the family. Try to put together an edible meal on the place setting, but beware of the creepy crawlies that will cause a tummy ache! Award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Communication, Language and Literacy. This game includes 4 place settings and 30 cards.

Age: 3 - 10

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Tummy Ache BG12

Be the first to collect all of the items on your shopping list and fill your trolley, in this colourful and updated version of our best-selling memory game. Silver award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Communication, Language and Literacy. Also links with National Curriculum English.

Age: 3 - 7

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Shopping List Game FL03

Race through the forest to Grandma’s house, looking out for the hungry wolf! Roll the dice to move the wolf, then spin the spinner. If you get too close to the wolf at dinner time, you will have to go back to the start! Based on the favourite playground game. Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 5 - 9

Players: 2 - 6

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Whats The Time Mr Wolf BG34

Learn about shapes in this fun game with a popular fairy tale theme. Feel for a colourful shape 'bean' in the bag and if it matches one of your cards you can build the beanstalk for Jack to climb. You'll have to avoid the giant to win! Gold award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Mathematical Development; and Creative Development. Also links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 3 - 6

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Jack and the Beanstalk BG30

Encourage healthier eating in a fun way. Use the healthy food cards to create the nutritious meals shown on the menus and post the junk food into the gorilla's mouth to make him burp noisily! Don't forget to say, "Excuse me!" when you hear the burp sound, though! 3 x AAA batteries included. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Communication, Language and Literacy. Also links with National Curriculum Science.

Age: 4 - 8

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Greedy Gorilla BG26

What will the weather be today? Take a guess, then spin the spinner to see if you are right. You’ll have to watch out for thunderstorms as you race to the pot of gold under the rainbow! Gold award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Communication, Language and Literacy; and Knowledge and Understanding of the World. Also links with National Curriculum Geography.

Age: 4 - 8

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Rain or Shine

Learn to spell and develop literacy skills with this fast-moving word game. Race against the timer to put together a word, but try to be quick as when the time runs out the letters have to be passed on to the next player. Links with National Curriculum English.

Age: 5 - 10

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Pass The Word BG14

A fun first lotto game for very young players. Try to be the first to match all the coloured pictures on your playing board. Silver award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Creative Development.

Age: 2 - 5

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Red Dog Blue Dog BG29

Match and collect the pairs of friendly animals in this fun farmyard card game. You'll have to keep your eyes peeled and watch out for the wily fox that gobbles up your chickens, or you might lose them all! Gold award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; and Knowledge and Understanding of the World.

Age: 3 - 6

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Chicken Out

Lots of noisy 'clucks' and 'oinks' in this fun colour memory game. Roll the dice, match the spots and make the sound of the farm animal that might be hiding underneath the card. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Communication, Language and Literacy; and Creative Development. Also links with National Curriculum English.

Age: 3 - 6

Players: 2 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Quack Quack FL05

A fun counting game for up to six players. Collect and count the bird cards before the scaredy cat appears. When the scarecrow is complete the player with the most birds wins. Develops numeracy skills. Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Age: 5 - 10

Players: 2 - 6

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Scaredy Cat FL10

Mix, match and make hilarious combinations as different characters are assembled in this fun 'misfits' card game. Award winner. Links with Early Learning Goals in Personal, Social and Emotional Development.

Age: 3 - 7

Players: 1 - 4

Supplier Ref: Orchard Toys Pick and Mix People FL08