A couple of years ago, I did a early years course in my local college. I was thinking of having a change of career. Anyway, my placement was in a children's nursery. I loved it there and was amazed by the creativity of the teachers. Who appeared to take every opportunity to use great games and tasks that would keep the child intrested and in turn promote thier learning. One area of the nursery was the birthday corner. Where there was a great big throne. Whenever it was a child's birthday they would be encouraged to sit on the crown and then pick a gift out of the treasure chest situated beside the throne. Then the teacher would switch the lights off and walk ...  Read the complete review

You can buy this cut and play cake from The Early Learning Centre for £7.00. It states that it is suitable for children aged 3-8 years. The also sell other cut and play items in there range such as: cut and play ice cream, cut and play pizza and cut and play sandwich these are all priced at the same price. My daughters got brought this cake for Christmas by there Grandparents and they love playing with it. The cake is made out of very light plastic and splits into four pieces/slices. Each piece has Velcro on it so they can join onto the others so it looks like a full cake. On each slice of cake there is a circle small circle gap where you can place the candles ...  Read the complete review

Before my daughters second birthday we went through all the toys in the loft that had once been her older sisters and we came across this cake which we felt would be appropriate for our daughter to play with. We originally bought the toy cake a couple of years ago in The Early learning Centre, I can't remember how much we actually paid for the toy at the time but I have looked it up and at the moment the cake sells for £8 which I think is a decent price for the toy. The cake is basically a plastic circle made to look like a cake, the cake is cut into quarters with little pieces of bright yellow and pink Velcro inside to stick the cake ...  Read the complete review

My little girl was born at Christmas and when she was two whenever anyone asked her what she wanted for her Christmas she always said just a birthday cake. My mum wanted to get her a birthday cake she could keep, but just round plastic cakes did not seem very exciting. On a visit to the Early Learning Centre, we came across their Cut and Play range, which included a pizza, fruit and vegetables, a baguette set, ice cream set and a birthday cake. The Cut & Play Birthday Cake cost £8 from the Early Learning Centre store but if you wanted it for home delivery, you would have to add £4.95 to the cost. The birthday cake is made of ...  Read the complete review

I purchased the Early Learning Centre Cut and Play Birthday Cake for my daughter when she was 3. We already had the cut and play vegetables, sandwiches and ice cream sets and had been very impressed with them. The cake is made of plastic and comes in 4 quarters which are held together with velcro. The cake is yellow with white icing and then has alterntating pink and orange swirls of icing on the top. It comes with four candles - two blue and two green and a Happy Birthday cake topper which fits in the middle. It also come with a plastic knife so that you can cut the cake into pieces. The candles have pretend flames that you are supposed to be able ...  Read the complete review