Press Information Autumn Novelties 2015
Dear Sir or Madam A great and almost endless summer slowly makes room for autumn, a season that focuses on playing and doing jigsaw puzzles together again. For us at beleduc it has become a tradition to awaken this desire with new products, which we would like to introduce to you on the next pages. We are sure that you will find hot news indeed. As the name suggests already, with “Tropicano” there is summertime in every season. It is the aim of the game to build a bridge to the small palm island as fast and skilfully as possible. Whoever arrives first on the island may dig up the little treasure as a reward. With “LogiPic” we present you a creative magnet game with which different patterns need to be copied on the board. As an ideal supplement to our “LogiKit” it is suited for young and old alike. With “beleduc selection” we launch a new line, which combines our game classics “Torreta”, “Candy”, “Shapy” and “Rondo Vario”and makes them shine in fresh colours and present themselves to you in an attractive packaging. As our “spiel gut” awarded game highlight we would like feature “Papilio” once again. Here, the children with a little bit of luck and skill can make the caterpillars become colourful butterflies by giving them the right pair of wings.
There is also news from our puzzles. Our colourful and attractively designed Matching Puzzles with “Duck Family” and “Young Animals” get new members on board. Do a jigsaw and discover – our Discovery Puzzles are entirely new in the beleduc assortment. “Garden”, “Forest” and “Meadow” with two different sceneries offer a lot of excitement and fun with playing. Wall elements invite to explore and experiment and train motor skills and coordination capacities at the same time. With our Wall Element “Delivery Van” the children can help the little driver to rearrange the packages as skilfully as possible so that he can start his tour. Of course there is news from our “Creative Worlds” as well. Here, seven great decoration articles wait for being discovered. This press information gives you the most important details about our novelties in autumn 2015. We wish you much enjoyment with browsing through and getting new inspiration. The team of beleduc Lernspielwaren GmbH Sabine Handstein, General Manager
All our products are classified in areas of education, which are explained in the following summary. The area of education marked with a star defines the main educational focus. Art Education • Music • Dance and theatre • Visual arts
Linguistic Education
Mathematics Education • Discovering of regularities • Understanding of numbers • Geometry
• Non-verbal communication • Speech • Writing and media
Social Education
Science Education • Nature • Ecology • Technics
• Social Learning • Values and philosophy of life • Democracy Somatic Education • Body • Physical activity • Health
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Puzzles Matching Puzzles Our colourful and attractively designed matching puzzles encourage the children to make their first attempts at calculating and familiarise them with the basics of mathematics and geometry.
11100 Matching Puzzle “Duck Family” When doing this puzzle, children learn to assess and sort sizes in a play situation. A colourful puzzle which develops children’s perceptions while providing a lot of enjoyment.
Development: counting, understanding of sizes and quantities, assignment skills, colours, fine motor skills, speech development 8 4+ SRP: 21,95 €
11110 Matching Puzzle “Young Animals” In this fun puzzle, the children sort pieces showing birds and animals. To help position the pieces correctly, the small pictures on the base where the pieces are to be laid depict objects associated with the animals.
Development: assignment skills, assigning footprints, fine motor skills, recognising and naming animals 8 3+ SRP: 21,95 €
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Puzzles Discovery Puzzles Doing a jigsaw and discovering – with two different sceneries featuring common topics, our new discovery puzzles offer a lot of excitement and fun with playing. An opening on the top layer helps guessing the scenery represented on the bottom layer. This encourages the children‘s curiosity and stimulates them to think further and talk about the sceneries.
Development: fine motor skills, assignment skills, spatial perception, co-operation during playing together, recognising and naming animals and objects
17500 Discovery Puzzle “Garden”
9 4+ SRP: 17,95 €
17510 Discovery Puzzle “Forest”
17520 Discovery Puzzle “Meadow”
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Spiele
Selection Since their first edition, “Torreta“, “Candy“, “Shapy“ and “Rondo Vario“ are true classics in the beleduc assortment. Thanks to their stimulative nature and flexible uses, kindergartens worldwide cannot be imagined without these games anymore.
These are perfect preconditions to be included in the beleduc selection. This new line combines our game classics and makes them shine in fresh colours. The attractive box makes the beleduc selection games a perfect gift idea for shining children’s eyes and great game parties at home as well.
Simple and clear rules make them ideal beginner’s games. However, several variants of the game offer enough variety to ensure that the games remain great fun for the more experien-ced children. Moreover, they give the necessary freedom to develop own creative ways of playing.
In the future, the beleduc selection will be supplemented with additional games that meet the requirements mentioned above. Last but not least: In this year “Candy” celebrates its 10th birthday and so will do “Rondo Vario” next year.
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Games
22450 Torreta Different numbers and colours, different lengths and thicknesses: choosing the right building bricks isn’t easy. The children use either the dice with colours or the dice with dots. Depending on the colour or number of dots that come up when the dice is thrown, the children build towers and the winner is the one who stacks the bricks skilfully and produces the highest tower. Content: 25 wooden bricks, 1 dice with colours, 1 dice with dots (1-6)
Development: recognising and naming numbers, counting, first calculations, combining and distinguishing relations of size and quantitiy, recognising and naming colours, fine motor skills, speech development Author: Edith Grein-Böttcher
4+ SRP: 24,95 €
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27 2–4
Spiele
22460 Candy The sweets have different colour combinations with up to three colours. The players throw three colour dice and need to find quickly the sweet that matches the colour combination thrown. Three variations of playing determine the winner of the game. Content: 41 coloured wooden sweets, 3 colour dice, 1 play cloth
10
Years
Development: recognising and naming colours, combining colours, distinguishing primary and secondary colours, counting, action-reaction, fine motor skills, social behaviour
4+
45 1–8
SRP: 24,95 â‚Ź
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22470 Shapy The exciting searching game trains power of observation and the recognition of shapes and their combination. They players throw three symbol dice. According to the combination of shapes shown on the dice, they need to quickly find the corresponding tile. Different variations of playing provide for much change. Content: 41 coloured wooden tiles, 3 dice with shapes, 1 play cloth
Development: recognising and naming shapes, combining and distinguishing different shapes, action-reaction, fine motor skills, social behaviour, speech development
4+
45 1–8
SRP: 24,95 €
22480 Rondo Vario The children need to find the correct shape and colour among the wooden pieces. The two dice show the combination for the piece that needs to be threaded onto the caterpillar. Whoever gets six wooden pieces onto their caterpillar first wins. Content: 4 caterpillars, 42 wooden shapes, 1 symbol dice, 1 colour dice
Development: action-reaction, fine motor skills, recognising and naming colours, combining colours, distinguishing primary and secondary colours, counting, recognising and naming basic geometric shapes, social behaviour Author: Kirsten Hiese
3+ SRP: 29,95 €
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48 1–4
Spiele
21020 LogiPic Now creativity starts! LogiPic is a magnet game with which different patterns on the task cards need to be copied on the board. Here phantasy can be unfolded to the fullest extent. The handy design makes the game suitable for both children and adults. Thus, LogiPic is always ready to hand and ideal for spontaneous play situations of varying duration. Thanks to its easy use, the game is self-explanatory and perfectly suitable for independent play. Content: 1 wooden frame with magnetic tool, 8 task cards
Development: creativity, phantasy, fine motor skills, assignment skills, eye-hand-coordination, recognising and naming of colours and objects
3+
9 1+
SRP: 59,95 â‚Ź
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22510 Tropicano The players take turns to throw the symbol dice and gradually construct a bridge with the pieces thrown. The first player to finish building a complete bridge to the small island is allowed to cross it straight away and dig up the treasure. Content: 1 game board (345 × 345 × 12 mm), 4 pirates, 1 palm tree trunk, 2 palm leaf fronds, 1 symbol dice, 35 single-lenght bridge sections, 35 double-lenght bridge sections, 10 triplelenght bridge sections
Development: counting, distinguishing relationships of size, composing and decomposing areas, first strategic thinking, fine motor skills, building
5+ SRP: 49,95 €
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89 2–4
Wall and Floor Elements 23670 Wall Element ”Delivery Van“ The Wall Element “Delivery Van“ at first sight already tells a short story, which explains the play situation immediately: The little van driver needs to rearrange all the packages, before he can eventually start. He appreciates the help of the children very much. Content: 1 wall element, 1 instruction, 4 screws, 1 Allen key
Development: imagination skills, first strategic thinking, creativity, phantasy, recognising and naming colours
4+
1+
SRP: 99,95 €
Self-check under the drivers door
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Creative Worlds Creative with beleduc Doing handicrafts has a great significance for children. Being creative is always fantastic, and it enables them to make first aesthetic experiences and get involved in creative processes. With our wide range of natural cotton and wooden arts and crafts products, children can unfold their imagination and create unique pieces of art, which are then wonderful pre-
sents for many occasions. From autumn 2015 on, we offer the following seven decoration items to you. These items are suitable for:
50150 Mirror Mirror, mirror‌ a special way to show your mum how much you love her. Also suitable as a photo frame. SRP: 1,99 ₏
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Creative Worlds 50160 Set of 6 wooden clips “spring” Decoration easy to do! Whether being used for photo garlands, as clips for gifts or for decorating flower pots, our clips “spring” fit nearly every creative occasion. SRP: 1,60 €/Set
50170 Set of 3 spring pendants Whether being used as a window or door decoration – these pendants bring the spring to your home. SRP: 1,50 €/Set
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Creative Worlds 50180 Set of 5 wooden chalk boards Not only perfectly suitable for labelling your Easter grass, but also for mum’s herb garden or as a deco stick for flower pots. SRP: 1,99 €/Set
50190 Multibox A great idea for every occasion – this gift box impresses! Also suitable as a pen holder. SRP: 1,99 €
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Creative Worlds 50200 House of lights A great multi-purpose house for pens and smaller utensils. Laminated with parchment paper from the inside and equipped with a LED tealight, it will become a fantastic house of lights. SRP: 1,99 €
53110 Set of 2 sun blinds In this way, mum and dad’s car will become a real eye-catcher. The sun blinds can be painted with our textile markers (item no. 40152). SRP: 1,99 €/Set
Item. no. 40152 Textile markers
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Awards “Papilio” receives the “spiel gut” award We are happy that also in this year some of our products have been selected for various awards. Our sorting game “GeoSorter” was nominated for “Das goldene Schaukelpferd”, an award given for particularly childappropriate and inventive toys, in the category “For the Youngest”. The “spiel gut” award by the “Arbeitsausschuss Kinderspiel + Kinderspielzeug” (Study Group on Children’s Games and Toys) was given to our Layer-Puzzle “Duck”, “Wheelie” and “Papilio”. We would like to introduce in brief the fantastic game about the butterflies for children from four years of age by author Udo Peise. The idea of Papilio is that the children go on a journey through the wonderful flower meadow together with four caterpillars. The colour dice decides about how far the caterpillars can move. Having arrived on the biggest and most beautiful leaf of the meadow, it is now important to find the right pair of wings. Once achieved, the caterpillars become colourful butterflies and may go on the return trip to the starting point on the green leaf. Whoever arrives there first, wins the game.
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For Michael Brandl, Board Member of “Arbeitsausschuss Kinderspiel + Kinderspielzeug”, it is the harmonious and intense presentation and the age-appropriate game instruction that excels and qualifies for being awarded. So far, 31 beleduc products have received the “spiel gut” award. You can find more information about “spiel gut” and the evaluation criteria for an award on the website www.spielgut.de .
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2–4 Author: Udo Peise
Item no. 22440
SRP: 22,95 €
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