Educational games in science and geography

How about an easy and fun tour of France with this beautiful magnetic map with colourful and lively illustrations! This educational puzzle of the French departments is a must-have map of France for 7 to 12 year olds! They will enjoy discovering the 13 French regions, through the 93 magnets to be placed in the right place on the map. The little ones will become geography experts! Each magnet shows the number and name of the department, the capital and a drawing of a local speciality. The magnetic board shows the regions, major rivers, mountain ranges, seas, oceans, overseas departments and border countries. So you can travel without leaving your house and see where your grandparents live! The puzzle is made of wood and can be fixed to the wall thanks to the integrated red cord.

Who amongst us has never dreamed of being a palaeontologist and making great discoveries? Thanks to this excavation kit, children aged 4 years and up will be able to walk in the shoes of some of the best researchers and find of dinosaur bone remnants through play! The aim of this fun activity: to enjoy sifting through the 64 bones to find the ones needed to complete the puzzle card! 10 dinosaur skeletons need to be pieced together in this fossil game! Each of the puzzles comes with an answer piece which can be used to discover whether the Jurassic investigators were right! For a more realistic excavation, sand and a magnifying glass are also provided! All that’s missing is a bit of concentration and observation to complete the quest! Each pretty FSC® cardboard puzzle card features a small image of the dinosaur in question, but this time in flesh and bone!

Does your child has many questions about the human body? "How do we breathe or move our fingers"? This set of 4 giant educational puzzles will allow them to answer their questions while having fun. From the age of 5, children will be able to discover the physical differences between girls and boys and understand how their own bodies work. The set consists of a double-sided 50-piece girl/boy puzzle, a 75-piece puzzle of the organs of the human body and a 100-piece glow-in-the-dark skeleton puzzle. Each puzzle is 1 metre high and comes with detailed educational cards to help children understand and learn about the different parts of the human body. The included cards are available in 12 languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque, Slovak and Czech.

Have fun learning geography! Each magnet represents a country or region of the world, with its name, capital city and an illustration characterising that part of the world. The large magnetic board displays Europe and its various countries, seas and oceans. Have fun putting each country in the right place. When you have finished, you will have a fantastic map of Europe in German that you can hang on the wall. It’s a fun and educational way of discovering a little corner of the planet. Take a tour of Europe in 40 magnets! Wooden puzzle (MDF and plywood) and glued printed paper. Comes shrink-wrapped with front sticker and label on the back.

Keen-eyed detectives are needed to help unmask the suspect who is trying to rob the bank! Alone or in a team (up to 4 players), collect as many clues as possible before the thug manages to grab hold of the loot! This wooden educational game is fun and sure to appeal to the thinking, observational and logic skills of children aged 5 years and up. It also introduces little ones to the concept of how a double-entry board works. To collect the right clues, you will have to know how to find the square indicated on the dice (via the correct column and row). By removing the card that is at the intersection of these two pieces of information a new clue will appear. Our 6 suspects have distinctive features which, fortunately for your investigation, may help give them away. But be careful not to land on a stick of dynamite, as this will allow the bandit to move a little closer towards his precious loot. Bandit Project is ideal for learning whilst having fun. This game is made from FSC® wood and cardboard.

This collaborative game for 1 to 6 players can be played solo or with the whole family. It’s a great of learning more about the endangered animals on our beautiful planet and raising awareness of environmental issues among children. The principle is simple: pick up a card, read the clue and guess the animal. Put the card back to check the answer, then find out more about the animal by reading its fact-file. How many times will each one appear in the game? That’s for you to find out! The more endangered the animal is, the less often it appears on the board. Find it quickly, before the time runs out! This game features an ingenious modular board. It is made up of 4 separate and moveable sections, so you can set it up 24 different ways. This game includes 1 game board, 50 question cards, 8 tokens and 1 hourglass times Only available in French. For children aged 6 and over. Average game duration: 20 minutes.

Help the heroes of Ancient Greece through 7 adventures and bring back the treasure to create your own pantheon of legends! This cooperative, mythology-themed game guides you through some of the great legends of our time as you solve 84 separate puzzles! Children will learn all about mythology and its heroes! The game consists of 108 cards including 34 with magic ink or varnish to reveal the answer, 1 card and 1 decoding wheel, 3 error tokens and 1 booklet of clues. Rules only available in French. From 1 to 8 players. For children and adults aged 8 and over. Average game duration: 30 minutes.

Who hasn’t heard of the game Categories? This must-have family game is timeless and intergenerational, so this family-friendly revisited version is definitely worth checking out! Adults will no longer have the winning edge, due to additional constraints that will make them rack their brains a little harder! Parents... ready to face your children? All bets are off!
The players decide together upon 7 category cards from the possible 40 categories, and place them on the central board. The children will then group together to decide on which constraints to impose on the adults. They choose 3 of these and place them on 3 categories of their choice. The players then draw a letter at random and the family fun begins! All players must find a word for each category that begins with the selected letter. But don’t forget, the adults must also abide by the imposed constraints! The first player to complete their board says STOP! The answers are then compared and points are awarded. The box comprises 24 constraint cards, 4 individual whiteboards, 40 category cards, 4 erasable markers, 1 central board, 26 letter tokens and the instructions (provided only in French). One game lasts around 20 minutes and can be played by 2 to 4 players. Ideal for children aged 6 and over.

Does your child often ask you what day it is or the differences between autumn and winter? Help them find their way through time with this cute and educational wooden calendar. Each day, children from 3 years old can turn the hands, manipulate the cursors to display the date, the season and the weather and thus learn about time at their own pace and independently. This game also gives you the opportunity to teach the child the time thanks to its clock. The year wheel has 10 years (it is double-sided), so you can use it for a long time. The wood, bright colours and beautiful illustrations of this educational toy also make it a nice decorative object. You can easily hang this clock calendar on the wall thanks to the rounded opening at the top.

Everyone’s played Happy Families at some point, haven’t they? It's a timeless classic that children have loved for generations - they adore the excitement of collecting all the cards! This card game on the theme of endangered animals is a fun way to discover the different animal families! The aim of the game is to assemble as many different families as possible, exploiting your opponent’s mistakes where necessary! Whoever has the most families at the end wins the game. This game features various different families from the animal kingdom, including amphibians, fish and insects. Set of 42 cards. FSC®-certified cardboard (made using wood from sustainably managed forests). Printed with vegetable-based inks. Made in France. For children and adults aged 4 and over. Toy developed in collaboration with WWF®. Janod is supporting WWF®™’s efforts to protect the environment and biodiversity with a new range of toys made from more sustainable materials. We hope this range will inspire the next generation and encourage them to stand up for wildlife and the natural world in the future. The forest-based material in this product is recycled.

Magnetic World map puzzle - Italian version. 92 wooden magnetic pieces to assemble. Learn and visit all the countries around the word. An fun and efficiant method to learn the world geography.

A completely original memory game! These 20 wooden dinosaur eggs conceal cute babies looking for their twin! This Dinosaur memory challenge - suitable for children aged 2 years and up - will delight the young and old alike, because there is no age limit for having fun and exercising your memory skills! This timeless game consists of 20 wooden eggs, illustrated with adorable baby dinosaurs. Take it in turns to turn the eggs over one by one to find the two identical ones. Whoever finds the most wins! This toy is made from FSC® wood.

If you have young children, then you must have certainly heard of Gaston, the Little Unicorn, who changes colour according to his emotions! And if you haven’t, you soon will! Children love the Little Unicorn as he allows children to better understand their emotions and the importance of knowing how to cope with them. In this game for children aged 3 years and up, Gaston’s emotions are put to the test: children are tasked to do everything they can to rebalance his emotions and help the unicorn live peacefully with both himself and others around him. As children describe the small scenes, they will be able to express their feelings and in turn, become more aware of the emotions that can sometimes overwhelm them. When they have collected the 6 different emotions, Gaston will feel better. 52 “scene” cards, an emotion spinner and a pretty magnetic unicorn with its different-coloured mane pieces will help little ones explore the world of emotions and share their feelings with their family. If all the players have managed to collect the 6 different emotions before Gaston’s mane is completed, the players have won! Breathing and sophrology exercises are included in the booklet to help children master both their breathing and balance. This game comprises 42 magnetic puzzle pieces (for Gaston’s mane), 1 spinner, 1 magnetic silhouette of Gaston with a mane to be assembled, 4 individual game boards, 52 scene sketches and 1 booklet containing 6 breathing exercises and tips for parents. Game only available in French. One game lasts around 15 minutes and can be played by 2 to 4 players.

Let’s explore the human body! Children are often curious and the more they grow, the more they wonder about their own body and the human body in general. Thanks to this educational game, children aged 7 years and up will be able to answer their own questions while having fun. To do this, they will have to piece together the different parts of the human body while learning their names and functions, thanks to the 76 magnets and the included magnetic stand. This game contains 4 cards with a detailed description of the skeleton, the organs, the muscles and the body. The cards are available in 12 different languages: French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Italian, Russian, Danish, Chinese and Japanese. A wooden stick allows you to do as teachers do and point out specific parts while giving explanations. This product is made of FSC® -certified and other controlled material.

Kids love finding out all about all the different national flags! Whether your child is already an expert or just wants to brush up on their flag knowledge, this Seek-and-Find game dedicated to the main symbol of every country in the world is a treasure trove of information! This game of knowledge and observation can be played by 1 to 4 players. First, pick up a question card, then try to find the mystery flag. On the back of the card there is a fact-file about the country and its flag - you’re bound to learn something new! Once you’ve worked out which flag you’re looking for, all you have to do is find it among the 194 flags in the game! Who will find them all first? This game features a clever modular board. It is made up of 4 separate, removable parts, meaning you can set in up in 24 different configurations. The game contains 194 cards, 1 modular board and 50 tokens. Only available in French. For children and adults aged 8 and over. Average game duration: 20 minutes.

This magnificent giant educational cardboard puzzle will allow children aged 6 years and up to discover the wonderful world of dinosaurs. The 200-piece puzzle also comes with an educational booklet for youngsters to learn more about these incredible creatures and discover what sets them apart. 50 cardboard dinosaurs can also be assembled and placed on the puzzle: a fun and entertaining activity! The names of the dinosaurs are indicated on the back of each figurine. This giant dinosaur puzzle will serve as an introduction to geography for your child, whilst they get to learn more about these fascinating creatures. Contains a poster that serves as a model for beginners, with the more experienced then able to complete the puzzle on their own. This product is made of FSC® -certified and other controlled material.

Aim for the Milky Way and to discover our solar system with this magnificent space-themed puzzle, suitable for children aged 5 years and up! This 100-piece cardboard puzzle is an invitation to escape into a world that mesmerises children! Comets, the sun, a few planets and beautiful details to discover in total immersion, thanks to this large-sized puzzle (70 x 49 cm). It comes with an educational booklet so your child can learn more about our solar system and its celestial bodies. As far as the style is concerned, this predominantly matte puzzle boasts varnish-finished planets to make them stand out and be easily identifiable. The box also contains a poster that serves as a model for beginners; the more experienced will soon thereafter be able to complete the puzzle by themselves. This product is made of FSC® -certified and other controlled material.

Magnetic World map puzzle - Spanish version. 92 wooden magnetic pieces to assemble. Learn and visit all the countries around the word. An fun and efficiant method to learn the world geography.

Patience and concentration will be necessary to make all the figures of this balance game. With its 16 blocks of different sizes and colors, this magnetic scale will allow the child to compare the weight of the elements in a fun way. He can also reproduce the drawings from the 8 model sheets to balance the scale and develop his dexterity. This wooden awakening toy will help develop a sense of balance and concentration. The pieces are water-painted.