Welcome to the Forest of Dean Children's opportunity Centre Toy Library, we have a huge amount of toys available for loan. It can be accessed by families, speech & language therapists, portage, health visitors and all other professionals who visit the Centre. You can choose the toy(s) you would like to borrow by looking through the catalogue at the Centre or you can view all the toys we have available here online, they have been divided into groups for specific needs. Toys can be borrowed at a small cost of £1.00 per item. You can view all the toys available here, or in the Toy Library catalogue held in Reception, and reservations can be made at the Centre any day of the week. Toys will be dispatched on Tuesdays ready for collection thereafter from Rreception. We have toys suitable for all ages and stages of development as well as some specialist toys for those children with a specific special need. Why not visit the Toy Library and see if any of the toys could stimulate your childs needs or Contact Us. All the toys have been grouped with the area of requirement, just click on the headings below.
Opening times are:
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Coloured shape board:5 colours/4 shapes
Encourages hand & eye co-ordination when fitting shapes into board. Can also be used for shape & colour recognition, sorting & matching.
31 pieces. Large coloured, various shaped beads with laces. Also includes a dice for game play. Not suitable for children under 3 years.
Encourages hand/eye co-ordination when fitting shapes. Can also be used for colour recognition.
Encourages hand/eye co-ordination when placing rings on top of each other. Can also be used for colour recognition.
Coloured disk shaped puzzles with various animals and clothing items - to be slotted into centre of disk. Encourages hand/eye co-ordination and recognition.
Noah's Ark memory game : ages 2-6
Ten big picture puzzles to match and learn
Various size/colour shaped bricks. Encourages hand/eye co-ordination. Can also be used for stacking/building.
Several different fastenings: popper, button, zip, velcro and lace. Textured materials.
Can be used for threading and tying lace.
Brightly coloured with 3 keys
Coloured cotton reels for threading, sorting and stacking - complete with shoe lace. Suitable for age 18 months to 4 years
Monster truck
Suitable for all ages
Suitable for all ages
Take the large beads around the loops. Good for hand/eye co-ordination
Take the large beads around the loops. Good for hand/eye co-ordination
Duck shaped: encourages fine motor skills
A soft fun version of the classic Jack-in-a-box toy, jumps right out of the box with squeaky frog and crinkle petals
Brightly coloured,easy to hold children's scissors with shaped blades. Good for fine motor skills and hand/eye co-ordination
To look and reach from a lying down position
Balls disappear as they travel down the ribbed transparent tubes and reappear again at the bottom. Vibrating and audibly stimulating. Hand/eye co-ordination.
Touch interactive, sleeveless jacket in primary colours. Combines stimulation and finger dexterity and grip. Fits up to chest 94cm.
Large hand mirror, encourages grip while looking in the mirror.
Seven large 'fit in' buttons on inset board. Each has a different textured centre to match those on the board.
Threading: with laces and wooden needle. Develops hand/eye co-ordination.
Brightly coloured teddy encourages dressing up skills and also develops imaginative play. Removable clothes, rucksack with treasure map, fabric binoculars and compass, 5 different fastenings, different textures.
Basic set of these classic bricks.
Bricks with base and vehicle.
Winnie-the-Pooh activity centre
Soft toy with honey pot with 6 activity surprises.
Animals pop-up at the turn or touch of buttons.
Spin and turn this brightly coloured shape sorter. Develops shape/colour recognition. Age 1-4 years.
This brightly coloured 'town' is full of surprises and activities.
Large different shaped beads for threading. Suitable for age 3+.
Brightly coloured, different shaped beads on spiral plastic coated wires: good for fine motor skills.
Brightly coloured buttons for lacing and threading. Suitable for age 3+. Develops hand/eye co-ordination.
Increases find motor skills by sliding beads along tracks, also enhances gross motor skills when pressing large buttons. Peek-a-boo beads develop hand/eye co-ordination. Bright colours and flashing lights provide visual stimulation, also has 4 cheerful melodies to encourage musical discovery.
Furry head and long mane.
Furry head and mane.
Colourful mat that sounds at finger-tip touch : good for improving visual and listening skills.
Ideal for rolling and catching from a sitting position - nice to touch.
Numerous activities on this brightly coloured table.
Small set of lego - includes a car/rattles/people/building blocks
Ideal for rolling and catching from a sitting position - nice to touch.
Winnie-the-Pooh tent - age 2+.
Large PVC semi-circles, primary colours. Each semi-circle has fine motor activities.
Rotate the wheel to make coloured marbles clatter around, a mirror backing makes wheel visual and stimulating.
Emergency services role play pop-up tent.
Set of 6 brightly coloured skittles, each one a different colour and number, includes 1 soft ball.
Brightly coloured children's wooden chairs - yellow, orange or green.
First steps baby walker. Electronic, has large buttons on front.
Uses whole arm movement to turn paddle - mirror and other effects give rewards.
Pentagon shaped with mirrors, encourages visual recognition.
Material covered inflatable tyre with various tactile pieces attached, helps with sitting and balance.
Large box of multi coloured Mega Bloks.
With soft toys and blocks.
Very noisy!
Very noisy!
4 Different vehicles - tractor, jeep, fire engine & digger.
Brightly coloured peg board with hammer - encourages gross motor skills and visual co-ordination.
Soft cotton centre, which rotates, for baby to sit in with brightly coloured fixed toys all around.
Large push along car.
Large brightly coloured plastic road and train track. Has a crossover for the road and train track.
Plastic, brightly coloured.
Soft, brightly coloured fabric mat with soft toys overhead.
Early Learning Centre, brightly coloured with microphone to record singing!
Large tea pot, cup, plates,cutlery and pans. Ideal for pretend/imaginative play, fine motor and speech and laguage skills.
Build a tall tower. Pots can be placed inside each other. Play a guessing game using the pots to cover small objects.
Make puppets come alive : give a name to each finger puppet. Use for singing, story telling and imaginative play.
Imaginative play, naming of animals and positioning. Can be used in the bath. Good for matching e.g. "where is the other elephant?" etc.
Soft and attrative. Hand held - encourages child to talk.
Soft and attractive. Hand held - encourages child to talk.
Complete with with paper notes and coins. Imaginative play.
1 small tom-tom, 1 jungle, 1 small shaker, 1 cassette for singing, movement and play.
Post an object, pull the handle and out it pops! Good for speech and laguage, gross motor skills and anticipation.
Animals pop-up to the touch or turn of buttons.
Large cards designed to promote an awarness of feeling and to develop self expression.
Material bag with soft material animals - striped, spotted and plain.
4 large dinosaurs for imaginative play.
Set of 9 pieces of furniture - brightly coloured bedroom and living room. See following dolls for use with this set. Not suitable for children under 3 years.
Mum, Dad, boy, girl. Dolls can be undressed and joints bend to sitting position. Ideal for use with furniture (LS17) above. This toy must be adult led for children under 3 years. Also good for fine motor skills and imaginative play.
Boy and girl. These dolls can be undressed and joints bend to sitting position etc. Ideal for use with furniture (LS17) above. This toy must be adult led for children under 3 years old. Also good for fine motor skills and imaginative play.
Electronic Little Tikes guitar and keyboard in one.
Twenty-eight amusing coloured faces on picture cards invite children to copy them. The tongue and lip exercises for inside and outside the mouth are especially developed for the muscles used for speech.
Large childs phone, great for imaginative play. Will also encourage sppech and laguage.
Great for pretend/imaginative play. Will encourage speech and language.
Soft glove puppet encourages speech and language.
With microphone - will playback voice recording.
Small baby doll with gym, includes 3 soft toys and baby bottle. Encourages speed and language as well as imaginative play.
10 farm animals and barn which opens out. Encourages Imaginative play and speech and language.
35 piece jumbo puzzle.
Suitable for age 1-3 years.
3 different sized cats jigswa puzzle: wooden with knobs for easy handling - an introduction to size.
Charlie & The chocolate Factory
200 piece puzzle
Wooden 4 piece set with knobs for easy handling - 1 frog, 1 goldfish, 1 snanil, 1 turtle.
5 push up Christmas themed pieces - age 1 - 3 yrs.
26 large pice floor puzzle - age 2+.
4 puzzles from 12 to 24 pieces - age 3+.
Colourful wooden jigsaw - 12 peices
Elephants in decreasing size and different colours - good first puzzle.
4 piece wooden set with knobs for easy handling - 1 sheep, 1 chicken, 1 pig, 1 cow.
4 piece wooden set with knobs for easy handling - 1 dog, 1 fish, 1 duck, 1 cat.
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation, tracking and stimulation.
Tactile stimulation.
Transparent with purple feathers inside (approx. 18' x 18'). As the pillow is moved, watch the feathers move inside.
Brightly coloured - encourages hand/eye co-ordination.
White hooped net - can hang over bed or other areas.
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation and stimulation.
Sensory box to encourage movement, visual stimulation - cause and effect. Can be made into a multi-sensory environment.
Encourages movement, visual stimulation - cause and effect. Can be made into a multi-sensory environment.
Visually attractive - hanging red and blue mirrored bells.
Visually attractive - can be pulled, rattled or squashed.
Musical - can be used to lull children to sleep. Godd for visual attention.
Fun stacking activity introduces children to the names of animals, instruments and colours. Children develop fine motor skills as they stack the circus animal rings. Music rhythms and melodies help develop children's cognitive skills. Colour coded buttons and animals help children develop matching skills.
Interest immediately caught by the motorised sensation - excellent tactile stimulus. NB. Needs to be adult led - batteries required
Globe transforms to the simplest touch - encourages hand/eye co-ordination. When expanded to full, globe is good to encourage concentration as child watches it slowly get smaller. Glows in the dark. NB. Adult supervision required.
Very tactile - textured legs, rattles, squeeks, crinkle feet and has mirror on tummy. Easy for child to hold.
Musical roundabout toy - brightly coloured springy balls on a round base. Good tactile toy - encourages observation and child to to grasp balls. Visually attractive.
Battery operated soft toy.
Very good cause and effect toy - press lightly to interact. Good to encourage child to reach out for purposeful arm movement. Music and visual experience and reward.
Battery Operated clown - giggles and jiggles. Hide around room to encourage listening skills "Where is the clown hiding".
Free standing mirrors to encourage children to look at and fix on themselves and others.
Three different tactile story books which come in a green furry beastie bag. Encourages child's sensory awareness and can also promote language and listening skills as the stories are told.
Can be used to help develop cognitive skills. Can stack vertically and place inside each other. Visual stimulation.
Bright red, battery operated fluffly toy - activated by sound. Good for encouraging vocalisation - as the child speaks the toy will shake.
Brightly coloured motorised ball - vibrates when switched on.
Clip on. Can be used to direct light onto certain items EG. Item S10 'Beative Box' to add visual attraction. Warning: the bulb gets very hot so ensure to keep away from child's reach and do not let items come into contact with it.
Nice tactile toy to encourage hand movement. Must be used with adult supervision.
Bright pink soft toy - will vibrate when string is pulled.
Good for visual attention - can be placed inside S7.
Encourages hand/eye co-ordination when fitting shapes. Can also be used for colour, shape and number recognition.
Encourages hand/eye co-ordination when fitting puzzle pieces. Can also be used for colour recognition.
Encourages hand/eye co-ordination when fitting puzzle peices. Can also be used for object recognition.
Develops children's language and colour matching skills.
Coloured buttons for threading - encourages habd/eye co-ordination skills, also colour and shape recognition.
Speaks on pushing the corresponding button eg. A,B,C, £ Vehicles or 1,2,3.
Two setting, contoured foot rests, stimulating massage nodes, pouring spouts (for easy emptying), non slip, can be used for dry massage.
Farm animamls po-up to the turn or touch of buttons.
With Suction for stability.
Can be used to project images.
100 pack of bloks. Good for fine motor skills and colour recognition
Large box of Duplo lego (large pieces). Good for fine motor skills and colour recognition.
As above, smaller set.
Has 13 built-in activities covering topics from mathematics and spelling to musical compositio. Learn while you play.....hours and hours of fun.
Ideal for pretend/imaginative play, fine motor and speech and laguage skills.
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation and stimulation.
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation and stimulation.
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation and stimulation.
Encourages child to reach out for purposeful hand/eye co-ordination movement - musical and visual experience.
Encourages child to reach out for purposeful hand/eye co-ordination movement - musical and visual experience.
Ball Run
Encourages turn taking and hand/eye co-ordination.
Hammer & Peg Block
Brightly coloured wooden peg block with hammer - encourages gross motor and hand/eye co-ordination skills.
Wooden Lorry
Includes cab and trailer with six magnetic wooden shaped blocks.
48 large colur cards - items well known to all ages and abilities. A valuable resource for individual or group work.
Ther are 96 picture cards in the pack in different categories, each is duplicated making a total of 192 cards. Some activities and games to use with Multi-Match are:
*matching pictures and objects
*grouping
*pairs
*listening activity
*odd one out
*what's different
*Multi-Match snap
Suitable for indoor and outdoor play (space required!). Can be stored flat. Ideal for gross motor skills and confidence building. Warning keep away from fire - fabic 100% polyester.
Disco Light Ball
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation and stimulation.
Encourages child to reach out for purposeful hand/eye co-ordination movement. Music and visual experience.
Brightly coloured wind-up clock - music and visual experience. Can also be used for number recognition.
Brightly coloured musical telephone - encourages imaginative play. Good cause and effect toy, musical and visual experience for reward.
Puzzle Board Game
Coloured shapes move around the board - encourages fine motor skills and hand/eye co-ordination. Can also be used for colour and shape recognition.
2 stencils with objects and shapes. Encourages fine motor skills and han/eye co-ordination skills, shape and object recognition.
Visually attractive - encourages visual fixation and stimulation - great fun for all the family!