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Learn while they play

You can help your pre-schooler master all kinds of school-readiness tasks with just a box of Smarties!

Sorting

Throw all the sweets out on a flat surface and ask your child to sort them according to colour.

Colours

Ask your child to name the different colours.

Counting

Let them count how many there are of every colour.

Shapes

Let them form shapes with the sweets, like circles, squares and triangles.

Fine motor skills

See how many sweets they can stack on top of each other. This is a great exercise to train those little fingers’ fine motor skills.

Creative thinking

Ask your child to make pictures with the sweets, like a smiley face, sad face, house, etc.

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