Welcome to The Examiner Play Kit for 4-year olds
Have you noticed your child asking “Why?” more often these days? This curiosity is the start of critical thinking. By wondering, testing, and exploring, your child is developing a key skill they’ll use for life.
The playthings in The Examiner Play Kit are designed to support critical thinking by making tricky, abstract concepts easier to understand. With tools and games, big ideas like empathy, time, and early maths become hands-on, engaging, and easier to grasp.
Understanding how others feel can be difficult – even for adults 🙃 That’s where the Show, Tell & Think Empathy Game comes in. This interactive game helps your child explore different perspectives through three engaging ways to practise empathy.
Not knowing when things are happening in life can feel confusing. The Plan Ahead Week Board helps your child visualise what’s already happened, what’s happening now, and what’s coming up – a big help for building confidence and routine.
Maths concepts can be frustrating early on. The Modelling Sand and Unit Block Builders & Activity Cards introduce numbers through sensory play, letting your child see, feel, combine and break apart quantities. Studies show that multisensory learning supports maths development in early childhood.And, as with every Play Kit, The Examiner comes with a Play Guide – filled with tips, prompts, and activity ideas to support this wonderfully inquisitive phase.
What’s inside
The Examiner Play Kit
Plan Ahead Week Board
A visual tool for understanding the week – explore the past, present, and future with customisable magnetic tiles.
Rhyming Rings
Sort by sound and spot rhymes to create rhyme families and form rings.
Modeling Sand & Wipeable Mat
Shape and squish for sensory play, with a mat that keeps things tidy.
Unit Block Builders & Activity Cards
Use sand, molds, and a wooden base to explore units, combine quantities, and solve number puzzles.
Show, Tell & Think Empathy Game
Take turns acting out scenes, retelling stories, and imagining what others might feel or do.
Time & Compare Stopwatch
Track and compare activity times with adjustable dials and a digital display.
‘The Appropriate Game’ Book
Follow Isabel and Luis as they learn which words and actions fit different family situations.
The Play Guide
Ways to play, expert tips, development information, and at-home activity ideas during months 52, 53, and 54.
Learn more about the research
Eissa, M. A., & Al Huseini, H. H. (2013). Effect of multisensory approach on increasing math skills children with mild intellectual disabilities. Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2(3), 73-82.
Jordan, K. E., & Baker, J. (2011). Multisensory information boosts numerical matching abilities in young children. Developmental Science, 14(2), 205-213.
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