Tolo Education
Quality and play value are at the heart of every Tolo product
Group settings in schools and kindergartens are the hardest test a toy can face. Tolo is specified by nurseries, preschools and early-years suppliers because Tolo toys keep working year after year — and because every set comes with what your staff need to use it well.
Tolo Classic · 3 months – 3 years
The first three years, one skill at a time
Rattles, cause-and-effect toys, vehicles, sorters and water play for the baby and toddler room.
First Friends · 1 – 5 years
Learning about our world
Characters, animals, vehicles and buildings for role play, language and understanding the world. More sets are on the way.
What comes with every set
Open-ended play
Most educational toys arrive with a themed box and a sentence about motor skills. What a practitioner is short of is not a label. It is a practical activity staff can use with a group: with how many children, what to do, how to make it easier or harder, and what to look for. Every Tolo set carries that layer.
Every set is named for what the child will be able to do — and comes with the activities that get them there.
1 · Set sheet
One page, everything on it
Contents with article numbers, age band, what children learn in six skill areas, topic links, and three things to try on day one.
2 · Activity cards
Explore → structure → challenge
Activity cards for every set at three levels of difficulty. Each card states group size, what you need, four steps, an easier and a harder version, and what to watch for.
3 · Group size stated
1:1 · pairs · small group · whole room
Nurseries run one-to-one, pairs, small groups and continuous provision. Every set says which it serves — and in what quantity.
4 · Age rail
One set, five years of play
What the same set does for a 9-month-old, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, so one purchase serves a room across changing groups of children.
5 · Areas of learning
Ready for your planning
Physical · Communication & language · Personal, social & emotional · Understanding the world · Mathematics · Expressive arts. Observation prompts on every card.
6 · Replacement parts
A lost figure does not mean the whole set needs replacing
Every figure and vehicle is available on its own. Sets stay complete for years — one reason Tolo works so well in shared settings.
“I particularly value how Tolo allows children to explore, experiment and discover at their own pace. The toys introduce colour, sound and shapes in an engaging way, while puzzles and stacking toys encourage coordination, concentration and cognitive development.”
Sian Henderson, early-years teacher
Reading, United Kingdom
Every set, one teacher pack
Classroom Activity Guide for Teachers
Every Tolo set comes with a one-page set sheet and a four-page teacher pack: what is in the box, what children learn, and activity cards your staff can run, repeat and observe against.
- Set sheet — contents, ages, skills, three things to try on day one
- Activity cards — group size, four steps, easier and harder, what to look for
- One set, five years of play — the same set from the first months to 5 years
Range 1 · Tolo Classic · 3 months – 3 years
The first three years, one skill at a time
The baby and toddler room is the room that is hardest to equip well and the one most ranges skip. Classic is built for it: single-purpose toys that do one developmental job clearly, survive mouthing, sand and the water tray, and still keep children engaged over repeated use.
In the setting
No batteries, no small parts, no fabric, nothing to replace
Cleaning
Wipe clean — fine for sand and water play
Storage
Stores flat in one shallow tray; children tidy it themselves
Made
One-piece mouldings, minimal print, smooth edges
Five developmental jobs Classic does
Reach, grasp, shake
Hold on, pass hand to hand, then shake to make a chosen sound. Pincer grip and first sounds.
Rattles · Shaker, Bird & Teddy
Do it, expect it, do it again
A push always makes it move; a knock always brings it back. The clearest early lesson in prediction.
Shaker, Bird & Teddy · every vehicle
Push it and watch where it goes
Tracking, fast and slow, loading and counting, vehicles and their jobs — rich vocabulary with no worksheet.
The Baby Vehicle sets
Give it somewhere to go
A ramp, a lift and a wash turn pushing into a journey a child can narrate, in order.
Garage set
Sort, stack, fit — and pour
Shape sorters, stackers and bath toys from the Classic range complete a toddler room. Ask for them in a proposal.
Classic range · on request
One set, five years of play — the Baby Vehicle sets
6–12 months
Holds, mouths, pushes one vehicle and watches it roll
1–2 years
Pushes back and forth with an adult; names the vehicles
2–3 years
Sorts by colour, loads and counts, matches vehicle to job
3–5 years
Acts out a complete rescue with three friends and retells it
The Classic sets
Rattles Set
Cause and effect through grasping, shaking and passing from hand to hand. Supports fine motor skills, sound discrimination and open-ended sensory exploration.
- 76003 Roller Rattle
- 76002 Triangle Rattle
- 76001 Abacus Rattle
- 76119 Mouse Rattle
- 76038 Gripper Rattle
- 76118 Twist and Turn Rattle
Topics First sounds · Colours
Shaker, Bird & Teddy Set
Cause and effect with a different action each time: turn, press, knock. Supports prediction, fine motor control and sensory exploration of sounds and facial expressions.
- 76026 Magic Shaker
- 76035 Crazy Eyed Bird
- 76025 Roly Poly Teddy Bear
Topics Cause & effect · Faces
Emergency Vehicles Set
Open-ended play with free-wheeling rescue vehicles. Supports role play, cause and effect, sorting and the language of people who help us.
- 76021 Baby Police Car
- 76022 Baby Fire Engine
- 76023 Baby Ambulance
- 88190 Transporter
Topics People who help us · Keeping safe
Speed Set
Open-ended exploration of forces and motion: predict, release, compare. Supports early STEM skills, fair testing and vocabulary relating to speed, distance and direction.
- 76014 Baby Racer
- 76018 Baby Sidecar
- 76019 Baby Sport
- 76020 Baby Roadster
Topics Fast and slow · Journeys
Travel Set
Land, air and rail vehicles for sorting, comparing and talking about journeys. Supports classification, language development and role play in small groups.
- 88130 Baby Train
- 76016 Baby Helicopter
- 76015 Baby Aeroplane
Topics Up in the air · Journeys
Garage Set
Cause and effect with moving parts, plus open-ended role play. Supports sequencing, positional language (up, down, through) and turn-taking.
- Tolo Garage with Helicopter
- 76019 Baby Sport
- 76020 Baby Roadster
- 76018 Baby Sidecar
Topics Journeys · Our street
Also from Classic, in any proposal: the baby vehicles as singles, the City Service and Road Vehicles sets, shape sorters, stackers, pop-ups and bath toys.
Range 2 · First Friends · 1 – 5 years
Learning about our world
First Friends is one system: every figure fits every vehicle and every building, so a farm, a hospital and a polar station are the same characters in different play themes. That is what makes it a resource for the preschool room rather than a shelf of toys — one learning theme, then another, with the same set.
The figures
12.5 cm, clicking moving arms and legs, squeaker tummies
One system
Every figure fits every First Friends vehicle, seat and building
Cleaning
Wipe clean; the polar whale floats and squirts
Replacement
Every figure, animal and vehicle available individually
Five things First Friends is for
Communication skills
Name the vehicle, the animal, the job. Give the figure a voice. Children pick up the words that belong to the play theme.
Every set
Playing together
Turn taking, negotiating roles, family, feelings. Who is who, and who helps whom.
The Family · Play House · Hospital
Learning about our world
People who help us, farm life, polar world, prehistoric life, health care, our street — each set is a topic a teacher already plans.
Every First Friends set
Count and sort
Animals by habitat, size or kind; figures on and off a truck. Sort by an obvious rule, then a given rule, then your own.
Farm · Safari · Polar · Dinosaur
Open ended play
A rescue from call to hospital, a farm day in order, a waste-collection route through the neighbourhood. Sequence it, then retell it.
Emergency · Recycling · Farm
One set, five years of play — the First Friends sets
1–2 years
Holds a figure, clicks the limbs, finds the squeak; names one animal
2–3 years
Seats a figure in a vehicle, matches animal to home, plays alongside a friend
3–4 years
Takes a role, sorts the cast by a rule, follows a simple story with an adult
4–5 years
Runs the scene with three friends, sequences it and retells it in order
The First Friends sets
First Friends Polar Set
Open-ended small-world play with polar animals. Supports sorting, comparing, scientific vocabulary and storytelling about habitats.
- Iceberg and 5-piece magnetic igloo
- Three figures, husky and sledge
- Whale, seal, polar bear, walrus, penguin
Topics Polar world · Habitats · Weather
First Friends Dinosaur World Set
Small-world play with dinosaurs with movable joints and a landscape. Supports classification by size, diet and habitat, comparison language and imaginative storytelling.
- Six dinosaurs with clicking joints
- Trees, flowers, leaves and mountains
Topics Prehistoric life · Dinosaurs
First Friends Farm Set
Role play and animal-care routines with a stable, a tractor and farm animals. Supports sorting, counting, sequencing and vocabulary relating to animals and food.
- Stable, farm animals and figures
- Tractor and farmer
- Plain tree and apple tree
Topics Farm life · Animal welfare · Food
First Friends Hospital Set
Role play that lets children rehearse a visit to the doctor. Supports emotional literacy, vocabulary relating to the body and care, empathy and sequencing.
- Doctor, nurse and patients
- Ambulance and clinic furniture
Topics Health care · People who help us · Our bodies
First Friends Animal Safari Set
Sorting, counting and matching with animals, rangers and fences. Supports classification by habitat, size and diet, early mathematics and role play.
- Fifteen wild animals
- Quad, two rangers, fences, troughs and hay bales
Topics Wild animals · Habitats · Animal welfare
First Friends Recycling Truck Set
Sorting, sequencing and role play around a recycling collection round. Supports vocabulary development, cause and effect (the tipping truck) and conversations about looking after our community.
- Recycling truck with tipping handle, about 20 cm
- Two figures and two containers
Topics Recycling · People who help us · Our community
First Friends Play House Set
A focal point for the home corner. Supports open-ended role play around daily routines and family roles, with spatial language and storytelling in pairs and small groups.
- Opening house with pull-out garden and furniture
- 76116 Baby with Crib
- 76071 Puppy
- 76114 Father
Topics Home life · Family · A day in our house
First Friends Emergency Vehicles Set
Role play about people who help us. Supports language development, empathy, sequencing of rescue stories and cooperative play in small groups.
- First Friends Police Car
- First Friends Fire Engine
- First Friends Ambulance
Topics People who help us · Keeping safe · Emergencies
First Friends Family Set
Role play with familiar family figures. Supports personal, social and emotional development through naming relationships, exploring daily routines and talking about feelings.
- Mother, father, grandmother, grandfather
- Baby with cot
- Figures 12.5 cm, clicking moving limbs
Topics Family · Generations · Feelings
In preparation Noah’s Ark — a pairs game with a rule · First Friends people with matching puzzles · Animals of the world with matching puzzles
Sets built for your setting
Not the set you need? We put one together for you.
The ready-made sets are a starting point. Tell us your rooms, age groups and budget and we send back a proposal: a set list with quantities, the skills each product develops, set sheets for your staff and a price — for one nursery, a group of settings or a reseller’s own range.
1 · Tell us
Your rooms and ages
How many rooms, which age bands, how many children per group, and what the toys must do — sensory, role play, water, vehicles.
2 · We propose
A set list with a reason for every item
Products, quantities, skills mapped per product, set sheets and a quotation. Usually within five working days.
3 · You order
Direct or through your supplier
Delivered as one order, through your usual education supplier where there is one. Replacement parts available afterwards.
For nurseries, preschools & schools
One proposal for the whole building
From a single baby room to a new setting that opens with nothing on the shelves.
- Sets per room, sized to your group sizes
- Classic for the baby and toddler rooms, First Friends for preschool — or both
- Set sheets and activity cards for staff, ready to print
- Replacement parts, so a lost piece does not retire a set
For resellers & education suppliers
Your own Tolo sets in your catalogue
Build a range of sets under your own set names, packed the way your customers order.
- Set definitions and contents agreed with you
- Product photography and set sheets for your catalogue
- Mixed cartons and trade price list
- Territory and distributor enquiries welcome
Request a proposal or the education pack
Tell us what you need. A proposal comes back as a set list with prices; the education pack is one PDF bundle with catalogue, set sheets, activity cards and trade price list.
No account needed · We reply within two working days
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
Four pages: set information, ways to use the set, what to look for, six activity cards.
