Are you ready to make your three year old’s day? Well they’re in for a treat because we’ve rounded up the absolute best Tonies to keep them entertained, educated and asking all sorts of adorable questions!
As they’re now becoming little learners, these Tonies will help them along with their numbers, colours and fine-motor skills in a super fun way. It’s learning in disguise – the very best kind.
Now, how did we come up with this stellar lineup of Tonies, you ask? Well, we put together some clever playback research, a dash of data analysis and a sprinkle of recommendations from our tonies® crew. Take a look here…
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
Disney Classics
£14.99
Three year olds get ready to swing through the jungle with Mowgli and his wild friends including Baloo the bear! Disney’s Jungle Book Tonie brings this timeless tale to life with enchanting stories and songs, featuring ‘The Bare Necessities’. It’s an adventure your little one won’t forget, full of excitement and valuable lessons.
This Tonie teaches: Friendship, acceptance, exploration and tolerance
Running time: 24 minutes
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Disney Classics
£14.99
This honey-loving bear needs no introduction. Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are here to charm three year olds with sweet stories, rumbly tumbly music and gentle humour. Perfect for storytime, these tales will help teach them about kindness, friendship, and the joy of simple pleasures.
This Tonie teaches: Friendship, teamwork and problem solving
Running time: 32 minutes
Blippi
Blippi
Blippi
£14.99
Chances are you’ve probably already heard of the bundle of fun we call Blippi. He has this magic way of breaking down complex concepts about the world and how it works into bite size bits of information that three year olds can grasp. The Blippi Tonie is packed full of catchy tunes, fascinating facts, and enough excitement to keep them listening for a good long time..
This Tonie teaches: Travel, new experiences, different cultures, counting and new words
Running time: 65 minutes
Learn with Peppa
Learn With Peppa Pig
Peppa Pig
£14.99
As your three year old starts nursery or preschool, Peppa is here to turn learning into a laugh-a-minute adventure. Whether they’re mastering maths or reading, this Peppa Tonie is chock-full of playful lessons that will help them flex their early learning skills. In fact, it was carefully designed by educational specialists to cover seven key learning areas. These include maths, english, emotions, the world, creativity, my body and community.
This Tonie teaches: How their body works, emotions, creativity, counting and new words
Running time: 75 minutes
Counting Songs
Counting Songs (relaunch)
Favourite Children’s Songs
£12.99
Get them ready to hip-wiggle, finger count and toe-tap with this Counting Songs Tonie! Perfect for building up budding mathematicians with 23 well-known songs like One Two Buckle My Shoe and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive. It’s designed to make learning fun and even has a bonus of five songs in different languages. They’ll be ready for the next step in school in no time!
This Tonie teaches: Numbers, curiosity, new experiences and counting
Running time: 44 minutes
Yakka Dee
Yakka Dee
Yakka Dee
£14.99
Roll up chatterboxes! CBeebies favourite, Dee, has lots of amazing new words to share with your three year olds. This Tonie features games, quizzes and lots of music to encourage kids to keep talking. She uses one simple word at a time focusing on the phonics and also talks about how to use the word in different versions e.g. for the word ‘book’, it can also be a ‘scrapbook’ or a ‘flip book’.
This Tonie teaches: Language, new words and speech development
Running time: 59 minutes
Paddington
A bear called Paddington
Paddington Bear
£14.99
Three year olds can embark on a bear-y exciting adventure with everyone’s favourite marmalade-loving bear! The Paddington Tonie is a delightful blend of heartwarming stories and gentle life lessons that will ignite their imagination and leave them dreaming of far-off lands. It’s also narrated by Stephen Fry and has one of our longest running times so is sure to keep kiddos engaged for longer.
This Tonie teaches: Manners, not judging a book by its cover and the power of apology
Running time: 155 minutes
Why not try saving these recommended Tonies for three year olds to your wish list for the next gifting occasion? Take a look here.
Amy’s favourite Tonie is Matilda. From a very young age, she was utterly obsessed with Matilda. She watched and read it so many times that she practically had the whole script memorised. As she grew older, she remained just like Matilda, a bookworm, a trickster, and a dreamer!