Montessori Toys for 3 Year Olds | Learning Bundle Smart Learning Set for Ages 3+ (3+ Years)
- ⭐ Five toys maths, letters, music and play covered
- ⭐ Ages 3 to 5 nursery skills built early
- ⭐ Comes as one bundle no need to buy separately
Your pre-schooler is ready for bigger thinking, bolder imagination, and more meaningful play. The Smart Start Bundle is thoughtfully designed to support key learning and social-emotional milestones that prepare children for early education. From early maths and letters to pretend play and music, this set sparks curiosity while building essential school-ready skills.
Perfect for ages 3+, this bundle balances structured learning with imaginative, open-ended fun, helping little learners grow in confidence as they get ready for their next big adventure: nursery!
What this bundle supports
- Early maths and literacy skills
- Creativity and imaginative play
- Music and rhythm awareness
- Social-emotional development
- Confidence-building for nursery readiness
Delivery & Returns
- 🚚 Fast delivery — ships within 2–3 business days
- 🔄 60-day warranty for peace of mind
- 📦 View our delivery policy or returns policy
- ⭐ Counting Game
- ⭐ Early Letters
- ⭐ Monkey Stacking Toy
- ⭐ Xylophone
- ⭐ Wooden Fruit - Play Food Set
- ⭐ Early maths skills, fine motor, concentration
- ⭐ Literacy foundations, phonemic awareness
- ⭐ Creative expression, fine motor skills, pre-writing control
- ⭐ Auditory discrimination, hand-eye coordination
- ⭐ Social interaction, empathy, creativity
- ⭐ Helps improve counting, matching, number recognition
- ⭐ Alphabet recognition, letter sounds
- ⭐ Drawing, scribbling, mark-making
- ⭐ Music, rhythm, sensory play
- ⭐ Pretend play, roleplay, vocabulary
Delivery Information
Explore our delivery services and choose the perfect option for you.
All options are UK Mainland only unless stated. Croquet Mallets, Croquet Sets & Luxury Chess are excluded from ParcelShop and Premium delivery see below:
🚚 ParcelShop Delivery – EVRI (3-5 Working Days)
- £3.95 for all orders
🚚 Standard Delivery – EVRI (3-5 Working Days)
- £4.50 for all orders
🚚 Standard Delivery – FedEx (2-3 Working Days)
- £5.95 for all orders
- Includes Croquet Mallets, Croquet Sets (3–5 Working Days)
- Includes Luxury Chess (5–10 Working Days)
🚚 Premium Delivery – FedEx (Next Working Day)
- £7.95 for all orders
- Order by 1pm Monday – Friday for next-working-day delivery
(excludes weekends & bank holidays)
- Postcode exclusions may apply
🚚 Northern Ireland Standard Delivery – EVRI (7-10 Working Days)
- £7.95 for all orders
- This option is not available for orders that include Croquet Mallets, Croquet Sets & Luxury Chess
*All Orders placed after 1pm on Monday-Friday and placed on a weekend or Bank Holiday will be processed on the next working day.
Returns FAQ's
We want you to absolutely love your new toy! 🧸💛 But if something’s not quite right, no worries, we make returns as easy as a game of tic-tac-toe! You’ve got until 31 January 2027 to send it back, hassle-free. 🎉 Want to know exactly how it works? Check out the process in our next question where we break it all down! 🔍✨
For more information please read our full FAQ on returns page.
Sending something back? No worries, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3…4! 🎲✨ Here’s how it works:
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Reach out to our super-friendly Customer Service Team 🦸♂️💬 Just let us know what you’d like to return and why—we’re here to help!
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We’ll send you a step-by-step guide and a handy returns form. 📩 No guesswork needed, we make it smooth and simple!
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Pop your item back in its original packaging and send it our way. 📦🚚 (Make sure it’s unused, and don’t forget your proof of postage!)
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Once your return lands safely with us, we’ll process your refund faster than you can say abracadabra!
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How it compares
| Jaques of London | Typical marketplace version | |
|---|---|---|
| Age-specific design | Pitched deliberately at ages 3 to 5, the pre-nursery to nursery window, rather than a broad all-ages claim | Generic bundles often use a vague age range that stretches the toy's real usefulness thin |
| Breadth of skills covered | Five distinct toys, each targeting a different area: counting, letters, stacking, music, pretend play, so no overlap or filler duplicate items | Cheap lookalike bundles often repeat the same activity type twice to pad out the box count |
| Structured plus open-ended balance | Combines fixed-outcome learning toys (counting, letters) with open-ended play pieces (stacking, wooden fruit) in one set | Generic sets often lean entirely one way, either all worksheets-style drilling or all unstructured play, missing the other half |
| Maker background | Comes from Jaques of London, making games since 1795 as a family-owned British company | Generic imports are typically sold under an unnamed or newly created brand with no stated history in the category |
Questions parents ask
what age is the Smart Start Bundle actually suitable for
This bundle is designed for ages 3 to 5, covering the stretch from early pre-schooler to nursery starter. It suits children just beginning number and letter recognition through to those ready for more independent pretend play. The five toys are pitched to grow with a child across that window rather than being outgrown in months. If your child is at the very start of counting and mark-making, this sits at the right level.
what's actually included in the Smart Start Bundle
You get five separate toys in one set: a counting game, an early letters toy, a monkey stacking toy, a xylophone, and a wooden fruit play food set. Each targets a different skill, so it is not five versions of the same activity. Maths and letters are covered alongside music, stacking, and pretend play. That spread is the point of buying it as a bundle rather than as single items.
does this bundle actually teach counting and letters or is it just pretend play
It covers both. The counting game and early letters toy are built for early maths and literacy, supporting number recognition, matching, alphabet recognition, and letter sounds. The wooden fruit set and monkey stacking toy lean more toward pretend play, fine motor control, and concentration. The xylophone adds music and rhythm awareness. So structured learning and open-ended play are both represented, not one at the expense of the other.
is the xylophone in this set good for hand-eye coordination
Yes, it is specifically included to support auditory discrimination and hand-eye coordination alongside general music and rhythm awareness. It is one of five pieces in the bundle, alongside the counting game, letters toy, stacking toy, and wooden fruit set. It gives the set a sensory and musical element that the maths and literacy pieces do not cover on their own.
is the wooden fruit set good for pretend play and vocabulary
Yes, the wooden fruit play food set is aimed at pretend play, roleplay, and vocabulary building, alongside social interaction and empathy. It works well paired with the monkey stacking toy for open-ended, imaginative play rather than a fixed right-or-wrong activity. Together they balance the more structured counting and letters pieces elsewhere in the bundle.
will this bundle help my child get ready for nursery
It is designed with nursery readiness in mind, aiming to build confidence alongside early maths, literacy, and social-emotional skills. The mix of structured pieces, like the counting game and letters toy, with open-ended ones, like the stacking toy and wooden fruit set, is meant to build both academic basics and the confidence to interact and play independently. It is aimed at the pre-nursery to early nursery stage specifically.
is this a good gift for a 3 year old starting nursery
It suits that occasion well, since it is pitched at ages 3 to 5 and built around the run-up to nursery. Because it bundles five different toys covering maths, literacy, music, and pretend play, it works as a single gift that touches several developmental areas at once rather than just one. That makes it a reasonable one-box option for a birthday or nursery-starter gift.
is Jaques of London a proper toy or game maker or just a reseller
Jaques of London has made games since 1795 and is a family-owned British company, so this bundle comes from a maker with a long-standing background in the category rather than an unnamed reseller. That heritage sits behind the product even though this particular set is a modern learning bundle rather than one of the classic Jaques games.
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Montessori Toys for 3 Year Olds | Learning Bundle
£77.60
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