*We were sent the Schleich figures pictured above and paid a small fee in exchange for this post

When E was three years old he was massively into dinosaurs. He knew so many of them by name and would spend most of his days playing with his dinosaur figures. This was the first time we had come across Schleich and they quickly became our go-to brand for adding to his huge dinosaur collection.

Schleich has been around for over 80 years and their attention to detail to their figurines as well as their high-quality makes them really stand out in the crowd.

They are focused on encouraging children’s creativity and imagination and with that, they have recently put together a brochure as part of their new campaign.

This 16-page brochure has been designed to fully immerse your child in imaginative play and aid their development.

The brochure is packed with some great tips on how to have a balanced play diet, how to stimulate children’s imagination with fun games and how to encourage language skills through play.

My boys certainly have no problem in the imagination department, they regularly make up games between themselves from pretending to be sharks, having dinosaur battles to playing shops and being animals in a zoo and that’s the great thing about Schleich figures – they can just pick them up and see where their imagination takes them.

I am a big fan of learning through play, there really is no better way to learn and have fun right? And Schleich products help you do just that.

You can check out the handy tips in the brochure for yourself or find out more about them through the Schleich website, Twitter and Facebook.