A NEW board game, called Plyt, helps improve numeracy by challenging players to multiply a number of dice together and then race along the board to reach the winner square before the opposition.

Suitable for all ages from four plus, available from plyt.co.uk and Amazon, £24.67.

UBOOLY is a multilingual, interactive toy powered by either an iPhone or iPod Touch, or an iPad mini, with more than 20 lessons and packs that help children learn through games and activities.

Customisable and with speech recognition, Ubooly also tells stories and sings songs, and can interact with other Uboolies.

Suitable for ages three to ten years, £24.95, available at Apple.com.