Vtech Crawl and Learn, Bright Light Ball

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Kicking and waving their arms while lying in their cot can lead them to discover that a kick can make a banging sound. These types of experiences help young children to learn about the shape, pattern, surface, texture and weight of objects through touching them. You will often see young babies in a bath reaching with their legs towards a floating toy and kicking. When young babies watch a mobile they are constantly moving their head, arms, legs and even their mouths in response to the movement of the toy. There are social skills involved in language acquisition such as realising that it is necessary to wait until the other person has finished speaking.

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Social interaction is important for language development and turn-taking games are a fun and educational way for babies and young children to learn. With VTech toys, there are interactive, electronic learning and fun adventures to be had from birth. Toys that name alphabet letters and everyday words satisfy young children’s need for repetition and rehearsal when practicing words and sounds.There’s also a great range of activity and play centres that grow with your baby, from lying to sitting, to standing or walking. Infants first use the ulnar grasp where their fingers close against the palm when trying to hold an object.

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A delightful example of this is when babies begin to explore gravity by dropping toys whilst sitting in their highchair. Children demonstrate that they have understood the concept of cause and effect when they talk about the consequence of actions. Babies can perceive input from different sensory systems in a unified way; for instance, vision and touch are closely coordinated when using a shape sorter. After the first year, infants adopt the ‘pincer grasp’ where they use their thumb and index finger to grasp even very tiny objects.The confidence to explore and discover new things develops during infancy and creates a healthy curiousity about the world throughout childhood.

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Babies are provided with stimulation from more than one sensory system at the same time; this is termed intermodal perception. This ability to recognise the direction that a sound is coming from improves greatly during the first few years of life. The cube is packed full of sensory fun, interactive phrases, sound effects and includes 3 sing-along songs and 15 melodies.

Sensory development in babies can be facilitated through toys that provide opportunities for them to experience sounds, visuals and textures. Your little one will love the 4 interactive sides of the Little Friendlies Discovery Ball Cube by VTech®. They are especially aware of the sound of language and like to be spoken to slowly and with a high pitch.

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Adults can facilitate babies’ language development by playing with them, focussing on particular toys, reading books and naming everyday objects. Press the chunky buttons to meet the dog, cat, bear and rabbit, learn numbers 1-5 and hear 4 songs sung by the animals and listen to 12 happy melodies. Make sure to check out the VTech Toot Toot range for incredible air, land or sea vehicles, animals and figures that interact with each other as well the brightly coloured, multi-layered Toot Toot playsets. If babies are presented with an unexpected event where, for example, a moving toy train disappears behind a screen but does not come out the other end they will stare for a long time at the screen.

Toys that are made of different materials and are different shapes stimulate young infants to grasp, mouth and shake them. Once babies are either crawling or walking their mobility gives them more opportunities to explore their world. Sound and movement attract a baby’s attention; if a toy is placed almost within reach of babies their movements become more animated.