Smellephant

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Developmental Benefits

Cognitive Development

Discovery Exploration

Developmental Benefits

Smellephant

Stimulates critical thinking through memory and logic games.
An infant’s thinking skills are influenced by physical activity. Cognitive development is the change in abilities such as attention, memory, problem solving and language. Research has shown that infants’ thinking skills develop as they act on the world with their eyes, ears, hands, feet and mouth. Babies learn about the world when they reach, crawl, put objects in their mouths, and drop or bang toys to make a noise. These interactions with the physical world enable babies to begin to understand their surroundings. For example, placing an interesting toy just out of reach of babies stimulate their interest and encourages them to move.
As the child grows and develops the brain changes in response to the child’s interaction with the world. Learning about the world through play strengthens connections in the brain; this enables infants and children to attain a greater understanding of their surroundings. Cognitive development can be a social activity; adults help infants and children to understand more about their world by presenting them with games and problems that stimulate their thinking and expand their knowledge base. An infant’s and child’s interactions with objects and people, and the consequent changes in the brain, are the building blocks of development.

Heightens curiosity and encourages exploration.
Even young babies love to learn about the world through exploration. Kicking and waving their arms while lying in their cot can lead them to discover that a kick can make a banging sound. Exploration and play are closely linked in infants where, for example, discovering that a toy makes a noise leads to infants repeating the action that made the noise. Babies learn a great deal through repetition. Once babies are either crawling or walking their mobility gives them more opportunities to explore their world.<br /> Babies need to satisfy their curiosity about an object or toy by approaching and handling it. Adults can influence an infant’s confidence about the world by encouraging and smiling at them when they approach an unfamiliar object or toy. Babies can show uncertainty about a new toy and in order for them to confidently explore and discover it they need the emotional reassurance from their parent or caregiver. The confidence to explore and discover new things develops during infancy and creates a healthy curiousity about the world throughout childhood.

The playful Smellephant helps children explore the five senses with five fruit play pieces!
Place a fruit play piece on Elephant's magical trunk and she will identify it.
Play peek-a-boo when she flaps her ears to cover her eyes!
Free Play mode lets children explore colours, numbers and the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
Quiz mode encourages children to use their five senses in a game & Music mode includes 12 sing-along songs and animal sound effects.
Buttons on Elephant's feet add songs and animal sound effects to the fun interactive play.
Teaches colours, numbers, songs & animals

Best for ages:

2 to 5 Years

Highlights

Get your super senses ready to explore with the Smellephant!

Description

Get your super senses ready to explore with the Smellephant! With its magical trunk and five fruit play pieces, Smellephant will teach children about using their five senses with engaging interactive play. Place a fruit piece on Smellephant’s trunk to discover its name! Smellephant’s ears will flap forward when trying to guess. Peek-a-boo! Free Play mode lets children explore colours, numbers, sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. In Quiz mode, Smellephant encourages children to use their senses. Learn more about fruit and elephants in Music mode with 12 sing-along songs. Feet buttons add songs and animal sound effects to the interactive play.