Tidy Up Vacuum

£24.99

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Developmental Benefits

Discovery Exploration

Motor Skills

Role Play

Developmental Benefits

Tidy Up Vacuum

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.
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.

Encourages fine motor skill development.
An infant’s growth and development in the first year of life is rapid. Many movements that young babies make are in preparation for the next stage of their development. 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. Sound and movement attract a baby’s attention; if a toy is placed almost within reach of babies their movements become more animated. Bath toys provide opportunities to develop and use motor skills to great effect. For example, a young baby has greater control over their leg movements than their arms. You will often see young babies in a bath reaching with their legs towards a floating toy and kicking. All these movements strengthen muscles in readiness for the next stage - walking.
As babies develop they become more adept at grasping objects. Young infants learn to grasp an object, for instance a cube. The grasping, at first, is quite clumsy but through repetition, and across time, infants become adept at grasping and develop fine motor skills. Infants first use the ulnar grasp where their fingers close against the palm when trying to hold an object. Within another month they are able to move the object from hand to hand. After the first year, infants adopt the ‘pincer grasp’ where they use their thumb and index finger to grasp even very tiny objects. Shape sorters help infants to fine tune their visual perception and hand coordination. Soon infants are building towers with two cubes; this also requires fine coordination skills. As the child grows computer games have been shown to help with hand and eye coordination. Spatial skills can also be enhanced when playing games that require concentration, quick responses and finely tuned motor skills.

Develops imagination and encourages cooperation, listening and turn-taking.
Role play is a form of social pretend play. Children benefit from social pretend play because it can help them to revisit events that may have provoked some anxiety in the past. For instance, after a visit to the doctors children often play at being doctors and nurses. Role play not only reflects but also contributes to children’s cognitive and social skills. Playing out an experience enables children to understand more about it.
Research has shown that during social pretend play, young children’s interactions last longer, are more engaging and also more cooperative. Nursery school children who spend more time in socio-dramatic role playing are also perceived as more socially competent by their teachers. Role play enhances many cognitive abilities such as sustained attention, memory, language and literacy skills, and helps children to understand and manage their emotions. Role play is generally a social activity but some children can engage in solitary role play where they create imaginary companions. Games where children can create worlds and populate them with their own characters can be beneficial.

3-in-1 vacuum toy with three fun configurations to get toddlers moving
Spinning vortex lights and a rainbow bead roller add excitement to pretend play
Turbo button introduces colours, numbers, counting, objects and music
Vacuum and learning modes feature colour and shape buttons, numbers and a finding game
7 cleaning songs, bright lights and music encourage active play and gross motor skill development

Best for ages:

2 to 5 Years

Highlights

3-in-1 vacuum toy with lights, songs and learning modes. Features colour and shape buttons, turbo fun and music to encourage movement, pretend play and gross motor skills.

Description

Let’s clean up and get moving! This exciting 3-in-1 vacuum toy turns tidy-up time into action-packed fun with three playful configurations designed for growing toddlers. Watch little ones light up as spinning vortex lights and a rainbow bead roller bring pretend play to life. Press the turbo button to power up the vacuum while learning colours, numbers, counting, objects and music. In vacuum mode, kids can explore six colour and shape buttons with encouraging phrases, while learning mode introduces numbers, shapes and a fun finding game. With 7 catchy cleaning songs, bright lights and upbeat music, this interactive toy keeps toddlers moving while helping build essential gross motor skills through active play.

Product Number: 80-588363
4 x AA (included) Batteries Required