Tony the Pony is a big bundle of fun for your little one. He whinnies, has crinkly, alphabet hair and a long, colorful tail. Your baby can hug him, ride on him, and stay busy with all the different activities: a mirror, teether, button, zipper... and much more!
Senses
The fundamental senses of seeing, tasting, hearing, smelling & feeling encourage a child's curiosity.
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are those smaller actions between the thumb and fingers or using the toes to wriggle and feel the objects.
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor skills are larger movements involving the arm, leg, or feet muscles or the entire body.
Logic
Logical training enables babies to make connections between pieces of information.
Creativity
Colors, shapes, learning how to draw, getting familiar with music and rhythm, all goes to aid the growth of a child's creativity.
Linguistics
Linguistic Intelligence is the ability to use sound and language for expression and comprehension of others while a child is developing.
Emotion
A healthy child should be able to control and express his emotion, and interact effectively with others with mutual trust.
Communication Skills
Good communication skills lead a child to perform cooperative tasks and become productive team members.
Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem is an overall sense of achievement a child feels from the important people around him. Task basis activities could help children to build up a stronger self-esteem with a better judgment about their own worth.
*These are recommendations made under normal circumstances. Parents can determine which activities are most suitable depending on the progress of individual children.
Other Recommended Toys
Objective: Hugging
Method: All children learn to hug. Tony the Pony is made from high quality materials. It is soft and comfortable, great for kids to hug. Hugging builds a sense of security and teaches them to care for others.
Objective: Listening training
Method: Shake the rattles or pat the pony to activate sounds to attract your child's attention and observe her reaction to the sound.
Objective: Sense stimulation
Method: The pony is made from different materials. Encourage your child to touch and feel the different textures and to chew on the teether.
Objective: Fine motor skills training
Method: Tony the Pony is made of crinkle paper, rattles and other small parts. Encourage your child to grasp at and shake the different parts with both their right and left hands.
Objective: Gross motor skills training
Method: Encourage children to zip the zippers and pull the pony tail with both their right and left hands.
Objective: Learning to sit and ride
Method: Help your child sit on the pony. Encourage her to pat the pony to activate the sounds and to experience the joy of riding. For safety, place cushions or mats on both sides of the pony.
Objective: Recognizing body parts
Method: Use the pony as a teaching aid to teach children to recognize animal body parts.
Objective: Pointing out body parts
Method: Say a body part and encourage your child to point to it on Tony.
Objective: Learning colors
Method: Use the different colors on Tony to teach children to recognize colors.
Objective: Pointing out colors
Method: Say a color and encourage your child to point to it on Tony.
Objective: Developing self awareness
Method: Children can look at themselves in the mirror. This helps develop their self awareness. Parents can also place their child's photo or a family member's photo in the clear pocket. This helps the child recognize faces.
Objective: Learning shapes
Method: Teach children to identify shapes using the shapes on Tony.
Objective: Pointing out shapes
Method: Say a shape and encourage your child to point to it on Tony.
Objective: Numbers
Method: Teach children to identify the numbers 1 to 5 on the blue star.
Objective: Learning letters
Method: Teach children to identify the letters printed on the pony’s mane.
Objective: Learning the concepts of “inside” and “outside”
Method: The star shaped teether can be placed inside and outside of the pocket found on Tony’s front leg. Use this to teach your child the concepts of “inside” and “outside”.
Objective: Buttoning
Method: Encourage your child to practice buttoning with the red button on the blue star. This trains her eye-hand coordination skills.
Objective: Look and find
Method: Let children find which part of Tony the following photos depict. Parents can also take their own photos for this activity.
Objective: Learning to tie knots
Method: Teach children to tie knots using the pony’s tail.
Sharing
We sincerely hope that the guidelines provided by our K's Kids Parents' Support Center will help you make the most of your K's Kids product. We hope that every child with a K's Kids product will benefit from playing and learning from it.
We also believe that every child is unique and full of creativity.
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