Boss, the blue/pink dinosaur with 60 balls in his/her tummy, is waiting for your baby to give him/her a big, big hug! Sit your baby inside Boss' soft tummy and your baby will have hours of fun in this colorful ball pool. Zip it up and there are other activities for kids to discover. With lots of play value, Boss is designed for a wide age bracket (6 months to 3 years plus.)
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.
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Objective: Hugging - building a sense of security
Method: “I am the Boss” is made from high quality materials. It is soft and comfortable, great for hugging. Hugging also teaches children to care for others.
Objective: Listening and attention training – observing your child’s reaction to sounds
Method: Shake or crinkle “I am the Boss” to create sounds from different directions. Observe if your child’s gaze follows the sounds.
Objective: Fine motor skills training - grasping
Method: Encourage children to grasp at and pick up the plastic balls.
Objective: Sense stimulation - touching and feeling
Method: “I am the Boss” is made from different textures and materials. Encourage children to touch and feel the textures.
Objective: Fine motor skills training
Method: “I am the Boss” is covered in different activities. Encourage children to attempt the following activities:
Objective: Gross motor skills training – shaking
Method: “I am the Boss” is soft and great for children to hold and shake. Encourage children to shake “I am the Boss” to create different rattling and crinkling sounds.
Objective: Gross motor skills training – playing with balls
Method: Fill “I am the Boss” with the plastic balls. Children can sit inside “I am the Boss” to play with the balls.
Objective: Developing self awareness - observing herself in the mirror
Method: Allow your child to observe and recognize her own image in the mirror. This helps develop her self-awareness.
Objective: Gross motor skills and strength training – throwing
Method: The plastic balls are great for holding and throwing. Encourage children to throw the balls.
Objective: Fine motor skills training – eye hand coordination
Method: Encourage children to place the balls into the different holes in “I am the Boss”.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning facial features and body parts
Method: Use Boss to teach children facial features and body parts.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to facial features and body parts
Method: Name a facial feature or body part of “I am the Boss” and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning colors
Method: Teach children different colors using “I am the Boss”.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to colors
Method: Name a color and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Cognitive training – learning the concepts of “big” and “small”
Method: “I am the Boss” comes with big balls and small balls. Use them to explain the concepts of “big” and “small”.
Objective: Understanding instructions – colors and sizes
Method: Name a specific ball size and color such as “small, yellow ball”. Encourage your child to choose the correct ball from the pile of balls.
Objective: Eye hand coordination – throwing and catching
Method: Use the balls to play catch with your child. This trains children’s eye hand coordination and reaction skills.
Objective: Sense of distance and eye hand coordination training – throwing game
Method: Place “I am the Boss” a distance away from your child. Encourage her to aim and throw the balls into “I am the Boss”.
Objective: Learning to clean up
Method: Teach children to clean up after themselves by placing the balls back into “I am the Boss” after playing.
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