Vroom vroom, go the cars around and around the city! “Cars in Town” is a mini city complete with nine different soft vehicles and a busy playmat with a school, fire station, and much more! The multi-colored cars display different numbers and occupations, great for learning and role-playing. These little cars can squeak, crinkle and make rattle sounds too.
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: Listening and attention training – observing your child’s reaction to sounds
Method: Shake or crinkle one of the cars 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 one of the cars with both their right and left hands.
Objective: Listening and fine motor skills training – shaking and pressing
Method: Some of the cars have squeakers, rattles, or crinkle paper. Encourage children to shake or press the cars to make sounds.
Objective: Gross motor skills training – throwing
Method: The cars are soft and great for throwing. Encourage children to throw the cars to train their gross motor skills.
Objective: Gross motor skills training – pushing cars along the playmat
Method: Encourage children to push the cars along the roads of the playmat.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning colors
Method: Teach children different colors using the cars.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to colors
Method: Name a color and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning numbers
Method: Teach your child to recognize the numbers 1 to 9 on the bottom of the cars.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to numbers
Method: Say a number and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Concepts of gender
Method: Teach children about boys and girls.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning the names of different vehicles
Method: Teach your child the names of different vehicles.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to vehicles
Method: Name a vehicle and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Balance and patience training – stacking two cars
Method: Encourage children to stack two cars, one on top of the other.
Objective: Cognitive training – learning occupations
Method: Using the characters, teach your child about different occupations.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to different occupations
Method: Name an occupation and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Cognitive training – learning about different places and buildings
Method: Using the playmat, teach your child about different places and buildings.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to different places and buildings
Method: Name a place or building and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Eye-hand coordination and reaction training – playing catch
Method: Using the cars, play catch with your child.
Objective: Cognitive training – worker and workplace matching
Method: Encourage your child to match the worker with its workplace by placing the cars next to the buildings where they work. For example, the school bus should be placed next to the school, and the fire engine next to the fire station.
Objective: Imagination and creativity training – making up stories
Method: Using the cars and playmat, allow children to make up stories about the characters, themselves and the community.
Objective: Self-care skills - picking up toys
Method: The playmat can be folded in half, then held together with velcro to form a bag. Children can keep their cars in the bag. They can also build up a habit of cleaning up after themselves.
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