The grasping, at first, is quite clumsy but through repetition, and across time, infants become adept at grasping and develop fine motor skills. Press the mailbox to open the garage door and launch the Playzone mini characters into the swing, then activate the PlayZone location to hear each character say unique phrases.

Toys that name alphabet letters and everyday words satisfy young children’s need for repetition and rehearsal when practicing words and sounds.Four-in-one desk includes an interactive desktop, stylus and 4 double-sided touch pages that teach pre-school curriculum.

Pack includes a fire engine, ambulance and tow truck, each with their own phrases and sounds, press the light-up face button to trigger songs and melodies. Just enter characters in the text field below to display products beginning with those characters or leave it blank to show all manuals. MagicPoint on convertible interacts with Jackson showing his friendly personality, fun phrases, motion, lights and more.Play set includes a fun toot-toot go kart vehicle with 3 songs and 6 melodies, spinning ferris wheel, looping 360° track, merry-go-round, catapult ride, 6 SmartPoint locations. Infants also learn about the links between sights, sounds and feel of toys when these are demonstrated by adults.

During the first year of life infants’ visual development is rapid and they begin to identify objects through shape, colour and texture. Babies who handle shapes and also fit them through a hole are learning to solve problems through touch and sight. 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.Manipulative feature include spinning fire pole, slide with flip-down flames, open and close windows, spinning disk, launcher, pop-up fire, lift, alarm and swinging flag. Young children pretend or imagine that, for instance a wooden block is a cake and they carefully ‘cut’ it. Encourages imaginative play, motor skill development and an awareness of cause and effect relationships. Manipulative features include twisting flag, swing-up fire station door, flip down fire and fuel pump. Imaginative and social pretend play is beneficial for children as it allows them to explore different ways of viewing the world.