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Toot-Toot Drivers Fire Engine

Developmental Benefits

Imaginitive Play
Imaginitive Play
Language Development
Language Development
Motor Skills
Motor Skills
Sensory Development
Sensory Development

Developmental Benefits

Toot-Toot Drivers Fire Engine

Imaginitive Play
  • Imagination and exploration through interaction with characters.
  • Children’s imagination is active from an early age. Imaginative play has links to what psychologists call ‘social pretend play’. Young children pretend or imagine that, for instance a wooden block is a cake and they carefully ‘cut’ it. A large proportion of pretend play tends to be social. Imaginative play begins when infants play and pretend with adults. As young children develop they begin to try to engage other children in social pretend play. Young children in nursery benefit from engaging in imaginative play. It helps them to begin to understand that other children think differently to them and have different ideas.
    Children can engage in imaginative play with other children where they have agreed on a story or scenario that they want to act out. Young children playing with toys use their imagination to invent scenarios and play out the consequences. They can use characters to explore scenarios and act out scripts such as going shopping or bedtime. Imaginative and social pretend play is beneficial for children as it allows them to explore different ways of viewing the world. Children who use their imagination when playing with other children are increasing their social competence and their understanding of other people. In a study where we observed children playing in a nursery we found that young children engaged in imaginative play, often using the toys in unexpected ways. Children’s imagination benefits from the opportunity to play with all types of toys.
Language Development
  • Introduces the alphabet, letter sounds and vocabulary.
  • Babies start to babble at an early age and this can be seen as the first signs of language. They are predisposed to pick up the sounds of the language that they hear around them. Adults can facilitate babies’ language development by playing with them, focussing on particular toys, reading books and naming everyday objects. The more babies are exposed to language the faster they will begin to pick up it up. There are social skills involved in language acquisition such as realising that it is necessary to wait until the other person has finished speaking. Babies begin to learn about conversational turn-taking from an early age; if a baby is babbling the adult waits for a pause and then talks to the baby. Babies learn to take turns even before they are using words. Social interaction is important for language development and turn-taking games are a fun and educational way for babies and young children to learn.
    Young children also need to practice their language skills. Toys that name alphabet letters and everyday words satisfy young children’s need for repetition and rehearsal when practicing words and sounds. For instance, young children can press a button repetitively to hear the same sound or word again. Babies and children learn a lot through repetition and pick up words rapidly in this way. Once children begin to read their vocabulary expands enormously.
Motor Skills
  • 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.
Sensory Development
  • A variety of textures, visuals and sounds stimulate sensory development.
  • Sensory development is intimately related to motor development. Babies are born into a world that stimulates their senses and to which they react. These reactions are bodily movements which create learning experiences. Sensory development in babies can be facilitated through toys that provide opportunities for them to experience sounds, visuals and textures. Young infants need to be presented with an adequate but not too great amount of sensory stimulation.
    From an early age babies use touch to investigate their world; as they learn to reach they begin to run their tongue and lips over toys and then look at them. Tactile stimulation is also combined with other sensory information. Babies can perceive input from different sensory systems in a unified way; for instance, vision and touch are closely coordinated when using a shape sorter. Babies who handle shapes and also fit them through a hole are learning to solve problems through touch and sight. Infants also learn about the links between sights, sounds and feel of toys when these are demonstrated by adults. They begin to associate the sight and sound of a rhythmically shaken rattle or the nursery rhyme played by a particular toy. During the first year of life infants’ visual development is rapid and they begin to identify objects through shape, colour and texture. They also develop the ability to visually track objects. Toys give babies and young children many opportunities to enhance their sensory development.
Best for ages:
1 to 5 Years
Highlights
Cute role-play fire engine features lots of encouraging phrases and realistic sound effects. Also features 3 fun sung songs.
Description
Let's go and fight the fire! Cute role-play fire engine features lots of encouraging phrases and realistic sound effects. Also features 3 fun sung songs. Pushing along and pressing the light-up screen button trigger reactions and phrases. Also interacts with other Toot-Toot Drivers play sets.

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charlene, walker
31-Jan-2014
My son loves this he loves the songs and the light it's great for any little one can be used with all toot toot products this is a great range will give your child hours of fun!
charlene, walker
31-Jan-2014
Brought this for my one year old son he loves it has hours of fun with it i am currently building his collection he loves it that much
Sharon, Coyne
10-Jan-2014
My son loves the sounds this car makes - he dances to it! Can't wait to build his collection up. He's only got a few more cars to get now - make great presents!
sabiha, bhana
06-Jan-2014
Lovely fire engine bought for my little son but my then 2;4 and 6 year olds loved playing with it too !!! It's strong and good for little hands Would recommend to others
Vicky, Iceton
02-Jan-2014
Fun and noisy but not too annoying!
Sophie, Chalk
28-Dec-2013
My son love this fire truck; he has added it to his growing collection of cars for his toot toot track; the cars are great and it's great that they make noises when going over certain parts of the track!
Kate, Makos
03-Dec-2013
Got this for my son for Xmas; he has the other 2 emergency ones and he will be so excited with this one; has some good catchy tunes
Dom, Kearney
02-Nov-2013
This toy really packs a punch! It is full of catchy sayings and tunes which keep our daughter entertained for ages. It is; pound for pound; the best toy available....
Samantha, Bills
01-Aug-2013
This works really well with the fire station; and if you get additional tracks you can build a bigger world of fun
Sally, Cleminson
31-Jul-2013
This was bought as a little gift for my son; he loves it; I love it and want to get the whole set of Toot Toot Drivers toys; they are good value for money and very tactile for small children. They do lots of things which result in a toy that stimulates the child for a long time to come.
Rose-Anne, Westripp
29-Apr-2013
My son loves this and will play with it for hours plays nice songs and talks clear. The ladder moves which my son likes as he can hold it. It is very strong and robust
Emma, Howard
29-Apr-2013
my daughter loves this fire engine. She has played with it for months now without losing interest; and at 20 months is starting to sing along!
Samantha, Jackson
28-Apr-2013
My son loves his toot toot drivers set. He loves the fire engine and walks around ssying "nee naw" all the time
Mrs, Hayton
23-Sep-2012
Lovely little Fire Engine; quick delivery. My Nephew lovels the different sounds each toys makes.
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