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VTech Baby First Steps Baby Walker

Developmental Benefits

Discovery Exploration
Discovery Exploration
Language Development
Language Development
Motor Skills
Motor Skills
Sensory Development
Sensory Development

Developmental Benefits

VTech Baby First Steps Baby Walker

Discovery Exploration
  • Heightens curiosity and encourages exploration.
  • Even young babies love to learn about the world through exploration. Kicking and waving their arms while lying in their cot can lead them to discover that a kick can make a banging sound. Exploration and play are closely linked in infants where, for example, discovering that a toy makes a noise leads to infants repeating the action that made the noise. Babies learn a great deal through repetition. Once babies are either crawling or walking their mobility gives them more opportunities to explore their world.
    Babies need to satisfy their curiosity about an object or toy by approaching and handling it. Adults can influence an infant’s confidence about the world by encouraging and smiling at them when they approach an unfamiliar object or toy. Babies can show uncertainty about a new toy and in order for them to confidently explore and discover it they need the emotional reassurance from their parent or caregiver. The confidence to explore and discover new things develops during infancy and creates a healthy curiousity about the world throughout childhood.
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:
6 to 30 Months
Highlights
2-in-1 walker that supports baby’s first steps. Introduces numbers, shapes, animals and colours through fun activities and music.
Description
Watch your little one take their first precious steps with this fantastic 2-in-1 walker and activity centre. With textured wheels, easy grip handle and durable design, the sturdy walker gives all the support they need to take their first steps. The fun-filled activity panel can be removed from the walker for extra sit-down play! With lots of exciting activities, cheerful music and friendly phrases, little ones will be introduced to numbers, shapes, animals and colours.

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Laura, Olsthoorn
07-Oct-2013
I absolutely adore this product. It's better for your child than the normal walker (even though I had one of those two) it really encourages your child to walk and to stand up by themselves. My son took his first steps unaided after only having this item a week or two. We go for walks together off down the road now
Stephanie, Hunter
02-Oct-2013
Great from about 6 months! My daughter loves the music and flashing lights!
catherine, russell
30-Sep-2013
My son cole loves this walker
Tara, Broad
28-Sep-2013
Extremely easy to put together
Leah, Fitzpatrick
26-Sep-2013
The first steps baby walker is a great toy to help and assist when children are learning to pull themselves up. We put this toy next to my daughter from when she was 7 months old and she played with the buttons and lights and two months later
Melissa , Bromley
25-Sep-2013
Very pleased with this product
kerry, gate
23-Sep-2013
My little girl played with this from 4 months - she liked the music and hitting out at the buttons. As she got older she started playing with it more - turning the wheel and pressing the keys and buttons. Then she moved on to learning to walk with the help of the walker. Only downside is that when she first started walking this would go a bit too fast and she couldn't keep up! It would have been better if it needed a bit more strength to push it. Overall though a good all round toy which has many functions and different elements for children to play with. Now that she can walk on her own she likes pushing it round.
Laura, Coles
21-Sep-2013
A brilliant toy
Natasha, Torrens
14-Sep-2013
Love this walker so much i bought it twice and for 2 different kids. Amazing value and they enjoy it ong after they have earned to walk very educational and entertaining. Also as a parent its nice to have a musical toy that is not repetitive and irratating. Will buy again when i have next one.
Rachael, Gibbons
08-Sep-2013
great product lots of fun hopefully going to get some first steps soon
Adam, Ayres
03-Sep-2013
The 'Vtech First Steps Baby Walker' is a very well thought out and robust item. It contains a front panel which can be removed
sahar, zia
01-Sep-2013
its great. really helpful .
Sarah, Hinchliffe
30-Aug-2013
We love the First Steps Baby Walker! My husband and I bought this for our son's first birthday and it was very simple to put together. We just needed to add batteries and attach the legs - easy peezy. After my son spent 20 minutes unwrapping his new present he wouldn't leave it alone. The sounds and lights entertained him and he loved to press the buttons. Ever since his birthday his walking has come on leaps and bounds and we put this down to his wonderful walker. He is forever charging up and down the living room using his walker which is very entertaining for mummy and daddy. Overall a fab walker and I’d recommend this to anyone with a baby that is learning to walk.
Maria, Ushakova
25-Aug-2013
Great! Good help to start walking. Easy to store. Easy to play. Daughter loves it.
Aimee, Guthrie
17-Aug-2013
My daughter loves this
rachel, davies
04-Aug-2013
so much for my little girl to do she loves the piano especially
Susan, Jeffries
04-Aug-2013
This item is just perfect for my son.
Samantha, Bills
01-Aug-2013
My little boy loved this walker
Sally, Cleminson
31-Jul-2013
Fantastic product. I've used it with both my daughter and son from when they could sit confidently through to helping them walk and beyond. A bright
NISHI, SINGH
30-Jul-2013
I bought it for my daughter when she was one year old.However she was not walking by then.When she first saw the walker she liked it a lot.And in no time she started walking.She is a confident walker now.However she still plays with the toy attached to it.She loves the phone.Thanks VTECH
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