This site uses cookies to store information on your computer.

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more detailed information on the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Home
»
Others
»
Minnie Mouse Learning Watch
3-6
YEARS

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Or, jump to a slide by selecting one of the thumbnails.

  • Sharing requires the usage of some social network sharing plugins cookies. Please allow social network sharing plugins cookies using Cookie settings

Minnie Mouse Learning Watch

Developmental Benefits

Independent Play
Independent Play
Role Play
Role Play
Imaginitive Play
Imaginitive Play

Developmental Benefits

Minnie Mouse Learning Watch

Independent Play
  • Games and voice prompts allow children to control the pace.
  • Early play in infants tends to be solitary or takes place alongside other children. Young children learn how to interact with other children through play but they can also explore and learn independently. The initial play experience for infants is when they begin to explore through moving and acting upon the world. Many toys offer infants the opportunity to learn more about their world. Young children will sometimes act out some aspect of their lives e.g. going to the shops and then they involve their toys in these activities. These young children are playing independently but they are also reinforcing their understanding of the social world by acting out scenarios.
    Young children can consolidate their existing skills by repeating actions whilst playing a game. Learning to play independently has its benefits, for instance, children using an educational game can control their own pace. Children sometimes choose to work independently in order to build up their confidence. Toys and computer games that facilitate independent activity at the right level for the child enhance problem solving skills and increase hand and eye coordination. Although cooperative play increases during childhood, children still spend the equivalent amount of time in solitary or independent play.
Role Play
  • Develops imagination and encourages cooperation, listening and turn-taking.
  • Role play is a form of social pretend play. Children benefit from social pretend play because it can help them to revisit events that may have provoked some anxiety in the past. For instance, after a visit to the doctors children often play at being doctors and nurses. Role play not only reflects but also contributes to children’s cognitive and social skills. Playing out an experience enables children to understand more about it.
    Research has shown that during social pretend play, young children’s interactions last longer, are more engaging and also more cooperative. Nursery school children who spend more time in socio-dramatic role playing are also perceived as more socially competent by their teachers. Role play enhances many cognitive abilities such as sustained attention, memory, language and literacy skills, and helps children to understand and manage their emotions. Role play is generally a social activity but some children can engage in solitary role play where they create imaginary companions. Games where children can create worlds and populate them with their own characters can be beneficial.
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.
Best for ages:
3 to 6 Years
Highlights
t’s time for an adventure with the Minnie Mouse Learning Watch!
Description
t’s time for an adventure with the Minnie Mouse Learning Watch! This wristwatch for kids features eight digital clock faces, time tools and four games. Hear Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse guide you through the games. Minnie Mouse is locked in a maze! Use the arrow buttons to help her find her way out of the maze. Help Minnie Mouse and her friends navigate the funhouse by choosing the correct shape on the doors. Ride the Floaty Coaster with Mickey Mouse and friends. Answer basic math questions to send the coaster into the Funhouse Forest. Watch Mickey Mouse and his friends doing stretches and choose the one whose stretches don’t match the others. Clock faces feature Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Teddy and Funny the Funhouse. Time tools include a stopwatch, timer, alarm and cuckoo clock. Hooray!

Recommended Products

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Or, jump to a slide by selecting one of the thumbnails.