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Balancing Cactus Game by Plan Toys
What a great game for teaching planning and imaginative skills! The Balancing Cactus by Plan Toys challenges children's cognitive abilities forcing them to think and plan. Without even realizing it kids will also developing fine motor skills and hand eye coordination while trying to add or remove cactus stems from the tree without making it fall over. Your child can play alone or have up to 3 friends joining in the building fun! Each player gets a turn to help build the Cactus tree (adding or reducing the cactus stems), but beware if you make the cactus fall over first you loose!
This is a great family game and gift for children over three years of age. Plan Toys are made from natural, chemical free rubber wood and finished with non-toxic and child friendly colors.
Awards: German Design Prize Spiel Gut Award
Balancing Cactus Game by Plan Toys consists of: * A wooden base with 5 holes * 18 various colored pieces The dimensions of the game: Base: Height 3.5 x Dia. 2.25 in Largest piece: Height 3.25 in. Smallest piece: Height 2 in. A fun thinking game for 1-4 players Recommended ages: 3 years and up PlanToys are made from natural, chemical free rubber wood and finished with non-toxic and child friendly colors.
Balancing Cactus Game is manufactured by Plan Toys in
Thailand
Lots of fun Robyn of Calgary, Alberta from 2/1/2010 1:33:22 PM
My daughter is two and really loves this toy. At first she would pass us the pieces and watched us build it for her so she could knock it over. Now she builds it by herself and is still working on how to place the pieces so it doesnt tip over. 6 months later, she is still very interested in this toy, which makes it a winner in our books! It is also very well made.
Fun even for parents! Jean-Francois of Inuvik, Northwest Territories from 1/31/2010 12:49:49 PM
Nicely crafted this cactus will entertain babies from 18 months to ... parents!
Good learning toy Jean-Francois of Inuvik, Northwest Territories from 4/29/2009 8:09:31 PM
This wooden balancing toy is well designed and fun to play.
cactus fun bobbi of summerland, British Columbia from 3/4/2009 9:08:16 AM
my 3 year old loves it, he spends hours putting together the endless possibilities of this balancing act!
very innovative Amy of Burlington, Ontario from 10/24/2008 12:39:39 PM
Being a homeschooling mom of three I need fun puzzles that one child can work on while I work one on one with another child. This balancing game fits the bill! All my children enjoy playing with this game individually, from my youngest (2) to my oldest (6). Made from wonderful wood, and feels great. Highly recommend.
Baby Box - 50 XL pcs, baby building blocks First Building Blocks for your Baby Heros Baby Blocks (Baby Box) is a great set for babies and toddlers to start with. Heros´ Baby Box contain 50 giant building blocks, just the right size for those little hands!
Heros wooden Baby Building Blocks measures 1.25 to 4.75 inches long and the thickness of the blocks vary between 0.75 and 1.5 inches thick.
These heirloom quality building blocks are made in Germany and is designed to enhance a child's motor skills and intellectual capacity whilst providing hours of fun. Heros is a German company specializing in top quality wooden toys from the German Bavarian Forest. Heros Baby Building Blocks are finished with washable non-toxic paints and lacquers. The blocks are ruggedly constructed from renewable hard woods are extremely safe and is manufactured in Germany to EN 71 standards.
Georello Jungle Gears Toy Kids love this exciting gear toy. Let there imagination take flight and dream up safari parks, wild jungles or maybe a zoo. This construction set does more than just entertain - it also teaches simple mechanics and develop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills (dexterity), and spatial awareness.
Cone Sorting Stacking Toy This Cone Sorting Staking toy from Plan Toys are very versatile offering your creative child many open ended play possibilities. Kids get to learn about height, depth, size, sequencing and more with this unique and charming nine-piece wooden toy set from Plan Toys which assembles into a colorful cone shape structure or anything else your child may come up with. The different pieces all have different characteristics allowing for a lot of exploration and discoveries for children age 2 to much older!
Bug Balancing Game An exciting game of balance! Children will quickly discover the effect of placing the wrong size bug on the designated color spot on the balancing tree! Roll the dice, catch the bugs, put them on the tree and see how long they can stay on. The cheerfully painted bugs come in three different sizes. What a great game for introducing important mathematical and scientific concepts like force and momentum without having to get technical. The Bug Balancing Tree by Plan Toys will challenge your child's thinking and planning skills, introducing concepts like the effects of applying forces of different magnitude (ladybugs of different sizes) at varying distances (the colored spots on the tree's leaves) from a fixed point (the tree trunk) - keeping in mind that there are already forces applied (the bugs already placed on the leaves) at other points (colored spots) around the same point (tree trunk). Truly a very innovative game that will teach important concepts and skills while providing a lot of amusement and fun.
Tie-Up Lacing Shoe Preschoolers enjoy learning to tie their own shoes with this cute wooden Tie-Up Lacing Shoe by Plan Toys. This is the perfect shoe to teach children how to lace and tie, developing fine motor skills and dexterity of the fingers while lacing. With some help from mom and dad kids will learn how to thread in and out and create a bow.
The following developmental skills and benefits are encouraged by Balancing Cactus Game learning toy:
Balancing Cactus Game develops Fine motor skills Fine motor skills involve a refined use of the small muscles controlling the hand, fingers, thumb, wrists, feet, toes, lips, and tongue.
The development of these skills allows one to be able to complete tasks such as writing, drawing, buttoning and speech. Fine motor abilities develop over time, starting with primitive gestures such as grabbing at objects, that develop into basic grasping and manipulation skills to more precise activities that involve precise hand-eye coordination in preschool years and onwards.
The preschooler becomes quite adept in self-help, construction, holding grips, and bimanual control tasks requiring the use of both hands. When the child enters middle childhood they make great progress in their artistic abilities. They begin to express themselves through drawing, sculpting, and clay modeling.
Balancing Cactus Game develops Hand Eye Coordination Hand-eye coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the information received through the eyes to control, guide, and direct the hands in the accomplishment of a given task, such as handwriting or catching a ball
Balancing Cactus Game develops problem solving/Cognitive Development Cognitive development is the process by which the brain develops the abilities to learn, remember and solve problems.
The foundation for these abilities starts during infancy as the brain begins forming countless synapses, or connections, between brain or nerve cells. The brain is made up of neurons (nerve cells resembling long wires).
When a baby is born there are relatively few connections between the neurons, and it is you and your baby's primary task to make new ones. Connections (synapses) between brain cells are made when a baby receives stimulation. As you engage and responds to your baby, you are helping to activate the formation of synapses. The synapses will combine to form neural pathways, and the configuration of those pathways will determine the child's ability to learn, relate to people, manage emotions, and function in the world.
Balancing Cactus Game stimulates Social Development Social Development is defined as a baby/child/person's ability to interact with others, including helping themselves and self-control.
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