Contents:

This boxed set includes materials that are specifically designed to help your babies physical and mental development.

The contents of the box are:

•  2 x Tummy Time Fold-Out Books
•  10 x High Contrast Double-Sided Flash Cards
• 5 x Cardboard Finger Puppets
• 3 x Cardboard Stacking Cubes
• 1 x Enviromental Matching game with 12 pieces

Instructions

1.       Tummy Time Fold-Out Books (0-6 months)

How to use:

• Lay your baby flat on their stomach, on a flat surface.
• Hold the Tummy Time Fold-Out Book close to your baby, in their line of vision.
•  Slowly change the pages and encourage your baby to crawl/move.
• Imitate animal noises while showing different pages with animals.
• Repeat every day, starting with 2-3 minute sessions and increasing the session time after you baby’s attention span increases.

Benefits:

• Tummy time exercises help develop your baby’s back, shoulder and neck muscles.
• Provides visual stimuli for brain development
• Increases attention span
• Lays out the ground work for language and speech development.

2.       High Contrast Flash Cards (0-6 months)

How to use:

• Have your baby seated on a high chair or another seat.
• Hold the flash cards close to your baby, preferably 10-15 inches away
•  Show the cards one-by-one.
• You can say a few words about each card to present another type of sensory stimulation to your baby.

Benefits:

• Provides visual stimulus via high contrast visuals.
•  Improves hand-eye coordination.
•  Lays out the ground work for language and speech development.

3.       Finger Puppets (6-12 months)

How to use:

• Place the finger puppets on your fingers. You can have one in each hand if you’d like to play out a dialog.
•  Hold your hands close to your baby, preferably 15-20 inches away.
• Enact a mini “play” for your baby. You can create dialogs, sing songs etc.

Sample Lines You Can Use:

• “Hello there! I’m Mr. Cat, what’s your name?”
• “The dog says Woof! Woof! Would you like to pet the dog?”
• “Hello Mr. Bear, how are you doing today?”  - “I’m fine Ms. Raccoon, how about yourself?”

Benefits:

• Helps your baby recognize certain phrases in context, like “Bye-bye” and “Hello!”
• Encourages babbling.
• Lays out the ground work for language and speech development.

4.       Stacking Cubes (12-24 months)

How to use:

• Present the cubes to your baby.
• You can stack the cubes for your baby and have them play with it/knock it over.
• Show your baby how to stack the cubes.
• You can enhance this activity by using one of your baby’s favorite plushies/toys and balancing that on the stack.

Benefits:

• Develops fine motor skills.
• Stacking teaches basic concepts of physics (gravity), geometry (shapes), balance, and spatial reasoning.
• Gripping, placing, and stacking cubes strengthens small hand and finger muscles.

5.       Matching Game (24-36 months)

How to use:

• The game’s aim is to match the animals with their habitats.
• The player who matches more animals with their habitat wins the game.

Benefits:

• Enhances memory (short-term and long-term), attention span, and critical thinking.
• Teaches logical thinking, sorting, categorization, and the, understanding of "same" and "different".