Showing posts with label Pretend Play. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pretend Play. Show all posts


Do your toddlers love watching the Wonder Pets, an American animated children' TV series? Well, the Wonder Pets toys can accompany your toddler to play pretend at home. Like what they watch on TV, they can pretend to be 3 wonder pets save 3 baby animals. It can be played alone, together with friends or parents. So it will be a great role play with The Wonder Pets.


In Fisher Price The Wonder Pets Schoolhouse Adventure Playset, toddlers love to push the phone and hear the voice of the characters. Unfortunately in spite of the fact that the tunnel, the tree and the flag pole are removable, some toddlers found that they come off easily. It lessens their enjoyment in playing this set of toy. You may need some glue to put under the flag pole and the tree to keep them on the same place.

The figure of each the Fisher Price Wonder Pets is different so your toddler cannot put bigger figure in flyboat of another Wonder Pets toy set. For short, the figure and toys of the first set is only fit with the ones came with this set. It may not rise a problem for toddlers who never play Little People series which can be played in any set of Little People. However, to avoid your toddler frustration, you need to explain to your toddler about different size of each toy set.

Talking about colors, this toy set of my friend had unexpected color combination. For example, the color of green and the birds on the tree are green. In my opinion, it does not really support the learning process for your toddlers who in general love various colors.


Fisher Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm with fun animal sounds helps your toddler in getting know how busy and noisy a farm can be. Some toddlers may have known a farm from the DVD playing animal sounds farm or luckily may have visited a farm. My toddler has an experience to meet some animals in several places, so he may grab an image of certain animal and its sound. He sees some chickens, horses, goats, sheep and cows of our neighbors. I found that he can recognize the sound easily and he often imitates or mentions the sound of an animal rather than calls its name. For instance, he says "oink" for a pig, "neigh" for a horse, "moo" for a cow, etc.


Fisher-Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm does not only introduce the sounds of the animals on the farm but also how some animals feel like. Your toddler can touch it and feel the textures of the animals.

Pros:
1. This toy is colorful, safe and very durable, especially for older toddlers who do not bite the fur or put the toy into their mouths. There are no little pieces or sharp edges to worry about.
2. This toy has a realistic sound.
3. The figures of animals are easy to handle.
4. The fur and the hair of the animals add more fun and it is good to be a tactile stimulation.

Cons:
1. The hair of the animals is easily come out. It makes the toys are not really safe for little toddler who likes to put something in his mouth.
2. The on/off switch button is on the bottom of the toy. Your toddler may drag or push the toy across the floor and activate this button. He may get frustrated to turn it back on or off by himself.
3. The silo does come unattached very easily and it could it be annoying for you to keep fixing it.

Suggestion:
Fisher-Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm is a touch and feel toy with fur and hair. I believe that you have considered this matter before purchasing this toy. I suggest you to know the development stage of your toddler in terms of whether he still puts something in his mouth or not.
In addition, again, Fisher-Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm toy has fur and hair. As a result, you may consider before purchasing one for a toddler with asthma and such allergic in order to avoid unexpected illness.

Below is another version of Little People Animal Sounds Farm. You may choose the one you like before purchasing it for your beloved toddler.

Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool

Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool is an amazing playset to collect. Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool provides both education and entertainment for toddlers from 24 months to 5 years. For younger toddler, it may give an introduction to learn colors, shapes, numbers one through twenty. The size of each little people figurine is suit to the small hands of toddler so it can be easily grab. With each Little People carrying a number from one to ten, this toy set help toddlers learning numbers, shapes and colors. Actually, there are so many activities to do with this toy and that means toddlers can play "school" for several hours which in my opinion will influence toddlers' development. The mat at the base of the little red schoolhouse provides quizzes and interactive games. A quiz can be taken with the question button. Toddlers can play musical tune too by pressing the piano seat. Other activity for toddlers is hearing numbers being counted by sliding the abacus. Moreover, toddlers may wander the interactive sidewalk as it travels from one to ten, following songs, fun sound effects and spoken words.

Pros:
1. Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool contains all the Little People characters, while some other sets have only one or two. Besides, it is provided with a little easel and piano which make them a cute addition.
2. The satisfyingly grabbable size of each Little People figurine is fit to little hands.
3. Toddlers, even some smaller ones, loves pushing the buttons, moving the rings on the abacus and playing with all of the Little People figurine. The abacus rings do stick slightly at the top when moved around. However, some little toddlers had no trouble moving them.
4. The storage compartment in the back does fit all of the people easily.
5. Fisher Price definitely thought about all the small details on Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool. Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool is both educational and fun since there are a lot of activities to with this toy. Toddlers love pressing the buttons, moving the rings on the abacus, playing with little people figurine and enjoying playground and inside classrooom activities. The bright colour and the music in this playset encourage toddlers to explore more and more. Those activities support them to learn about preschool with no pressure.
6. The construction of Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool is sturdy and very good. The mat takes part in teaching toddlers about shapes and colors.
7. The sound is in comfortable volume level, meaning to say that this playset set is not as loud as some other preschool toys.

Contras:
1. The concept of Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool is fine, but the way the toy is laid out, makes it hard to use as a teaching tool. it is too easy to activate the different "sounds" while in the process of doing something else. For example, parents may be playing with the numbers but if the toddlers touches the play mat, it will talk about colors.
2. The bead rings of the abacus a bit hard to slide when it reaches the top. Some toddlers may get mad to face it.
3. The batteries in the toy were dead upon arrival. Hope you get the "alive" ones.
4. The problem with the Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool is that all of the features are very one dimensional. Toddlers can do one thing with each of all pieces, so there is sufficient room for imagination.
5. The touch-activated mat sometimes make toddlers simply touch and listen to the sound effect or hear the sound produced without really learn something from it. Some toddlers do not really care about the quizzes and the interactive games.

Suggestions:
You need to flatten the mat and ABC Zoo for several days but after that it will stay flat and lay nicely. :) To avoid too much a school time for young toddlers, you can just introduce the slide, swing, piano and little people figurine first. Then some others as soon as they grow up.

Every toy has pros and cons you as parents may consider before purchasing it. However, for Fisher Price Little People Time-to-Learn Preschool, you get a lot for your money.

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