First Friends Penguin

Bio First Friends Penguin

8x5.5x9cm(L/W/H)

• Hear the baby Penguin tweet!
• Adorable face
• Clicking, moving head.
• Moving wings
• Squeaky legs when pressed downwards.
• Encourages imaginative play.

• 12+ months

  • Let your child explore the toy and find out which features move and make a sound - if necessary assist and show them all the moving, clicking parts.
  • Ask your child simple questions such as "Can you make the head move?"
  • Encourage your child to imitate any sounds the animals might make.
  • Encourage imaginative play in combination with other items from the First Friends collection.
  • Talk about the animal in terms of size, colour, sounds they make and features they have such as mane, tail, hooves, claws, ears, etc.
  • Show them pictures/photos of animals in books and encourage them to recognise the similar features of image and toy.
  
  

  18+ months

  • Introduce vocabulary such as ‘sitting’ ‘running’ ‘barking’ ‘mooing’ etc according to the different actions and sounds the animals can demonstrate as you play together.
  • Talk about where you might see the animals - eg in the wild, on a farm, in a zoo etc
  • Compare the toy animals with their real life counter-parts in books, on the television or in real life. Show your child the similarities - eg, �the elephant has big ears, just like your First Friends elephant�
  • Ask your child if he or she has a favourite animal and find out what he or she likes about that animal. Encourage your child to talk about the animal�s different features and abilities.
  • Encourage lots of pretend play with the animals, letting your child take the lead, but assisting with ideas if necessary.
  • Compare the animal�s features and abilities to your own or that of your child e.g. "Can Mummy run as fast as the cheetah?", "Do you have as many teeth as the crocodile?" , "Who has bigger ears, you or an elephant?"
  • Talk about what the animals might eat - eg �the giraffe likes to munch on leaves from a tall tree�