First Friends Polar Boy

Bio First Friends Polar Boy

8x5.5x11.5cm(L/W/H)

• Polar themed First Friends character
• Clicking, moving arms and legs
• Squeaking tummy
• Cute and poseable
• Squeaking tummy
• Safe for teething
• Collectable
• Encourage imaginative play
• Individually packed

• 12+ months

  • Introduce your baby to the First Friends character(s).
  • 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.
  • If the character does a job, explain what that job is, and what the character does e.g. ‘She�s a diver, she goes underwater to look at the fish or to find sunken treasure!’, ‘He�s a pilot - he flies aeroplanes so that people can go to other places’
  • Encourage your child to handle and move the character into different positions
  • Ask your child simple questions such as �can you make the head move?�
  • Encourage your child to talk about his or her new friend
  • Praise your child for any attempt made to join in with making sounds and moving the parts
  
  

  18+ months

  • Talk about your child�s First Friend character(s) - mentioning its different characteristics such as colour, clothes, etc.
  • Talk with your child about the character�s job - e.g what does a diver do? What sort of things might a diver see underwater?
  • Introduce vocabulary such as ‘sitting’ ‘running’ ‘driving’ etc according to the different actions the character can demonstrate as you play
  • Ask your child questions about the character and encourage your child to ask questions back!
  • If the opportunity arises, show your child the real-life version of his/her First Friend�s character and talk about the similarities between the two.
  • Encourage lots of pretend play with the characters, helping to devise scenarios if necessary but also letting your child take the lead with their ideas as much as possible.