Inchworm
Inchworm - KA10494
The popular inchworm comes with a mirror, a soft teether, crinkly cheeks, eight feet, and a cuddly body! Babies can hug and babies can bite.
Size:
43cm(W) x 13cm(H) x 12cm(D)
Hugging - building a sense of security
The inchworm is made from high-quality materials. It is soft and comfortable, great for hugging. Hugging also teaches children to care for others.
Gross motor skills training - shaking
The inchworm is soft and great for children to hold and grasp. Encourage children to hold the inchworm with one or both hands. Then they can shake it to make different sounds.
Gross motor skills training - crawling toward sounds
Shake the inchworm in front of your child and encourage her to crawl toward the rattle sounds.
Developing self-awareness using a mirror
Encourage your child to observe and recognize her own image in the mirror. This builds up her self-image.
Listening training - reacting to sounds
Use the rattles, squeakers and crinkle paper to make sounds to the right and left side of your child's head. Then observe if your child moves her head or gaze to follow the sounds. This trains her listening skills and attention.
Fine motor skills training - grasping and pressing
The inchworm is made of crinkle paper, rattles and other small parts. Encourage your child to grasp and shake the different parts with both their right and left hands.
Sense stimulation - touching and feeling different textures
The inchworm is made from different materials. Encourage your child to touch and feel the different textures and to chew on the teether.
Cognitive training - learning colors
Use the different colors of the inchworm to teach children to recognize colors.
Cognitive training - Pointing out colors
Say a color and encourage your child to point to it on the inchworm.
Numbers and counting - count 8 feet or 4 pairs of feet
Together with your child, count the inchworm’s 8 feet. You may also count them as 4 pairs of feet.