Features:

- Fun rattle - Colorful grab strips - Squeaker head - Textured back

The Senses:

- Baby Bug s pleasant colors and colorful beads help develop baby s sight.

- The variety of materials, such as the rough and smooth plastic and the different fabrics develop baby s sense of touch.

- The various sounds such as the rattle of the beads and the squeaky head develop baby s hearing.

- These features will encourage baby to grip the toy and explore it with her hand and mouth.

- As baby looks at the Baby Bug, feeling the different textures and listening to the sounds, she develops her sight, sense of touch and hearing, and coordination between them.

Gross Motor Skills:

- When baby tries to reach her hand out to the Baby Bug toy in front of her she lifts her arm as one unit, an action which starts where her arm meets her shoulder, strengthening these muscles and those all along her arm. These muscles are part of the group of muscles used when developing gross motor skills.

Fine Motor Skills:

- Baby uses her hands in different ways (as well as using different types of grips), practicing and developing fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination. Following are some activities she may perform:

- Grab the big ring with all her fingers.

- Shake the Baby Bug or squeeze the head to hear the sounds.

- Turn the transparent rattle and practice a pinch grasp to hold on to the colorful grab legs.

Cognitive:

- Baby will learn about the connection between her actions and the effects they cause (cause & effect) when she:

- Holds the Baby Bug in her hand, turns it over to see the colorful beads flow.

- Shakes it to hear the different sounds the rattle makes (she learns the connection between her hand movement and the volume of the noise -- the harder she shakes, the louder the noise).

- Squeezes the head to hear the squeaking sound.

Ages: 3-12 Months

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