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Early Development Skills that Babies Learn with Tumbleroos by Fat Brain Toys

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Lubica Misevski

For babies, every game and toy is a learning experience. Everything your baby touches and every force they observe teaches them something about the world. This item is hard while this one is soft. This toy bounces, but that toy does not. This toy fits into that toy, but not the other way around. Every lesson helps your baby or toddler grow their understanding of the universe and start to build a foundation for critical thinking. This is why we love educational toys so much, even (especially!) at the earliest ages. 

Tumbleroos by Fat Brain Toys are designed to stimulate a baby and or toddler's early developmental skills and their foundation for STEM learning in the future. It's incredible that three simple cups can teach so much! 

What are Tumbleroos by Fat Brain Toys?

Fat Brain Toys focuses on making toys that inspire early childhood thought and skill development and Tumbleroos are no exception. Each set comes with three nesting cups in fun primary colours. Each cup has a large egg-shaped bottom that is rubberized and weighted to make the cups wobbly but tip-resistant. The three cups wobble on their own, stack into each other, and can be tumbled over on purpose. What's incredible is how much your baby can learn by playing with weighted, wobbly, cup stacks like Tumbleroos.

Early Development Babies Can Learn from Playing with Tumbleroos

Learning Colours with Toys

Why do we make baby toys in bold primary and secondary colours? So we can learn colours together! The largest Tumbleroo is blue, the middle is green, and the top tumbler is red. This will give your infant a fun frame of reference when naming the colours of toys in their room together. Once a toddler starts learning colours, they'll name the colours of their Tumbleroos for fun and practice.

Stacking Trains Hand-Eye and Fine Motor Skills

Tumbleroos are, at their heart, stacking cups. We know that stacking is great for a variety of early childhood control skills. Hand-eye coordination is needed to line up and nest the stacks while fine motor control is used to manipulate and control. The tumblers are also large enough to engage large-motor control and standing to stack them can encourage balance development.

Wobbly Stacks Teach Early Physics

Watching stacks wobble teaches first-hand physics and lays your earliest foundation for STEM learning. Tumbleroos teach a toddler that round bottoms can't stay upright, but balanced cups can if stacked carefully. Every cup wobbles, and the way it wobbles shows how it is weighted and the value of a weighted bottom. Your toddler will learn without even realizing it.

Nesting Stacks Teach About Size and Fit

Nesting and size-difference is an essential skill for young children to learn as they figure out how the world works. Because this stacking kit is made of cups, your baby will learn how smaller cups nest into larger cups, but not the other way around. They will learn that stacking Tumbleroos by size always gives the best results.

Two-Texture Cups for Sensory Play

Each Tumbleroo has two textures, the rubberized bottom half and a smooth plastic cup top. The difference in texture and even temperature conduction will provide an element of sensory play for your baby.

Safe for Teething, Banging, and Tossing

Last but not least, Tumbleroos are safe for all manner of infant play, including teething, banging, and tossing from high-chairs. Tumbleroos are designed to roll, wobble, and settle upright for endless indestructible play.

If you are stocking the perfect nursery for your little one's early childhood development, Fat Brain Toys has your interests at heart with every design, including these brightly coloured stacking wobble-cups we like to call Tumbleroos. 

To purchase your Tumbleroos, you can simply go to our Fat Brain Toy Co range. 

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Dimpl Digits by Fat Brain Toys: Enhancing Fine Motor Skills and Number Recognition

Posted on April 08, 2021 by Lubica Misevski

From their earliest days, playing with the right toys is critical for your child's development. Choosing the right toys can help your child develop learning and problem-solving skills that can carry them through school and beyond, enhancing brain development and setting them up for success. Choosing high-quality toys can help improve your child's cognitive processing skills and provide them with the assistance and skills they need in order to succeed in many areas of life, from education to future job opportunities. 

Like many of the toys in the Fat Brain Toys line, Dimpl Digits helps your child learn several critical developmental skills as they explore the world around them. 

Dimpl Digits Provides a Tactile Sensory Experience

Each wedge in the bright colour wheel contains a bubble that children can press, creating a soft popping sound. They can then flip it over and pop the bubbles all over again, providing them with a fun sensory experience that they'll be slow to put down. Each silicone bubble has a different raised number, creating a unique texture under your child's fingers. This tactile exploration is a great way to keep little hands busy no matter where you are: waiting in line, playing in the floor at home, or taking a trip in the car. Tactile exploration is also a great way to help older kids pay attention to the task at hand, giving them an outlet for their energy and allowing them to focus more effectively on listening to instructions, lessons, or parental input.

Bright Colours Encourage Visual Development and Colour Recognition

The Dimpl Digits toy forms a full colour wheel that will be sure to light up your child's eyes and encourage colour recognition skills. Your child will love learning to identify the different colours as they handle them and name them for you. The bright colours will also encourage colour appreciation and catch your child's attention. 

Dimpl Digits Can Enhance Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are critical for many stages of your child's development. With Dimpl Digits, your child won't realize that they're learning--but they'll develop those vital fine motor skills nonetheless. Improved fine motor skills can make it easier for your child to write, cut, and handle fine tactile motions. As your child manipulates the silicone bubbles in the Dimpl Digits toy, they will have the chance to naturally improve those skills, all while enjoying a fun tactile experience. 

Help Your Child Learn Counting and Number Recognition

Like many of the toys in the Fat Brain line, Dimpl Digits does not just serve a single purpose. It also serves to encourage children to learn number recognition and counting skills. Each little silicone bubble has a different number on it from one to ten. As your child plays with Dimpl Digits, he/she can run his/her fingers over those numbers or take a look at them directly. Encourage number recognition as you play with your child by encouraging him/her to touch a specific number or to count his/her way around the circle. 

Choosing the right toys for your child can make an immense difference in overall development. Dimpl Digits is designed to help enhance fine motor skills, encourage colour awareness, and improve number recognition, all in a convenient, easy-to-carry form that your child will be eager to play with. Whether your child needs a toy to use as a distraction when you're out and about or your child needs a new toy to add to your home collection, Dimpl Digits will be sure to fit your needs. Purchase Dimpl Digits today to help encourage your child on his/her learning journey.

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Dimpl Stack by Fat Brain Toy Co: Enhancing STEM Skills from a Young Age

Posted on April 07, 2021 by Lubica Misevski

As the parent of a young child, you may already be aware of the need to provide your child with access to STEM materials and toys. By providing your child with STEM development toys, you can enhance those critical science, math, and technology skills, allowing your child to start to explore the world in a new way and encouraging development in those areas. 

The Dimpl Stack by Fat Brain Toy Co is an excellent way to start enhancing STEM skills from a young age, allowing your child to explore the world around them and providing him/her with much-needed sensory exploration that will help with brain development. 

Stacking and Snapping

The Dimpl Stack contains five separate stacking cups topped by a silicone bubble, which children can press and play with as they work to stack the cups. Each cup is a little bit smaller in size. While your child can use several methods to stack the cups together, ultimately, the cups fit together best when stacked in ascending size order. Your child can learn vital building and engineering skills--all without realizing that he's/she's doing any such thing. With each cup the tower grows, the more confident your little one will become in his/her building skills. Your child will also have the chance to test the cups on different surfaces, learning how they interact with the cups to create a more effective structure. Will the cups stack better on carpet or on hard flooring? Will stacking them on a high chair tray help him/her get them higher? You might already know the answer, but for your little one, those explorations open up a whole new world of exciting STEM skills and interactions. 

Enhanced Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are incredibly important for little ones, and providing them with toys that can help develop those skills can help encourage and guide them as they move forward with their structures. The cups in the Dimpl Stack are the ideal size for little hand to grasp and stack. As your little one stacks those cups together, he/she will learn more about how to carefully manipulate objects and get a better idea of how they interact with one another and the environment around him/her. As his/her fine motor skills improve, he/she will more consistently be able to build the tower to greater heights--then knock it over for a new sensory experience and a lesson in cause and effect.

Tactile Exploration

An important part of learning and growing, not just in STEM fields, but in overall development, is using the senses to explore the world. Your little one will engage with toys with hands and mouth. Dimpl Stack provides the perfect tactile experience. Your little one will learn that when he/she presses down on the soft silicone button at the top of the Dimpl Stack cups, it pops inward. When he/she reaches in from the other side, it will pop back out again. Not only that, he/she will have the chance to explore the different textures of cup and button: hard plastic on the cups, with a softer texture on the top. Each silicone button also has its own unique pattern, which will help provide your child with the experience he/she needs to connect further with the world around him/her.

Are you looking for a toy that will help your child learn and grow?

Dimpl Stack may provide exactly the sensory, tactile stimulation your child needs. Check out the Dimpl Stack product page today to learn more about its features and how it can benefit your child's growth and development, or make a purchase now to allow your child to start playing as soon as possible.

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PipSquigz Ringlets by Fat Brain Toys: Sensory Exploration for the Littlest Learners

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Lubica Misevski

From your child's youngest days, you want to provide them with toys that will stimulate them, encourage brain development, and help them grow. PipSquigz Ringlets are an excellent choice for helping to enhance your child's growth and development, providing STEM-supportive skills and learning that will help set your child on the right path. 

Tactile Exploration

Tactile exploration is an incredibly important step for little learners. Little ones need tactile experiences to learn about the world around them. They need to touch different textures and explore unique things in order to better understand their interactions with the world as a whole. PipSquigz Ringlets have six unique rings with different textures on each ring. Not only are these rings perfect for little learners to run their hands across, they're the perfect size and shape for teething children to put in their mouths: a whole new way for children to explore these toys and learn more about the world as a whole. 

This sensory experience will also help encourage your child to further explore the world around them. Children learn and explore best when they are stimulated by rewards. PipSquigz Ringlets each have a different texture, which means your child will have a unique experience every time s/he interacts with a different ring. As a result, s/he will naturally feel excited about checking out each of the different pieces--and often take that curiosity and exploration to other areas of their world, too. 

Fine Motor Skills

PipSquigz Ringlets lock neatly together and pull back apart again: the perfect way for little hands to explore fine motor skills. The littlest learners will get a giggle out of pulling the rings back apart again and again after you take the time to snap them together, while older babies will enjoy snapping the rings together for themselves. This simple pull apart/snap back together motion is incredibly important, not just in allowing your child to explore the world, but in enhancing fine motor skills. Fine motor skills will help your child as s/he moves through school, providing him/her with the skills needed to colour, use scissors, and use a pencil or pen. Enhanced fine motor skills from an early age can help set your child up for success. PipSquigz Ringlets will help your child develop those skills in a way that doesn't feel like learning. Instead, your child will simply feel as though s/he is having fun! As s/he takes the rings apart and snaps them back together again, s/he will also have a chance to explore cause and effect and the way things fit together, helping them gain perspective on the world and how he/she interacts with it. 

Take Your Tactile Experience Anywhere You Can Go

With today's busy lifestyles, you want your child to be able to learn and grow wherever you are, whether you're waiting in line or headed off on a road trip. PipSquigz Ringlets are the ideal toy for taking anywhere. The rings will hook easily to anything you like: your child's carrier or car seat, the high chair in a restaurant, or a stroller as you head out for a walk. Your child can continue those fun sensory explorations while you take care of your errands or simply get in some exercise, taking that learning and growth with you no matter where you are. 

Are you looking for a great addition to your child's toy box? PipSquigz Ringlets could provide the exciting sensory experience your child needs to help with growth and development. Add the PipSquigz Ringlets to your child's toy box today and watch your child's growth and development in new and exciting ways. 

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Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run: Rolling, Wobbling Fun For Toddlers

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Lubica Misevski

When you choose a toy for your child, you want to be sure it's one that has value: one that will encourage brain development along with allowing for hours of playful fun. The Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run delivers. 

This classic ball run toy adds a twist that little ones are sure to love: a wobbly base that shifts back and forth as the balls roll down the slope, creating even more engagement and movement for your little one.

The Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run also offers several advantages for your child's overall brain development. 

Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are incredibly important for developing little learners. As they grasp the balls in their hands and maneuver them into the appropriate spot, little ones will continue to develop these vital skills. Balls can quickly roll away or out of their grip, encouraging them to keep trying again and again. These balls are ideally sized for little hands, so they're easier to hold on to than the marbles you might find in a smaller marble run.

Developing fine motor skills can help your child learn how to manipulate small pieces and even help improve handwriting skills long before your little one first wraps their fingers around a crayon. Fine motor skills can prove imperative in navigating everyday life--and providing the right toys, like the Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run, can make it easier to develop those skills. 

Cause and Effect Learning

What happens when you drop the ball into the track? How does it impact the toy when you wobble it from side to side? What if you poke the ball and set it rolling? The Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run allows plenty of opportunities for cause and effect learning. Through their interactions with the toy, little ones will get a better idea of how the world works and what they can expect during specific interactions. Their play will teach them that the same things happen each time they perform those familiar actions, enhancing their overall understanding of the world around them.

Experimentation

A willingness to experiment is incredibly important, both in childhood and as your little one grows and develops. Experimentation can help show your little one what happens when they take specific actions, how to adapt those actions, and what they need to change in order to get the desired response. Through that experimentation, your little one will learn what happens when they drop the balls, rock the base, or move it around in their play space. A willingness to experiment will not only encourage your little one through play, it will provide vital adaptive skills that will aid them in many areas of life. Satisfactory experiments in this arena can encourage your little one to explore in others, too! 

Sensory Exploration

Like many of the toys in the Fat Brain Toys line, the Wobble Run allows for sensory exploration. The balls are weighted, providing a satisfying heft in your little one's hand. Each of the tracks comes with a unique texture, which your little one can explore as they learn more about the world around them. This sensory exploration is ideal for little ones, who benefit from bright colors, unique textures, and other interactive learning opportunities like those offered by the Fat Brain Toys line. 

The Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run works much like a traditional marble run, with removable run pieces that can be put back together in any order and different textures for your little one to explore. It also, however, offers the advantage of being ideally designed for little hands, making it the perfect toy for little ones between the ages of one and three. 

You can buy your Fat Brain Toys Wobble Run here. 

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Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory: Unique Shape Sorting Fun

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Lubica Misevski

Sorting shapes has never been so much fun for little ones as when they sit down to enjoy Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory. This unique toy adds a twist to the classic shape sorter many children play with in early childhood. While the toy contains only four slots, it has ten unique shapes that fit into those slots. By twisting, sorting, and playing, children can determine how each of the shapes fits through the slots. With the push of a button, the slots change, the top twists, and children have a unique opportunity to explore the toy all over again. 

Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory encourages a number of developmental skills that can serve children well as they grow and play. 

Spatial Reasoning

Not only does spatial reasoning help children learn how shapes fit together and interact with their environments, spatial reasoning skills can serve as a predictor of future problem-solving and higher-order maths skills. Children with solid spatial reasoning skills have the ability to take abstract pieces of information and connect them together in effective ways, allowing them to solve complex theoretical problems. Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory allows for an early look at this style of spatial reasoning as children shift and adapt the blocks to fit them into the spaces more effectively. 

Problem-Solving

Not only does Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory allow children to explore complex spatial reasoning challenges, it encourages problem-solving skills. Children can explore the shapes in their hands, twisting and turning them until they fit into the spaces. Children must also consider when to press the button to change the shapes, shifting the problem in front of them--and once they have the shapes in place, they must evaluate the toy to figure out how to release the shapes and start the fun all over again. Problem-solving skills can help children adapt and flourish in many areas of life. With healthy problem-solving skills, they will have a better idea of how to approach challenges and how to navigate solutions, even in complex scenarios. 

Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are incredibly important for little learners. They need fine motor skills to manipulate small objects and eventually to learn how to write and operate with precision. Early fine motor skills success can help encourage children to further develop those skills and interact with more complex aspects of their environment. Due to the precision needed to move each shape into the appropriate space, Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory helps children develop and practice their fine motor skills in an age-appropriate way. 

Experimentation

Every shape does not fit into every hole. In order to get the shapes into the right spaces, children will have to experiment and explore. Will this shape go here? What happens if they turn it this way? Throughout their play with the Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory, children will have the chance to experiment with their environment and get a better picture of how it will respond. Not only does this provide them with a more solid idea of the world around them, it can help encourage an attitude of experimentation that can carry children through the rest of their lives. A willingness to experiment can help children develop flexibility, problem-solving skills, and enhanced ability to cope with challenges around them--not to mention preparing them to come up with creative solutions to real-world issues.

Appropriate for children age two and up, the Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory is a great choice for encouraging learning and development through play. If you're looking for an excellent STEM toy addition to your child's toy box, this toy is an excellent place to start. 

To purchase your Fat Brain Toys Shape Factory, please go to click here or you can explore our extensive range of Fat Brain Toys. 

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Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy by Fat Brain Toys: The Benefits to Developing Minds

Posted on June 03, 2020 by Lubica Misevski

Like many of the toys in the Fat Brain Toys line, the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy has a number of exceptional benefits for developing young minds.

It's little wonder that the Parents Choice Gold Awards has recognised this toy. With multiple textures and concepts to explore, the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 toddler toy, which includes a watermelon, a pear, and an orange, offers several options for play. 

The toy comes with an orange, which breaks down into four pieces; a watermelon slice, which breaks down into 3 pieces; and a pear slice, which is just a single piece. Each piece offers a range of sensory experiences: as the pear wobbles, it offers soft chimes to delight little ears, while the orange, which has four thick slices, snaps back together with magnets. The watermelon pieces stack together on a peg base that wobbles back and forth, with little silicone seeds that offer a fascinating texture for little fingers to explore. 

The Benefits of the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy

The Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy offers several advantages to developing young minds, including:

Building fine motor skills. Both the watermelon and the orange in the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy can be taken apart and put back together again, encouraging the development of fine motor skills. The toys are designed to allow little fingers to easily put them back together but require enough maneuvering to help encourage fine motor skills and improve overall development. 

Sensory learning. Each piece of the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy offers a different sensory experience. The soft chimes coming from the pear engage listening skills and delight little learners, while the silicone seeds on the watermelon offer a unique texture for little fingers. The magnets in the orange can also offer sensory exploration as they connect to one another. 

Tactile learning. Little ones will love the tactile experience offered by the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy. Each piece offers a different tactile experience, making each toy a unique hands-on learning opportunity. Little learners develop their skills best when they're allowed to interact with their world in a safe environment, and the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy provides the perfect opportunity for tactile exploration. Toddlers can explore how the pieces interact together, fitting them together and taking them apart, as well as enjoying the rocking of the pear and the watermelon or turning the orange on the floor. 

Cause/effect learning. When toddlers shake or rock the pear, it makes a delightful chime that engages the senses and encourages further interaction. Likewise, when they pull the orange apart, the pieces separate--and when they put the orange pieces close to one another, they connect again. This cause/effect style learning allows toddlers to explore the relationship with the world around them while playing with the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy. 

Imaginative play. Not only does the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy encourage many types of sensory learning and integration, but it also allows children to further explore the world around them through imaginative play. Does your toddler want to talk to the orange? To pretend to eat the bright, colourful figures? As your child grows, he can continue to engage in more imaginative play with these toys.

The Fat Brain Toys line focuses on providing developmentally appropriate toys for little ones--and the Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy certainly fits the bill. With plenty of options for exploring and playing, this toy is sure to delight the toddlers in your life while providing an excellent learning experience every time they play. Contact us to learn more about toys that can help your little one grow. 

To purchase your Fruit Friends 3 in 1 Toddler Toy, please click here. 

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