Animals

Hungry Pelican:

Perfect for new sitters and older! Practice grasping and releasing as you feed the hungry pelican the different snacks. Increase emotional intelligence by practicing giving the pelican a hug or a high five! This is one of our favorite toys for imitation, too!
Functional Language: eat, yum, in, out, hug

Fine Motor Feeding Friends:

Increase fine motor strength and coordination and color sorting skills by using tweezers to pick up small pieces to feed the animals. 
Functional Language: colors, animals, animal sounds, squeeze, drop, feed, eat

Melissa & Doug Pets Sound Puzzle:

Introduce this sound puzzle to your independent sitter to start working on developing pincer grasp. When baby pulls the pieces off, listen to the animal sound, imitate the sound, then PAUSE and wait for baby to try to imitate the sound, too. As your little one grows, work on matching the puzzle pieces on the board.
Functional Language: animal names and sounds, on, off

Jumbo Pets:

Practice imitation skills with these large pets. Model different actions (walking, jumping, swimming, & flying) and sounds (animal sounds) with the pets, then PAUSE and wait for your little one to imitate you.
Functional Language: animal names and sounds, walk, jump, swim, fly

Melissa & Doug Fold & Go Barn:

Engage in open-ended play as your little one pretend to be and care for the farm animals.
Functional Language: barn, up, down, in, out, animal names and sounds

Stacker Puzzle:

Great activity to keep in the car for restaurants and other outings. Increase fine motor and problem solving skills by balancing and stacking the animals. Then practice imitation skills by using the animals for open-ended play.
Functional Language: animal names and sounds, stack, up, on top, crash

Jumbo Knob Pet Puzzle:

Perfect first puzzle! Model taking the puzzle piece out by grasping the large knob with whole hand and slamming the piece on the floor to make a “bang” sound. You can label the motion with “off.” Baby will want to imitate you to try and make the same “bang” sound with the puzzle piece.
Functional Language: off, on, in, bang, cat, dog, bird, animal sounds

Animal Parade Puzzle & Play Set:

A great hands-on way to practice ABC’s and letter recognition. Your toddler will love trying to fit all of the animals together! For younger toddlers, hold up animals and practice making their different sounds.
Functional Language: alphabet, together, apart, animals and sounds

Crawling Toy Cat:

Help motivate your baby to crawl with this interactive toy. Increase cause & effect skills and upper body strengthening by pressing the cat’s back to make it go!
Functional Language: push, go, stop, cat, meow

Critter Clinic:

One of my favorite toys for motor and language development! Use keys to increase fine motor skills by locking/unlocking different doors. Then, practice pretend play and imitation skills by playing “vet” and taking care of the animals.
Functional Language: open, close, in, out, animals and sounds

Walk Along Wooden Dog:

New sitters will love pushing this dog back and forth and trying to imitate a dog sound. Practice pulling the dog around as your little one starts walking.
Functional Language: dog, ruff, pull, push

Scribble Scrubbies:

Practice pencil grasp and coloring skills by coloring the different animals. “Wash” off the animals in the bathtub and shower sprayer to make them clean again!
Functional Language: color, wash, scrub, clean, dirty, wet, dry