Toy: Laugh and Learn TM Love to Play Puppy TM
Brand: Fisher Price
Disability Category: Rating: (out of ****)
Physical ***
Sensory ***
Communicative ****
Cognitive ****
Toy Company:
Price: $23.00
Box Age Range: 6 months – 3 years
# Pieces: 1
Washability: clean with damp cloth and mild soap
Directions: included with toy and available online
Play Locations: everywhere – portable
Adjustability: sound on/off, various activation sites
Levels of Play: two modes of play – learning and music
Batteries: 3 – AA batteries (included)
General Description:
Play games, sing songs, learn and have fun with the Laugh and Learn Love to Play Puppy. This toy responds to touch with music, lights, and conversation. There are two interactive play modes that introduce children to the alphabet, numbers, counting, parts of the body, colors, music, and more.
Watch the video below to see the Laugh and Learn Puppy
APPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Physical
Description
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The toy responds to touch that activates the music, learning, and games.
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Skills
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Having to activate with touch helps to develop fine motor skills. Children must be able to access the various interaction sites on the puppy (hand, foot, ear). Develop gross motor skills through dance and play while listening to music and taking part in various actions games, such as “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider,” “Pat-a-cake,”etc.
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Play Ideas
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Have student practice accessing the various interaction sites. This is also built into the toy, as it will ask the child to touch its foot, ear, and/or hand. Children can also play the musical games and sing along.
Have the child lead a group performance of the Itsy-Bitsy Spider or Pat-a-cake. Encourage him/her to try other action songs to promote gross motor development.
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Adaptation Ideas
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Secure the toy to a table, chair, etc. to help prevent it from moving around as children try to activate.
Possibly use tongs, pointer to access activation sites.
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Sensory
Description
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This toy is made of soft material with various different textures (crinkly, corduroy, etc.). The toy is brightly colored and pleasing to look at. Lights and music are also included to enhance sensory development. Words printed on the toy are in large print.
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Skills
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When activated (singing, speaking) the heart lights up and there is immediate vocal feedback. Students can make the connection between the words, images, and sounds (integrate the senses).
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Play Ideas
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Have children interact with toy to get sensory feedback. Children can touch a particular fabric, texture and name other object they have encountered that feel the same way.
Have children play along with the music using a tambourine, drum, shaker, or just tap the beat.
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Adaptation Ideas
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If the sound is too overwhelming, the volume can be turned down or off. The lights on the heart could be covered if they are distracting or overwhelming.
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Communicative
Description
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Toy helps to connect words, images, and sounds. Toy is interactive and helps to develop communication between people.
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Skills
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There is a cause and effect relationship built in. It asks a question, or asks child to do something and there is immediate feedback when the child is successful. Touching activation sites enables toy to communicate with user. Huggable toy helps to develop sense of security. Student can hug and express friendship.
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Play Ideas
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Use the toy as a model. Show child how it asks a question and waits for a response. Have the child do the same. Get him/her to ask someone a question and wait for an answer. Provide positive feedback.
Use the toy to help develop friendships. Have a teddy bear party where students can share their teddy bear friends with each other. Get the child to explain/show what it does.
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Adaptation Ideas
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Turn sound off and have child ask the questions instead of the toy.
Volume can be control if it is distracting.
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Cognitive
Description
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This toy introduces children to the alphabet, numbers, parts of the body, and colors. It helps child understand connections between words and images.
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Skills
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Children will be able to learn various parts of the body (tummy, ear, foot, hand) and different colors through explorative play. They are able to count along with the toy and learn the alphabet.
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Play Ideas
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Start with built in parts of body (foot, hand, ear, tummy) then ask child to identify and point to other parts of the body (ex, nose, eyes, arm, knee, toes).
Get child to count various letters on the “T-shirt” of the puppy. Can count all letters, only the blue letters, only the A’s, etc. (incorporates numbers/counting, colors, and letters)
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Adaptation Ideas
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If student is struggling with identifying colors, numbers, etc., can pair up with another student to model identifying parts of body, etc.
Start where student is – allow for success – start with letters if child knows letters, start with colors if child knows colors, etc.
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FEATURES AND BENEFITS
CHECK IF APPROPRIATE
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Durable
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High Contrasting Colours
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Tactilely Stimulating
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Visually Stimulating
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Wide Age Range
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Inviting Due to Uniqueness
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Open-ended
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Innovative
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High quality
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Detailed
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Hands on Approach to learning
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Easy to grasp/hold
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One-piece unit
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Upright position for play
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Other:
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DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES PROMOTED
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Visual attention
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Visual tracking
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Visual processing
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Memory and recall
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Cause and effect
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Action concepts: in/out, push/pull, on/off, go/stop
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Fine motor
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Eye-hand coordination
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Problem solving
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Finger and hand control and dexterity
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Physical range of motion
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Deliberate finger movements
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Precision
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Directionality
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Wrist rotation
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Hand and finger grasp
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Pointing, one isolated finger
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Motor planning
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Self esteem
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Manual dexterity
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Sequential thought
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Reaching
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Strategic thinking
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Turn taking
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Patience
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Spatial relationships – over, under, on, off
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Reaching/arm extension
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Functional finger movement and exploration
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Coordinated movement
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Sorting and classification
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Early Literacy
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Texture Discrimination
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Object Permanence
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Tactile Discrimination
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Problem Solving
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Directionality
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Cooperative Hand Movement
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Letter Recognition
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Life Skills
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Pre-Literacy
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Social Interaction
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Foot Placement
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Weight Shifting
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Core Strengthening – Trunk Strengthening
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Colour Recognition and Identification
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Word Recognition
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Number concepts
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Visual Acuity
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