Toys and Child Development A Look at the Laugh and Learnâ„¢...

Introduction: The Laugh and Learnâ„ ¢ Learning Basketball is a developmental toy designed by Fisher-Price. Essentially the toy is a basketball hoop as well as corresponding stand that will adjust as the child grows, and is recommended by the website for ages six to thirty-six months. Additionally, the basketball hoop has the numbers one through five on it, as well as automated hands and a face which smiles as it plays one of twelve possible songs. The basketball toy is made out of a hard plastic and it includes every color of the basic rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, purple and blue) The toy is also equipped with two smaller basketballs (which are not as rigid as their life-sized counterparts) which the child can put through the hoop†¦show more content†¦The child’s sitting up behavior falls within the specified age range of physical development. The appropriateness of a developmental toy then has to align with the developmental guidelines of physical developm ent, so that the child would be interacting within the proper milestones. A key to playing and interacting with this toy is the ability to sit up; therefore, a child would be within the age range of sitting up, in order to make the toy and its main functions at least accessible to the child. The milestone, as previously mentioned, is that a child normally is able to sit up alone within five to nine months (Berk,2009), and does this coincide with the age range the manufacturer provides which has a six to thirty-six month range (Fisher-Price,2011)? If a child is developing at a normal rate then a child should be able to sit up and play with toy at around six months. On the other hand, a child might not attain the sitting up level until nine months, in which case the first two months of the toy’s lower end of the window of use would be inaccurate and possibly dangerous. 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