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Wonder Wheel - Carnival

Wonder Wheel - Carnival

The remote control cause & effect steering wheel provides baby with delightful and encouraging feedback in the form of lights, musical instruments sounds and music -- on the colorful carnival panel.

(For front-facing travel only)

Developmental Values

The Senses

  • Festive carnival theme.
  • Large, familiar and brightly faced animals inviting the toddler to look at them over and over.
  • Animals appear on the wheel encouraging her to gaze at them there as well.
  • Animals on the carnival panel light up when the corresponding button on the wheel is pressed.
  • When a tune is played the light moves from one animal to another encouraging the toddler to follow with her eyes, stimulating sight.
  • The carnival panel also makes sounds of instruments and plays a popular happy tune, encouraging development of hearing.
  • Different materials (the wheel is made of bumpy plastic and cloth) and push buttons encouraging the toddler to feel and press, developing the sense of touch.

Fine Motor Skills

  • The toddler holds the wheel with one hand and presses buttons with the other for developing motor control.
  • She also improves hand-eye coordination when she imitates driving actions and holds the wheel with both hands while turning it left and right.

Cognition

  • The Wonder Wheel develops cognition when the toddler learns to connect her actions (pressing the picture on the wheel) to the reaction (sounds and tunes). Gradually she learns to expect the reaction she will receive so she presses a series of buttons in order to get a series of sounds.
  • The Wonder Wheel also contributes to the development of imagination by encouraging her to imitate her parents driving the car by turning the wheel, as she ׂdriving׃ as well.

Language and Communication

  • The Wonder Wheel contributes to the development of language by familiarizing the toddler with farm animals, musical instrumetns and the sounds they make.
 
Age Tips
Age tips
  • The Wonder Wheel stimulates and develops the senses (sight, hearing and touch) with brightly colored images and flashing lights (sight); popular tunes and musical instruments sounds (hearing).
  • The various textures including bumpy plastic, cloth and push buttons for developing the sense of touch.
  • The Wonder Wheel develops the toddlerױs fine motor skills when she presses the various animals on the wheel with one finger.
  • Cognition, in the form of cause & effect, is developed when she learns about the connection between pressing the buttons on the wheel (cause) and the amusing reaction -- noise, musical instruments sounds, tunes and flashing lights that result on the carnival panel (effect).
  • The Wonder Wheel also helps develop imagination by encouraging imitation -- when you are driving, so is she.
  • The Wonder Wheel contributes to the development of speech as the toddler gets to know the names of the various animals, musical instruments and the sounds that they make.



Playing with this toy

  • Help your baby get to know the names of the animals on the farm panel and wheel and to say them.
  • Help your baby get to know the names of the musical instruments and the sounds they make.
  • Ask your toddler to press a certain button.

 

   
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