Musical Nature Stroll

• As he lies on his back facing the toys hanging within arms reach, he can look in the mirror, at the shining sun or at the toys hanging in front of him.
• Your baby practices hand-eye coordination, reaching out and practicing to bat at the toys. At first he randomly bats the toy causing it to sway. He gradually learns to control his hand and manages to bat the toy deliberately.
• At four months, you baby enjoys holding the toys and begins putting them in his mouth for further exploration, and developing his sense of touch.

Playing with this toy

• Make sure that the toy is hanging at arms length from your baby, and low enough for him to lift his arm randomly and hit it.
• At this stage you baby only reaches forward with his hands and is not able to bring his arms beyond his mid line. The middle toy is only for vision.

• Baby’s developing senses and hand control allows him to reach out to the toys confidently, to bat them, hold them and pull them to his mouth for further exploration.
• Towards the end of this period, your baby pulls the hanging ball causing the propeller to spin – a fun effect that encourages him to continue pulling the ball. In this way your baby learns about cause & effect (the link between his actions and their outcome).
• Now, with the arch slightly bent, your baby can reach the toys on top of the arch and play with them: turning the propeller, touching the sun’s rays or rubbing the butterfly’s wings.

Playing with this toy

• From time to time swap the toys around so that your baby sees the same toys from different angles.
• Occasionally bend the arch so that your baby can look at the toys on top of it and try to reach them.
• Now and again pull on the ball hanging under the propeller to encourage him to pull and make the propeller spin

• Your baby can now sit up and easily reach the activities on the arch and play with them: confidently pulling the propeller, twisting the wings, spinning the see-through ball in the butterfly’s body, while watching and patting the sun’s face or rubbing its rays to hear the pleasant rustle sound made by the rays and butterfly’s wings.

Playing with this toy

• Attach the arch or fold it so that your baby can reach the toys on the top of the arch to explore and play with.
• Swap the two hanging toys with other, new ones, to renew his interest in them.