Chain-a-word is a set of nine soft letter blocks. These brilliantly colored blocks are easy to hold and squeeze, and can be can be chained together to spell different words. The set also includes three Chain-a-word books (in different levels of difficulty) and teach 380 English words. Chain-a-word is also compatible with the other Popbo Bloc series to create almost anything!
Sensory
The fundamental senses of seeing, tasting, hearing, smelling & feeling encourage a child's curiosity and activate his mind to discover the things around his world. Toys with strong stimuli in this category are tremendously important for the early stages of child development.
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are those smaller actions like picking things up between the thumb and finger or using the toes to wriggle or the lips and tongue to taste and feel objects.
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor skills are larger movements involving the arm, leg, or feet muscles or the entire body - toys that enhance kicking, crawling, running, and jumping are meant to train a child's gross motor skills.
Logical Intelligence
Logical training enables babies to make connections between pieces of information. Toys like puzzles and building blocks can strengthen a child's intelligence of logic, sequence, conceptualization, reasoning and problem solving.
Creative Intelligence
Creativity is fostered in the early stages of a child's development. Colors, shapes, learning how to draw, getting familiar with music and rhythm, all goes to aid the growth of a child's creativity.
Linguistic Intelligence
Linguistic Intelligence is the ability to use sound and language to express himself and to understand other people while a child grows up. Toys that enhance sensitivity to the meaning of words, sounds, rhythms and inflections are good for linguistic development.
Emotional
A healthy child should be able to control and express his emotion. Feeling being loved and protected develops his sense of security. Toys that can become a child's pal and help him express emotion are very important for a child to learn how to interact effectively with others with mutual trust.
Communication Skills
Communication Skills is the ability to interact appropriately with others. Good communication skills lead a child to perform cooperative tasks and become productive team members.
Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem is an overall sense of achievement a child feels from the important people around him, particularly parents and peers. When a child can complete the task offered by a toy, he feels good of himself. It helps build up a stronger self-esteem with a better judgment about his own worth.
*These are recommendations made under normal circumstances. Parents can determine which activities are most suitable depending on the progress of individual children.
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Objective: Sense stimulation - touching and feeling different textures
Method: Encourage children to touch and feel the bumpy surface of the blocks.
Objective: Fine motor skills training - grasping
Method: Encourage children to grasp the soft plastic pieces with both their right and left hands.
Objective: Gross motor skills training - twisting
Method: Link any two of the pieces together. Encourage children to twist them in opposite directions.
Objective: Gross motor skills training - disconnecting Popbo Blocs
Method: Link any two of the pieces together. Encourage children to disconnect them by pulling them sideways in opposite directions. This trains horizontal movement in their hands and arms.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning colors
Method: Teach children different colors.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to colors
Method: Name a color and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Matching game - linking blocks based on color
Method: Encourage children to link the blocks in the same color order as shown on the cards.
Objective: Gross motor skills training - connecting Popbo Blocs
Method: Using concepts learned from activity 2.3, allow children to freely connect the pieces. This trains their judgment of space as well as motor skills.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning letters
Method: Teach children the letters of the alphabet.
Objective: Cognitive training – pointing to letters
Method: Say a letter and encourage your child to point to it.
Objective: Cognitive and gross motor skills training – linking a rainbow
Method: Encourage children to link up the blocks in the order of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, light green, blue, purple.
Objective: Cognitive training - learning the difference between a cavity and a protrusion
Method: Use the Popbo Blocs to teach children between a cavity and a protrusion.
Objective: Spelling practice – Level 1
Method: Encourage children to learn new words by linking the 3 to 4 lettered words in Book 1.
Objective: Spelling game – Level 1
Method: Say any of the words from Book 1 and have children spell them by linking the blocks.
Objective: Spelling practice – Level 2
Method: Encourage children to learn new words by linking the 4 to 5 lettered words in Book 2.
Objective: Spelling game – Level 2
Method: Say any of the words from Book 2 and have children spell them by linking the blocks.
Objective: Spelling practice – Level 3
Method: Encourage children to learn new words by linking the 5 to 9 lettered words in Book 3.
Objective: Spelling game – Level 3
Method: Say any of the words from Book 3 and have children spell them by linking the blocks.
Objective: Spelling competition – two players
Method: This is a fun game for two kids. Draw one of the word cards and have the kids try to link the words on the card as fast as they can. The fastest speller wins.
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