Children’s Educational Toys Birth to Six Months What’s Available? Part 3

This is part 3 and the final article in this article series in which I will provide you a review of a variety of the educational toys for babies' birth to six months available now. You can find these toys in toy shops and online nationwide.

This is part 3 and the final article in this article series in which I will provide you a review of a variety of the educational toys for babies' birth to six months available now. You can find these toys in toy shops and online nationwide.

The Hungry Pelican Plush Toy

This is a crib side plush pelican. It can hang from the crib, or be used as a separate toy. There is a pelican made of plush aqua. Animals include a shrimp, octopus, crab and fish. Educational benefits and activities include:

• Squeaky cheeks and crunch wings encourage baby movements and stimulate baby's senses.
• Shrimp has a rattle sound
• Octopus has a squeaky body and ruffed surface
• Crab is a rattle
• Fish has a crunch body

Manhattan Toy Wimmer Ferguson Mind Shapes

This toy is made up of bright, colorful, and easy to grab shapes. Educational benefits:

• Encourage tracking and scanning
• Hand-eye coordination
• Gross motor skills
• Interactive play is great for tactile and auditory stimulation and teaching cause and effect

Lamaze Octotunes

A different note is played as baby touches each of the colorful tentacles. Educational benefits include:

• Baby sees bright contrasting colors which stimulate vision
• Rattles, squeaks and crinkles help to develop auditory senses
• Touching different textures to grip and grab refines motor skills
• Inspires pretend play and enhances social skills
• Teaches baby about nurturing play

Octotune is a soft and lovable character of pastel blue and various colors of tentacles with yellow stars and black and white trims consisting of stripes and dots, also has detailed and colorful pastel collar. This toy has a gentle fragrance.

Lamaze Octivity Time

This fuzzy blue plush octopus has 10 engaging features to keep your little one busy for quite a while. The toy has eight legs. Each leg has a fun and different activity. One leg has a crinkle sound, another leg has a spinning star fish, and another leg is a teether and so on. The toy measures 12" long x 4" high.

Lamaze Inchworm Plush Toy

This inchworm measures about 24" long and plays "If you're Happy and you know It Clap Your Hands" when the head is hugged. Educational benefits:

• Sensory Awakenings

Legs tie to the side of the crib to the Inchworm as a visual focal point for baby; puppet head lets parent & baby engage in pretend play; surprise squeaker hidden inside; Lamaze inchworm plush toy doubles as a tape measure to record baby's birth length and early growth.

This concludes the series of article reviews for educational toys age group Birth to Six months of age.

Written by Connie Limon To learn more about Children's Educational Toys, the benefits to children, and choices available in the year of 2007, please visit http://smalldogs2.com/ChildrensEducationalToys
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Written by Connie Limon To learn more about Children's Educational Toys, the benefits to children, and choices available in the year of 2007, please visit http://smalldogs2.com/ChildrensEducationalToys
For a variety of FREE reprint articles visit http://www.camelotarticles.com