SKILL CATEGORIES
Trixy & Troy activity sets are a child’s gateway to early learning success. They help parents, guardians and teachers to establish a firm foundation in their children’s literacy, mathematical and creative skills. Each product has a handy set of icons which illustrate the areas in which children can most benefit.
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Fine Motor Skills - HELPS YOUR CHILD TO DEVELOP MANUAL DEXTERITY
Enables the practice of precise hand movements to improve dexterity and coordination. This is essential for writing as well as most other things, such as doing up buttons and tying shoelaces. The more children practice and refine their motor skills, the more progress they are able to make artistically and in completing daily activities independently.
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Hand-Eye Coordination - HELPS YOUR CHILD TO REFINE THEIR PHYSICAL COORDINATION
Hand-eye coordination is the ability to coordinate the information received by the eyes to control, guide and direct the hands in a task. Hand-eye coordination games are physical activities requiring aim and manual eye dexterity. Toys designed to encourage drawing, colouring, cutting, throwing and catching all boost hand-eye coordination and are an important step towards helping children to write.
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Problem Solving - TEACHES YOUR CHILD TO WORK THINGS OUT FOR THEMSELVES
These toys teach your child to think both creatively and critically. Creative thinking is the concept of new ideas, the ability to take risks and to experiment. Critical thinking encompasses the mathematical skills of breaking down an idea into its components and analyzing them. Sorting, classifying and comparing all parts of problem solving.
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Numeracy and Logic - TEACHES YOUR CHILD COMPETENCE IN NUMBERS AND MEASURES
These toys teach your child to use reason with numbers. A key component of intelligence is an ability to reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts such as shape, measures and data handling. This includes the capacity to plan, predict, solve problems and think abstractly. Numeracy and logic is the capacity to comprehend basic ideas and to learn from experience.
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Language and Literacy - TEACHES YOUR CHILD TO READ AND/OR TO WRITE
Helps develop their language ability, encouraging them to read for themselves through the recognition of letters and sounds and their corresponding images. Furthermore, they motivate the formation of accurate letters and words and aid in the development of writing, a key skill which enables children to express themselves and succeed at school.
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Imagination & Creativity - ENCOURAGES ARTISTIC AND/OR IMAGINATIVE EXPRESSION
Promotes imaginative play which helps children think about process, understand & interpret stories, events & experiences. They encourage the development of new ideas, the ability to think and understand the world and elicit creative thought.
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Multi-Sensory Stimulation - ENCOURAGES YOUR CHILD TO LOOK, LISTEN OR TOUCH
Developing your child’s senses helps them to make sense of the world around them and is vital for their intellectual development. Bright colours, intriguing sounds and different textures help to stimulate the senses and make the world more visually appealing and tangible.
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Target Knowledge - TEACHES IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE OF COMMONLY ACCEPTED FACTS
Topic based and will help your child to expand their knowledge in a specified field, such as the natural world, history or literature.
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