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Bug Balancing Game by Plan Toys

An exciting game of balance! Children will quickly discover the effect of placing the wrong size bug on the designated color spot on the balancing tree!
Roll the dice, catch the bugs, put them on the tree and see how long they can stay on. The cheerfully painted bugs come in three different sizes. What a great game for introducing important mathematical and scientific concepts like force and momentum without having to get technical.
The Bug Balancing Tree by Plan Toys will challenge your child's thinking and planning skills, introducing concepts like the effects of applying forces of different magnitude (ladybugs of different sizes) at varying distances (the colored spots on the tree's leaves) from a fixed point (the tree trunk) - keeping in mind that there are already forces applied (the bugs already placed on the leaves) at other points (colored spots) around the same point (tree trunk). Truly a very innovative game that will teach important concepts and skills while providing a lot of amusement and fun.

Children will develop fine motor skills and hand eye coordination while trying to add bugs to the tree without making it fall over. Your child can play alone or have up to 2 friends joining in the balancing fun!
Plan Toys wooden toys are made from natural, chemical free rubber wood and finished with non-toxic and child friendly colors.

Bugs Balance Game by PlanToys consists of:
* Friendly Ladybugs in 3 different sizes
* A color dice
* The bug balancing tree
This fun game can be enjoyed by 1 to 3 players age 4 years and older

Bug Balancing Game is manufactured by Plan Toys in Thailand

Product Code: 765
Our Price: US$24.99

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great game Tatiana of Blairmore, Alberta from 9/28/2008 9:50:02 AM
the perfect level of difficulty for my precocious 4 yo. like all plan toys it is very well made - it is hands down our fav brand. the little bugs are a choking hazard, so if you have younger children you will have to keep the game away from them. the leaves could be more "floppy", i think my son will grow out of this game pretty soon(its very easy to balance the bugs without the leaf letting go)

Shannon of Oliver, British Columbia from 10/16/2008 8:57:21 AM
a little disappointed with this game. The small ones dont weigh the wood down at all, thought it would give the kids more of an idea of different weights, a scale would have been a better option for me the kids are not all that interested in the game. they just play with the lady bugs, which is ok too. WOuld have been less disappointed if I had paid less.

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Development benefits

*The following developmental skills* and benefits are encouraged by Bug Balancing Game learning toy:**
Bug Balancing Game develops Fine motor skills Fine motor skills involve a refined use of the small muscles controlling the hand, fingers, thumb, wrists, feet, toes, lips, and tongue. The development of these skills allows one to be able to complete tasks such as writing, drawing, buttoning and speech. Fine motor abilities develop over time, starting with primitive gestures such as grabbing at objects, that develop into basic grasping and manipulation skills to more precise activities that involve precise hand-eye coordination in preschool years and onwards. The preschooler becomes quite adept in self-help, construction, holding grips, and bimanual control tasks requiring the use of both hands. When the child enters middle childhood they make great progress in their artistic abilities. They begin to express themselves through drawing, sculpting, and clay modeling.
Bug Balancing Game develops Hand Eye Coordination Hand-eye coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the information received through the eyes to control, guide, and direct the hands in the accomplishment of a given task, such as handwriting or catching a ball
Bug Balancing Game develops problem solving/Cognitive Development Cognitive development is the process by which the brain develops the abilities to learn, remember and solve problems. The foundation for these abilities starts during infancy as the brain begins forming countless synapses, or connections, between brain or nerve cells. The brain is made up of neurons (nerve cells resembling long wires). When a baby is born there are relatively few connections between the neurons, and it is you and your baby's primary task to make new ones. Connections (synapses) between brain cells are made when a baby receives stimulation. As you engage and responds to your baby, you are helping to activate the formation of synapses. The synapses will combine to form neural pathways, and the configuration of those pathways will determine the child's ability to learn, relate to people, manage emotions, and function in the world.
Bug Balancing Game stimulates Social Development Social Development is defined as a baby/child/person's ability to interact with others, including helping themselves and self-control.

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