For those who first googled such a thing as a bodyboard, we will tell. This is a developmental board (it is also called an activity board) with many different cool (in the understanding of the child, of course 🙂) devices - locks, chains, buttons, beaters, bells, etc.
What can be used as items for the simulator:
- handles and various rails (on which other items hang - beads, rings, clothespins, bolts, carbines and other details),
- chains, door chains and padlocks,
- switches (regular, floor lamp, toggle switches) and a model of a plug-socket, you can even use a USB-shnoy :),
- a plumbing valve, a piece of corrugation - you can throw a small ball into it and catch it below,
- parts from a rotary telephone, an alarm clock, a calculator, an abacus, even an old plastic cooler from a PC, a computer mouse or a propeller from a broken helicopter,
- hooks, latches and latches, window wraps (you can make a small window by cutting an opening and fix it with loops), i.e. any door hardware
- furniture wheels,
- a very good solution is to attach a small convex, for example, a car mirror, which distorts the image,
- bells, bells, incl. door, any objects that make a sound, for example, a whistle on a cord.
- zipper, Velcro and other sewing accessories, such as fasteners and lacing. I liked the centimeter tape, which can be pulled out for a long time and wound up with a button 🙂
- An interesting and inexpensive option is to cut off the neck of a plastic bottle and attach it. Let the child screw the lid on himself,
- flashlights and other portable light emitters, for example, an LED lamp with replaceable batteries, it is only advisable to tint it so as not to blind your eyes.
How it comes to life - look at the photo. Perhaps you will take note of some ideas.
And a couple more tips. Use materials of various textures (for example, rubber balls, plastic wheels, felt, a piece of wool knit and strung beads). You can also make a themed board - automotive, nautical or just metal. There are also outdoor options where they are suitable for sand and water.
In general, any safe items that could interest the baby in the house, even the most unusual ones, will do. For example, a keychain with a flashlight and sound, or a fishing reel that crackles as it spins.
Even better, if these are the items that you usually forbid the child to touch and play with them. After all, it is not at all necessary to bring the baby to a real door so that he understands the principle of the heck. Your task is to give this item into the hands of the baby, and he himself will figure out its functionality.
Even the laziest dad can assemble such a toy 🙂 The main thing is that all moving mechanisms remain in working order. But in the end you will get a simulator that will keep the child busy for a long time, and will also help develop attention, ingenuity, fine motor skills and perseverance.
Polina Morozova, specially for http://shop-ultra.ru
