{"id":85,"date":"2023-01-02T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2023-04-06T05:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T05:51:30","slug":"spike-the-fine-motor-hedgehog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/02\/spike-the-fine-motor-hedgehog\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great gifts for Christmas are learning toys.<\/span>\u00a0These toys are great for children because they provide something to do and help with cognitive and other skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0hedgehog<\/a>, affectionately called Spike, makes a great gift for children aged 18 months and older.<\/span>\u00a0The colorful blue shell at the top of the toy can be removed easily.<\/span><\/p>\n

This space can be used by children to store Spike’s removable quills, when Spike isn’t playing with them.<\/span>\u00a0The storage area keeps the pieces together, and can be used to teach children how to put their toys away after they’re done playing.<\/span><\/p>\n

These quills are in the shape and size of pegs. They can be easily inserted into toddler’s hands.<\/span>\u00a0This helps children learn to grasp objects.<\/span>\u00a0This toy can help children develop many skills and learn new things.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Color recognition is one of these skills.<\/span>\u00a0It’s important because color recognition is what’s used for developing a child’s descriptive vocabulary ability.<\/span>\u00a0The spikes are available in the following colors: purple, red, orange, and green<\/span><\/p>\n

You can help your child learn colors by playing games, such as asking them to place a specific quill color in Spike’s back.<\/span>\u00a0They can also instruct their child how to place the back in the correct color or alternate colors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can also ask the child to remove only one color at a given time. For example, telling them to only take out the red ones.<\/span>\u00a0Children can learn sorting skills by grouping similar colors together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This will help them recognize patterns.<\/span>\u00a0The numbers are on the top of the shell.<\/span>\u00a0To teach children numbers, parents can use the toy as a tool.<\/span>\u00a0You can instruct your child to place one of the spikes in the space for four.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It improves their fine motor skills as well as their directional skills.<\/span>\u00a0It also improves their eye-hand coordination.<\/span>\u00a0Toys that require grasping may help children improve their hand strength.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bright colors are available for the shell as well as the quills of the hedgehog toy.<\/span>\u00a0Bright colors have been proven to increase learning and children are able to distinguish between bright colors, especially when they are just learning their colors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are fourteen pieces to the toy.<\/span>\u00a0The body is made up of one piece, the shell and two quills.<\/span>\u00a0Parents can also find an activity guide to help guide their children through learning.<\/span>\u00a0You can clean the toy with a damp cloth if it gets dirty.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great gifts for Christmas are learning toys.\u00a0These toys are great for children because they provide something to do and help with cognitive and other skills. This\u00a0hedgehog, affectionately called Spike, makes a great gift for children aged 18 months and older.\u00a0The colorful blue shell at the top of the toy can be removed easily. This space […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.homeimprovementneed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}