This simulates the Montessori trackers, but using cars instead of balls. This toy look so simple but has a huge contribution to a young child’s development.
- Develop tracking skills by allowing the child to focus on a moving object. They will transition from moving thier whole head to just moving their eyes which prepares the eyes for reading as well as developing key ocular skills.
- Strengthens eye muscles as the child focuses and tracks the ball for longer periods of time, they will strengthen their eye muscles.
- Develops coordination as the child coordinates the movement of both eyes as they focus and track the car down. Reaching for and grasping the car develops hand-eye coordination.
- Learn problem-solving skills. If the car doesn’t move or it falls out the child begins to work out why and try to fix it.
- Experience and thus start to learn the basic concepts of gravity as the dropped car will roll downwards.
- Teaches basic logical concepts of cause and effect when they drop the car into the frame the child will begin to predict what will happen next.
- Develops gross and fine motor skills as the child will grasp the car, squat, move up and down and reach out repeatedly.
Lastly, the wooden cars can be used on their onw and with other toys later on. e.g. Road and track systems.
So, start your engines & study cause and effect as the speedy little cars race down the clicketly clackey track.
