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Astronaut - Girl

Name: First Friends Astronaut – Girl
Brand: Tolo
SKU: 76090

The First Friends Astronaut Girl is a posable character figure with a visor that opens and closes. The child turns the clicking head, arms and legs into a variety of poses, presses the tummy to hear it squeak and flips the visor up and down. Safe for teething and collectable, she fits every First Friends vehicle seat and building and prompts talk about space and astronauts. At home it plays in the living room; in a nursery or classroom it is made for group play.

Item number 76090 · EAN 0019287760903

Key features

Opening visor

The helmet visor opens and closes.

Clicking limbs and head

Head, arms and legs click into a variety of poses.

Squeaking tummy

Press the tummy to hear it squeak.

Safe for teething

Made to be mouthed safely by younger children.

Learning & development

Fine motor skills

Opening the visor and posing the head, arms and legs works small hand movements.

Cause and effect

Clicks and a squeak follow every turn and press, so actions have clear results.

Imaginative play

An astronaut who fits every First Friends vehicle leads space and travel stories.

Language development

Talking about what an astronaut does and sees builds vocabulary and questions.

Playguide

How to play and learn

Written by Tolo for parents and early-years staff: what to do with the toy, and what the child is learning while doing it.

1–5 YEARS

1Introduce your baby to the First Friends character(s).

2Let your child explore the toy and find out which features move and make a sound - if necessary assist and show them all the moving, clicking parts.

3If the character does a job, explain what that job is, and what the character does e.g. ‘She's a diver, she goes underwater to look at the fish or to find sunken treasure!’, ‘He's a pilot - he flies aeroplanes so that people can go to other places’

4Encourage your child to handle and move the character into different positions.

5Encourage your child to join in with you and imitate the sounds the noises you might hear as the characters do their jobs, eg the sound of the engine as the racing car driver zooms along in his car.

6Ask your child simple questions such as 'can you make the head move?'

7Praise your child for any attempt made to join in with making sounds and moving the parts.

8Encourage your child to talk about his or her new friend.

18 MONTHS +

9Talk about your child's First Friend character(s) - mentioning its different characteristics such as colour, clothes, etc.

10Talk with your child about the character's job - e.g what does a diver do? What sort of things might a diver see underwater?

11Introduce vocabulary such as ‘sitting’ ‘running’ ‘driving’ etc according to the different actions the character can demonstrate as you play.

12Ask your child questions about the character and encourage your child to ask questions back!

13If the opportunity arises, show your child the real-life version of his/her First Friend's character and talk about the similarities between the two.

14Encourage lots of pretend play with the characters, helping to devise scenarios if necessary but also letting your child take the lead with their ideas as much as possible.