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Penguin

Name: First Friends Penguin
Brand: Tolo
SKU: 76050

First Friends Penguin is a polar-themed baby penguin for children from one to five years. The child clicks its head round, moves its wings, and presses the legs down to hear it tweet. Safe for teething, it is explored first with hands and mouth, then joins the sledge, igloo and other polar animals in stories about where penguins live and what they do. At home it plays in the living room; in a nursery or classroom it is made for group play.

Item number 76050 · EAN 0019287760507

Key features

Tweets when pressed

Push the legs down to hear the baby penguin tweet.

Clicking head

Turn the head and hear it click.

Moving wings

Wings move for flapping poses.

Safe for teething

Suitable for the youngest children to mouth.

Learning & development

Cause and effect

Pressing down makes it tweet; turning the head makes it click.

Imaginative play

A baby penguin to join polar stories with the sledge and igloo.

Language development

Children copy the tweet and learn words for wings, beak and feet.

Fine motor skills

Turning the head and moving the wings practises small hand movements.

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

1Let 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.

2Ask your child simple questions such as 'can you make the head move?'

3Encourage your child to imitate any sounds the animals might make.

4Encourage imaginative play in combination with other items from the First Friends collection.

5Talk about the animal in terms of size, colour, sounds they make and features they have such as mane, tail, hooves, claws, ears, etc.

6Show them pictures/photos of animals in books and encourage them to recognise the similar features of image and toy.

18 MONTHS +

7Introduce vocabulary such as ‘sitting’ ‘running’ ‘barking’ ‘mooing’ etc according to the different actions and sounds the animals can demonstrate as you play together.

8Talk about where you might see the animals - e.g. in the wild, on a farm, in a zoo etc.

9Compare the toy animals with their real life counter-parts in books, on the television or in real life.

10Show your child the similarities - e.g., 'the elephant has big ears, just like your First Friends elephant'

11Ask your child if they have a favourite animal and find out what they like about that animal.

12Encourage your child to talk about the animal's different features and abilities.

13Encourage lots of pretend play with the animals, letting your child take the lead, but assisting with ideas if necessary.

14Compare the animal's features and abilities to your own or that of your child e.g. ‘Can Mummy run as fast as the cheetah?’, ‘do you have as many teeth as the crocodile?’, ‘who has bigger ears, you or an elephant?’

15Talk about what the animals might eat - e.g. 'the giraffe likes to munch on leaves from a tall tree'

Specification

Item number: 76050
Age: 1–5 years
Contents: First Friends Penguin
Product size: 8 × 5.5 × 9 cm
Packaging: Hangtag, paper bag
Weight: 0.0485 kg
EAN: 0019287760507
Range: First Friends

Trade information

Master carton 36 pcs · 33 × 20 × 33 cm · 0.022 m³ · 2.71 kg gross · UPC 019287760507

Built to last

Wipe-clean, no fabric, no decals to peel. Designed for shared use in group settings, and to be handed down rather than replaced.

Safety

Tested to EN71, ASTM and CPSIA. Smooth surfaces, no sharp edges, no batteries required.

Product sheet

One-page A4 data sheet: description, key features, learning & development, specifications, EAN.