NRO101

Mule

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Mule

Colour ROBINIA UNT. WOOD

The Mule with its chunky, rocking body attracts toddlers for shorter or longer rides, again and again. Apart from its appealing shape, the Mule offers tactile variation with its steel hand hold, rubber foot support and smooth, wooden body. Tactile richness is a main motivator, especially in younger children. It supports their understanding of material characteristics such as weight, smoothness, temperature and flexibility. This is important in for instance risk management. The spring ensures hours, years and decades of fun. The soothing, rocking movement of the Mule trains the sense of balance and the spatial aware-ness. These are crucial for body confidence, e.g. in avoiding falling. A good sense of balance is essential for the ability to sit still and concentrate. So this is much more than a mere fun ride.
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Play Value

Play value is the value gained from play, the value that makes the child “want” or developmentally “need” to undertake the activity and thus gives the play item holding power. Play value can be described very precisely in developmental terms, looking into the human physical, cognitive, social and emotional developmental stages.

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Handhold

Physical

the possibility to hold onto more areas of the handhold ensures a good grip, necessary for rocking intensely. This trains hand and arm muscles.

Foot support

Physical

the possibility of footrest supports intensive rocking. Rocking stimulates the senses of balance and space that are fundamental in managing the world securely.

Rocking spring

Physical

response to movements adds to spatial awareness and sense of balance. These are fundamental motor skills that help the child's ability to sit still on a chair which takes a good sense of balance.

Cognitive

trains the understanding of cause and effect: when I move my body, the spring responds with movement.

Double seating option

Social-Emotional

the possibility of two rocking together supports cooperation skills. Furthermore, the physical contact with others is great for the well-being of children, measurable in lower cortisol (stress hormone) levels.

2 - 12 Years1 Users
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Length

44 cm

Width

75 cm

Height

65 cm

Specifications

The Mule with its chunky, rocking body attracts toddlers for shorter or longer rides, again and again. Apart from its appealing shape, the Mule offers tactile variation with its steel hand hold, rubber foot support and smooth, wooden body. Tactile richness is a main motivator, especially in younger children. It supports their understanding of material characteristics such as weight, smoothness, temperature and flexibility. This is important in for instance risk management. The spring ensures hours, years and decades of fun. The soothing, rocking movement of the Mule trains the sense of balance and the spatial aware-ness. These are crucial for body confidence, e.g. in avoiding falling. A good sense of balance is essential for the ability to sit still and concentrate. So this is much more than a mere fun ride.

This product, Mule (NRO101), is provided by KOMPAN Canada.

Key Features

NRO_Robinia Wood

All Organic Robinia products by KOMPAN are made of Robinia wood from sustainable European sources. On request it can be supplied as FSC® Certified (FSC® C004450).

NRO_Footsteps Steel and PUR

Footsteps are made of high-quality stainless steel and equipped with moulded on PUR footsteps. The PUR footrests are designed with groves to make the surface slip resistant.

General_Spring

KOMPAN Springs are made of high quality spring steel according to EN10270. The springs are cleaned by phosphating before they are painted with an epoxy primer and a polyester powder coating as top finish. The springs are fixed by unique anti pinch fittings for maximum safety and long lifetime.

NRO_Wood treatment raw and painted 03

The Robinia wood can be supplied as untreated raw wood or painted with a brown coloured transparent pigment that maintains the golden wood colour of the wood.

CO₂ emission

Our product and sustainability data validation help customers make informed sustainable buying choices based on methods validated by Bureau Veritas.

NRO101-0401

61.1

Total CO₂ emission (kg CO₂e)

1.32

CO₂e/kg (kg CO₂e/kg)

18.2%

Recycled materials

The overall framework applied for these factors is the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which quantifies "environmental information on the life cycle of a product and enables comparisons between products fulfilling the same function" (ISO, 2006). This follows the structure and applies a Life-Cycle Assessment approach to the entire Product stage from raw material through manufacturing (A1-A3).

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