Forest Giraffe

Tail

Social-emotional: cooperation and turn-taking when pulling the tail.

Cognitive: understanding of object permanence: things can disappear without being gone forever.

Creative: leaving a mark by placing tail in your preferred position.

Flaps

Cognitive: hand eye coordination, exploring that some flaps have holes behind them, while some don’t. This supports sense of wonder.

Broad table platform

Physical: cross coordination and spatial awareness when crawling over and under. This trains secure navigation of space.

Social-emotional: space for meeting, resting and socializing.

Cognitive: dark green horizontal panel and the sand colored vertical panels support the understanding of space.

Peepholes

Social-emotional: invites parallel play, looking through holes at each other from each side.

Cognitive: understanding of object permanence.

Den

Physical: crawling trough the possible openings trains spatial awareness.

Social-emotional: the enclosed space invites social play for two or three children.

Cognitive: the differently shaped holes (triangle, circle, square, square with curtains) invites naming and exploring shapes, supporting the understanding of shapes, space and measures.

Crawl-through hole with curtains

Physical: the hole allows for climbing and crawling through, developing cross coordination, proprioception and spatial awareness.

Social-emotional: cooperation and turn-taking when playing with friends on the other side.

Cognitive: understanding of object permanence: things can disappear without being gone forever – a thrilling insight.

Mane and eye

Physical: tactile stimulation supports sensory skills, knowing character (e.g. hardness, weight) of materials.

Social-emotional: eye and mane evoke emotions of empathy, encouraging children to stroke the mane and look the giraffe in the eye.

Climbing net

Physical: due to the inclination of the net, the child is supported in climbing. Hand-eye coordination, cross coordination and proprioception are trained. These are fundamental for judging the body in time and space, crucial life skills for navigating the world securely.

Play spheres with toothed grooves

Social-emotional: can be played from both sides, encouraging cooperation.

Cognitive: cause and effect understanding.

Creative: leave a mark and place the spheres at different positions.