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Animal Thumball

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$12.95

This ball is a perfect choice for teachers and parents.  Learn all the animals and the sounds they make.  Encourage pretend play by acting out the animal under your thumb.  Sing Old MacDonald to enhance the fun and increase vocabulary and word associations.  This thumball provides a golden opportunity for students to learn descriptive skills by naming the animal characteristics.  Designed for sensory input, this 6" ball is soft and stuffed.  It has 32 panels for responses.  These balls received the Creative Child Seal of Excellence Award.
 
There are so many ways to teach
  • For players to develop and improve phonological skills (the basis for all literacy skill development), imitation, pretend play, receptive and expressive language Recognize and identify animal forms, associated features and descriptive attributes.
  • Formulate and produce sentences relating to animals.
  • Make associations between animal and stories/ books highlighting these animals. Utilize animal images to inspire ideas and start stories for oral and written expression.
    • SOME SKILLS YOU CAN TEACH WITH THIS ITEM
    Play skills
    Gross motor skills
    Ball skills
    Language skills
    Animal sounds

    TECHNICAL INFO
    Part #: Tball200
    Size: 6"

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