Design & Drill Center

Description

The Design & Drill Activity Center includes one battery-powered reversible power drill, one screwdriver handle, three drill bits, one wrench, one activity board, 120 plastic bolts in 5 colors, and twenty colorful activity cards (10 make-a-picture, 9 follow-the pattern, and one reproducible make-your-own) which makes it a great educational toy. Batteries included.

Why we love it

The Design & Drill Activity Center is great for a 4 year old because it is a fun toy that encourages hand-eye coordination and pattern recognition.

Product Features

As you child grows, he/she moves from only using his/her hands to accomplish a task to being able to use tools. You may have noticed this at the dinner table as he/she moved from finger food to properly using a fork or spoon. Children at this age have developed the hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills to control these tools well.
At first your child will drill the screws into the board at random. They may not use the pages at all.
Soon, your preschooler will begin to use the enclosed pages to create patterns with the screws of different colors. This improves his/her ability to recognize patterns and think critically.
After your little one has completed the enclosed pictures several times, he/she may begin to bore of the game. You can suggest that he/she create his/her own pictures on pages to drill into the board. This takes planning and uses a child's sequencing skills.
The Design and Drill can also enhance your child's social skills and ability to collaborate. Invite over some friends and take turns putting in one screw at a time. It takes a fast thinker and great imagination to come up with something new when the design keeps changing. See what picture unfolds!

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