Basic Skills Board

By Melissa & Doug

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Learn to zip, lace, buckle, tie, button and snap with this always smiling wooden bear. It’s a puzzle too! The Basic Skills Board helps develop manual dexterity, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It also encourages color recognition. A great learning tool for children to learn independence!

Extension Activities

  • Ask the child to name each of the skills that will be mastered – snapping, buttoning, buckling, zipping, lacing and tying.
  • Ask the child to name the colors of each puzzle piece.
  • Show the child that the puzzle pieces on the bear’s arms are inter-changeable. Ask the child to place the pieces in a specific order from left to right.
  • Place four or more pieces in front of the child asking him/her to study them before closing his/her eyes while you remove one piece. Ask the child to identify the piece you removed.
  • Time the child to see how quickly he/she is able to complete each of the skills and then undo them.

Comes with 6 pieces.

The details..

  • Dimensions:
    15.5 x 11.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Recommended age: 3 years+
  • Sku: MD3784
  • Brand: Melissa & Doug
  • Made in China
Tags: lacing, puzzle, early learning, bear

About Melissa & Doug

Founded in 1988 in the basement of their home, Melissa & Doug® has come a long ways, providing hundreds of affordable, quality and safe toys. Their products are vigorously tested frequently. Melissa & Doug® will always stand behind their products. Their toll-free Customer Service number is readily available to anyone, right on each toy’s box as well as on their official website.