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This climber is an instant playground equipped with a slide, soccer net, and basketball net for infants and toddlers. Children can increase physical activity while climbing, kicking, and throwing.
Approx. Price: Over $100 Box Age Range: 1+ yrs # of Pieces: 11-50 Washability: Surface Wipe Storability: Bulky Directions: Pictorial Play Locations: Indoor and Outdoor Adjustability: None Levels of Play: One Level Batteries: None needed
Durable
High Contrasting Colors
High Quality
Can Be Used Independently or w/Others
Open-ended
Large Openings
Visually Stimulating
Connects/Assembles Securely
Promotes Active Play
One-Piece Unit
Oversized
Fosters Imagination/Promotes Creativity
Incorporates Fundamental Learning Skills
Simple
Easy to Clean
Developmental processes promoted
Problem Solving
Finger and Hand Control and Dexterity
Precision
Wrist Rotation
Physical Range of Motion
Core Strengthening, Trunk Strength, Stability
Social Interaction
Reaching/Arm Extension
Spatial Relationships e.g. Under, Over, On, Off
Coordinated Movement
Gross Motor
Proprioceptive Input
Eye-Hand Coordination
Visual Attention
Visual Processing
Memory and Recall
Cause and Effect
Action Concepts e.g. In/Out, Push/Pull, On/Off, Go/Stop
When used creatively with other children, the Climber can encourage communication and verbalization.
This large structure can help attract the attention of many children and encourage cooperative play.
There is no wrong way to use this Climber. It encourages hours of open ended play.
Skills
Communication skills are targeted as caregivers and children play different games to identify colors or count.
Learn to count or say the alphabet. Each time a child makes a basket, verbally count or say the next letter in order.
Children can build social interaction while engaging in play with other children on the Climber.
Turn taking is encouraged when more than one child is playing on the Climber.
Children can gain the understanding of action concepts when they or their parents use words such as go/stop and on/off or phrases such as, “Kick the ball in.”
Receptive language skills can be incorporated into play as children listen and process the words a caregiver is saying. Caregivers can give children simple rules to basketball or soccer, give them a sequence of steps to do such as, “Climb up the ladder, sit down on the landing and slide down the slide.”
Play Ideas
Through imagination children build language by verbalizing what they imagine/see.
Use a stuffed animal and help it climb up the stairs and slide down the slide.
Adaptation Ideas
Build or place some type of barrier (such as large trash bins or a hamper) around the climber area, specifically the soccer net. Once the barrier is in place, if a kicked ball misses the net it will bounce back to the child.
The bright contrasting colors of the Climber are inviting and visually stimulating for children.
There is no wrong way to use this Climber. It encourages hours of open ended play.
Play does not have a specific duration, enabling children to play as their attention spans permit.
This Climber has realistic playground features that are built for infants and toddlers.
Skills
Young children can build object recognition through identifying all the components of the climber, such as the soccer net, basketball net, and slide.
Children acquire visual processing through making baskets and scoring goals while throwing and kicking the ball.
Children use eye-hand coordination to throw and kick balls into the nets.
Color recognition and identification can be targeted while pointing to the five different colors on the Climber.
Children enhance their understanding of spatial relationships while using the Climber.
Simple math skills can be incorporated into play as they count the number of baskets they make or how many times they slide down the slide.
Play Ideas
A child can climb up to the slide, identify a color on the Climber and then slide down and go find that matching color within the room.
Use the Climber as a castle. Embellish play with dress up clothes.
Play a game of “Horse” with the basketball and net. Use other words, such as their name or the name of the street they live on.
Children can increase number counting while they engage with a group of children playing a “score and slide” game. Children stand in a line behind the net, shoot the ball in the net five times (encourage children to count to 5) then climb the ladder, slide down and repeat.
Adaptation Ideas
Place large blocks in front of the steps so a child who has issues with foot placement and weight shifting can access the entrance to the slide more easily.
Build or place some type of barrier (such as large trash bins or a hamper) around the climber area, specifically the soccer net. Once the barrier is in place, if a kicked ball misses the net it will bounce back to the child.
Place the Climber next to a couch so when a child climbs up the ladder he will not fall off the landing.
Children who have difficulty aiming the basketball in the direction of the net may benefit from a picture taped to the backboard. Use a picture that will motivate a child such as a picture of Elmo. Then tell the child to aim for Elmo.
The plastic structure of the Climber is uniform in texture. The basketball and soccer nets have a different texture.
The structure has high contrasting colors that allow children with a visual impairment to identify the parts of the Climber easily.
Climber has embossed footprints and handprints to indicate appropriate hand and foot placement.
Climber provides a handle on left side of slide which helps give the child support while climbing up the stairs to use the slide.
Skills
Child can discriminate where each net is and learn whether to kick (under) or to throw (over) which helps children understand spatial relationships.
Play Ideas
The Climber can be placed inside or out to provide physical activity at all times.
Place colored or textured tape on floor to help children identify where to stand to throw or kick the ball.
Adaptation Ideas
Place grips on the steps and handle of the climber to help increase grip and foot/hand placement. Self adhesive material can be found at most hardware stores.
Add a cushion to end of the slide and on each side of the slide to help keep younger children/infants safe when they slide down.
Place the Climber next to a couch so when a child climbs up the ladder he will not fall off the landing.
Build or place some type of barrier (such as large trash bins or a hamper) around the climber area, specifically the soccer net. Once the barrier is in place, if a kicked ball misses the net it will bounce back to the child.
The Climber promotes active play thereby increasing physical activity and strengthening muscle groups.
The Climber is sturdy and can be used inside or out.
Climber has embossed footprints and handprints to indicate appropriate hand and foot placement.
Skills
The Climber helps build motor planning skills as children cognitively process the Climber and figure out how to climb on and use it.
The soccer net activity promotes foot placement as children kick the soccer ball into the net.
Range of motion, arm extension and reaching are enhanced while throwing and kicking balls into the nets.
Children use trunk and leg strength to balance their bodies and climb the ladder.
Play Ideas
Place tape on the floor at various distances away from the net to encourage children to kick or throw balls from different places. This can help increase strength and control.
Turn the Climber into an obstacle course and have child complete each task (throw ball in net, kick ball in net, and go down slide). Add other tasks such as walk in a straight line, hop on one foot, complete an army crawl, etc. for children who require more steps.
Have children participate in circle activity (provide music in the background), pass the ball in a circle and when the music stops the child who ended up with ball gets to pick one activity on the Climber to complete.
Adaptation Ideas
Build or place some type of barrier (such as large trash bins or a hamper) around the climber area, specifically the soccer net. Once the barrier is in place, if a kicked ball misses the net it will bounce back to the child.
Children who have difficulty aiming the basketball in the direction of the net may benefit from a picture taped to the backboard. Use a picture that will motivate a child such as a picture of Elmo. Then tell the child to aim for Elmo.
