Edwin the Duck

Product Description

Cognitive 5

Skills

• Cause and effect relationships are promoted as kids interact with the app activities and use Edwin the Duck to complement the game.
• Edwin provides kids with a multi-sensory approach to learning through sight, sound and touch. Children are better able to learn, retain and recall the information experienced through multiple senses.
• With the educational activities like the shapes application, children learn shape recognition and identification through a variety of engaging activities.
• The physical duck provides a bridge for children to connect the real world that they can touch to the digital world that they can see. 

Play Ideas

• Hide Edwin the Duck around the house for kids to find using their hearing as a guide. Caregiver can play music intermittently through the smart device as kids get warmer and colder to the hiding spot.
• Create fictional friends for Edwin the Duck, such as Lucy the Seal and Daryl the Rino. What sort of adventures would they be up to?

Communicative 5

Skills

• Kids can practice receptive (input) language skills when using Edwin the Duck with the Bluetooth speakers during music, audiobooks, or any other audio file.
• The storybook application allows children to practice reading and comprehension skills as they either read or follow along with Edwin’s story.
• Verbalizations and vocalizations are encouraged as children sing along with a variety of classic and original songs that are controlled through the app and played through Edwin’s speakers. 

Play Ideas

• Act out a play with Edwin the Duck being the main character.
• Use traditional and nontraditional musical instruments to interact with the sing along app.
• Encourage children to mimic the sounds they hear Edwin the Duck verbalize and vocalize through the sound effects, vocals, sayings and songs. 

Social/Emotional 4

Skills

• With the nightlight and lullaby feature, bedtime can be a calming and soothing experience as Edwin’s head turns into a gentle nightlight and his speaker’s stream the gentle music.
• With no wrong way to play with Edwin, but a variety of applications, children can have the flexibility to choose a preexisting play idea, or come up with their own.
• Use of Edwin the Duck familiarizes children with technology, which is an increasingly important aspect of society. 

Play Ideas

• Create an illustrated book with Edwin as the main character. Read the story aloud and record it on a smart device to mimic the storybook application.
• Have the child create his own personal “moods” playlists on the so that all of his favorite music is easily accessible to play when feeling different emotions.
• Use Edwin the Duck as a quiet time activity when focus, calm and attention are needed.