Monkey Rumples

Product Description

Cognitive 4

Skills

• The open ended nature of play with Rumple Buddies promotes imagination as a child creates a narrative and personality for the toy.
• Interacting with a fidget like Rumple Buddies can aid in prolonging activities. This type of play can support focus and attention for learning in the classroom, doing homework or sitting at the dinner table during a meal.
• The crinkle material engages children, encourages purposeful finger movements and assists children in learning the concept of cause and effect.

Play Ideas

• Use Monkey Rumples to teach kids about body parts. Where is the tail? Where is the belly? Where is the left hand?
• Read to Monkey Rumples! Have the child read a story to the cuddly and crinkly plush or a collection of the plush to create an audience during story time.
• When a child is emotional, overwhelmed, or just having trouble expressing feelings, have him use Monkey Rumples to share how he is feeling. 

Sensory 5

Skills

• Red, white and black are the first colors young children are able to visually process. The bold and high contrast colors of Rumple Buddies can encourage visual tracking and attention in early childhood.  
• Rumple Buddies creates an auditory response and provides sensory stimulation for the child because of the crinkling sound when played with.
• The Minky plush and the raised texture on the Rumple Buddies allows children to experience the sense of touch and allow them to conceptualize tactile differentiation. 

Play Ideas

• Use Monkey Rumples as an instrument to play along while singing or listening to music.
• Play a game of “Freeze” with the Rumple Buddies. Crinkle Monkey Rumples until someone says, “Freeze!” and then stop making the crinkling noise.
• Make a cozy corner of the house with blankets, pillows, Rumple Buddies and other soothing items to create a calming corner. 

Physical 4

Skills

• The soft yet textured surface of Rumple Buddies heightens the sense of touch and promotes fine motor skill development as kids explore different grasps to hold the plush.
• The softness of the Rumple Buddies helps a child be successful in grasping. The material contours to a child’s grasp.
• Rumple Buddies promote bilateral coordination and hand-eye coordination as children use both sides of their body together to play.

Play Ideas

• Children can attempt to flip Monkey Rumples gently from palm to top of hand, practicing controlled force as well as hand-eye coordination and hand grasp.
• Balance Monkey Rumples on parts of your body such as the head, elbow, and knee.
• Build a house for the Rumple Buddies, giving the child a chance to design a home using various materials like shoeboxes and cardboard boxes.  Maybe Monkey Rumples lives in a tree house?