Activity 1.1

Objective: Sense stimulation - touching and feeling
Method: Wild Animals are soft plastic blocks of different sizes and shapes. All the blocks have different textures on them. Encourage children to touch and feel the bumpy textures on the pieces.

Activity 1.2

Objective: Fine motor skills training - grasping
Method: Encourage children to grasp the plastic pieces with both their right and left hands.

Activity 1.3

Objective: Fine and gross motor skills training - twisting
Method: Link any two of the pieces together. Encourage children to twist them in opposite directions

Activity 1.4

Objective: Fine and gross motor skills training - disconnecting Popbo Blocs
Method: Link any two of the pieces together. Encourage children to disconnect them by pulling them sideways in opposite directions. This trains horizontal movement in their hands and arms.

Activity 2.1

Objective: Cognitive training - learning animals
Method: Use the Wild Animals to teach children different animals.

Activity 2.2

Objective: Cognitive training - learning body parts and facial features
Method: Use the Wild Animals to teach children different body parts and facial features.

Activity 2.3

Objective: Cognitive training - pointing out body parts and facial features
Method: Name different body parts and facial features. Then encourage your child to point to them.

Activity 2.4

Objective: Cognitive training - learning colors
Method: Use the Wild Animals to teach children different colors.

Activity 2.5

Objective: Cognitive training - learning the difference between a cavity and a protrusion
Method: Use the Wild Animals to teach children between a cavity and a protrusion.

Activity 2.6

Objective: Gross and fine motor skills training - connecting Popbo Blocs
Method: Using concepts learned from activity 2.5, allow children to freely connect the pieces. This trains their gross and fine motor skills, as well as their judgement of space.

Activity 2.7

Objective: Bath time
Method: These plastic toys are great for bath time. Children can build with them in the water too.

Activity 3.1

Objective: Creative thinking training - storytelling with picture books
Method: The Wild Animals sets come with picture books. These can be used as background scenes for storytelling. The books are also great for learning new words.

Activity 3.2

Objective: Creative thinking training - making up stories
Method: Encourage children to use their imagination to think of dialogue and short stories using the blocks.

Activity 3.3

Objective: Construction training - building with other Popbo Blocs
Method: Wild Animals sets, Sea Creatures sets and other Popbo Blocs are all compatible. Children can combine different sets to build new configurations. (Note: Other Sea Creatures sets are sold separately)