Infant Toy Analysis: Fisher-Price's Rock-A-Stack
impacts development and stimulates its physical, cognitive, and socio-
emotional abilities at that age. In addition, your paper will answer how this
toy might contribute to the development of these domains into early
childhood. Information about these areas has been covered in lecture and in
Chapters 3 and 4 of your textbook. Please also include a picture of the
specific toy.
Infant Toy Analysis Paper
The Fisher Price Rock-A-Stack is the toy I decided to analyze (see Figure 1). Five rings on this toy can be stacked in any order, from largest to smallest. Blue, green, yellow, orange, and red are the colors of the rings. The red ring rattles when shaken because it contains tiny balls. It includes a yellow peg for stacking the rings. You can choose between the regular size, which is about eight inches tall, and the giant size, which is over a foot tall. Plastic was used to make this toy. Although there have been reports of the toy turning objects blue, it has not yet been recalled. This toy is intended for infants and toddlers six months and up.
The infant has to exhibit a range of skills in order to use this toy. The infant must demonstrate skills like independent sitting, grasping, reaching, and depth perception. A fine motor skill that is learned between the ages of 4 and 6 months is grasping (Fogel, 2015). Reaching is yet another necessary fine motor skill for the infant. Between 3 and 4 month
