The Professor Brooster Mechanical Brain Booster {Giveaway!}

Item: Developmental Toy
Website: http://wixomcreative.com/bb/bbhome.html

If your children love to play hide and go seek as much as my children, this this will be of interest to you.

This is a fun and also inexpensive developmental toy. The creator has degrees in both Early Child Development and Audiology.

It is quite simple--a timer. But the timer has some neat features that you don't get with your average timer. It has two special features. The first is a safety strap so you can hang it from various items. The strap easily unsnaps. The second is that it is magnetic, so you can expand your hiding places significantly.

This toy also comes with a 12 page developmental guide with guidance for activity ideas for each age group. The age range starts as early as 9 months. Optimal age is 1-3, and children can have fun with it beyond that. 

The activities are designed to develop:

• Object permanence
• Logical thinking
• Creativity
• Visual discrimination
• Problem solving
• Physical activity
• Auditory localization
• Spatial intelligence
• Family fun

Something I have found great about this toy is that it is equally interesting for my 5.5 year old as my 1.5 year old. We have had a lot of fun with it over the last nearly two months. The kids love to have it hidden for them and to hide it for each other. I have come up with some additional fun ideas to help make some activities I had planned more age-appropriate and more interesting than they would be otherwise.

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