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Little Tikes
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Customer Quote: I feel more comfortable with my son in this trike because the seatbelt and (safety) bar stop him from running into the street on our rides. -- Mother, Chicago, IL
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Physical Description
The adult-assist handle and the fold-down footrests enable children to keep up with others while riding in the neighborhood or to the park.
Three point adjustable seatbelt, safety bar and fold-down footrests provide the child with added trunk support and a sense of security while riding.
The fold-down footrests can help keep children’s legs out of the way of moving pedals if they are unable to pedal themselves.
The handle bars have rubber grips to aid in grasping.
When the trike is pushed the pedals turn automatically. This helps the child begin to understand how to propel himself forward independently. Children are better able to learn and retain information if their bodies are involved.
Riding a trike provides physical exercise that can help combat childhood obesity.
When pedaling the trike children are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented afterward.
The trike can be pushed with the adult-assist handle or ridden independently by the child.
The trike has a canopy to shield a child from the sun.
Skills
Motor planning skills are practiced.
Balance, weight shifting and coordination are enhanced as children ride the trike. Children who have cognitive delays often have delays in motor development.
Bilateral coordination is used as children alternate sides to pedal.
Children flex and extend the muscles in their legs as they ride.
As children ride the trike and steer they are reinforcing visual perception skills.
Play Ideas
Create an obstacle course for the child to ride through.
Adaptation Ideas
Place non-skid shelf liner on the seat of the trike. This can help a child maintain an optimal seating position.
Cognitive Description
Three point adjustable seatbelt, safety bar and fold-down footrests provide the child with added trunk support and a sense of security while riding.
When the trike is pushed the pedals turn automatically. This helps the child begin to understand how to propel himself forward independently. Children are better able to learn and retain information if their bodies are involved.
The trike can be adjusted to grow with a child. This helps children who require a longer learning period to understand, use and enjoy an item.
Riding a trike provides physical exercise that can help combat childhood obesity.
When pedaling the trike children are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented afterward.
The trike can be pushed with the adult-assist handle or ridden independently by the child.
The trike has a canopy to shield a child from the sun.
Skills
Children gain a sense of their bodies’ position in space while riding this trike.
Children learn, remember and recall how to move their legs reciprocally to propel forward. This not only helps with memory and recall skills, but also helps the child learn he can control parts of his environment which builds a sense of empowerment.
Motor planning skills are practiced.
Balance, weight shifting and coordination are enhanced as children ride the trike. Children who have cognitive delays often have delays in motor development.
Action concepts of on/off, go/stop and push can be learned and reinforced during rides.
Children learn cause and effect as they use their hands and feet to propel forward.
Directionality can be taught while on rides.
As children ride the trike and steer they are reinforcing visual perception skills.
Play Ideas
Create an obstacle course for the child to ride through.
Have the child place a stuffed animal or doll in the seat and give it a ride.
Use descriptive words during the ride. If a caregiver is using the adult-assist handle, he can use words such as “fast” while pushing quickly, or “slow” when moving slowly; “over” when riding over a bridge or “stop” when stopping at a street to look both ways.
Play, “Red Light, Green Light.” Have the child ride the trike and a caregiver controls the game. When “red light” is called out, the child must stop. When “green light” is called, he pedals forward.
Use the small storage bucket to collect items such as pine cones and sticks. This can help children practice getting on and off the trike independently. Note: This activity cannot be done if the safety bar is attached.
Use chalk to draw a starting line. Have the child ride while you count to five. At five, the child stops and a line is drawn at this ending point. Now repeat from the starting line and have the child try to “beat” his record by riding farther in the same amount of time.
Adaptation Ideas
Place non-skid shelf liner on the seat of the trike. This can help a child maintain an optimal seating position.
Sensory Description
The handle bars have rubber grips that are tactilely pleasing to hold.
Children are pushed from behind so their view is unobstructed and provides additional sensory stimulation.
Three point adjustable seatbelt, safety bar and fold-down footrests provide the child with added trunk support and a sense of security while riding.
When the trike is pushed the pedals turn automatically. This helps the child begin to understand how to propel himself forward independently. Children are better able to learn and retain information if their bodies are involved.
Riding a trike provides physical exercise that can help combat childhood obesity.
When pedaling the trike children are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented afterward.
The trike can be pushed with the adult-assist handle or ridden independently by the child.
The trike has a canopy to shield a child from the sun.
Skills
As children ride the trike and steer they are reinforcing visual perception skills.
Action concepts of on/off, go/stop and push can be learned and reinforced during rides.
Children learn cause and effect as they use their hands and feet to propel forward.
Directionality can be taught while on rides.
Play Ideas
While on rides in the neighborhood, stop to look at unique lawn decorations, smell fragrant flowers, feel the hard sections of a pinecone.
Adaptation Ideas
Ride on a sidewalk with grass on either side. The grass can serve as guides for where to ride.
Communicative Description
Children are pushed from behind so their view is unobstructed and provides additional sensory stimulation.
The three-point seat belt and the safety bar help prevent children from running off.
When the trike is pushed the pedals turn automatically. This helps the child begin to understand how to propel himself forward independently. Children are better able to learn and retain information if their bodies are involved.
Riding a trike provides physical exercise that can help combat childhood obesity.
When pedaling the trike children are feeling the compression of their joints in their hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. This proprioceptive input their bodies receive helps children better focus and attend to cognitive tasks presented afterward.
The trike can be pushed with the adult-assist handle or ridden independently by the child.
The trike has a canopy to shield a child from the sun.
Skills
Verbal communication is encouraged between the child and the adult when using the adult-assist handle.
Children gain a sense of their body’s position in space while riding this trike.
Action concepts of on/off, go/stop and push can be learned and reinforced during rides.
Children learn cause and effect as they use their hands and feet to propel forward.
Directionality can be taught while on rides.
As children ride the trike and steer they are reinforcing visual perception skills.
Play Ideas
Have the child place a stuffed animal or doll in the seat and give it a ride.
Use descriptive words during the ride. If a caregiver is using the adult-assist handle, he can use words such as “fast” while pushing quickly, or “slow” when moving slowly; “over” when riding over a bridge or “stop” when stopping at a street to look both ways.
Play, “Red Light, Green Light.” Have the child ride the trike and a caregiver controls the game. When “red light” is called out, the child must stop. When “green light” is called, he pedals forward.
Adaptation Ideas
DESCRIPTION: Approx. Price: $99.99Box Age Range: 0+ yr# of Pieces: 1Washability: Surface WipeStorability: Directions: Simple Play Locations: Outdoor Adjustability: Levels of Play: Three LevelsBatteries: None needed
Features and Benefits
Easy to Grasp/Hold High Contrasting Colors One-Piece Unit
Developmental processes promoted
Proprioceptive Input Physical Range of Motion Problem Solving Coordinated Movement Core Strengthening, Trunk Strength, Stability Gross Motor Balance Motor Planning Self Esteem Hand and Finger Grasp Action Concepts e.g. In/Out, Push/Pull, On/Off, Go/Stop Visual Attention Weight Shifting Foot Placement Bilateral Coordination
