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Foot-to-floor, child-powered ride-on encapsulates pretend play with its retro styled fire truck design and a hose that really sprays water. Fill the tank in back, pump to pressurize and spray away. The water reservoir is removable from the vehicle for easy filling or to limit water play.
Approx. Price: $69.99 Box Age Range: 1+ yrs # of Pieces: 2-5 Washability: Surface Wipe Storability: Bulky Directions: Simple Play Locations: Outdoor Adjustability: None Levels of Play: Three Levels Batteries: None needed
High Contrasting Colors
Tactilely Stimulating
Visually Stimulating
Inviting Due to Uniqueness
Large Openings
Open-ended
Innovative
Provides Pretend Play Opportunities
Easy to Grasp/Hold
Simple
Fosters Imagination/Promotes Creativity
Developmental processes promoted
Visual Attention
Visual Processing
Memory and Recall
Cause and Effect
Action Concepts e.g. In/Out, Push/Pull, On/Off, Go/Stop
The seat is a deep well with a high back and one solid side to give added support. The other side has a notch out for easy entering and exiting.
The attached ladders can be used as handles for children to walk and push from behind.
The fire truck is powered by a child’s foot-to-floor movement. No batteries are required. No pedal action to learn. The fire truck does not have a floorboard or foot rest.
The fire truck has an open-top design which helps caregivers easily provide physical assistance when needed.
The foot-to-floor action gives a child’s body feedback in their joints and muscles.
The hose can be used while in a seated position in the fire truck.
A fire truck is a familiar vehicle for children to understand.
Skills
Eye-hand coordination is used to fill the water reservoir with your own hose or pitcher; to aim and spray a target.
Two-handed play is used to spray water with the hose, spin the steering wheel and when a child needs to turn the car. Note: the steering wheel is not connected to the front axle.
The foot-to-floor movement is child powered, allowing children to move and strengthen muscles in their legs while they play.
Children learn spatial awareness and gain a sense of their body in space as they negotiate their bodies in and out of the fire truck.
Motor planning and gross motor skills are practiced during play to get in, drive forward and spray water.
Hand grasp, two-handed midline play and finger strength are used to press the button on the hose and spray water.
Bilateral coordination is used to by children to propel forward using their feet and legs.
Play Ideas
Create a target for children to aim and shoot.
Children can explore the difference in resistance when they drive the fire truck on grass and on pavement.
Have children use the hose to water the garden.
Have children help rinse the car during a car wash.
Adaptation Ideas
Place non-skid shelf liner on the seat. This can help a child maintain an optimal seating position.
The fire truck is powered by a child’s foot-to-floor movement. No batteries are required. No pedal action to learn. The fire truck does not have a floorboard or foot rest.
A fire truck is a familiar vehicle for children to understand.
The excitement of the real working hose action helps capture and maintain attention.
The fire truck accommodates one child in the seat. One side has an open notch for children to easily climb in and out from. The other side is a solid wall to provide additional support.
The water reservoir is removable to provide space to haul or for a second seat. It also enables for easy filling.
The water sprays in one single stream that allows children to easily aim and spray specific areas.
The steering wheel spins freely and is not connected to the front axle.
Skills
Action concepts of in/out and go/stop can be learned and reinforced during rides.
Cause and effect learning can take place as children spray with the water hose and beep the horn.
Children can learn about appropriate play etiquette when using water. Do no spray others unless they have already stated it is okay; do not spray anyone in the face; etc.
This fire truck provides opportunities for pretend play skills to develop. The working hose gives children a prop for play.
Turn taking and waiting can be addressed during play because there is only one seat and one hose.
Elaborate story lines can be acted out using this fire truck as a prop in the play.
Play Ideas
Encourage children to create siren noises to practice volume control, range and intonation.
Provide your own fireman’s hat and costume to further nurture pretend play.
Take the tank off the fire truck and use the space for a seat for a playmate.
A fire truck is a familiar vehicle for children to understand.
The truck has a real working hose. The reservoir needs to be pumped to pressurize it for spraying.
The fire truck is powered by a child’s foot-to-floor movement. No batteries are required. No pedal action to learn. The fire truck does not have a floorboard or foot rest.
The fire truck accommodates one child in the seat. One side has an open notch for children to easily climb in and out from. The other side is a solid wall to provide additional support.
The water reservoir is removable to provide space to haul or for a second seat. It also enables for easy filling.
The water sprays in one single stream that allows children to easily aim and spray specific areas.
The steering wheel spins freely and is not connected to the front axle.
Skills
Cause and effect learning can take place as children spray with the water hose and beep the horn.
Children can learn about appropriate play etiquette when using water. Do no spray others unless they have already stated it is okay; do not spray anyone in the face; etc.
This fire truck provides opportunities for pretend play skills to develop. The working hose gives children a prop for play.
Problem solving skills are fostered as children learn how to spray the water and what to do if the water pressure is low.
Memory and recall skills are put into play when children remember how to move their legs to propel forward and how to spray water using the hose.
Motor planning skills are practiced during play to get in, drive forward and spray water.
Action concepts of in/out and go/stop can be learned and reinforced during rides.
Play Ideas
Have children use the hose to water the garden.
Draw three simple shapes with chalk on the ground. Ask the child, “Which shape is a triangle?” and have the child respond by spraying the correct shape with water.
Have children help rinse the car during a car wash.
Pretend to put fires out in various areas of the yard (garden, play house, tree, etc.)
Adaptation Ideas
Place non-skid shelf liner on the seat. This can help a child maintain an optimal seating position.
