Toy Smart Phone

It looks like an iPhone, perfect for pretend play, with lights and sounds and plenty of buttons to push, this should definately keep them entertained!

Educational benefits of toy mobile phones:

Screens are everywhere, including in the palms of our hands. Children see how much time we adults spend on our smartphones, and therefore how much we seem to value these devices – and they want to be a part of it.

Children see us constantly looking up information we need to know, and being continuously connected. It’s only natural that they should want to copy this behaviour in their play, and “practise being an adult”.

 Most people have an opinion about children and technology. Rather than studying children’s screen use per se, its interesting to looked at how they play with old and discarded devices, such as a hand-me-down phone handset or an old laptop or PC keyboard. A toy mobile phone will give a more interactive experience than a discarded device that no longer functions.

 Many early childhood education centres contain play spaces set up to mimic situations in everyday adult life. Examples include “home corner” containing kitchen equipment, of other situations such as offices, hairdressing salons, doctors’ surgeries, and restaurants. These spaces might also let children play at using mobile phones, computers, iPads, EFTPOS machines, or other electronic devices.

During pretend play, children are often acting at a higher level to practise new skills as they recreate "grown up" scenarios in their pretend play situations. This is part of their learning and developing social awareness and communication skills.

Size: 12cm x 5.5cm