• 12+ months
• Show your baby that the toy moves and encourage your little one to push it along the ground and crawl after it.
• Turn on the vehicle and show your child the car in action - demonstrate how to press the head down to make it go. (At this stage your infant may be too young to do this themselves but they will love to watch the car spring to life and move across the floor.)
• Imitate the sounds the car makes and praise your infant if they can join in with you.
• 18+ months
• Show your child how to turn on the car and make it go. Encourage them to do it by themselves and to chase after it.
• Talk with your child about cars - what does a car do? Why do we need cars?
• Imitate the sound effects of the car and encourage your infant to do the same - ‘brum brum, beep beep’
• Relate the toy to a real car and show your infant the similarities between the two.
• Talk about the appearance of the car and its driver - e.g. what colour it is, how many wheels has it got? Introduce them to new language such as steering wheel, headlights, horn.