If upper management is interested in exploring more technologically advanced and interactive toys within my core brand, I would approach the process with an open mind, including a creativity aspect to accomplish this goal. Researching both current and past successes and failures with technologically advanced toys within the company would be the first step. To eliminate competing with yourself or repeating errors made in the past, research is always key (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014, p. 16). Next, creating an outline of the toys we currently produce and evaluating them to determine the best possible results for implementing the new technology. While doing so, this would be a great time to develop our target group for sales. Are we creating a product for teenagers, or tweens? This information will prove vital in determining the features to include or exclude during the development phase. While reviewing the current inventory, designers would be asked to assist with interfacing modifications to current products, to determine the pros and cons of making adjustments. With safety being the number one priority, we must ensure that the product maintains its highest level of standard. If deemed that the modifications will not be suitable for our core brand, I would create an alternative solution to the request from upper management, which may involve an entirely new product. If deemed suitable, the next phase would be testing the product and then preparing for the marketing campaign. Establishing an effective marketing campaign is a…
Target Corporation is the second-largest discount store retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. Founded by George Dayton and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Later, the first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota in 1962 while the parent company was renamed the Dayton Corporation in 1967. It became the Dayton-Hudson Corporation after merging with the J.L Hudson Company in 1969 and held ownership of several department store chains including Dayton's, Hudson's, Marshall Field's, and Mervyn's.…
Bernice and Rhonda (2 toys each-decide which categories you want, 6 slides each,) Step 2: Within your Learning Team, investigate popular toys on the market today. You can use the internet or visit a toy store to do this research. See if you can find toys that fall into the four categories above; that is, those that may promote aggression, those that may promote pro-social behavior; those that seem to encourage or discourage gender stereotyping; and those that seem to encourage or discourage cultural differences and/or stereotyping. Identify and investigate a minimum of four toys, one from each category. Discuss your observations about these four categories. You may want to use the following questions as guidance for your team’s analysis of the…
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* All activities, toys and equipment must be suitable for each child’s age, ability, mobility, interests and emotional needs. This means the activities, toys and equipment must be suitable for each child such as when working with babies, I use toys such as rattles to make sound, soft books with colourful and bright pictures, and tactile toys for touching, these help a baby explore different textures, colours and sounds.…
The first one is Physical which obviously consists of the child’s physiology. So muscle development would be improved through play and this can include gross motor skills as a whole. According to Fisher (2007), running, jumping, climbing skipping, swimming and the use of large equipment e.g. tricycles and other climbing frames and so on, can all help strengthen their leg muscles, arm muscles and others. However, to prevent a child from getting hurt, precautions need to be put in place and remain there at all times, such as impact- absorbent surfaces. Children need to explore the world and they may not have perfect balance yet and therefore, these provisions need to be in place. As the child gets older, games that require more physical energy and agility such as riding bicycles, skipping and games e.g. football, hockey and so on will be more appropriate as to begin with, a child needs to gradually develop their physical abilities, from a very young age, this will mainly include fine motor skills and developing the ability to pick up small objects and place them somewhere else however as the child begins to take their first steps then they will require toys that aid their movement such as walkers that have interactive buttons to encourage play. Further development will include running, jumping and more energetic movements that only bigger team games and larger play equipment will meet the needs of. Therefore the child’s gross and fine motor skills are all met meaning the child develops all areas of their physical requirements. Balance and coordination will also be improved from games that involve movement as well as an awareness of speed, distance and size when playing throw and catch games or catch games, they’ll learn to determine the distance and speed at which the ball is moving; this can be considered intellectual development. Finally, the emotional and social…
Children and young people enjoy having fun and learning provided that the environment is a stimulating one. With this in mind we have to think about what type of equipment, resources and layout is on offer. Children may have the same toys at home so it is worth having a wide variety to choose from and rotate them to provide the children with a challenge.…
names. In the society of today, a person most likely entering this toy section would presume that it focuses upon young girls.…
| Sensory Capacities: localises sounds.Motor Ability: control of head and arm movements; purposive grasping, rolls over.…
Similarly age restrictions applies to some toys as each child develops at different stages so therefore adults should take into account of their child’s ability.…
The age, needs and abilities of children impact significantly on what is safe or unsafe for them to come into contact with. For instance an eight month old baby will be expected to pick up objects within their reach and put them to their mouth so when planning a safe environment for them it will be important to keep small objects that present a choking hazard out of their reach. It is with this in mind that most practitioners will choose toys and materials safely.…
Child will be able to understand the differences in sizes and textures. He or she will be able to differentiate between large and small, short and tall, soft and hard.…
I have always been a kid magnet. Everywhere I go I always manage to befriend little kids that follow me around and look up to me. It may be my little kid heart or just a general kindness all kids look up to, but somehow I have managed to take dozens of kids under my wing and hopefully making them into kind-hearted people.…
My aim of this assignment is to choose a toy that is suitable for children in age group 0-6 years and to assess and to examine it under various headings.…
designers could effectively pretest new toys and insure maximum interest, safety, education, and the like.…