Activities with Units

At Units Danish Design, we specialize in foam animals due to their many applications. In addition to the countless games that the foam animals invite to, children can achieve learning and motor skill development by playing with the foam animals. On this page we have collected different inspiration and films.

Arrange the small animals in a row or make the animals balance on each other.

Stimulate the baby’s senses by letting it feel the shapes of the animals.

Have the child imitate the sounds of the animals.

Talk about colors and what the animals eat.

Units can float and the small ones stick to wet surfaces.

Role play.

Play: Flip an animal / tractor

Play: Stack an animal / tractor

Play: Guess an order

Play: Memory game

Play: Sense of feeling

Play: Hide and seek

The bird

Children’s motor skill development starts from birth and is a cornerstone for later well-being and the Bird from Units can help with that.

The Bird is developed in collaboration with pediatric physiotherapist Lene Raadkjær Jørgensen, who is the owner of BabyTummel which offers development classes for babies and children.

The Bird is for you who want to support the baby’s natural development, among other things with the right lying position. Baby enjoys the Bird right from birth to facilitate head lift when baby is lying on its stomach.

Being happy to lie on your stomach is an important for motor skill development.

When the baby can crawl, the Bird is a stimulating challenge to get up and over. When baby can walk, the beak is a motivating ramp to try to go up and down, and the baby’s development has become a breeze.

You can read an interview with Lene here or download the BabyTummel app with motor exercises 0-18 months – read more at babytummel.dk.

Below you can see two films that show how the Bird from Units can be used.

Pediatric physiotherapist Lene Raadkjær Jørgensen demonstrates The Bird from Units.

Pediatric physiotherapist Lisbeth Knudsen demonstrates The Bird from Units.