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.

Units are for both young and older children

The child can learn to distinguish the colors, names and sounds of the animals, and as it gets older, the large foam animals can be used to test physical limits and achieve greater body control.

Stil de små dyr op på række eller få dyrene til at balancere på hinanden

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

Fine motor skills

Stimulér barnets sanser ved at lade det mærke dyrenes former

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

The sense of touch

Fine motor skills

Få barnet til at efterligne dyrenes lyde – eller rollelege for større børn

Have the child imitate the sounds of the animals.

Language development

Tal om farver og mad

Talk about colors and what the animals eat.

Language development

Units kan flyde og de små klæber til fugtige overflader

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

Creativity

Rolleleg

Role play.

Creativity

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Play: Flip an animal / tractor
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Play: Stack an animal / tractor
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Play: Guess an order
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Play: Memory game
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Play: Sense of feeling
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Play: Hide and seek

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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.

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Pediatric physiotherapist Lene Raadkjær Jørgensen demonstrates The Bird from Units.

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Pediatric physiotherapist Lisbeth Knudsen demonstrates The Bird from Units.

Units can also be used as furniture

The large Units can also be used as furniture in the children’s room. It can, for example, be used as a stool or as a small table.