We must confess , Jenny, Madison and I like sport activities for our kids. We can’t help it – we played soccer and basketball in our high school.
This Smart Shots Sports Center by VTech is a great activity center with a sports focus. It will fascinate your toddler while developing motor skills.
The many manipulative features of this sports center features both a basketball hoop and a soccer net.
- Two sports in one! Shoot a basket or score a goal on this combination activity center
- Animated LED scoreboard counts baskets and plays encouraging sounds and phrases
- Turning gears help develop fine motor curiosity; buttons introduce shapes, numbers...
If your toddler kicks the soccer ball into the goal, the sports center provide a variety of appropriate audio responses. Similarly, making a basket will be counted on the LED screen, providing immediate feedback to your little one. The LED screen not only keeps score, it provides fun animations for your child.
A variety of other manipulative features help your child develop fine motor skills. Press the shape buttons to learn shapes and numbers. Or, your toddler can turn the gears to hear fun and playful sounds.
The shape buttons introduce shapes, numbers and sounds; the Smart Shots Sports Center comes with 50+ songs, sounds and phrases for your toddler to learn.
Product Details
Model: VTech® Smart Shots Sports Center.
Age guideline: 1 year – 3 years
Dimension: 16.5 x 22.8 x 24 inches
Tip: need 3 AA batteries (not included)
Shoot and kick the balls: aid in building motor skills
Score board: Counts baskets.
Learning tools: shapes, numbers, sounds
50+ songs, melodies and phrases.
PROS
- Sports focused toddler activity center
- Keeps your toddler engaged for hours
- Develops Soccer and Basketball skills
- Develops both motor and mental skills
- Scoreboard teaches the concept of cause and effect
- Has a variety of manipulative devices
- Provides visual and auditory stimulation
- Helps teach shapes and numbers
- Teaches 50+ songs, melodies, sounds and phrases
CONS
- The dimension of this center 16.5 x 22.8 x 24 inches – some of our peers felt that the sports center was smaller than they expected.
VERDICT:
Here’s your chance to develop your budding basketball or soccer star!
Our testings show that the The VTech® Smart Shots Sports Center (view on Amazon) is a product highly appreciated by our peers.
The sports focus combined with a wide variety of motor and sensory activities. This activity center that will occupy your toddler’s interest repeatedly. It teaches important motor skills and basic knowledge such as shapes and numbers. Yes, songs and melodies too. There is much to love about this sports center!
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