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Growing your child’s imagination is one of the most precious gifts that
you can give. With Mixaroo, they can dream and create a best-ever
pal to explore the wondrous possibilities that surround them each
and every day. Mixaroo will help children to express themselves, learn
about individuality, and become confident problem solvers. When
children believe in themselves, they become kinder, braver, and grow
into the very best version of themselves.
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CARE
INSTRUCTIONS
Includes
Mixaroo
Body
11 Easy-stick parts:
Elephant
Trunk
Dragon
Wings
Lizard
Tongue
Lion Manes
Elephant
Ears
Fox
Ears
Lizard
Spikes
Guided Play Activities
Storytime star
Every Mixaroo tells a story, and every story helps build language skills. Encourage
your child to create a creature and then tell a story starring that character.
Skills: Storytelling, Imagination
The “Who? What? Where?” Game
As children play and language skills develop, they can begin answeringsimple
questions. Ask your child, “What is on top of its head?” “Where is its tail?”
“Who has wings?”
Skills: Language, Positional Concepts
Beat the clock!
As your child plays, you will notice them holding the body with one hand, and
attaching parts with the other. Help them to build fi ne motor coordination by
encouraging them to repeatedly attach and remove parts. Turn it into a game
by timing their builds to see how fast they become.
Skills: Fine Motor Coordination
It’s the Mixaroo’s fi rst day at school. When there’s no one else in the class
who looks quite the same, how does the Mixaroo feel and how do the other
students react? How do you think the Mixaroo can make new friends?
Your Mixaroo wants to be more than just the family pet—it wants to be a
superhero! After you help your Mixaroo choose its special powers from a
bunch of di erent animals, describe how those parts make your Mixaroo a
superhero and how it will use its super powers.
One day, a wizard gives your Mixaroo three wishes to borrow some cool parts
from the other animals in the forest. What does your Mixaroo wish for and why?
Then invite your child to play The Wizard and make the wishes come true.
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The gang’s all here!
Did you know that Mixaroos are fun for solo play, playing with a friend, or even
as a group activity? For parallel play, try placing parts from more than one
Mixaroo in a central pile that all the kids can draw from when creating their own
creatures. From there, step it up by getting kids to take turns selecting pieces
and adding them to the same Mixaroo.
Skills: Cooperation, Empathy, Patience, Taking Turns
Got your nose … and other body parts!
As your child selects and attaches body parts to the Mixaroo, take the
opportunity to identify the name of each part and discuss what it does. What
body parts do they also have (ears, nose, legs) and what do they use them for…?
Hearing? Smelling? Walking? What parts don’t they have (wings, a tail, etc.)?
And of those parts, which do they wish they could have and why?
Skills: Body Part Recognition
Up, down, and all around!
Using words and phrases like “on top,” “middle,” “on,” “o,” “next to,” “behind,”
instruct your kids to attach parts to their Mixaroo in specific places. Then,
switch it around, and have the child instruct YOU in assembling the Mixaroo.
These words represent helpful concepts in learning everything from dressing
themselves to writing.
Skills: Sequential Learning, Spatial, and Positional Awareness
The “Now You See It, Now You Don’t” Guessing Game
Team up with your child to create a Mixaroo. Then instruct your building partner
to close their eyes while you change one thing. When they open their eyes, ask
what was moved, removed, or added. Make it even more fun with silly changes,
like using a tail for a nose. Then switch it around by inviting your child to make a
change while you close your eyes.
Skills: Visual Memory
Categories & counting
Mixaroo has several types of body parts , making them perfect for sorting and
learning the meaning of specific numbers. Ask your child to group the parts by
type and then to give you “one nose,” “two wings,” or “three out of four ears.”
Skills: Sorting, Counting, Fine Motor Coordination
The “Copy Cat” Game
Create a Mixaroo and then challenge your child to copy the design you just
made, exactly. Take a photo of your creation on your phone for them to use
as a model, or use another Mixaroo for reference.
Skills: Visual Spatial Relations, Writing Readiness
Problem or opportunity?
What parts would allow the Mixaroo to collect seashells from a lake? Or retrieve
a kite that is stuck in a tree? Or crack open seeds and nuts? Work with your child
to select and attach these parts to their Mixaroo and explain how they would help.
Skills: Creative Problem Solving
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Ask your child to follow three simple sequential instructions. For example,
FIRST: put on a nose, SECOND: attach ears, THIRD: add a tail. Then ask your
child to change the pieces, but put the new ones on in the same order as before.
Skills: Following a series of directions in order, Memory Skills, Fine Motor
Skill Coordination
Hide and go build
Hide Mixaroo parts around the room, then send your child on a hunt to find,
retrieve, and use them to assemble their Mixaroo. Add another layer of learning
and fun by hiding each piece in a harder-to-get-at place like under a table,
behind a door, or on a stair.
Skills: Visual Memory, Gross Motor Skills
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