Under the Sea i-Mat

By Creative Baby, Inc.
Price $29.99
Age 3+

With features and benefits that grow along with your baby, this play mat functions beautifully on two significant levels. From a physical standpoint, it provides young kids with invaluable tactile and visual stimulation. The comfy foam mat is loaded with playful images of undersea plants and creatures, each expressively detailed in its own inviting way. The mat is large enough (4 ft. X 4 ft.) to make a sizeable adventure for a little one, yet breaks down into four separate squares for easy storage and portable play. And then there's the hand-held Voice Pen (sold separately), which turns the mat into a highly interactive play and learning environment. Point it at any of the dozens of objects on the mat to receive a multitude of fun mini-lessons. For example, point it at King Crab and the Voice Pen says, 'The King Crab is raising his arms up high. Can you raise your arms up high?' followed by dramatic music as soundtrack to your child's own arm-raising effort, and then, 'Good job!' There are also two highly interactive educational games in which the Voice Pen prompts kids to answer by way of pointing at images on the mat.