ZOOB Fastback H2H

ZOOB Mobile FastBack

 

ZOOB constructions sets are one of my favorites! ZOOB pieces are hard plastic, designed like ball and socket joints, and can be fun to play with once you have completed a project. A great activity if you are working on hand and finger strength, as the pieces do need a good push to snap together and a strong pull to take apart.

 

The goal of this set is to build 3D vehicles from 2D models. The individual will have to work from the instruction sheets, which may show several pieces added on each step. 

 

The fun thing about this ZOOB set is the 2 pull-back motors (no batteries needed :). After you make your car, you can play with the finished product and even race someone else's car. Taking it apart to box up also takes hand strength. Double win!

Try this:

• Make a car ahead of time and let the individual use that as a model to work from if he cannot interpret the 2D picture.
• Find all the pieces needed for the model ahead of time if your focus is hand skills or visual discrimination, etc. to save time or decrease frustration by adding additional tasks.
• Point to each piece or section to add as you build if the individual cannot figure out how to proceed from the diagram. Or give cues such as let's start with the front end or add the tires next, etc.
• Ask the person to find each needed piece in the box of pieces.
• Use terms of ball and socket to describe the pieces.
• Use consistent positional terms such as left, right, above, below etc.
• Working side by side, build the model piece by piece while the individual watches and builds his own.
• Ask the individual to move the piece in-hand if he picks it up in the wrong orientation for placement.
• Take time for creative play after the model is complete.
• Work on visual discrimination, visual closure, visual form constancy, spatial relations, visual memory, figure ground, eye-hand coordination, in-hand manipulation, manual dexterity, strength, hand arch development, separation of sides of hand, using two hands together, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation
  

In the box: 45 Plastic ZOOB pieces, Wheels, 2 pull-back motors, instruction guides

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