This sink was designed to contribute to the development of the child through learning everyday gestures and imitation games. At their height, it offers our children, including the youngest among them, easy access to learn certain hygiene gestures (such as washing their hands or brushing their teeth) and to carry out household tasks. at home (such as cleaning fruit and vegetables or rinsing plates, dishes and cutlery).
Its removable basin allows them to practice transferring, gives them the opportunity to clean it themselves, and possibly allows their parents to do it just as quickly and easily, and then let them put it back in their place.
The shelves under the sink can be used as storage for their sponges, spare towels, containers, soap, and other utensils when they are not being used for the current activity.
The sink also contributes, in the same way as other accessories found in the house such as the stove, the dinette, the DIY workshop, etc., to the construction of the identity of our future adults.
Thanks to their sink, they reproduce scenes from their daily life, the gestures and habits of their parents and the adults around them, learn to play with others, participate in the life of the house, and thus assimilate the rules, the codes and social roles, contributing to their socio-emotional development. They learn to manipulate small objects, plan their actions, their behaviors are goal-oriented, and they thus develop their executive functions and their fine motor skills.
Features
- Removable basin.
- Towel rack and mirror optional.
- Contributes to learning hygiene and cleanliness.
- Allows you to do it yourself.
- Varnish and water-based paint.
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- Sustainable management: FSC certified solid beech ensuring the traceability of wood as well as the maintenance of biodiversity and respect for local communities.
- Committed manufacturer: Fair, eco-responsible company with strong societal values, a third of whose workforce is made up of disabled workers and which supports an NGO offering a day care center for seriously disabled children.
- Without overproduction: Manufacturing on demand.
Technical sheet
- Colors: Natural wood.
- Material: Frame of the sink and mirror in solid beech; birch plywood shelves.
- Treatment: Water-based varnish and paint complying with European chemical requirements EN 71-3 standards for toy safety.
- Wood: Solid beech from eco-managed forests, FSC Controlled Wood Certification.
- Dimensions :
- Lavabo : H 50 cm x L 40 cm x l 34 cm.
- Mirror: H 50 cm x L 40 cm x W 2 cm.
- Weight:
- Weight: 10 kg.
- Mirror: 3.5 kg.
- Packaging: Carton, plastic bubble wrap, adhesive tape.
- Manufacturing: Europe (EU), in Romania.
- Age recommended by manufacturer: 12 months and over
- Weight limit: 50 kg
- Warranty: 2 years
Interview
- Clean with a dry, soft cloth. Otherwise, use a slightly damp cloth without detergent.
- Wipe up liquids immediately.
Assemblage
- Assembly manual: Sent by email.
- Product to assemble yourself, easily (1 person).
- 15 minutes of assembly.
Traceability
- Solid beech FSC - Romania
- Birch plywood - Ukraine
- Painting and varnishing - Bulgaria
- Packaging - Romania
- Design & Manufacturing - Romania
Manufacturing partner
In the center of Romania, the small company Eva harnesses all its ingenuity and expertise in woodworking to create furniture inspired by the principles of Montessori pedagogy to provide children with support for their activities, their freedom, tailored to their size - and that they can adapt to their desires!
The specifications of Eva and her team can be summed up as a combination of functionality, quality, ethics and aesthetics. With a timeless Scandinavian design that can decorate any room in the house, their products are the result of work designed to last several generations and of strong societal values. A third of this small company's workforce is made up of disabled workers and it supports an NGO which provides a day center for seriously disabled children.
What is the educational benefit of this product?
The sink contributes to the prepared environment and to the child who develops his autonomy by learning to do things alone, pillars of Montessori pedagogy.
It is also a place where children will imitate the behaviors they observe in those around them. The importance of observation is also found in Maria Montessori, who described the role of the absorbing mind in the child's learning and the importance for him to follow his mother everywhere to observe the world.
By supporting imitation games, learning hygiene gestures and participating in household chores, the sink will contribute to sensitive periods of coordination of movements (from approximately 18 months to 4 years), order (0 to 6 years), social behavior (more or less 2 to 6 years), refinement of the senses (around 18 months - 5 years), and small objects (during his second year).
The sink serves as a support for imitation games, which are part of childhood and the construction of identity. Rudolf Steiner also defines the first cycle of childhood, between 0 and 7 years, as that of imitation - during which he goes from being one with his mother to that of a social and autonomous individual, and where imaginative imitation will hold a determining place in the same way as open play.
It is through imitation play that the child will reproduce the behaviors he observes around him, from simple imitation to the creation of complex scenarios and role-playing games in which he is no longer the actor. principal but the director.
Jean-Ovide Decroly considered imitation and play as “anticipatory instincts”, essential maturation factors which give him a global understanding of reality. For Célestin Freinet, through imitation, just like observation or reading, the individual appropriates the experience of others, diversifying and accelerating his personal experience.
Participating, doing it yourself, “for real”, gives the child the opportunity to learn about real things in the real world, as recommended by Charlotte Mason.
What is the interest from a neuroscience point of view?
- Participation in sensorimotor, cognitive and socio-affective development* (*Through carrying out everyday tasks, learning cleanliness and hygiene gestures, imitating activities in the bathroom and kitchen which require precision and planning (cleaning hands, teeth, transferring, storing and disposing of small objects, etc.), role playing and interactions with adults and other children).
- Strengthening neural circuits through repetition of gestures and tasks.
What is sensorimotor development?
Sensorimotor development is the process by which children develop their senses and learn to perform, control and coordinate their movements.
The senses include the best known ones: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, but also balance (thanks to the vestibular system) and proprioception (position of the body in space, given by the somatosensory system).
These different senses work in concert with each other and with the motor system.
In terms of motor development, we can distinguish two main categories of motor skills:
- gross motor skills, which refers to movements of the whole body or the large limbs and muscles of the body (legs, arms, trunk, head),
- fine motor skills, which refers to the movements of smaller muscles and limbs (fingers, hands, wrists, feet, ankles, toes, lips, tongue).
What is cognitive development?
Cognitive development is the process by which children acquire, organize and learn to use knowledge. Cognitive skills are numerous, varied, and are orchestrated by executive functions. They include, among others, language, goal-directed behaviors, planning, cognitive flexibility, short-term memory (or working memory), long-term memory, the ability not to be distracted, to control emotional reactions, etc.
What is socio-emotional development?
Social-emotional development is the process by which children acquire the ability to understand, express and manage their thoughts, emotions and behavior.
Social and emotional skills are also directly linked to how they perceive themselves and develop relationships with others.
What age groups is it suitable for?
The sink is used from the moment the child begins to imitate the activities of adults in his games, to carry out hygiene procedures alone and to contribute to household chores, from around 12 months. Imitation games are useful until approximately 4 to 6 years old. The size of the sink is intended for children between approximately 12 months and 5 years old.
What is the point of this product in summary?
- Develop fine motor skills, executive functions, social skills.
- Serve as support for their imitation games.
- Feed your imagination.
- Practice daily tasks.
- Learn hygiene, cleanliness and independence.
- Strengthen his self-confidence.
- Collaborate on projects, guided by parents.
Delivery
- Delivery costs are: Free
- This product is shipped from Romania by our manufacturing partner Eva.
- Delivery takes place in 7 to 13 working days.
- Transport is managed by DPD or GLS, except in exceptional cases.
- Once your package has been shipped, a tracking number will be communicated to you by email.
Back
Have you received your item but it does not suit you? Don't worry, you have 14 days from the date of receipt of your package to return the product concerned to us.
Being a small family business, we are unfortunately not yet able to offer you postage costs, thereturn costs are the responsibility of responsibility of the customer and returns are to be sent to the country of shipment of this product, in Romania.
To be eligible for a return, please ensure that the following conditions are met:
- The product must arrive in original and complete condition (packaging, accessories, instructions).
- The request does not concern tailor-made products for which the customer has provided personalization data (example: a cutting or manufacturing dimension).
Please understand that we cannot accept fitted, used or worn items as they will not be able to be relisted.
Return Process
Send your return request with your order number as well as the product you wish to return to our Customer Service by email to the following address: bonjour@monloove.com
⚠ Please note that a return received without prior contact may frustrate the right of withdrawal.
Refund
The refund will be made within 14 days after receipt of the products for the full amount of the returned products, via the same payment method as that used when ordering.
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