Thomas Engine Bed

Snuggle up to sleep with Thomas and Friend with the story time Toddler Bed! This bed is designed with style in mind by UK Cheapest Online Beds Store; it is extremely detailed and really is a wonderful feature for any children's bedroom. Parents also describe the interest in Thomas as a 'gateway' to learning: in other words without the interest in Thomas their children would not have had the motivation or interest to try new skills such as computer skills. The significance of Thomas' role in all forms of learning is considerable, but especially noteworthy is the influence on language learning, which is often late to develop and sometimes entirely absent in children with autism.

Thomas Tank Engine Bed

This association with Thomas as a friend sometimes merges into Thomas as a fantasy world where children talk to Thomas or the other characters as if they are real and they are one of the characters themselves. This is consistent with other anecdotal reports of children with autism believing that they are the character or object rather than pretending. About a quarter of responding parents described their children's relationship/association with Thomas to be partly about learning, primarily around colors, numbers and language. Online bed sale UK is thought to be the perfect place to buy the kids beds

Most interesting perhaps is the learning of facial expressions and emotions mentioned spontaneously by 8% of parents. Even when a child with autism speaks, their 'communication' is often poor because of the missing 'theory of mind' - understanding people and their thoughts and emotions. The suggestion from this research is that Thomas helps children with autism to build up some basic 'theory of mind' knowledge.

Features and benefits for Thomas the Tank Engine Toddler Bed

• The toddler bed, made from solid MDF, is an ideal transition from a cot, helping your child in the next stage of development to bedtime routine.
• The bed comes with a detachable shelf with a cup holder, a useful cubby hole for books and is a handy place to keep a night light.
• Suitable from 18 months up to 5 years.

You will love the classic Thomas design and side panels on the bed to stop your little one from any bedtime tumbles. Don't Forget to purchase a mattress of 140cm x 70cm to fit this bed. This may help to make sense of concepts such as friendship which would otherwise still be alien. A boy of 9 said that he had learnt about friends from Thomas and that he had friends himself now. He said that he learnt why Thomas was friendly with some of the characters and why others were enemies. Children with autism often respond well to visual impact. One-to-one-teaching, because it involves an element of social interaction, can be stressful and problematic. It may be that traditional teaching is less successful for some children with autism than computer based interactive teaching would be.

Autism

Thomas plays a vital role in the lives of some children with autism, acting as an initial point of entry into realms as vital as speech, emotion and imagination. For many other children on the autism spectrum, Thomas serves as a comforting, familiar and reassuring presence in a world that is frequently frightening and incomprehensible. Thomas is also a sale online beds and mattresses shop in London

The use of language around Thomas displays common patterns. Children with autism spectrum disorders often recite whole chunks of text, in many cases before they can understand a lot of the words they are using. There is a pattern of progression to using script from Thomas almost appropriately in other life-situations and in some cases so appropriately that one wouldn't know the language was from Thomas if one didn't know the scripts. Echolalia is common: echoing and repeating specific words or a few phrases frequently without at first understanding them: At a Glance This fun Thomas & Friends toddler bed will make going to bed your child's favorite part of the day.