Ship-ohoy! This fantastic play vessel is thrilling and full of varied play activities encouraging children to play for a long time. It spurs active outdoor play and stimulates dramatic as well as explorative play. The rich opportunities for climbing train cross-coordination, improving cross-modal perception, fundamental for improving reading skills. The ship theme encourages dramatic play, which is well know to stimulate language development and cooperative play. The varied ground level and elevated level manipulative elements and play panels support dramatic play, too, and stimulate thinking skills and turn-taking. Under deck, a great space features the funnel and numbers panel, great for the understanding of object permanence and e.g. numeracy. Sliding to the ground is great fun, but also supports balance and posture.