Name:__________________ Per:____

Infant Product Design: 0-1 Year Old Development

Essential Question:​ How do children develop intellectually, physically, and socially/emotionally? How
can caregivers promote development in each of these areas of development?

Choose ​ONE ​of the following two options.

Option 1: Create a toy that promotes development for a child anywhere in the age range of birth to
age one that promotes development. Describe the materials used, label the items, and explain why
you designed the toy the way you did.

Option 2: Design a mobile to hang above an infant’s crib. Make the mobile or draw a detailed diagram
of it, describing the materials and labeling each item. Explain why you designed the mobile the way
you did.

Requirements
● Must be an innovative and original design (you can use products already on the market as
inspiration, but you can’t recreate something that is already being sold).
● The design should be professional (colored, outlined, no pencil.)
● The mobile/toy needs a creative name.
● The product you create needs to come with a product description and pitch in which you:
○ Identify the specific age range that it’s for.
○ Describe how it works.
○ Justify which type of development each part of the toy or mobile promotes.

Ideas and Research (10 pts)

 Grading: ______/30

4 3 2 1

Critical Thinking & Content
Understanding/Demonstration
(x3)
Identifies a unique Identifies a Begins to identify a Identifies an approach but
approach and plausible plausible approach does not address the approach
accurately justifies the approach and and begins to justify or provide justification for the
approach and product. fairly justifies the the approach and product. Not accurate or
approach and product. supported.
product.

Demonstrates full Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates little to no

understanding of the most some understanding of content.
content. understanding of understanding of
the content, but the content, but
missing a few missing key points.
aspects.

Creativity and Originality (x2) Independently uses With a high With assistance, Requires a high degree of
ideas to create degree of uses ideas to assistance in using ideas and
products that are independence, create products that content to create products. Has
directly related to uses ideas to are directly related a vague or incomplete
class content. create products to class content. connection to the task and
that are directly Products are purpose.
related to class somewhat useful
content. and unique.

Fun, innovative, Thoughtful Very little thought Lacks creativity.

thoughtful design. design. put into the design.