physical development and motor skills
Through play, children develop agility and many basic motor skills. Rocking, spinning and balancing in or on the shells help develop gross motor coordination, balance, and reactions. With the Bilibo Mini and Pixel, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination are promoted by assembling or stacking them, in games where you throw and catch chips with the shells, or when you flick them with a finger aiming for a Bilibo as target.

sensory stimulation
Bilibo toys help develop the senses in a number of ways. The unusual shapes and vibrant colors, and the different textures and surfaces provide visual and tactile stimulation. The shells can be turned into sound instruments and combined with elements like sand, water or marbles.
Balancing and spinning in the shells is a great way to stimulate the vestibular and proprioceptive systems which play a key role in the development of the brain, and reading and writing skills in particular.

role and pretend play
The open-ended nature of Bilibo toys turns them into perfect accessories and versatile props for role and pretend play. The abstract objects trigger the imagination, and children use and interpret the toys in ever new ways.
Using one thing to represent another during play lays important foundations for the later use of abstract symbols, such as letters and numbers.

functional and constructive play
Learning about cause and effect and other physical principles is an important element of play. Through play, children discover the functional properties of objects and materials. What is stable and what is instable when stacking objects for instance. Playing and building with sand or snow. Pouring water. Joining pairs of Bilibo half shells to form a sphere with a big smile. Bilibo toys provide countless opportunities to experience and explore basic laws of nature and geometry.

social competence
Bilibo toys encourage playing in groups. Especially the Mini Bilibo together with the dice and the chips can be used for many social games where the children make up and negotiate the rules and develop story lines together with their playmates. A teacher or parent may introduce children to classic games that can be played with the chips and Bilibos as game pieces, play currency, targets, or home bases.

confidence and self esteem
Open-ended toys let children play and learn at their own pace and on their terms. The less they feel forced to learn something, the more sustainable is the process. Adults and teachers need only provide subtle inputs and guidance to avoid the activity having the feeling of something other than play. Bilibo toys give children the opportunity to become creators and inventors themselves, and the satisfaction of having accomplished something all on their own.