{30 Days of Simple Toddler Toys} Day 6: Play Food

To go along with a play kitchen (Day 5), you'll need some play food and other kitchen accessories to really amp up the creativity.

Skills:

• dramatic play
• vocabulary
• fine motor
• life skills
• organization

If you search for play food, there are what seems like millions of options.  For Greyson we are looking for very realistic options to help him with his exploration of food items.  We also l-o-v-e the play food that you can cut and peel, because it even furthers the interaction he can have with the food.

      

  

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{30 Days of Simple Toddler Toys} Day 5: Play Kitchen

There are so many skills to be learned through dramatic play, especially with a play kitchen.

Skills:

• dramatic play
• fine motor
• vocabulary
• life skills
• organization

Our big gift to G this year is a kitchen.  It's the perfect gift for any almost 3 year old, but we are really hoping that it will be especially perfect for him.  The interaction with the food and utensils will be good practice for his oral eating skills.

There are kitchens of all types and sizes.  We are looking specifically for a wooden one, as they are sturdier and hold up a bit nicer than the traditional plastic ones.  Here are a few different play kitchens at different price points that we think are great.  

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