Serve up awareness for Hispanic cultures with these pretend delicacies. Eight-piece play set includes tamale, enchilada, taco, quesadilla, empanada, rice, beans and flan. All are realistic-looking and made of soft plastic.
Special Needs Applications - Key Features and Benefits
Cognitive:
-Realistic looking play food helps children begin to understand the concept of pretend play. They are more likely to pretend play with objects they are already familiar with; such as food they know, as opposed to novel, abstract "things .
-Many pieces in each set so children can incorporate counting and repetition into play.
Communicative:
-Realistic-looking play food helps children begin to understand the concept of pretend play.
-Enough food in each set that children can begin parallel play playing the same item next to each other, but not interacting and then cooperative play as skills develop.
-Encourages full sentences by asking for items using descriptive words Realistic food enables children to learn to recognize real items in a store, restaurant or at home.
Physical:
-Encourage a child who may have a weaker side to use both hands and arms in play.
-Food in the basket encourages children to bring their arm up and reach into the basket to retrieve a food item promoting range of motion in the arms.
Sensory:
-Distinct texture adds to realism and aids children with visual impairments.
Ages: 3-7
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