Stock up on fruits with this durable set of soft plastic play food. Includes apple, pear, peach, orange, banana and strawberry.

Age: 3-7
UPC: 765023010381
CShopper ID: LER7197

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 with 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.

Prepared By: National Lekotek Center