Learning Resources Pretend & Play Hispanic Play Foods

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.

Age: 3-7
UPC: 765023011630
CShopper ID: LER7231

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