Pretend play toys from Wooden Toddler Toys make learning fun for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, helping foster developmentally appropriate skills with educational products that have been trusted by parents, teachers, and child development experts for years. Our pretend play toys are designed to sharpen emerging senses and skills and encourage young children to further develop their curiosity about the world around them. Pretend and play toys further expand a child's developing creative skills, allowing little boys and girls to try on another's identity and gain empathy. Play kitchens and play food are a great way to teach kids about nutrition and the fun of cooking, with pieces that are designed to mimic the real thing.
As children develop the ability to represent experience symbolically, pretend play becomes a prominent activity. In this complex type of play, children carry out action plans, take on roles, and transform objects as they express their ideas and feelings about the social world.