Melissa & Doug School Time Classroom Play Set | Pretend Play | 4+ | Gift for Boy or Girl, Multicolor, 34.29 x 27.94 x 9.53 centimeters

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I’d like to put out a personal plea to Melissa and Doug to create a similar after-school tool that would encourage children to disclose information about their day. If she’d give me the chance to be the teacher, maybe I’d see her learning how to follow them as well as I do! What I love about Melissa and Doug products is that they offer a fun, educational means of re-establishing and growing the connection between child and adult.

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As with all the Melissa and Doug products we’ve previously experienced, the Calendar and the School Set succeed in stimulating a sense of wonder; encouraging children to start the journey of discovering themselves, their passions and their purpose. Melissa and Doug was founded over 20 years ago when Melissa and Doug began creating wooden puzzles in their garage.And that, leads nicely on to the second product I’m reviewing – The Melissa and Doug School Time: Classroom Play Set. Melissa and Doug take pride in conceptualising every product at their offices in Connecticut, hand-making each prototype until they get it just right, before putting them into production at their factory. I’m not sure whether I’ve had more trips to the Book Shelf to select a new read or to the ‘Canteen’ to be served my lunch. This beautiful, bright, wooden daily calendar helps satisfy that curiousness, educate little ones and provide a fun activity in which they and their grown-ups can enjoy together. Parenting comes with plenty of challenges and the rise of technology means kids are growing up faster and independently with perhaps less interaction with those around them.

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By continuing to browse you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyse site usage and assist in our tailored marketing efforts. The Classroom also comes with two dry-white markers (one which unfortunately didn’t work from the onset), so I’ve already raided our craft cupboard for replacements. The special events magnets cover you for things like Christmas, Halloween and Mother’s Day and there’s activity magnets that represent trips to the park, sports practice, parties and such like.The calendar comes with 80 magnets including years, months, numerals for dates, days of the week, holidays, special events and emotions. More than likely, they’ll pick the ‘silly face’ but I’ve seen firsthand that the happy, sad and angry faces do open communication and encourage children to gauge their own emotions. This activity kit gives children the tools to enhance their role play as they pretend to be teacher or pupil.

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Our house has quite a collection from the Melissa and Doug brand and I’m always ready to welcome a new addition. The bell has told me its time to get started on their tea, the timer has allocated the minutes I’m allowed to spend on a toilet trip and the pointer has been awarded Magic Wand status; the very definition of creative, imaginative play the set seeks to draw out. The box is pretty sturdy but so are my girls; I can’t imagine the set lasting much more than a year.It couldn’t possible cover everything so handily there’s two dry-erase magnet tiles for you to use and re-use as required.