Raising a child is one of the hardest trials of life. Feeding your toddler, getting your toddler to sleep everyday, and constantly buying expensive toys, knowing that your toddler will eventually obliterate them in the end. How should you solve this problem?
Well, that’s easy. Get a play kitchen! There are endless reasons why getting one is extremely beneficial: they help your children learn to share, watch less TV, and even eat healthier! Today, we’ll be discussing why play kitchens can be so life-changing and why your toddler must have one!
1. It builds imaginative skills
A play kitchen can stimulate the imagination of a toddler by allowing them to play with a plethora of individual accessories that let their minds run wild with ideas. By using a play kitchen, a toddler can pretend to be a Michelin-star chef working at a fancy restaurant or just a parent cooking dinner for her dolls. Play kitchens transport toddlers into worlds of their own, and, with the right amount of enthusiasm, they can leave you be for hours on end.
2. It builds co-operative skills and fosters values
When your child is with friends and family, a play kitchen can provide the perfect setting for learning how to be kind and to share. A suitable, large play kitchen, such as Small Smart’s Signature Play Kitchen, gives the child much more room to play together. The children will learn that cooking the “food” requires multiple different people working together to achieve.
Therefore, your child will inevitably share the pots and pans, allow others to take turns using the telephones, and wash their hands in the sink one at a time. Through the use of a play kitchen, your child will begin to understand how to work as a team, one of the many important life skills that play kitchens foster.
3. It allows for healthy eating conversations
When you play with a play kitchen with your child, conversations will come up about eating healthily, and what should be eaten , and what should be best left alone. Good quality play kitchens come with pots, pans, telephones, and sometimes pretend food is available. With these accessories, you can teach your child about the basic rules of cooking, and even a bit of customer service. The play kitchen allows for these conversations to flourish, sowing the seeds for a healthy fulfilling life.
4. Reduces screen time
While letting your child watch TV or play on their iPad may seem like an ideal way of keeping them at bay. However, this is actually really bad for them. The World Health Organisation advises that children aged between 2 and 4 years of age should have no screen time whatsoever, due to the impact of “blue light” coming from the screens. Interactive toys like play kitchens will keep your children busy and entertained, leaving you at peace for a longer time. It’s just as entertaining as watching Peppa Pig, but it’s way more healthy and interactive!
5. Encourages Cultural Awareness
When your child uses their play kitchen, foods from around the world, like pizzas, sushi, and burritos are unmasked to the toddler, revealing a world of diversity, geography and culture. A play kitchen can be a real eye - opener to the real world, allowing them to learn about cultural traditions, diversity and history. Who knows, it might even help your child take their first steps to becoming a general knowledge master!
6. Saves money over time
When you buy your child a toy, you’ll need to take in the fact that that toy may be in pieces within a week. It’s one of the constant annoyances of raising a child. A play kitchen, however, with a durable frame, can be almost unbreakable. While the cost of a play kitchen can sometimes be quite pricey, once bought, you won’t need to always keep buying toys to replace the ones your child is destroying, and therefore saving money long term.
7. They last a long time
Following from the previous point, wooden play kitchens last remarkably longer than other products for toddlers. They can be used for years and years, and still stay in one piece. This not only saves money, as discussed before, but also builds memories, which can be shared with your toddler when they are older.
8. They look great!
The aesthetics of some play kitchens can not only look attractive to children, but also really fit in with your home. They don’t have to stand out with bright, unflattering colours - some blend right in! For example, the Deluxe Small Smart Play Kitchen comes in two beautiful colours: a stylish toned grey, or a neutral pink tint, both of which are fantastic designer colours that will really spruce up your home!
So, to conclude, I think it’s safe to say there are more than enough reasons to get your toddler a play kitchen. Nobody can argue with the fact that good, high quality play kitchens are items of memories, nurturing, and learning, and all children would benefit endlessly with one. Now you’ve reached the end of this page, I have one question: what are you waiting for? Hop over to our main website, and take a look at our first rate play kitchens!
