A perfect must-have toy set for pretend play – the Emergency Doctor Play Kit!

The Emergency Doctor Play Kit from Small Foot is definitely the best choice currently available in the toy industry. It contains quite a comprehensive set of the most common medical devices required for pretend play. To be precise 18 of them: a stethoscope, thermometer, blood pressure gauge, otoscope, defibrillator with chalkboard, IV bag, fabric mask, clipboard, radio, salve tube, syringe, tablet container, bandage, disinfection spray, vial, tweezers, and scalpel.

Children usually enjoy “treating” their mum and dad, and grandparents. The activity is extremely entertaining for the little ones and it boosts their mood.

Best features of the Small Foot’s Doctor Play Kit 

• High-quality of the wooden toys and robust textiles
• Children easily understand illustrations on the tools, giving hints for their medical functions
• The red backpack has adjustable shoulder straps as well as a double zipper with insert slots in the backpack’s interior

Children playfully learn the profession of a doctor and what should be done in an emergency. 

Play doctor and reach important milestones

• The doctor set toy encourages active role play and promotes creative and imaginative skills in children aged 2 years and up
• Expand specific medical vocabulary
• Playing doctor is one of the kindest, most positive children’s games. One can play with friends or the whole family.
• The activity is very closely linked to exploration of feelings and emotions. Children learn how to care for someone, make their lives better. The Doctor Play Kit promotes empathy and allows to discuss pain. Children train situational scenarios, reactions and work through sequences of actions. How to treat a headache? What steps are there?
• For someone, this game helps to understand whether medical field of work is his or her potential vocation.

Importance of doctor toys in early childhood

“… My toddler daughter was very afraid of doctors. At first she didn’t even want to touch all those instruments)). But I used to act out scenes with puppets and animals. I would set up a pretend doctor office. Someone would sit there with a stethoscope on their neck, someone else would walk through the door and the doctor would start examining them, asking questions. She really liked to watch that, but was afraid to go near it. Only after two years she started asking me to treat different toys by herself, and then she allowed to do the same for her.” (from Linda, Switzerland, 20018)

This is a very common situation among many infants, toddlers and even preschoolers. The fear of a syringe would typically prevail. Distrust towards strangers and their instruments would tend to make visits of doctors as unpleasant experiences. Thus, child neuropsychologists emphasise the importance of doctor toys in early childhood. Closer to 12 months children become more aware of their visits to a paediatrician.

We highly recommend to introduce this set earlier, between the age of 18 and 24 months. Please eliminate small parts until the age of 3.

Early age: 2 years and up (under supervision due to a few small parts with chocking hazards)
Age recommendation: 3 – 7 years
Product dimensions: backpack approx. 25 x 16 x 33 cm; toy defibrillator approx. 23 x 15 x 6 cm
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