Description
The doctor will see you now! The 25-piece Melissa & Doug Get Well Doctor’s Kit Play Set offers realistic accessories that let little doctors help patients get well! Kids three and older can pretend to check temperature, heartbeat, blood pressure, eyesight, hearing, and more. There are play tools like a syringe, play scissors, and reflex hammer, as well as play bottles, and bandages for examining and treating patients. Reusable activity cards and fun details like an ID badge on a lanyard and a magazine for patients in the waiting room round out the doctor’s office experience. The play set is a fun and engaging way to ease any feelings of stress associated with a visit to the doctor and to encourage nurturing and empathetic play. Spark a child’s creativity and imagination, and inspire young healers for years to come!
– 25-piece doctor’s kit play set with realistic pretend play patient care essentials to examine and treat patients
– Includes play stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, hearing tester, syringe, scissors, tweezers, rolling forehead thermometer, reflex hammer, otoscope, eye cover, tongue depressors, bottles, ID badge, activity cards, and more
– Pieces store in handy tote for easy cleanup and so aspiring young doctors can make house calls; styles and colors may vary
– A fun and engaging way to ease any feelings of stress associated with a visit to the doctor and to encourage imaginative, nurturing, and empathetic play
What our testers said
“Let’s check your temperature. Oh no, 104!” – Girl aged 6
“Will the doctor let me hear my own heart beat at my check-up?” – Boy aged 5
What our experts think
Our testers were excited to start playing with the kit materials. It was a pleasure to watch them fuse real-world experience with their pretend/dramatic play. They enjoyed taking on the roles of doctor, nurse, parent, and patient while playing with this set. The learning materials included and the toy’s realistic approximations to medical tools encouraged and fostered advanced acting and storytelling. Further, it supports increasing their familiarity with the process of being examined by a doctor which can increase their comfort and cooperation levels when they attend a well visit and/or when they are injured.
Our testers repeatedly played with this set, and it was clear that it supports an interest in medical careers, learning about their body systems, and how medical tools work. Through repeated play with the Get Well Doctor’s Kit, the children can advance their hand skills, language, socio-emotional skills, and age-appropriate human-medical knowledge. For example, children pretend to be medical professionals, learn new vocabulary, and pair the objects’ names with their functions and purposes. Further, because being medically examined has a certain level of discomfort for most people, increasing familiarity with the process and acting out how it can be managed can support adaptive socio-emotional responses when required to be evaluated and to accept treatment methods.
Skills developed
– Encourages imaginative play
– Encourages socio-emotional skills
– Fosters increased language