Product Description

The Little Tikes Play Smarter Kitchen features two interactive play modes. In Free Play Mode, children play as they please and the kitchen "recognizes" the food they use through RFID technology. In Learning Mode, kitchen dwellers are prompted to follow the instructions given on the recipe cards. Requires 2 "AA" batteries, not included. Measures 36"L x 13"W x 42"H. Adult assembly required.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24277 in Toys & Games
• Brand: MGA
• Model: 600746
• Released on: 2007-08-10
• Dimensions: 30.25" h x 22.06" w x 16.50" l, 30.00 pounds

Features

• Interactive Play Smarter Cook'n Learn Kitchen talks, sings, and responds
• Recipe games teach kids food, colors, sizes, following directions, and more
• Kitchen recognizes food items placed on cutting board or burner
• 37 food and cooking accessories, including Breakfast Set, Cutting Fruit Salad Set, Veggie Stir Fry Set; 3 AA batteries required
• Recommended for ages 3 and older

Amazon.com Product Description
The interactive Play Smarter Cook'n Learn Kitchen by Little Tikes encourages young kids to learn to cook and to cook to learn. Intended for ages three and older, the kid-size (42-inch-high) kitchenette comes ready for imaginative play with 37 accessories including a wide variety of plastic foods, cookware, and utensils. The kitchen itself features a refrigerator, oven, sink, stovetop, counter, and storage shelf.

The kitchen speaks to teach foods, colors, shapes, and sizes. View larger.

What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Interactive kitchen talks, recognizes foods, teaches, and responds The Bad: A little time and muscle needed for initial setup In a Nutshell: Plenty of accessories and games for hours of independent and interactive play At a Glance Ages: 3 and older Requires: 3 AA batteries (not included)

But this is no ordinary kitchen! When it's turned on, any time your child puts one of the food items on the built-in cutting board or in a frying pan on the burner, the kitchen recognizes the food and names it out loud. Plus, the kitchen has an interactive recipe game mode that helps kids learn how to follow directions as well as to recognize foods, food groups, colors, numbers, shapes, sizes, and textures--all in an encouraging and fun way. This kitchen comes with a place setting and three recipe food sets: Breakfast, Cutting Fruit Salad, and Veggie Stir Fry.

Plenty to Do in the Talking Kitchen: Play and Learn, Cook and Sing
The kitchen is made out of durable, easily wiped-down plastic and an internal electronics and speaker system for the kitchen's food recognition and voice abilities. The oven and the fridge both have doors that swing open and closed, and a handy little towel rack hangs over the space where the included wastebasket nestles. The recipe cards slide neatly into a holder on the back wall, providing a handy reference when gathering ingredients at the start of each game. Each recipe food set has two levels, offering you two games per recipe card.

The kitchen's upbeat, female voice speaks in rhymed couplets and often breaks into enthusiastic snippets of song. If a child makes a mistake, the voice remains friendly and encouraging--and each successfully completed step is met with abundant praise. At the end of a game, the kitchen busts out into a fun song about the lessons learned. The entire kitchen set is backed by a 1-year limited warranty, and other Little Tikes deluxe appliances and recipe packs (sold separately) can be used with the kitchen as well.

What's Cooking? A Kitchen Test Run
The initial setup for the Cook'n Learn Kitchen takes a little time and adult muscle, although no drilling is necessary. You just need a Phillips head screwdriver, the provided screws, and three AA batteries (not included).

Once all the parts are in place and accessories unpacked, the kitchen instantly invites play and interaction. The fruits and butter stick have an innovative Velcro design, giving you the repeatable satisfaction of slicing the fruits in half or cutting off a slab of butter. When you throw something into the pan, the kitchen makes a sizzling sound. Another highlight--the plastic egg cracks in half to release the adorable cloth egg yolk inside.

The verbal directions follow step-by-step recipe logic, and usually end excitingly in a culminating dish such as a pancake, omelet, or stir fry. The spoken responses have a fair amount of variety to keep things fresh, and the songs will have your child singing along in no time. But even when the voice is turned off, the kitchen offers plenty for an active little cook to enjoy.

Use the knife to slice foods. View larger.

When you put something in the pan, it makes a sizzling frying sound. View larger.

What's in the Box
12-piece interactive kitchen, 9-piece Cutting Fruit Salad Set, 8-piece Veggie Stir Fry Set, 11-piece Breakfast Set, 5-piece place setting, 3 recipe cards, wastebasket, necessary screws, and instructions.

From the Manufacturer
Two interactive play modes. In free play mode, children play as they please and kitchen recognizes each food they use. In learning mode, children are prompted to follow instructions on the recipe cards. Product ships in manufacturer's packaging.

Customer Reviews

Good Little Kitchen
Purchased this when my son was 4yo. This kitchen is very nice, gender neutral, and I thought it was great. unfortunately, my son had no interest in it at all. He told me later that he had wanted a wooden one that wasn't so "babyish." We ended selling ours. I think this would be better for children under 4yo.

Lot's of fun for the little ones
We purchased this for our three year old, but our five year old loved it as well. The only thing that is a drawback is if the kids lose a part, i.e. the pancake in our case, they aren't able to complete the "recipe" from the card.

hours of 'little chef' fun
This is a great toy for aspiring chefs. The pieces are easy to manipulate and very interactive. the toy itself was easy to set up and is very durable for the tempermental young chefs. Over all, a great toy.