Came across these stupendous games while speaking at the Family Medicine Forum in Toronto last weekend.
They're made by a company called Learning Resources from a line of games quobesigenically entitled, "Smart Snacks".
The box reads,
"Imaginative Play that Teaches"Do you think maybe, just maybe, letting your toddlers play with models of cookies and doughnuts might make them more likely to want to eat more cookies and doughnuts?
Now I'm not one to forbid my kids or anyone else's kids treats - they're part of life, but do you really think that going out of your way to keep doughnuts and cookies in the foreground of your toddler's consciousness is the best plan?
(If only they made these in ice-cream sandwich versions that St. Andrew Catholic School could use in local preschool feeder schools - might do wonders for their Grade 1 class' weekly ice-cream sandwich fundraising!)
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Unbelievable. You have to wonder if Tim Horton's and Mrs. Field's are investing here. Why can't we count broccoli or something?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Little Tikes kitchen I bought my kids a couple of years ago. It came with "smart food" that the stove would detect and identify when you placed them on the fry pan. Guess what foods came with the kitchen?? Fries, a grilled cheese sandwich, bacon, a cookie, and a sunny side up egg..... Nothing "smart" about those....
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I had plastic food as a kid. All I can remember are a carrot, a steak, a bunch of grapes, and a bunch of celery. Playing with those plastic versions didn't exactly make me want to eat the real ones more. Maybe cookies would have been different...
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