Customer Reviews

Learning Resources Pretend & Play Snack Shop

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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My five year old daughter was allowed to choose one summer toy to celebrate the school year's end. After a week of looking and thinking about her options, she chose this. Considering she already has logged in hours of use with the Pretend and Play School Kit, I wasn't too surprised. When it arrived she proudly set up shop, and with a few willing "customers" from time to time, she's managing to get as much use out of this toy too. The quality of the product is great - very sturdy. It folds up nicely too for on the go entertainment.

I've seen it in other stores for much more. At this price we couldn't pass it up!

We recommend this product for hours of imaginative play.

My four year old daughter enjoys playing with the pretend money to buy the fruits, treats and snacks.
The coins are pretty realistic looking and playing with it will help her learn how to tell differnet coins
appart and how much they are worth. But the construction of the set I feel, is a little
flimsy. If it is moved a little bit the food falls off the shelves and the piece in the front.
Depending on the time of day it could be a little aggravating for her, if you know what I mean.

The Learning Resources Pretend & Play Snack Shop is a unique toy that was well conceived and designed. Younger children (under 10 years) have the opportunity to set up the table top store with miniature snacks (muffins, ice cream and more) and then 'sell' it using play money. My grandchildren played with this for hours and then asked grandpa to get a large refrigerator box so that they could 'expand' their store. The Snack Shop comes folded up and is put together with very little effort- then can be stored in the original small flat box. Children reinforce their manners, sorting skills, money handling skills, making good choices skills and much more - plus it is fun and different every time you are the customer or the store owner. I recommend this compact toy because it can go anywhere and engages the children in beneficial pretend play.

I bought this for a 5 year old I babysit for for her birthday in December. She and her 3 1/2 year old sister are having so much fun pretending to be waitresses and vendors at their snack shop. They also use their own shopping cart, purses and cash register and are learning about money values (and credit cards) that come with the set. This is a great learning tool, as well as a great imaginative toy. I love the fact that its parts store and it folds for easy and organized clean up. At about $28.00 at Amazon, it was well worth the money.

We weren't that sure when we bought the toy, but it was AMAZING. I really like the quality of the product esp the actual board. It' not flimsy.
The crayons didn't really quite work for the wipe boards, but we used dry erase markers to do the same job.
You get to learn Math skills, enterpreneurial skills, social skills...My son learn to be a great businessman (throwing in freebies, striking a conversation with the customer etc) It was fun.
The money value quite confusing for the 5-yr-old and 3-yr-old so we used "number of coins" instead. Still it was fun. They esp like the clock.

My kids are 3.5 and 6 and my Mom got the Snack Shop for my son's 6th birthday. We already have the school and the animal hospital and love them b/c they fold flat and have storage for all of the "stuff" that goes with them. They easily fit on a book shelf or even under a couch :) These are great for pretend play.

Even though it says 3 and up my 6 year old loves playing with this and so did some of the neighborhood kids (all around the same age). I like these sets for rainy days but they even like to bring them outside and play store when it's nice out and they've gotten tired of whatever else they were doing outside. My very very active sports fanatic 6 year old nephew had fun playing with this too and even asked if my son could set it up next time he came over. I thought that was probably the best endorsement for it since it's a toy I wouldn't consider buying for him based on his interests.

The only downside we found is that it's difficult to write on the cards with crayons (and wipe them clean). Dry erase might be better but I haven't set my kids free with dry erase markers yet.

Five year old has played with this many times and really enjoys this set. I enjoy that it all folds up and doesn't take up much space. Great gift.

My almost-5-year-old son begged for this toy, so I got it for our two children (our daughter just turned 2). They absolutely love it and can't get enough of playing snack shop! I love the fact that the set is portable, so that it folds up nicely and neatly and doesn't take up much space. I was slightly disappointed that one of the cupcakes was misshapen upon receipt, but everything else is great. We might try using a dry-erase marker for the wipe board instead of a crayon, because the crayon is difficult to wipe off. I'm looking forward to capitalizing upon my son's enjoyment of this product and working in some math lessons through the money exchanges that are involved.

The details on this toy are great - from the price tags to the "menu" and crayons to the little fruits and baked snacks and divided shelves for the food. For the price, I was expecting far less. The "stand" doesn't always stand that well, but overall the toy is pretty sturdy and I love how it folds up for storage and everything fits inside the pockets. I feel there are multiple ways to teach and play with your child - about numbers and money with the coins and dollars, reading with the signs, role-playing - how an employee would act vs. the shopper (we even incorporate my 19 month old who loves to pretent to eat and cook - so she picks out what she wants from the store), healthy vs. not so healthy food choices, time with the clock for store hours. It's very open ended. My daughter is almost 5 and I can see her playing in different ways with this over the next few years. I bought it with the Learning Resources cash register, which I felt made for a more complete "store".

My daughter adores this toy, she cannot get enough of it. One of us plays the shop keeper and the other plays customer. I love that it's teaching her money values, and time (we set different times for the store to open) and she just has a ball playing with it. The pouches store everything perfectly and I love that it folds up and down so easily for play and put away. Great toy!