Play kitchen

Imaginative play in the play kitchen

Spielküchen können ein Begleiter durch die gesamte Kindheit sein. Während Babys ihre Bezugspersonen beim Tun in der Küche immer wacher beobachten, kommen die ganz Kleinen meist mit einem kleinen Herd und etwas Geschirr und Besteck in der Familienküche wunderbar aus. Auch das kann schon eine wunderschöne Kinderküche sein. Die Kinder sehen ihre Eltern in der Küche arbeiten und wie von selbst beginnen sie, diese Wahrnehmungen in ihr Spiel zu integrieren. Dazu brauchen sie zu Beginn noch nicht mal eine eigene Küche. Es wird einfach genommen, was da ist und sei es irgendein Holzspielzeug, was nun als Gemüse und Obst dient. Mit zunehmenden Alter kann eine richtige Spielküche noch einmal einen besonderen Anreiz geben, ins Spiel zu kommen und "ganz in echt" zu kochen. Ob es nun eine große Spielküche mit Herd oder eine kleine Kinderküche ist: Kinderküchen regen die Kinder zu einem fantasievollen, nachahmenden Spiel an.

There is a huge range of different brands and models of children's kitchens on the market. Most are made of plastic and are brightly coloured. Of course, the typical Ikea children's kitchen is also well-known. Here the question of sustainability arises. A robust wooden play kitchen will last for many years. Wooden toys are not only much more sustainable than plastic toys, high-quality wooden toys also offer your child the opportunity to have real sensory experiences. Whether it is the surface, the smell or the weight of the wood - wood offers so much more of an experiential basis than plastic. From a Waldorf pedagogical point of view, the colours of the kitchen and also the colours of the accessories should not be too bright and overstimulating. The play kitchen accessories usually consist of different parts of

• Play food
• Crockery
• Cutlery
• cooking and baking utensils.

However, there is no need for too many or too sophisticated accessories for the children's kitchen. Many toys can be made by the children themselves. For example, vegetables and fruit or other foods can be made from scraps of wood or fabric. Part of the children's kitchen is often an integrated cupboard and an oven. Accessories that change or expand from time to time, such as cooking sets and baking sets, enable creative play. With such a children's kitchen, cooking is simply fun for the children.

In the group room of a Waldorf kindergarten, there is almost always also a doll's house. The children's kitchen is an integral part of the doll's house. In the Waldorf school, the children then find the play kitchen in the after-school club in the early years. In this way, the children's kitchen can accompany the children through the years.

Play kitchens in Waldorfshop

Waldorfshop has various play kitchen models in its range, e.g. the

• Nic play kitchen made of wood,
• a large children's play kitchen

We also offer a variety of accessories, a cooking set for the play kitchen at Waldorfshop.

For the little cooks, we also have matching aprons in our range, which can of course also be used in the "real" kitchen.

In addition to wooden play kitchens and accessories, Waldorfshop also offers wooden shop and shop accessories online in the toys section.

In addition to the play kitchens, Waldorfshop has a wide range of high-quality and beautiful wooden toys, e.g. figures and animals, as well as wooden building blocks and blocks. You can find sustainable and educationally valuable wooden toys in the sense of Waldorf education in the category Toys and Games.