Sesame Street Medical Kit
(Fisher-Price $9.99 Score:) No more little black bag like the classic Fisher-Price Doctor's kit. This one is blue and the case doesn't work as well as the original, but the basic gear is almost the same.

Age: Preschool. Award Year: .

Stethoscope
(Constructive Playthings $7.95 Score:) For young doctors in training- here's a working stethoscope. Many of the kits say they have working scopes-this one really does work.

Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: .

Little Doctor Kit
(International Playthings $18.99 Score:) A new kit with some high-tech sizzle: a stethoscope with heartbeat and coughing sounds, a squeaking syringe, a blood pressure gauge with moving dial, and other chunky tools in a small case. Like other kits we tested this is also hard for kids to reload once they take the pieces out. 2 and up.

Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: .

Veterinarian Costume
(RC2 Learning Curve $40 Score:) For playing Vet, here is a charming Small Miracles Lets Pretend Kit with a child- sized jacket, a puppy, stethoscope nd other medical tools.

Age: Preschool. Award Year: .

Pretend & Play Doctor Set
(Learning Resources $24.95 Score:) Doctors no longer make house calls, and even the traditional black bag from Fisher-Price is gone. Most of the medical kits do not come with cases large enough for easy re-packing. The roomiest is the Pretend & Play Doctor Set. Comes in a large plastic case with 19 pieces including a stethoscope with heartbeat and cough, a beeper, a cellphone, a blood pressure cuff, and other chunky tools.

Age: Preschool. Award Year: 2004.

Doctor's & Vet's Kits
(Learning Resources $25 Score:) Doctors no longer make house calls, and even the traditional black bag from Fisher-Price is gone. Most of the medical kits do not come with cases large enough for easy re-packing. The roomiest is Pretend & Play Doctor Set 2004 PLATINUM AWARD (Learning Resources $24.95 ). Comes in a large plastic case with 19 pieces including a stethoscope with heartbeat and cough, a beeper, a cellphone, a blood pressure cuff, and other chunky tools. (888) 800-7893. Fisher-Price’s Medical Kit (Fisher-Price $15.99 ) comes in a smaller plastic case with almost the same basic gear as the original "black bag." (800) 432-5437. For playing Veterinarian, Small Miracles’ Let’s Pretend (Small Miracles $29.99 1?2) has a child-sized jacket, puppy, and stethoscope and other medical tools. (888) 281-1798.

Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.