Vtech Ring & Learn Cash Register
(Vtech $24.99)
Designed for the youngest shopper’s playtime. This register comes with a shopping basket of plastic foods (ten pieces) that toddlers will like filling and dumping and carrying around or using in their pretend kitchens. The register itself has a lot of sound effects that speak and sing when the big buttons are pressed. There’s a button to make the drawer open and no coins to put in little mouths. There’s a little scale and a credit card. Unlike most toy registers, this one is not so much a learning toy as a prop for dramatic play, totally appropriate for young players. Though the numbers are on the keyboard, it's not really about counting or adding. It’s about making things happen when they push the buttons and maybe naming-and-knowing the names of the familiar foods in the basket. Marked for 1 & up and probably even more entertaining for slightly older kids.
Ages: Toddlers
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2016
