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Our Waiting Room Toys Category has a wide variety of waiting room toys, activity tables and wall panel toys are the perfect solution for Doctor's Offices, Play Areas, Lobby's, Car Dealers, Banks, etc. Waiting Room Toys entertain kids for long periods of time while waiting and parents love the learning aspect including important skills such as improved visual tracking, hand eye coordination, bi-lateral coordination, and enhanced cooperative play.

 

Mother knows that the most stressful time of a doctor's appointment can be the wait and for good reason. Children are not the most patient individuals and in a kid's mind, the Waiting room is the threshold into the unknown where he might have to get a shot or something even worse! I'm sure that many doctor's office employee can also attest to the amount of meltdowns that occur in the waiting room. Therefore, it is essential that every waiting room have activities and toys that will keep children entertained and make the wait bearable for everyone else involved.

 

Waiting rooms do not have to be scary places for youngsters. It only takes a few creative additions to distract children of practically every age in quiet play and help calm their concerns. The following choices can help to make a visit to an office a pleasant one.

 

With a game on each side, these cubes can keep even the toughest patients entertained while they wait. The Activity Cubes Enhance Coordination and Cooperative Play. Each panel features a game or challenge that will help develop basic skills like counting, cooperative play, color recognition, eye-hand coordination, visual tracking, fine & gross motor dexterity, and sensorimotor skills. The children in the waiting area will be too busy having fun while they learn. Play cubes are bright, colorful, and so appealing that children can't help but take an interest. Our Play Cubes are safe. No toxic materials are used and they don't have any loose pieces. This means that even young children can join in on the fun without any worrying parents. Also, they are very convenient and Affordable. With one busy cube, you can keep five or more kids playing at a time in a small area. Some of these models can easily be transported from one room to the next. This makes rearranging the waiting room a breeze and saves the work of having to move too many toys from room to another.

 

Similar to the Activity or Play Cube but the Activity or Play Table is attached to the table. For example, there are magnetic tables that contain shapes or small animal figures, with metal shavings inside, securely enclosed under non-breakable transparent table top. Magnet wands, attached to the table are used to move these objects around to make shapes, go through mazes, and play other games. Since there are several magnets attached, several kids can play with a Play Table at once.

 

Similar to the Activity or Play Cube but it can be mounted on the wall. These might contain mirrors, learning games with numbers or letters, or mazes where a ball is inset into the wood and it can be rolled around in a track. The most known and common waiting room toy is probably the Fleur Rollercoaster Activity Table . This can engage several children for quite a length of time. Wooden colorful beads slide on coated wires and help children practice fine motor skills, entertaining them at the same time.

 

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Some of the more sophisticated activity cubes and activity centers contain several toys or games like rollercoaster, pathfinder, tic-tac-toe game or other activities at the same time. Often 4 or 5 children can play on these wonderful play cubes at once. Since everything is attached, no worries about objects getting placed in the child's mouth. This is especially important since many of the children in a pediatric clinic waiting room are sick. You don't have to be concerned that germs are being passed from mouth to mouth! With no loose pieces, it is very simple to spray these games and toys down with a disinfecting spray once or twice a day.

 

A really fun play area toy, for boys especially, is the Fire Engine Activity Center. This is a large wooden fire engine that a child can actually sit in and pretend to drive. Where the 'hood' of the engine would be is actually an activity table with vehicles set into a wooden tracks. Several children can run the cars and trucks around on the 'roads' without them coming out of their tracks and getting lost or accidentally taken home.

 

Since all the waiting room toys and toys for doctor's office listed above are self-contained and compact, they very easily fit into even the smallest of waiting rooms without taking up undue space. The wood is solid and the toys are durable and well-made so as not to be easily broken.

 

Play carpets meet the highest manufacturing requirements, including ASTM safety standards and the highest non-flammability rating. The carpets are made of non-toxic and non-allergenic fabrics, include a skid-proof backing and are washer and dryer-safe. The carpets work as well in quiet time play for one child as they do for rowdy play when friends show up. Infants will be attracted to the bright colors and bold shapes, while an older child can use the carpet as a backdrop for a collection of dinosaurs, fashion dolls or wooden trains.

Children's soft foam activity mat is a learning toy and safety mat that will keep the children entertained for long time.