When looking at educational toys, the most important factor is that the play pattern should make learning FUN! After all, many kids don’t want to feel like they’re “in school” when they’re not in class. But what if pretending they’re in school could flip the script and turn students into teachers for a whole new dynamic?

With the Pretendables School Desk from Fat Brain Toys, kids can get creative and imagine a world in which they’re teaching lessons or knocking out assignments.

Open or closed, the fun never stops! | Source: Fat Brain Toys

This feature-packed role-play set comes with a host of school supplies, activities, and accessories to inspire hours of fun.

The portable, travel-ready desk has a handle that’s perfect for little hands. The durable outside features a magnetic blackboard, a stand for learning cards, and a pair of built-in utensil cups for holding crayons, markers, and more.

When preschoolers open the case, they’ll discover a magnetic whiteboard and internal storage housing learning cards (sight words and math), a pointer for the teacher, a bell to signal the start and end of class, and magnetic tangram shapes, letters, and numbers.

But that’s not all!

This set also includes chalk, an eraser, a dry-erase marker, a calendar, a world map, and a clock card for teaching time.

As a dad who’s raised a couple of kids in the not-so-distant past, I tip my hat to the designer of this set for bringing together so many different elements in one attractive package. Our kids had a chalkboard, a dry-erase board, and many accessories to go with them, but they were often cumbersome and hardly portable.

The Pretendables School Desk Set holds everything and it’s just the right size to take the fun wherever little ones may go!

Learning and play: Two great things that go great together!


PRETENDABLES SCHOOL DESK SET

On the outside of the portable school desk are a magnetic blackboard, two built-in utensil cups, and a stand for the learning cards. Kids will open it up and find a magnetic whiteboard, two lidded storage spaces, plus plenty of supplies including chalk, magnetic letters and numbers, magnetic tangram shapes, sight word cards, math cards,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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