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Mud and workshop zone
The KE01 Eu-Genius Kitchen is a station for creative play in the open air. Two removable basins, a tap, a worktop, imitation burners, an oven and shelves let children mix water, pour sand, knead mud and bake with whatever they find in the playground. It works well in nurseries, schools, education centres and home gardens.
Product description
It all starts at the worktop: this is where the child mixes water with soil, pours sand and ‘bakes’ with whatever they find in the playground. The idea of this kind of play is not new - it runs from Montessori's vessels of 1907, through the gardens of Reggio Emilia, to British mud play.
For this play to go on for years, the mud kitchen for children has to withstand every kind of weather. The worktop is finished with a premium board, the same durable laminate as laboratory worktops: it does not absorb water or scratch, and it withstands rain, frost and sun. The frame is steel, galvanised and powder-coated, and the board is covered by a 10-year warranty. The manufacturer is EduPlayground, and the kitchen is made in Poland.
In spring, kinetic sand and flower petals rule the kitchen; in summer, water and mud; in autumn, leaves and soil from flowerpots; in winter, snow and ice. Each season brings a different material, a different smell, a different coolness under the fingers.
Mud is sometimes wetter and sometimes dry, sandy or clayey, so each time it gives the hands a different stimulus. Natural materials provide genuine sensations that plastic, with its fixed shape and texture, cannot reproduce.
6-8 people can play at one worktop at the same time, so the children share out roles: who cooks, who washes up and who brings the leaves. One shared worktop naturally encourages conversation and teaches cooperation and getting along.
Six elements, and each one has its own job in play.
In one basin, hands whip up mud and mix dyes from flowers; in the other, dry sand, grains and pasta are poured. The basins lift out whole, so dirt is easy to wash off and the dry parts can go straight back in - all in the middle of play.
The long, roomy worktop holds everything needed for creative play: cups of paint, moulds, pots and natural ingredients. Thanks to the large surface, children can easily push finished mud ‘bakes’ to one side, freeing up space straight away to prepare the next dishes.
A pot stands on the milled areas that imitate burners, and a knob turns to the right as on a gas cooker. When nobody is ‘cooking’, the same areas serve as extra worktop.
In goes a pot of mud dough, the door closes, and through the window you can see the dish ‘baking’. After the session, the oven makes a great storage space for toy pots.
The upper shelf slides above the worktop: pots of herbs and containers for crayons stand on it. On the lower one, a set of pots and ladles waits within reach, before play has even begun.
Water runs from the tap straight into the basin, rinses muddy hands and washes the moulds. The tap connects to an ordinary garden hose, so everyone pours as much as they need at the moment.
Where there is no water connection nearby, the tap is fed from a water container mounted at the back of the kitchen. It is filled by hand or with collected rainwater, so play with water, sand and mud also works without plumbing. Our adviser will be happy to match the extra equipment and installation details to your playground.
Catalogue no. KE01-B1
Specification
| Catalogue no. | KE01 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | L 139.5 × D 41 × H 85 cm |
| Safety zone | 4.4 × 3.4 m |
| Children's age | from 3 years |
| Material | steel frame, premium wood-effect board, polycarbonate, stainless steel |
| Protection | galvanised, powder-coated |
| Colour | black RAL 9005, wood-effect finish |
| Installation | galvanised steel anchors L=25 cm, in the ground or chemical |
| Safety standard | EN 1176-1 |
| Main category | Mud and workshop zone |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Warranty | 10 years on the board · 2 years on the whole product |
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Before it is installed
Before the kitchen goes into the playground, our adviser will help you plan all the technical details. We are with you at every stage of the project, sharing our knowledge and experience so that the equipment serves children as well as possible for many years.
Export
Urszula Brzóska (Mrs.)
WhatsApp +48 698 728 005u.brzoska@npz.edu.plWrite to me on FacebookHead of Export Department
Customer service office: office@eduplayground.eu
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