Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested - All dolled up

GENERATION DOLLS

GRANDPARENTS

ASCO EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES

AGE RANGE: 3+

PRICE: £25.95

CONTACT: 0113 2707070, www.ascoeducational.co.uk

This grandfather and grandmother doll, 23cm to 28cm, are part of a three-generation family.

Tested by Bewbush Nursery, Bewbush Children's Centre, West Sussex

'My first thoughts were that the dolls looked very stereotypical. They don't represent typical grandparents in our community. However, we have been using them with a child that we are trying to encourage positive behaviour with, and we are having some success. He takes them home each evening and in the morning a member of staff talks to him about what they did last night, what they enjoyed and what made him or the grandparents happy. He is very gentle with them and really cares for them. They are well made - they still look new even though the child has taken the dolls' clothes off and redressed them. The shoes are still the correct shape and stay on. But I don't think they are good value for money. They are quite small, they didn't have the "wow factor", and when they arrived I felt that they did not match the item shown on the picture.'