Make & Serve Apple Pie Set Melissa & Doug 4027

Make a wooden apple pie by slicing the apple and assembling the pie with bottom and top crust pieces, then "serve"!  Melissa & Doug Play food goes perfect with any pretend kitchen and offers hours of imaginary play along with being an Educational Toy

Set includes:

• 4 pie slices
• 4 top crust pieces
• sliceable apple
• pie plate
• wooden knife
• pie server
• oven mitt

Baking instructions for Pretend Apple Pie

1.  Use the wooden knife to slice the apple into four slices
2.  Place a piece of sliced apple into each of the pie slices in the pie plate.  Make sure the apple slices attach to the pie slices.
3.  Lay the top crust over the apple slices and "bake"
4.  When the apple pie is finished "baking" slice the pie using the wooden knife
5.  Use the pie server to serve your freshly "baked" apple pie

• Fillable four piece wooden pie
• Features removable top crust pieces, sliceable apple and knife
• Also includes pie server, pie plate and oven mitt
• Sturdy wooden construction
• Exceptional quality and value

Other Educational Activities: 

• Ask the child to make one extra-stuffed piece of apple pie by stacking the apple slices on top of each other.  Count each apple slice as it is put into place.  Place a top crust piece on the apple slices and serve to someone special. 
• Ask the child to cut the applie into slices with the wooden knife while counting to the number four.  Now ask the child to place an apple slice on each of the pie slices and count to four once again.
• Count the pie slices with the child while guiding them through subtraction problems.  For example, you might say, "if you take one pie slice away from these four pie slices, how many are left?  Four take away one is three!  What if we take away two piece slices? "  Encourage addition skills by adding pie slices.  This can also be repeated to introduce fractions. 
• Ask the child to place an apple slice inside one of the four pie slices , and then cover all four with top crdust pies.  Shuffle the pie slices with the child watching.  Ask the child to guess which slice has the apple contained inside it. 
• Ask the child to tell a story about the use of the apple pie she/he is making.  Is there a special party, holiday or event where it will be served