Kids Cooking Time This is a special tea set for engaging your children Toddlers love to play pretend and a tea set is a wonderful way to keep them inspired to use their imaginations?and play together with a sibling, parent, or even a stuffed animal. A play tea set is a great way for children to develop cognitive, social, physical, and emotional skills, inspires endless creative thinking, sharing, cooperation, and role-playing Tea Set for Kids Likewise, most children today will have played with a tea set at some point, and even if they don?t have one at home they are likely to have access to one at a friend's house, toddler group, nursery, or preschool. So what is it about tea sets that makes them such a great role-play toy?