Nasco Ready-or-Not Tot® Parenting Simulator - Intermediate
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Due to supply chain issues, this item is unavailable until 9/1/25
The Nasco Ready-or-Not Tot Parenting Simulator offers a realistic way for middle and high school students to learn about caregiving, responsibility, and child development. This engaging tool provides scenarios that challenge students to care for an infant simulator, helping them build empathy and understanding of the demands of parenting. It’s an excellent resource for family and consumer sciences classes, preparing students for future life experiences while fostering essential life skills.
A cost-effective parenting simulator with the daycare
feature teachers want!
The Intermediate Ready-or-Not Tot®...
- Provides the teacher with complete control of the experience, including a teacher-activated Day Care Pause (see below for more about this feature) when needed during the school day.
- Cries, coos, and burps in response to appropriate care.
- Three different baby-tending programs simulate normal baby-tending needs along with fussy periods in each program, 25-27 tending occurrences in each 48-hour program.
- A fourth, more demanding program simulates the more irritating cry of an alcohol or drug-affected baby, requiring care 31 times during each 48-hour program.
- Care periods range from 5-30 minutes each.
- Includes a
panic
key for quieting difficulties without discontinuing the entire simulation. - Alerts the teacher if the student has abused the simulator, panicked, or tampered with the control box.
- Easy-to-use teacher correction template allows for quick student evaluation.
- Includes a
demo
option. - Anatomically correct.
- Newborn-size doll represents a baby of a teen mom - 5 lbs. 8 oz., 20 in. long.
- Latex free.
- Comes complete with one set of student keys, one set of teacher keys, reproducible parental consent form/permission slip, reproducible student response sheet, teacher correction template, diaper, 9V battery, and instructions.
Day Care Pause:
Now you can pause the simulation so students can bring their babies to the day care center
at school and continue the simulation at the end of the day. Use the babysitting feature to interrupt the program during the day. After school, simply reactivate the program and return the manikin to the student to continue the simulation. The program will resume where the simulation left off in the morning. This provides a more realistic way of simulating without interrupting other classes. After all, in the real world, teen parents are not allowed to carry their children with them throughout the school or work day. Teen parents must find proper day care, just as all other working parents. This feature not only makes it easier to conduct the simulations during normal weekday, but also is a great way to introduce the subject of day care!

