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A learning tower, often called a Montessori tower, lifts your child to worktop height to help in the kitchen.
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Back 14/12The deciding factor is steadiness, not the birthday: your child should stand on their own and climb steps calmly. Makers set the lower limit differently, Sämann at about 12 months, Elis at one year, Ette Tete at 18 months, always with an adult supervising. To pick a height, measure your worktop from the floor and your child's elbow height standing, then choose the platform that brings the elbows level with the worktop or just above. The towers here are 89.5 to 92 cm tall, and the platform steps run from 28 to 50 cm.
A classic growing tower does one thing: it brings the child to the worktop, and the platform moves up over time. Multifunctional models convert into a small table and chair, which pays off if your child has no place of their own for drawing and snacks. Folding towers tuck away after cooking. Ask yourself whether space, a second use or a simple build matters most.
Standards differ by brand, so they are listed per maker. A tower is never used free-standing: always against a kitchen unit, sink or table, on firm level ground, never under a window or near blind cords. Widths run from 44 to 45.7 cm for most models, and load limits from 50 kg (Elis 3in1) through 60 kg (Sämann Steppy) and 70 kg (Elis 2in1) to 90 kg (Elis 4in1).
It is a tower whose platform can be fitted at several heights so it grows with the child. On the Elis 3in1 that means 30, 40 or 50 cm, on the Ette Tete STEP UP 31, 38.5 or 46 cm and on the Sämann Steppy 28, 38 or 47 cm. An adult changes the platform.
Mostly for the kitchen and bathroom: washing fruit, cutting vegetables, mixing flour, washing hands or reaching the toothbrush. The child sees what is happening and takes part instead of watching from below.
No. Elis and Ette Tete state it must not be used free-standing. Place it against a kitchen unit, sink or table, on firm level ground, away from stairs and heat sources and never under a window.
Depending on the model, to about 5 or 6 years. Elis gives about 6 years for the 3in1 and about 5 for the folding 2in1, Ette Tete about 6 years and longer for the STEP'n'FOLD.