Dramatic Play for Preschoolers
Today we've collect five new trending ideas all revolving around the idea of Dramatic Play. The first is perfect for making a game of laundry day: Laundry Day Pretend Play. The second Post Office Dramatic Play are ideas for creating a fun environment for delivering the mail. How about cookies! The third activity, Cookie Shop Dramatic Play, is ideal for the aspiring little bakers in your home. Or you can try out our fourth idea: Auto Shop Dramatic Play, for the car lover in the family. And the last activity is a printable that will really sell the make-believe of being a animal vet. Have fun pretending!
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Activity:
Laundry Day Pretend Play
Best for Ages:
+2
Materials:
Likely found around home but may require some purchases
Summary:
Many adults dread laundry day, but my young kids love it! While it’s another task that we struggle to find time to complete, young kids delight in the opportunity to load clothes into the washing machine, move those washed clothes to the dryer, and push the buttons to start the washer and dryer (my kids’ favorite). Even more, they love playing with cardboard boxes, so I turned two big boxes into a laundry day pretend play activity.
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Activity:
Post Office Dramatic Play
Best for Ages:
+2
Materials:
Likely found around home but may require some purchases
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My kids love imagining and pretending to do grown-up jobs. We had fun with our vet clinic last week, so this week we did a post office dramatic play activity.
To set up, I placed writing utensils, envelopes, printable postcards, stickers, pretend mailbox, watercolors, and a white crayon on their desk.
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Activity:
Cookie Shop Dramatic Play
Best for Ages:
+2
Materials:
Likely found around home but may require some purchases
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It is one of those centers that is so fun and complex that the kids play with it for almost an hour and a half. In fact, it’s so much fun that I’ve had neighborhood kids (all the way to 6th grade) ringing my doorbell this week asking to come play at preschool because they’ve heard that I have something fun set up. How great is that?!
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Activity:
Auto Shop Dramatic Play
Best for Ages:
+2
Materials:
Likely found around home but may require some purchases
Summary:
Doing a transportation theme? Create a Dramatic play center into an Auto Shop! Your kids will LOVE pretending to be a Mechanic. Plus it’s super easy to embed a ton of math and literacy learning experiences into their play! Auto Shop! Perfect for a transportation theme!
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Activity:
Vet Office Pretend Play Sheet
Best for Ages:
+2
Materials:
Printables plus some items likely found around home
Summary:
No matter how fun tech is, imagination reigns supreme when given the opportunity, so this week I wanted to share this fun VET PRETEND PLAY PRINTABLE that you can use to spark the fun around your home. From the time your kids start making up play time, they want to be adults. They want to pretend they are Drs, waitresses, even working at Starbucks. I feel like it’s such an opportunity to encourage kids with imagination play so I am really excited to share with you the first Pretend Play Printable I have hosted.
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