Dramatic Play Centers BUNDLE / ALL YEAR LONG Pretend Play Printables
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Description
These dramatic play activities will save you time and keep kids engaged in your pretend play center all year long. Thanksgiving Dramatic Play and Christmas Dramatic Play are just a few included in this 12-resource bundle. Each colorful themed resource contains literacy, math and social elements with prop ideas and printables that encourage peer interaction, reading, writing, counting, number and letter recognition, and more.
In each one you can find simple instructions to make props using common classroom and home materials, learning toys you may already have, or dollar store and Target finds.
Here’s a list of each themed dramatic play center, ideas of when to use it and a brief description:
Christmas Tree Lot Dramatic Play
When to use it: This is meant for Christmas dramatic play without having to include “Christmas” religious elements
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support going to a Christmas Tree Lot where they can pick a tree, decorate it, buy and sell hot chocolate and cookies, visit with Santa (optional), feed reindeer, there are also directions and printables to make a mail box to write Christmas letters to friends, family and Santa.
When to use it: Apple themed units, towards the beginning of the school year, or when Apples are being harvested.
You’ll find: prop ideas and printables that support running an apple market stand, picking and sorting apples, and making apple pie
When to use it: This is great for Thanksgiving Dramatic Play or during the Fall
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support going to a pumpkin patch: picking pumpkins, face painting, going on a hayride, buy and sale snacks at the country store, and make pumpkin pie
When to use it: Ideal for Transportation themed dramatic play, Polar Express, Thomas the Train, and encourages boys to use the center
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support running a train station where they can buy and sell train tickets, create a simple train schedule, manage passengers and luggage, and serve snack
Going to the Doctor Dramatic Play
When to use it: Community helpers, Doctor or Hospital Theme
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support going to the doctor’s office: check-in patients, conduct wellness visit, fix a broken leg or arm, help a sick patient, give immunizations and drive an ambulance.
When to use it: during ocean themed units, Seaworld
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support going to an Aquarium. They can put on an ocean animal show, go on a scavenger hunt, take care of sea creatures, feed the animals, visit the touch tank and go through an underwater tunnel.
When to use it: Anytime of year or during Dr. Sues birthday week
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support planning a birthday party by shopping for a gift, gift wrapping, making invitations and thank you notes, cleaning house, decorating for the party, making a cake, measure growth and playing pin the tail on the donkey.
When to use it: Anytime during the summer or Bug unit
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support taking care of honey bees and running a market stand to sell honey.
When to use it: Farm themed units, Community Helpers
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support working on a farm: taking care of farm animals, and keeping up with daily chores like milking the cow, grooming the horses, clean the pig pen, shear the sheep, collect eggs, feed the animals, fix the fence, fix the tractor, harvest corn and paint the barn.
Flower and Garden Shop Dramatic Play
When to use it: Spring or Summer themed units
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support working at a flower and garden center: making flower arrangements, placing flower orders, signing greeting cards, pricing flowers, buying get well gifts, selling garden tools, delivering flowers, and making a mini fairy garden.
When to use it: Anytime
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support running an ice cream shop and ice cream truck. Students can open and close the parlor, choose a flavor of the day, buy and sell ice cream, banana splits, sundaes and popsicles.
Hosting a Barbecue Dramatic Play
When to use it: Summer months
You’ll find: Prop ideas and printables that support going to a barbecue cookout: make invitations, grocery lists, decide on a menu, make salads, grill food, and set the table
Tools and materials needed to support these printables as intended include standard classroom teacher tools and items you can find at your local dollar store, craft store or donations from parents.
Teacher Reviews
✰✰✰✰✰ “My students absolutely loved this! I have never used dramatic play as a center in my K classroom and I regret that now. I see the language and social benefits. The students looked forward to the little tasks within each dramatic play center and the displays were visually appealing!” – Halli S.
✰✰✰✰✰ “These are great dramatic play centers to add to different units. I love that I’m able to print and have so much ready. The ideas are creative and easy to reenact, and it gives my kids ample opportunities for writing, reading, gross motor, etc. Highly recommend!” – Learning with ES
Skills developed:
Language development, social emotional development, cognitive development, physical development
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