I was not disappointed. Natalie sent me an email with a wealth of great ideas. Now since you all have been really nice to me let me share one with you. (I will probably share more later but I have to hold on to my precious post ideas:))
Ok are you ready for it? Get your pens and paper....
Play Store!
Bet you didn't guess that from the title didjya?
Ok here's what you need:
- Store items
- Price Tags
- Money (Anna and Natalie use little erasers, Hudson and I used pennies)
Hudson choose noodles right away as well as the crackers
Here he is trying to figure out how much he needs to pay for this item.
The noodles were 6 pennies and the Crackers were 3.
He had 10 pennies to spend. Here he is counting out 9 pennies to buy his lunch.
Next time we play I hope to have a few more props. Things such as a basket and a wallet.
I may use more seasonal items next time as well such as Christmas toys and ornaments or things one would wrap a present with (paper, bows, ribbon, tape...etc)
Hope this is helpful to some of you and thank you Natalie for the fantastic idea!
5 comments:
Great idea! You know I love real life learning ideas. :-) Way to go!
This is a great idea. Natalie if you are reading this, awesome!
Caleb loves anything to do with dramatic play. So this would be a hit. Plus, it would be supplies we have in the house already.
Thank you Sarah for posting about your son's experience with it.
Fun idea! I might have to try that sometime, my kids would probably love it. Of course then I'll have 3 different lunches to make.....
We haven't played store yet, we do count pennies using cards to tell Selena how many pennies to count.
I also am making larg monthly calendars, tha Selena can count the numbers everyday.
We did some math that was a little different for Selena today using a ruler, and making patterns using one inch increments.
Love the store idea though, and I bet Selena would love it as well.
I am glad that you liked my idea, and you certainly took it one step further. Your store is practically a restaurant :) In our store we mostly buy and sell plastic food or small toys.
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