Interest Areas Dramatic Play

Activity Video – The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood

How Does Dramatic Play Enhance Children’s Development in These Areas?  Physical  Social  Cognitive  Emotional

How Does dramatic play Facilitate Language and Literacy in These Areas?  Expanding children’s vocabulary and language  Understanding books and other texts  Teaching children about print, letters and words

Stages of Dramatic Play  Imitative role play  Make-believe play  Socio-dramatic play

Locating a Space for Dramatic Play  Enclosed on 3 sides  Near other noisy areas  Room to divide into sub-areas  Provides a home like setting  Near the blocks area

Checklist to Use for Developing Your Classroom Dramatic Play Area

Hints for Setting Up a Dramatic Play Kit  Decide on purpose  Assign people, develop timeline, list materials needed  Determine amount of money to spend  Look for free or garage sale resources  Have materials that can be used by variety of age groups  Keep kit in a container  Be subtle in suggestions for use of kit

Activity Develop a Dramatic Play Kit