We're Going Camping!

Here are some adorable pictures of the kids playing with our new camping set for our dramatic play area!  They loved this!

The first set of pictures are a little like a photo shoot because I wanted to show off all the fun stuff they had to work with...Roasting marshmallows and hot dogs over a pretend campfire...

 Park Ranger/Fisherman/woman costume with stuffed wildlife, binoculars, bug catcher, and lantern...

 Picnic linen with play food and dishes...

 Magnetic fishing set with blue towel for a lake...

 Here are pictures of the kids genuinely playing...

 P singing songs by the campfire...

Some of the kids stayed in the ice cream shop area the whole time.  Here E is delivering ice cream to everyone...

Ice Cream Shop!

I wanted to share that our ice cream shop is up and running!  My goal this year is to make more dramatic play prop box kits! 

The kids had a blast playing and LEARNING!

Here is the store front...

 Velcro switchable open and closed sign, order forms, punch loyalty cards, and coupons...

 Pocket chart with words...FYI - a print rich environment will help with early literacy skills!

 Shop from the back...

 Black beans for chocolate chips, plastic bears for gummy bears, red pom poms for cherries...

 Magnetic Melissa and Doug ice cream kit, and an imaginary popsicle kit...

Cotton balls in a bucket for vanilla ice cream, an empty whipped cream container, a sealed sprinkle container, spoons and ice cream cups...

 Cash register, play money, phone, apron, purse and wallet...

Time to play!

 My biggest goal for dramatic play is to incorporate reading and writing....goal accomplished!

 How adorable is this?!?!

 Busy at work...

 They had fun taking turns being the customer and the employee/worker...

 

**I purchased the ice cream shop printables from Pre-K pages on the Teachers Pay Teachers website.

M's Birthday and the Ice Cream Truck!

M turned 5!  We called the ice cream truck for her birthday treat!!!

Making Animal/Insect Homes...

Exploring with nature...