The "dramatic play" area in our room is among the most popular, (this is not to imply that dramatic play only happens in this area, only that it is the area where you find babies, dress up clothes, the iron, the kitchen, and more), and it is especially so this year. We have a class of nearly all girls this year, (eight girls and four boys), and in general girls are more likely to spend sustained amounts of time in this area; I have one boy in paticular this year who loves this area and plays there everyday, and boys do like to play in this area but usually (with one or two exceptions) it is the girls who spend hours and hours in this area. This being said, I am always looking for little things to switch in and out of the area to grab their attention and to open up their little imaginations.
1. Recently I purchased some Mardi Gras masks from the Dollar Tree and the kids have had an absolute blast with them.
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two girls all decked out for the (masquerade) ball
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| Don a flapper style dress and a mask and you can fly like a bird! |
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I am not sure what the purpose of this outfit was, but it's is cute!
Some of the boys wore the masks and tied blankets around their shoulders to be super heros!
2. There is no end to the number of ways that kids can use a basket! I think this one was like 5 dollars
I love that they preferred to use the basket as a table to the actual table!
Sleigh ride! Yes, they were singing Jingle Bells!
Here the basket is being used as an "escape-" a place of her own away from the others...
and here we have a "turtle!"
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