Observing a child’s dramatic play is one of the best methods to obtain a genuine knowledge of how a child relates to and understands the world around them. This particular learning center allows children to demonstrate their skills in many different areas of development. In this activity, the focus is on language development, letting the child express what they have learned through their lived experiences (tactile).
The Dramatic Play area provides children a secure environment where they can become aware of how the world works, act out a variety of roles, and gain a greater understanding of their own roles and interests. This is because dramatic play allows children the opportunity to act out different interactions with peers or adults …show more content…
For example, through having printouts such as menus, labels, and signs children have opportunities to interact with relevant written materials. Also, by providing them with papers, pencils and clipboards, children have the opportunity to experiment with print and to act out the writing actions of adults. Moreover, interacting with this variety of print materials allows children to assimilate their knowledge of different types of print and how writing materials are used in different ways for the different roles they are acting out. As a consequence, we are also encouraging children to create their own “text” based on their experiences and knowledge in an interesting way that will inspire their appreciation of words in different forms.
Acting out the different roles in a restaurant setting could help children gain a greater understanding of the different roles people play within a restaurant. Since the children are used to going to different restaurants with their families they already have prior knowledge of the roles and routines of eating out, from ordering the food to paying the check. With this knowledge, they could remember some words used in the environment and the roles of the servers/clients, making this a fun and enjoyable dramatic play
The Dramatic Play area provides children a secure environment where they can become aware of how the world works, act out a variety of roles, and gain a greater understanding of their own roles and interests. This is because dramatic play allows children the opportunity to act out different interactions with peers or adults …show more content…
For example, through having printouts such as menus, labels, and signs children have opportunities to interact with relevant written materials. Also, by providing them with papers, pencils and clipboards, children have the opportunity to experiment with print and to act out the writing actions of adults. Moreover, interacting with this variety of print materials allows children to assimilate their knowledge of different types of print and how writing materials are used in different ways for the different roles they are acting out. As a consequence, we are also encouraging children to create their own “text” based on their experiences and knowledge in an interesting way that will inspire their appreciation of words in different forms.
Acting out the different roles in a restaurant setting could help children gain a greater understanding of the different roles people play within a restaurant. Since the children are used to going to different restaurants with their families they already have prior knowledge of the roles and routines of eating out, from ordering the food to paying the check. With this knowledge, they could remember some words used in the environment and the roles of the servers/clients, making this a fun and enjoyable dramatic play