Click here to learn more about the importance of pretend play. Pretend play helps children to:
- develop higher order thinking skills
- learn about themselves and the world around them
- solve problems and work cooperatively
- develop vocabulary and strengthen communication skills
- Ice cream shop
- Restaurant
- Hospital
- Superhero cave
- Dentist office
- Fire station
- Camp site
- Coffee shop
- School
- Grocery store
- Toy store
- Animal cave
- Castle
We chose the top three and created a tally chart; we all got to vote. Next we counted each tally and determined that camp site was the most popular vote.
We brainstormed a list of things we needed to make our camp site:
- Tent
- Chairs
- Marshmallows
- Make a fire using paper, colours, logs
- Sleeping bags
- Branches to roast marshmallows
- flashlights and lanterns
- kitchen and cooking tools
- bbq
We began by painting trees to make our class look like a forest. We also used paper towel rolls and tissue paper to make a pretend fire.
Our camp site to date. Keep posted for updates!
