Grocery Store to Craft Market - Building Background Knowledge Through Dramatic Play

A classroom dramatic play center provides a unique opportunity to build children’s background knowledge, which can lead to richer pretend play experiences. In this video, two preschool teachers describe how they engaged families in deciding on the focus of their new dramatic play center, and then involved children in building the center over time. Through their grocery store play center, the children developed an understanding of commerce. They used this new knowledge to develop a real craft market in their classroom - and invited their peers from other classrooms to visit.

The video is part of a series of videos illustrating different types of dramatic play centers. To see more, visit https://www.easternct.edu/center-for-....

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