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Ideas for Dramatic Play
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Dramatic play (fancy name for role playing or just plain play) can be an excellent way to help your child develop his/her thinking and social skills. It can also be just an excellent opportunity for you to spend time with your child and help develop those skills as well as help increase your child's vocabulary. Below is a list of dramatic play ideas that I have compiled.
I'm a big kid so sometimes when we play, we go all out. One time the kids and I played Optometrist. Being a power computer user, I made store signs and downloaded an eye chart from the internet as well as paper glasses for the kids to cut out and decorate. We took the eye exams and fitted them for new paper glasses. I made medical cards, basically the works.
Another time we played library and I printed out their own library cards with their name on it.. And still another time we played restaurant and made up menus.
Of course you don't have to go all out like this, the important thing is to have fun. Kids will have fun playing with mom or dad, no matter what. I also found out that this was an excellent opportunity to introduce new related vocabulary to them and explain how so and so worked, getting in some life skills.
Airport
Apartment Rental
Baby Sitter
Bakery
Bank
Barber
Beauty Shop
Bike Shop
Book Store
Bus Driver
Butcher Shop
Camping
Car Dealership
Clothes Stores
Construction Worker
Cooking Demonstration Show
Doctor's Office
Employment Agency
Exercise Instructor/Gym
Eye Doctor
Farm/Farmer
Fireman
Fisherman
Gardener/Planting a Garden
Garbage Man
Grocery Store
Hospital
House
Housecleaner/Cleaning Service
Judge/Court
Library
Map Maker
Masjid/Imam
Mechanic
Oil Delivery
Parking Attendant
Pet Store
Pizza Delivery
Policeman
post Office/Mail Carrier
preschool
Repairman
Restaurant/Delivery/Deli
School
Science Lab
Secretary/Office
Shoe Store
Sports
Tank Delivery (kids in the Middle East will probably get more of a kick out of this than others)
Taxi Driver
Towing Service
Toy Store
Travel Agency
Wal Mart
Water Truck (kids in the Middle East will probably get more of a kick out of this than others)
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