Guest Post By Ryan Sias author of Zoe and Robot Let’s Pretend. When it’s a rainy day and everyone is getting antsy, do something to encourage imaginative play and get the wiggles out! In my book Zoe and Robot – Let’s pretend, Zoe creates a mountain out of a stack of pillows and pretends to be […]
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Hair and Beauty Salon Pretend Play
I like to organize pretend play into 5 Ps — Prepare, Picture Books, Props, Plan and Play, to give your child the information and props for playing Beauty Salon. When you use the Ps, you’ll see rich, longer play scenarios. Before you say, “Why don’t you go play beauty shop?”, take a second, teach some vocabulary, […]
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Do you have any dinosaurs lying around? One of our favorite games involves dinosaurs and digging. We like to call it — Paleontologist. (Mostly because I think it’s such a cool word. And, isn’t it amazing all the dinosaur names our kids already know?) To play, simply bury the dinosaurs in the a sandbox or […]
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In honor of Cirque du Soleil’s Denver presentation of Kooza, I thought why not try the fun of the circus at home? (And, while I can think of a few reasons, it is a rhetorical question, just so you know.) I’m not going to rant (much) about how much I hate the regular circus because […]
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Pretend Play Grocery Store Teach WORDS Teach grocery store words like deli, bakery, checker, stocker, and coupons. Create & Plan Roles shopper, checker, bagger Pretend Play Make a list. Save your grocery store ads. Have your child cut out his or her favorite foods, paste them on a paper, and try to write the word. […]
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