Dramatic Play

There are so many different options for dramatic play areas. One that I liked was the hospital themed play area. This is just one way someone set up their area but there are many other options too.

Here is the link to the example I use:
 https://playtolearnpreschool.us/hospital/

Emotion Who Game

Emotion Who?

Emotion Who is like the game Guess Who. This game is a great game for kids to learn their emotions. The game works by each player picking a card to be their emotion. The goal of the game is to guess the other person's emotion first. They can do this by asking a series of questions about the different faces on the board. For example, they could ask the color of the background, what the mouth is doing or other ways they can come up with describing the emotions. They take turns asking questions until one of them guessed the person's emotion. This can be a fun way for kids to learn and practice what different emotions are and what they look like. 

Dream Classroom

My Dream Classroom 

As a future teacher, I cannot wait to design and decorate my classroom. Of course, I want my classroom to feel warm and welcoming to my students. Creating a classroom design that can do this important.  I will have decorations of my own but to make feel more inviting I would love to hang up my student's artwork. I for sure want to hang up a calendar and a schedule for my students to see. I would also like to have a weather chart so I can have them learn the different types of weather. I want a big fun rug the kids can sit on, plus it will help with sound. 

For the students, I would love to have a corner just for reading and relaxing. In this corner, I want to have comfy chairs or even some big, fluffy, oversized pillows. It is a great place for the students to feel comfy and dive into a good book to keep the creativity flowing. I will also change out the books from time to time to keep them curious about reading and learning new things. 

In a different area of the classroom, I want to have an area for dramatic play. In this area, there could be a kitchen or house set up but then also add in toys that go along with the theme we are learning. This is important to have kids be creative and use their imagination. I cannot wait to allow them to have free time and see what their little minds come up with to play. 

One other area in my classroom is an area for the kids to do crafts. I a place where they can create whatever they like and they can even get a little dirty doing it because I will have a little sink near this for them to wash up. I want them to be able to engage in hand activities that keep them excited to learn and be in the classroom. 

I think the layout and the way I arrange everything is important. I need it to flow nicely and allow for easy access. I am thinking that I would like to arrange the table or desks as pods so the kids can learn from each other. I would like to add the idea of flexible seating in the classroom and each pod will have a different style of seating. They will rotate to all take turns at each spot. I think this fun seating will allow them to stay engaged and take out some of their excitement. I like this layout because it is able to have each part of the classroom I like plus I few more areas to do some group work at.