Dear Studio Blue,
We've seen lots of pretend play!
Restaurant Play – What’s Your Job?
What is your job when you play restaurant?
Are you a server, a cook, a dishwasher, or a customer?
What else do we know about playing restaurant?
We can serve more than ice cream (in a cone or cup). We also serve chicken, turkey, cotton candy, and pie, and drinks such as chocolate milk, milk, tea and water. Sometimes we have to cut up the food.
Some food gets warmed up in an oven. When we’re done eating, the leftovers go in the trash. We also have a place to make things cold.
We take an order from a customer and then go fill the order and bring it to them. When the customer is done, we take the plate back.
Diane and Mark wonder:
Have you ever been to a restaurant?
Do you like to get the same thing or try something new?
How is snacktime like a restaurant?
Dramatic Play Outside
We are building houses, fire apartments, offices, and jails. We open and close the door so people can go in and out. We are finding places that are hidden.
We work, use computers, cook, get ready to put out fires or rescue people. We are police officers, too. We go to weddings. We make statues of sand.
We’re learning:
Different ways to use the curvy boards to build a house. Sometimes they look like this:
Sometimes they look like this.
It can be tricky to figure out how to put the curvy boards so they lean against the table, but when someone has a problem, a friend can help out.
Sometimes we decide a certain place is a fire apartment or an office.
Sometimes we need some space to play all alone.
Sometimes we feel ready for other children to join in.
The stick is important; it can be a hose, or it can be a guitar. We can use a stick to make music in different ways. Sticks also fit into holes or are a tool for repairing the car. It is fun to peel the bark off of sticks. What does it look like and feel like underneath the bark? It might also be used as a walking stick, to stir a pot. And of course, we can draw with a stick.
Tool Time: Screwdrivers, Hammers, Knives
Is that a real pumpkin? Or pretend?
