Dramatic Play -  Grocery Store

 

Well the first week back after an enjoyable week off from school the children will be offered mini lessons on how to write lists and when people write lists. The grocery store is a wonderful area where writing of lists becomes a meaningful and useful experience for the children. I have been collecting a few grocery store flyers and receipts for groceries. If parents have some extra copies of old receipts and flyers from grocery stores that would be wonderful.

 

When you are getting ready to go grocery shopping, a suggestion is to have your child sit with you and create the list together. If your child is JK, they can make pictures of items you want and then write the beginning and ending sound of the item beside it. This is a way to reinforce the learning in a meaningful and fun manner. If your child is SK, they too can make the picture but have them stretch and write the sounds that they hear for the particular item. This may take longer to create the list, but it will be a great learning experience for the two of you!