Apple Dramatic Play Center Theme for Preschool and Kindergarten
Apples are being harvested right now. Fall is a good time of year to be teaching about apples. The local farmer’s market are bursting out of their boxes with so many varieties. Honey Crisp, Red Delicious and a personal favorite – Jonathan Apples, to name…
Make Pretend Cupcakes on a Budget
We’re introducing the letter “B” in class this week, and decided to create a birthday party theme in our dramatic play center. I wanted some pretend cupcakes to add as props, but the store-bought toys I found were out of my budget. After a trip…
Pumpkin Art in the Classroom
“Pumpkins” is a popular theme in the preschool classroom, and one of my favorites to do during Fall. I’m always looking for simple, low-budget art projects and created one based off of this coffee filter apple craft. Materials Coffee filters (one per student) Orange,…
Throwing a Birthday Party Dramatic Play
Helping plan a pretend birthday party with a preschooler during free choice time is what led my interest in creating themed dramatic play centers. This little preschooler spent so much time cutting out a banner, writing invitations and making a birthday cake out of paper….
Preschool Halloween Activity with Dot Markers
The air is starting to cool. The leaves are changing color. Starbucks is offering pumpkin spice on the menu 🙂 And whether I like it or not, All I can think about is Halloween. This time of year I make good use of our dot…
Ice Cream Shop Dramatic Play
Here’s the scoop! Children learn a great deal through play, and what’s more fun than playing with ice cream! Some good times to set up ice cream dramatic play center include learning about the letter “Ii”, or during the summer when it’s hot outside and…
Honey Bees Dramatic Play
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. Spring has sprung in our neck of the woods. We hear birds chirping, the flowers are blossoming and bees are buzzing! Bring Spring inside by setting up these fun honey bee dramatic play centers. Taking…
6 Honey Bee Books for Beekeeping Dramatic Play
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. What did the queen bee say to the naughty bee? Bee-hive yourself! haha I have a love/hate relationship with bees. They make delicious honey and do amazing things for our ecosystem, but they are also scary…
Teacher Valentines for students
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching and I wanted to share this easy DIY valentine: I like being your teacher “Beary” much! you can give to each of your students this Valentine’s day. Download this free student valentine from the Resource Library and I’ll walk you…
How to build a space shuttle for dramatic play
Cardboard is a great material to use for props in your dramatic play center. It is versatile, accessible and cheap. Although, in the past I have hesitated in any DIY projects involving cardboard because Cutting out cardboard can be intimidating But if you have the…
Hi there, my name is Teresa. I am the teacher author behind Dream Big Little One. I love creating standards based resources that are fun and engaging for young learners.