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Apple Stand Dramatic Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers

October 19, 2015 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: One of our favorite fall activities is the apple stand dramatic play center. Our toddlers and preschoolers love pretending to sell apples, packing baskets and ringing them up on our pretend cash register. Fun for the fall theme!

Every October we look forward to setting up our apple stand dramatic play center!

We turn our dramatic play area into a market, complete with a scale and cash registers, and handy bags and baskets for carrying the apples.

And, of course, a phone to take orders! Our apple stand is a fun part of our apple theme, along with making apple prints and enjoying homemade applesauce!

Apple Stand Dramatic Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers

 

Apple Stand Dramatic Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers

 

Our dramatic play area is an important part of our toddler and preschool classroom. We change it every 1-2 weeks. We open this are during our centers time, which is the first hour of our toddler and preschool schedule.

There are 4 different classes in our small preschool, and we share our materials. When we plan our school year, we make sure each class has a different idea happening each week, so that each class has a turn with the materials. When we were finished with our dramatic play apple stand, we passed all of the materials on to the pre-kindergarten class. When every class is finished with that idea, we box it up for the next year.

Related: How to Store Classroom Materials

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

What we used in our apple stand dramatic play area:

  • Pretend apples
  • Cash registers (our two favorites are this one, and also this one)
  • Scale
  • Baskets and bags with handles
  • Berry baskets
  • Assorted tin pans

Welcome to our apple stand!

Our toddlers wanted to place one apple in each section of a muffin tin. (1:1 correspondence happening during play.)

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

And, of course, they wanted to carry as many apples as they could at once.

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Our scale was handy for weighing the apples.

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

How many apples can fit in one basket?

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Once the apples were selected, it was time to pay for them.

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Phone orders were taken, too.

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

During this time, we asked our preschoolers to bring in one apple. We sorted them by color during circle time.

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Our sensory bin was filled with cinnamon and clove scented oatmeal, burlap bags, apples and tongs. (You can see a similar apple sensory bin here.)

Apple Stand Fall Dramatic Play Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

This apple stand dramatic play area was loved for 2 weeks, until we turned it into a pumpkin stand.


 

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Filed Under: Dramatic Play, Fall Activities, preschool, Toddlers Tagged With: dramatic play, fall, preschoolers, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Happy Home Fairy

    October 20, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Such a cute idea! I loved the phone orders. 🙂

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