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Preschool Dramatic Play Pumpkin Stand

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Last Updated on April 10, 2020 by Sheryl Cooper

After our preschool visited the farm, we set up our dramatic play area as a pumpkin stand. Our dramatic play area is part of our every day learning centers in both our toddler and preschool classes. We change the props every one to two weeks, sometimes leaving it up longer if we see the children have a great interest in it. Our pumpkin stand was very meaningful because it was a recent part of their real-life experiences. Not only had we visited the farm with pumpkins the week prior, but most had also visited pumpkin stands with their families.

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Preschool Dramatic Play Pumpkin Stand

 

Some items we added to our pumpkin stand:

Cash register

Scale

Baskets

Notepads and pencils

Miniature pumpkins

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Preschool Dramatic Play Pumpkin Stand

 

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After our visit to the pumpkin patch, the children kept talking about what they saw. They loved arriving to school the next week to find the dramatic play area set up as a pumpkin stand.
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Preschool Dramatic Play Pumpkin Stand
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We added many miniature pumpkins, baskets, a cash register, scales and notepads.
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Preschool Dramatic Play Pumpkin Stand
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Activities are much more meaningful when the children have experienced it in real life. Therefore, they were very excited to be “selling” pumpkins at the farm.
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“Can we sell taco food here?”

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“My pumpkin is REAL big.”

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“I have 2 money.”

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On Wednesday night the 3’s will be involved in Dad’s Night, an evening where they spend an hour with Dad at preschool carving a pumpkin. It will add to the excitement of our farm stand as they learn how pumpkins turn into jack-o-lanterns!
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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 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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