My students need dramatic play items, such as play food sets and a tool belt set, to continue their learning and vocabulary acquisition.
$1,101 goal
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Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
I teach 40 students in a dual language classroom. My students are primarily EL learners who speak Spanish. We are a 50/50 English/Spanish program. This is the first structured environment that most of my students have attended. The Dual Language program offers students the opportunity to learn the four-year-old kindergarten curriculum in both English and Spanish.
In the four-year-old Kindergarten program, each child is viewed as a unique person with an individual pattern of growth and development.
Levels of ability and individual interests are used to design appropriate activities for children.
My Project
My classroom is set up with 1 hour of center rotations. The students have their choice of the center they would like to work at, and the most popular area is the dramatic play area. Dramatic play is important to students because it teaches self-regulation and allows students to have an emotional outlet. The grocery store and diner will allow for much discussion and compromise. Dramatic play allows children to sort through difficult emotions and practice daily living.
Dramatic play supports literacy.
Dramatic play can also increase reading comprehension. Kids often choose to act out scenes from a favorite storybook. This gives them a deeper understanding of the narrative structure and character motivations found in familiar stories. The lemonade stand will offer many opportunities to use literacy through the different themes that are taught.
Dramatic play teaches conflict resolution. Both unstructured and structured dramatic play offer teachable moments about conflict resolution. Disagreements occur during unstructured dramatic play, which offers a chance for kids to work through their differences and arrange a compromise.
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