Next week, we will begin our colors unit. To celebrate this hue-happy event, the children will be wearing many of the brilliant colors of the rainbow including orange, red and green.
The one center I am really biting at the bit to design is the dramatic play area. This is one of the most talked about, bustling centers of an early childhood classroom. Concepts learned in this center include social skills including taking turns, early language development, interest in occupations and the world around them (social studies), and increased imagination.
For our colors unit, our ho-hum center will become a paint store. Props in the center include an artist's dream of supplies: paint brushes, smocks, paint chips, and much much more. It will surely be a "masterpiece" for our little artistes-in-training.
If a paint store is not up your ally, try the following ideas:
Interior designer's studio: paint chips, wallpaper and carpet samples, tape measures, home design magazines and catalogs
Artist's studio - Paint brushes, palette, easel, smock, berets, posters of works of art
Fashion designer's studio - Fabric and ribbon, scissors for children to cut fabric and ribbon, tulle, tape measures, old patterns, children's sewing machine, mannequin
Floral designer's studio - Fake flowers, vases, gardening tools, aprons, gardening catalogs, watering cans, ribbons, small greeting cards to place in vases, cash register
Photographer - Old cameras, film canisters, bins to "develop" the photos, photos in frames and those which children can look at (ex. clip pictures of people from old magazines and place in a photo album to create a photographer's portfolio)
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