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Dramatic Play. What is It?. Dramatic Play- Children take on make believe roles by themselves Socio-dramatic Play They are pretending with another. 9 Ways to Foster Dramatic Play. Support/Time/Place Introduce new roles and ideas Full length mirror Provide props Anti bias
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What is It? • Dramatic Play- • Children take on make believe roles by themselves • Socio-dramatic Play • They are pretending with another
9 Ways to Foster Dramatic Play • Support/Time/Place • Introduce new roles and ideas • Full length mirror • Provide props • Anti bias • Make written language visible • Be attentive to children’s interests, feelings, concerns • Provide equipment outside • Facilitate language development • Encourage making of props • Help those having difficulty
Provide Props Make written language visible
Facilitate Language Development Where are you going?...
Areas of Development Enhanced • Physical- • Emotional- • Cognitive- • Language - • Social- • Creative-
A Four-Step Planning Process • I. Provision the environment • Space • Materials • Observe Children • Doing • Enjoying • Talking About • What Are they • Inventing • Questioning • Understanding
II. Sustain the Play • Provide more props • Ask open-ended questions • Help them negotiate problem solving • Observe • Material to extend their experience • Opportunities to represent their ideas and feelings • What other activities could extend or branch out the ideas you see
III. Enrich the play • If interest waning or in need of more complexity • enrich with props • new experiences • (ex. games, field trips, books, discussions…)
Represent the Experience • Collect and display documentation • Evolution of the project • Children’s thinking • Beginning ideas/actions • What happened over time? • How have they changed? • Summarize what they learned? • What emerged that may lead to a new theme?
Values of Dramatic Play • Practice give-and–take necessary for success in a group • Emotions involved • Difficult situations coped with: • Acting out problems often solves them • Opportunities for self expression • Gains self-confidence