Home Play
This is by far the easiest dramatic play for kids to do because everyone has a home! Every child lives with a caregiver, an adult whose everyday activities they like to copy. Whether it is mowing the lawn, cooking dinner, ironing or sweeping the floor, your children mimic the activities you do around the house to practise being adults one day. It is through this play that they learn to be grown-ups just like you! As parents we can add labels, pictures, words, numbers, signs and symbols to the toys children use for dramatic play to add a literacy element to their pretend play. That way they are learning several things at once in the one activity. Home corner resources are the most readily available in toy stores, kitchen sets and doll accessories are very common and easy to find. So get pretending!
 Credit: Elizabeth’s photo Magnetic Fridge Literacy Kids are generally under feet, but by adding a packet of magnetic letters to the front or side of the fridge, you can challenge them to turn their dramatic play theme into words! Get them to think of characters, objects, themes, anything really, that relates to their current play scenario. You’ll be amazed at what they come up with! Toys R Us offer a reasonably priced bag of letters and numbers that will keep the brain ticking for hours. |
 Credit: An Everyday Story Numeracy At Home Numeracy is an essential element of literacy skills. Parents can develop numeracy enrich environment by providing simple numeracy objects for instance set up a table with various shapes tagged with numbers, whole wooden blocks with thread or silver wires, numbers objects. In this way they can use blocks with thread, count them and then placed the counted number next to it. |
Reading And Acting Out Favourite Stories At home when you read stories together, you can encourage to dress up and act out the narrative as your child’s favourite characters. Remember, you are a guest in their world of play so take on a passive role and let your child boss you around a little. Remember to have the story close by and encourage them to make up with their own plot while playing their favourite character. Also stimulate literacy activities by asking them open questions and discussing the plot. |
