More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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In our Dramatic Play center, the students can assign and accept roles and act them out. It’s pretending to be someone or something else. Using the kitchen set and variety of foods, they can pretend to be a chef. With the dolls, they can care for, feed and cloth them like a mom. The children learn empathy and responsibility. My class enjoys lining the chairs up, pretending it is an airplane, or a boat. With the fishing set, they can fish out of their boat! Adding a tool kit to our construction box will encourage boys and girls to be builders and architects.
Pretend play is play that involves breaking down the barriers of reality and results in serious and natural learning.
Preschoolers are known for acting with impulse, so dramatic play is a great stepping stone for learning to self-regulate their emotions and actions.
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In our Dramatic Play center, the students can assign and accept roles and act them out. It’s pretending to be someone or something else. Using the kitchen set and variety of foods, they can pretend to be a chef. With the dolls, they can care for, feed and cloth them like a mom. The children learn empathy and responsibility. My class enjoys lining the chairs up, pretending it is an airplane, or a boat. With the fishing set, they can fish out of their boat! Adding a tool kit to our construction box will encourage boys and girls to be builders and architects.
Pretend play is play that involves breaking down the barriers of reality and results in serious and natural learning.
Preschoolers are known for acting with impulse, so dramatic play is a great stepping stone for learning to self-regulate their emotions and actions.