Building a Dramatic Play Center or Looking for Pretend Play Ideas?

You’ve come to the right place. We’ve included many printable resources to help you design the perfect dramatic play area in your preschool or kindergarten classroom. Before we get into the resource, here are a few things that we know about dramatic play.

What is a Dramatic Play Center?

The Dramatic play center is where students can pretend, imagine, and be creative.  Students can pretend to be anyone and do anything! This is powerful for our little learners.  It is a place that promotes high-level thinking, problem-solving, and sharing and serves as the perfect place for teaching vocabulary.  Through pretend play, students can learn and develop skills in all learning domains (language, literacy, math, science, social studies, fine motor, gross motor, and social skills).

Pretend Play – Grocery Store for Preschoolers

This fun dramatic play kit can be used in your classroom or home to create a grocery store or fruit stand play area.

This themed display will help your students immerse themselves in imaginative role-play.

Resources in this grocery store dramatic play kit include:

• display banner
• open/closed sign
• price tags
• shopping lists
• weekly specials sign
• alphabet and numbers pennant banner

Editable versions of the shopping lists, price tags, and weekly specials sign are available to download and customize.