There were many kids that were running late this week on the day of my observation, the kids that were there on time were playing with legos, puzzles, cutting papers while others were saying their goodbyes and putting their stuff away.
As the day went on, the kids went outside to play, I enjoyed watching the kids in the sand area. There were two girls playing cooperatively. The set up was a small table with 1 pan, 3 cups, 3 plates filled with sand and a pitcher of water, behind the table were two chairs where the girls were sitting. Both of the girls were shouting out "pizza pies, pizza pies for sale." The two girls were talking to eachother, one girl was saying "I'm going to put water here" poining at the pitcher. The same girl walks around to the front of the table facing the other girl. The first girl asks "What kind of money does it take?" the 2nd girl says "five!" "Here" and gives the first girl 3 plates. The first girl asks "Can I buy this pie?" (a plate with wet sand). The second girl responds "Yes, take it to your son." The first girl walks over to a different table and leaves the plate there and runs back to the chair where she was originally sitting. The second girl asks a boy thats passing by infront of them "Do you want me to make you a pie?" the boy responds "yes, a pizza pie!" with a smile on his face. They both handed over the plate and then left with him to play somewhere else.
The developmental skills they were showing were; sharing, negotiating, turn taking when it came to filling up the "pies", coordination when the little girl was taking the plate with sand and water to the other table, imagination, their play was collaborative.
If I were their teacher, the next day I would have the kids make their own real pizza. I realized a lot of the kids started making "pizza pies" after they saw these girls and so I think it would be not only something they would enjoy, but they would also be sharing, learning some cooking skills, putting their minds to work since they would have to think how much of each ingredient they would need to add. I would want to make it a healthy snack so I could have them make it out of pita bread, sauce, peperoni's, and low fat cheese.
The developmental skills the children used during this dramatic play activity was also math, communiction, creativity and cognitive skills.
ReplyDeleteIt seem that children have most fun when they create and role play without an adults directing them because we are mostly there to make sure the environment is safe and the curriculum we set-up out is educational in many areas of a child's development.
The children seemed to have lots of fun making their pizza pies, that even a few more children join their dramatic play. The children were able to explore the wet and dry sand. Also, develop science, math,cognitive and communication skills like Drawn mentions. What i love the most is how children use their imagination to explore and develop different skill, meanwhile they have fun. I like how you would further their leaning by making real pizza the next day. Even by just reading a book of how to make pizza you can further their learning.
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