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  • Webster Elementary School
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • 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. Learn more

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Young students thrive on learning through play. The dramatic play area is a favorite in the classroom, but it needs to be changed often to maintain the student's interests. Through dramatic play students apply learning targets. They are motivated to say new words, attempt social problem solving skills, and practice new skills like writing or math. I know this area is the best place to bring vocabulary to life. Many times this area is the first place we will hear our students talk. Dramatic play is highly motivating. When the materials match the curriculum children learn the vocabulary quickly. What better way to learn what a lion is then to become one? When I am teaching about the night sky we make the dramatic play area into a camp sight. Children talk about light, dark, stars, and planets while pretending to camp. Social emotional development is at the heart of dramatic play. Students learn to delay gratification while waiting for a turn with a new and desirable toy such as a wrench or a hammer. Children learn to give a turn with fun costumes like the police officer costume. We can address concerns from the news or common childhood fears like acting out how police officers and fire fighters serve our communities and can be helpful. Students practice fair ways to play. They have to listen to each other and share their own ideas. Students have to work together in dramatic play to make the center fun. They learn without even noticing. The materials I am asking for are carefully selected to coordinate with each unit we do all through the year. Students will benefit from renewed interest in this area of the class all year long.

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Young students thrive on learning through play. The dramatic play area is a favorite in the classroom, but it needs to be changed often to maintain the student's interests. Through dramatic play students apply learning targets. They are motivated to say new words, attempt social problem solving skills, and practice new skills like writing or math. I know this area is the best place to bring vocabulary to life. Many times this area is the first place we will hear our students talk. Dramatic play is highly motivating. When the materials match the curriculum children learn the vocabulary quickly. What better way to learn what a lion is then to become one? When I am teaching about the night sky we make the dramatic play area into a camp sight. Children talk about light, dark, stars, and planets while pretending to camp. Social emotional development is at the heart of dramatic play. Students learn to delay gratification while waiting for a turn with a new and desirable toy such as a wrench or a hammer. Children learn to give a turn with fun costumes like the police officer costume. We can address concerns from the news or common childhood fears like acting out how police officers and fire fighters serve our communities and can be helpful. Students practice fair ways to play. They have to listen to each other and share their own ideas. Students have to work together in dramatic play to make the center fun. They learn without even noticing. The materials I am asking for are carefully selected to coordinate with each unit we do all through the year. Students will benefit from renewed interest in this area of the class all year long.

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