Mt. Vernon’s Dragonflies Open Up Shop
January 25, 2012 by Hope · Leave a Comment
“MyHouse” refers to our private blogs for each center, where classroom teachers can post pictures and notes about goings-on at the center for parents. Occasionally we like to share these posts with the general public to give you a sense of the great things happening at our centers every day.
Today’s post is by Brad Guoan, Young Fives Teacher at GH-Mt. Vernon.
Hi everyone,
Lately the Dragonflies have been interested in playing “store.” We have recently introduced play money and a cash box. For small group time we worked in small groups and opened up our own stores. One of the groups opened a store called Trader Joe’s which sold food and coffee. Another group opened a store called Great Bill’s which sold phones, cameras, and dress-up clothes. The last group opened a store called Great Pets which sold all different kinds of animals. This was a great opportunity for them to build relationships, communicate ideas, and make decisions together. They had fun going around to each other’s stores and buying things from each other. I even saw one group buying something from one store and then selling it at their store with a small price increase!! One child even tried to use a credit card!
Some Key Developmental Indicators demonstrated during these activities are:
- Planning
- Building relationships
- Number Words and Symbols
- Communicating Ideas
- Community Roles
-Brad
Hope Vestergaard was an early childhood teacher for many years, and was center director at GH Stadium for two years before shifting to work behind the scenes. She currently writes many of our curricular materials including the Purple Pages and edits this website.