This is our housekeeping center.



 

As children act out roles in the housekeeping center, they develop many new skills. They learn about themselves, their families, and society around them. Engaging in dramatic play, they collect and draw upon their previous experiences. They learn to judge and select relevant information in order to enact play episodes. This is an essential skill for intellectual development. Children also learn from one another as they interact in socio-dramatic play. They learn to ask and answer questions and to work together to solve problems. They develop the ability to concentrate as they remain in the same play themes for increasing periods of time.

*Objectives for Socio-Emotional Development
   #Express individuality and creativity (developing play themes based on individual preferences and experiences).
   #Demonstrate an understanding of the social expectations and attitudes of others (role playing and reenacting life experiences).

*Objectives for Cognitive Development
   #Identify solutions to problems that arise during play ("What are we going to feed this little baby? There's no cereal in the house! We'll need to go to the store.")
   #Persevere at a task (remaining involved in a play episode for increasing periods of time).

*Objectives for Physical Development
   #Improve small muscle control (putting on dress up clothes and snapping, buckling, zipping, and buttoning).
   #Use visual discrimination skills (matching and grouping like objects such as dishes or utensils).


Amber makes pizza.
 


Taslynn washes the babies hair.
 


Matthew is a cop.


Haylee says "Girls can be cops to!"


Austin and Hagan take 911 calls.


Noah says "Hold on, I'm coming in!"