What is a Dramatic Play Center?

The Dramatic Play Center is a place where students can explore, experiment, and put their imaginations to work. It’s a place where they can pretend to be anyone and do anything. This is powerful for young children, who are still developing critical problem-solving and speaking skills. Through pretend play, students can learn and develop skills in all learning domains (language, literacy, math, science, social studies, and fine motor skills).

What are the Types of Dramatic Play?

There are two types of dramatic play. Structured play is where there’s a plan involved. That could look like playing out a scene at the post office, or it could be playing in a grocery store as if they were shopping. Unstructured play is all about letting kids figure out how and where they want to play. These two types of play are not mutually exclusive and can be mixed into an infinite number of possibilities.

Pretend Play – Dental Activities for Preschoolers

This fun dramatic play kit can be used in your classroom or home to create a dentist’s office play area.

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

Resources in this display pack include:

• display banner
• word wall
• various dentist office signs, e.g, dentist on duty, waiting room
• appointment reminder cards
• various posters, e.g, tooth anatomy, dentist tools
• dentist office tray labels
• dentist office jar labels – these can be printed several to a page to allow for different jar sizes.