During the first couple of days back after Christmas Natalie observed her children pretending to be shopping together both inside and outside within the role play kitchens, so she decided to follow their interests and create a brand new area within the room to really extend and develop this interest!
The children responded so positively to this wonderful invitation to play and simply loved their new little shopping area!!!!!!!
Since inception they have been counting the coins, pressing the buttons on the till and filling their bags and baskets with all their shopping.
They have loved naming what they have bought whilst showing all their friends. They have been taking it in turns to be the cashier and giggled as they’ve pinged their shopping items.
Such a simple area, derived from their very own play and natural interests (quite a few have clearly been busy shopping with their families over Christmas!) and yet they have explored maths, technology and imaginative play amongst other areas.
They have also been chatting constantly too whilst shopping and then putting their shopping through the checkout having some wonderful conversations…. So all the time they have also been working upon their speech, language, vocabulary and developing their communication skills.
So much fun was already being had and it was only day two of nursery in 2025!!!!
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