Doctor's Office
Learning Goals: Literacy, Writing, Writing Conventions, Inventive Spelling, Phonological Awareness
- If students show interest in the human body, encourage students to create a doctor’s office in the dramatic play centre.
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First, discuss the resources you need to create the doctor’s office and guide the discussion using prompting questions. Throughout the discussion, modelling writing down student ideas on an easel.
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Next, provide students with the materials and resources to create the doctor’s office.
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On an ongoing basis, discuss any changes or additions the class would like to make.
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During play, students can take on various roles such as doctor, nurse, patient, and receptionist.
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Educators can extend the play by introducing the idea of an x-ray machine and related materials. Students can learn how x-ray machines help patients and create their own x-rays throughout their play.
- Materials to create signs and labels
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Tables and chairs
- The educator and the children worked together to co-construct this new dramatic play centre. The teacher helped provide materials for the students to create the centre.
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The children had control over what happened in the play, with the teacher working to extend it such as introducing the concept of an x-ray machine.
