Let’s Pretend . . . Restaurant Prop and Setting Inspiration from Tools classrooms A virtual field trip for teachers
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Let’s Pretend . . . Restaurant
Prop and Setting Inspiration
from Tools classrooms
A virtual field trip for teachers
Six flexible, different restaurant-related centers… What restaurants are in your area? What restaurants do your children go to?
Sit Down Restaurant
Local ethnic
restaurant
Cafeteria Fast food (inside) & Drive thru
Ice Cream Shop
Pizza Shop
Lots of
different roles
to play, each
with their own
‘rules’
What do you see
in this center
that would help
you know the
play theme and
kind of
restaurant it is
at a glance?
What do you see in this center that
would help you remember roles and acCons?
What do you see
in this center
that supports
INTERACTIONS
between roles
and
ROLE SPEECH?
Roles: What do you see that will help children
remember their roles and other children’s
roles? (the ‘space’ for a role; role props)
Actions: What do you see that will help
children plan and remember multiple actions
for a role?
Interactions and Role Speech: What do you
see in props and setting design that will
support interaction between roles?
As you take a virtual field trip through
the following classrooms, think about . . .
Fast Food Restaurant
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Fast Food Restaurant
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Fast Food Restaurant
©Tools of the Mind 2014
Fast Food Restaurant
Pizza Parlor
Pizza Parlor
Pizza Parlor
Pizza Parlor
Coffee Shop
Coffee Shop
Coffee Shop
Sit Down Restaurant
Sit Down Restaurant
Chinese, Mexican & Italian Restaurants
Chinese, Mexican & Italian Restaurants
Ice Cream Parlor
Ice Cream Parlor
Drive Thru
Drive Thru
Cafeteria
Cafeteria
Cafeteria
Cafeteria
Attractively
displaying your
read aloud
collection of
children’s books
related to your
theme
To think about…
Now it’s your
turn to set up a
classroom
environment to
open the door
to high-level
make-believe
play!
Restaurant Theme
to all the teachers who shared photos
with us and allowed us to take photos in
their classrooms!
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our virtual field trips? You can share them on
our Facebook page at:
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or email them to us at
Thank you. . .
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