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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
What do you see
in this center
that would help
you know the
play theme and
kind of
restaurant it is
at a glance?
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 . . .
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
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or email them to us at
Thank you. . .