Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Subscribe today to our bi-weekly newsletter!   ACTIVITY Family Vacation By Julie Joy Pretend play stretches the imagination and is an important form of social interaction for preschool children. Dramatic play enhances language skills and is just plain fun! Curriculum Area Dramatic Play, Language and Social/Emotional Before You Start Read When the Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant or another book about families. Let's Begin 1. Discuss family trips with the children. Have they gone to visit relatives? Grandma or Grandpa? Who else? Did they drive? Did they stay overnight? 2. Encourage them to discuss what they would pack for a long trip. Let them be silly with it. 3. For dramatic play, provide the children with suitcases, duffel bags, old clothes, and other items. Encourage them to pack for an imaginary family trip. 4. Ask them to act out how they will get there and what they will do. Furthermore Have the children draw a picture of their imaginary trips. Let them tell you about the picture so you can write a descriptive sentence at the bottom.   Dress up clothes Small suitcases and duffel bags Ladies Dress Up - 12 Pieces Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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