New Dramatic Play / Role Play Printables Available

Are you ready to transport your students or children to a world of boundless imagination and creativity? We're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new range of dramatic play printables, available exclusively on our Etsy and Teachers Pay Teachers pages. These captivating resources are designed to inspire and engage young minds, providing endless opportunities for imaginative play and role-playing adventures. Let's delve into the exciting features and benefits of our latest collection.

Our new dramatic play printable range covers various themes and settings, catering to different interests and learning objectives. Whether you're seeking resources for a classroom, daycare, kindergarten, homeschooling environment, or even for entertaining children at home, you'll find something to suit every need. From a bustling pizza restaurant to a colourful ice cream shop, an airport to a veterinary clinic, our printables are designed to transform any space into a captivating world of make-believe.

We understand the importance of creating an immersive and realistic play experience. That's why our printables feature vibrant, high-quality visuals that bring each theme to life. From eye-catching signs and labels to detailed props and accessories, our resources are meticulously designed to capture children's attention and enhance their engagement. These visuals make the play experience more enjoyable and promote language development and vocabulary expansion.

Our dramatic play printables are designed with convenience in mind. They are easy to print, assemble, and set up, ensuring a hassle-free experience for busy educators, parents, and caregivers. Whether you need them in standard letter size or prefer larger prints like A3, you have the freedom to adjust the size accordingly. Additionally, our printables are designed to be durable and reusable. You can laminate them to increase longevity and use them over and over again, providing endless hours of playtime fun. 

We encourage you to add your creative touch to make the play experience more immersive. Our printables provide a solid foundation, but you can also incorporate additional elements and materials to further enrich the play environment. Add real utensils to the restaurant theme, bring in costumes for character role-play, use craft supplies for balls of ice cream or sprinkles, or include authentic tools for a more realistic experience. The possibilities are endless, limited only by your imagination.

Tackling EYLF Quality Improvement Plans

Ok, so when I set out to create our Quality Improvement Plans for my room I was baffled by what I had to do. I had no idea where to start or how to even approach it. 

So I got onto trusty Google and search for 'quality improvement plans'. I found lots of information about how to write them, which was great, but what I was really looking for was a way to make sure that we were doing everything that we possible could be to ensure that we are a high quality centre.

I happened across this photo

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It was exactly what I had been looking for. They had placed three pieces of card on the wall. One that was for strengths, one that was for weaknesses and another that was for oks. Then they went through every one of the elements and place them where they believed the went for their centre.

What a brilliant idea. I love how easy it is to read and understand. It is great for being able to tell what needs work and what you are doing well. 

This is something that we are doing in our next staff meeting, to ensure that there isn't anything that we have overlooked.

If you are wanting to do something similar check out my Etsy Shop  MyAdventuresInCC for a printable to get you started!

Programming with the EYLF

Here is my October programme for the 2-3 room. At the moment I am using the Under The Sea Programme Theme Display. I think it looks great and I’ve had lots of parents comments so far, which is great.

  

I use a 12 symbol system, which is also working really well. I had each of my symbols made into a stamp from a person on Ebay, which makes it so easy to link my programming with the EYLF.

What it involves is a template to correspond to each symbol. If you have parent input you fill in a ‘Family Input’ form. If you do an observation of a child you fill out a ‘Child Observation’ form. Then those experiences go onto the programme with the symbol next to it.

When someone asks why a certain experience is there you can check the symbol and immediately explain why it is there and show the documentation for it.

I’ll give you an example…

A parent has come in and was talking to you about how their child is really interested in traffic lights. She points to them whenever they are in the car.

Later, when you have some quiet time you can fill in the ‘Family Input’ form briefly detailing the conversation you had with the parent. Then you offer some future experiences that could extend on this child’s interest. You can make these up, ask the parent if they have any suggestions, or even ask the child.

For this example you have decided to paint templates of traffic lights using red, yellow and green paint. You write this up on your programme under the corresponding Learning Outcome and next to a Family Input symbol.

When you have done this experience you can evaluate it using the ‘Evaluation’ form. This also has a place for any future experiences.

In my example the experience went really well, lots of the children showed interest in the traffic lights, promoting discussions around the painting table about what you do at a traffic light. You could have your future experience as introducing road signs to the bike track.

Now you can write that up on your programme next to an Outdoor Experience symbol.

See how your programme may never stop. One thing can lead to another and another. Using the symbols and the template forms ensures that you have adequate documentation on how you are linking your programme to the children, families, staff, and EYLF.

Check out my Etsy Store - MyAdventuresInCC for all the documention templates, symbols, and displays that I use.