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Dressing Up
Create a prop box that you place near a low, safety mirror on the wall.
Fill the box with a few clean dress-up hats and caps. Plastic hats, such as
firefighter and construction worker hats, keep germs from spreading better
than cloth ones.
Add a few other props to the box such as cardboard tubes for pretend fire
hoses, and a plastic hammer or wrench.
Invite the children to explore the box and try on the various hats as they look
in the mirror.
Encourage dramatic play through conversation. Say, for example,“Dillon, I see
you have on the firefighter’s hat. Can you help put out the fire?”
My Hand Has Two Sides
Ahead of time, make a stick puppet following these directions:
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Trace your hand on stiff construction paper or cardboard.
Cut out the handprint and at the bottom of the hand, glue it to a
tongue depressor.
On one side of the hand, draw in fingernails.
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Invite a small group to sit with you on the carpet.
Show them your hand puppet and point out the two sides.
Have them look at their hand on one side and then the other.
Say to the children,“When we wash our hands, we will wash both sides of
our hands!”
As you help each child at the sink, put a squirt of soap on each side of their
hands and encourage them to rub both sides.
I Feel Wet
Place several undressed dolls in the Dramatic Play area.
Put out a few clean newborn disposable diapers that a parent has donated.
Join in the pretend play and say to the children,“This baby is wet. She said,‘Wet.’
Can you help me change her diaper? She wants to feel dry.”
As you and a child “change” the doll’s diaper, say to the child,“You can come get
a grown up when you feel wet. We will help you feel dry.”
Younger one year olds will enjoy changing the baby doll’s diaper. Older one-yearolds
may begin to notice when their own diaper feels wet.