The Opening of the Grocery Store

Our dramatic play area has changed once again.  This time the children have worked to make it into a grocery store.  It took some discussions, but finally a name was decided upon...Banana Store (named after No Frills ).  Take a look at our children at work and at play at this exciting new center!

We talked about how grocery stores are divided into different sections.  We made our own signs to show the fruit/vegetables, desserts and meat departments.  The children soon realized they were sorting as they put the different food pictures into groups.  

Mrs. Allan brought in a real cash register.  The children were so excited to try this out.  It was interesting to see them scan the grocery items and to hear the language they used as they took on the roles of cashier and customer.

Taking a look at the grocery flyers to decide what to buy!

We discovered that we can read many of the labels in our grocery store.  

Mrs. Ducharme modeled to the students how to make their very own shopping list.  The children were very interested in this and before long we had a group of children writing their own lists using their "best guess spelling".  We posted their grocery lists on the wall.