Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi there... I am wanting to create a new role play area as a garden centre/shop!! Any suggestions of how I can make it look fabulous? Or links to any sites that would give me freebies? Has anyone made a garden centre role play area before?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 we used this Play and learn garden centre And then had children come up with he ideas which the adults helped follow through Inge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi, Sparklebox do a great set for pictures and labels etc. Write to your local garden centre and ask them to donate some pots and bits like that. Loads of pots get chipped when being delivered/moved and they just throw them away. Its worth a try anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I made our role play area into a garden centre and the children loved it. I have a disc with everything on it that you would need but I dont know if it all upload. try teachernet as well. I will see if I can put some of it on killowengirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 thank u for those ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 thanks killowengirl (sorry if ive spelt your name wrong) - would be a great help if you could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublinbay Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Just wanted to say hello Kirsty and welcome to the forum! Nice to see that you've made yourself at home and I hope some of the above suggestions will be of help to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 thank u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 hello and welcome to the forum..... sometimes we have one of those big low cardboard boxes (or a sand tray) fill it with compost and hve spades and flowerpots etc - kiddies love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wolfie Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi kirsty and welcome to the forum! I went to our local garden centre and asked if they had anything they could "donate" - they gave me a load of seed and flower catalogues which were very useful for bringing in the literacy links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hello and welcome to the forum. Put different sized pots in the shop so that they are sorting and using size vocabulary. Add labels, seed packets, and make flowers for the shop. This time of year is bulb planting time so you could have different types of bulbs in your shop. Put compost in the sand tray- enjoy the mess! Let the children plant the bulbs, label them and then take them home. If you are interesed in role play go into the Resources section on the right of this screen, click on the Resource Library and click on role-play planning. You will find a lot of ideas there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 There is a video on teachers tv all about setting up a garden centre in the role play. It was quite useful for some ideas. http://www.teachers.tv/video/227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) we stuck tissue paper around the black plastic trays you get bedding plants in.The children made their own lables on white card to stick in each basket I found a photo to show what i mean Edited September 17, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi - we had a garden shop - had flowers, ribbons, wrapping paper - got some artificial flowers from £1.00 shop. Dot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 We took our children to the local garden centre / pet food store, we then created our own using items bought from the garden centre. It started with a garden, then a stables for horses and other pets who use hay. The topic lasted about 6 weeks, and then evolved when the children created a bonfire (pretend ), with branches, to represent bonfire night. Peggy p.s. we were a pack away preschool and had to set up and clear the garden every day, but it was well worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 thank u ever so much for that link bethie!! reali helped me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 We took our children to the local garden centre / pet food store, we then created our own using items bought from the garden centre. It started with a garden, then a stables for horses and other pets who use hay. The topic lasted about 6 weeks, and then evolved when the children created a bonfire (pretend ), with branches, to represent bonfire night. Peggy p.s. we were a pack away preschool and had to set up and clear the garden every day, but it was well worth the effort. wow!! it looks reali good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Hello and welcome to the forum.Put different sized pots in the shop so that they are sorting and using size vocabulary. Add labels, seed packets, and make flowers for the shop. This time of year is bulb planting time so you could have different types of bulbs in your shop. Put compost in the sand tray- enjoy the mess! Let the children plant the bulbs, label them and then take them home. If you are interesed in role play go into the Resources section on the right of this screen, click on the Resource Library and click on role-play planning. You will find a lot of ideas there. thanks! goin to hav a look now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 we stuck tissue paper around the black plastic trays you get bedding plants in.The children made their own lables on white card to stick in each basket I found a photo to show what i mean that looks reali good thank u for the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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