Vets Role Play... And Dinosaur Digging!

[Guest kelh81]

Hi,

 

I've just set up a Vet's role play area and wondering about a good way to introduce it to the kids- I've planned on working in there with them over the next few days but I wondered if anyone knew of a good way of introducing it genereally to the whole class so I'm not saying the same things to each group! Maybe a video clip?

 

Also, about a month ago I was searching for dinosaur ideas & came across some photos of someone who had excavated fossils in the sand with their class- I've searched but can't find them now! Does this ring a bell with anyone???

 

Thank you

 

K

[sunnyday]

Sounds exciting!

 

We have a great book about vets - can't think of the title offhand - but I know it's an 'Usborne' book - probably no help - sorry!

 

I have frozen dinosaurs in ice - small ones on first day and then huge ones in buckets of ice on following day - the big ones actually took two days to fully thaw - children had great fun with these and provided great opps. for 'new vocab.'!

 

Sunnyday

Edited April 26, 2009 by sunnyday

[Marion]

We've been using these indoors and out.

[HappyMaz]

We've been using these indoors and out.

Looks brilliant Marion! Where did you get the bits and pieces from? Looks like something similar to what I saw on the TTS stand yesterday...

 

Maz

[Marion]

I bought them from Yellowdoor. We used them in the tuff spot and then the children moved them to the digging pit outdoors.

[Guest]

Hello!!

 

Can I suggest Hairy McClary's Rumpus at the vets as an introduction or as a story to add to your theme!

 

It prompted lots of talk when we had a pet shop and vets!

 

It has all types of animals and pictures to promote talk about why animals have to go to the vets / how they get hurt etc!!

 

As for dinosaurs, we recently did dino bone digging......... but can't recall where we had the sets from: they were very small sets of bones but did include brushes and sieves too.

[emmajess]

Not sure if this will be much help but on Teacher's TV there's a programme about children planning their learning (that someone on here pointed me towards!) and in that there's a section with children playing in a role play vet and zoo.

[Inge]

we had the Early vision DVD which was good for the vets and more.. looks like they only do it as a pack now , we bought it a while ago now..

 

they do lots of other resources for role play, all the DVDs we have had have been really good.

 

Inge

[Guest]

sparklebox has some great downloads which will help if you want to set up a vet role play. Good luck, mrsw.