Creating a menu for your play kitchen
This is possibily one of the easiest and most effective additions I have ever added to a play kitchen area in a classroom. It took a total of about an hour to complete and the children loved it!
Toy food from the kitchen area
a camera- I used the one on my phoneÂ
a laptop - to make the documentÂ
I set about one afternoon collecting all of the food available in the toy kitchen. This was most definitely a process considering the children will put the food back in any old place when it comes time to tidy up! Once I had gathered up all of the food I took pictures of it with my phone. I then sent the photos to my laptop and put them into a word document. The longest part of the process was manuvering the pictures to make the layout look appealing. I decided to put the words of each of the foods underneath the picture to develop print awareness I printed out the document and finally I laminated the page. For the menu to have any chance of survival it needed to be laminated!
The children loved playing with the menu. I found that it encouraged children to use “restaurant vocabulary” and was a great way to encourage groups of children to work and play together.Â
This acitivty develops vocabulary, print awareness, and is a great way to encourge participation of groups of childrenÂ
If you want to buy any of my favourite toy kitchen products, follow the links below.
Fruit and vegetable play setÂ
