Home corners

Home corners

by: stephmc - 15-07-06 21:34

Our home corner is really old and the children very really play in it we have tried to make it more exciting by turning it into a vets etc but now we our stuck for ideas. Anyone got any suggestions

by: antonysimpson.com

Anything and everything! Some ideas I've used in the past:

Castle, Vets, Doctors, Shop, Space, School, Libaray, General (anything goes!), Nursery (sounds daft but children love playing with dolls), get your inspiration from what your theme or topic is!!

Hope that helps,

Antony
antony.a@antonysimpson.com

Home corners - 16-07-06 13:54

by: stephmc

Thanks antony castle one sounds interesting might give that a go cheers steph

Home corners - 16-07-06 16:05

by: silverdoor83

Our role play area is currently a travel agents. Very appropriate for this time of year and easy to do since travel agents let you take brochures for free!

Don't forget to use your parents as resources. Every time we change our role play area we put up a notice asking parents to bring in anything they think might be appropriate for the area. It turned out we had a parent who worked in a travel agents who brought us in loads of stuff.

Home corners - 17-07-06 23:42

by: antonysimpson.com

silverdoor83 is right about asking to parents to bring things in - used to be the same where I worked!!

The Castle was great, we got some gray fabric and gray paint (as had a frame we could attached material on to to make walls on the side but so it was open so we could supervise children too), and it looked great!!

Owww, and love the Travel agents idea! Yes very appropriate. Thats what I love about this forum!! Always full of good ideas!!

Antony
antony.a@antonysimpson.com

Home corners - 22-07-06 21:05

by: ErinEwan

Hi there we have just had a florists and the children really got alot of fun from it as did the staff.Why not have a go.

Home corners - 28-07-06 00:14

by: beecj

Hi there. We've had a market place with 2-4 various stalls, a garden centre ( tie it in with a visit to local GC, Space rocket, Outta Space (lights, lots of surfaces on floor, planet etc), hairdressers 9 they loved putting rollers in ur hair etc), African village ( tent like house, straw, mats on floor, cooking utensils on made up camp fire), post office( self explanatory), Lapland (pom poms as snowballs, snow men, sledge, trees, fishing in hole in ice, reindeer, sky and northern lights etc), hospital,
Really depends on your theme or most importantly - ask the children and take their lead.

Home corners - 04-08-06 08:15

by: hatthar

Hi

Can i discourage everyone from making the home corner into a hospital unless you are able to use it with the children all the time and hear everything they are saying.

As a hospital play specialist i come accross many children who have miss learned information about hospitals and medical procedures from other children when playing. This can be very dangerous as children have miss learned information such as: to take out your tonsills you have your head taken off, and are then very frightened and try to refuse treatment.

If you want to give children correct information about hospital you could find out if the play specialist from your local children's ward visits schools and nurseries to talk to children, some do.

by: jam

Hi I know the feeling but we always seem to come up with something! We have had a boat (under sea project) with sand, shells and buried treasuire in it which Ofsted loved, a studio apartment and a hairdressers to name a few! Good luck!

by: lilmissme2u

when i did my work experience i had to do a new home corner theme and i chose a FRUIT N VEG shop the kids LOVED it.

Plus sometimes it makes them eat their fruit and veg in the nursery !

you can buy all the different coloured fruit and veg from early learning or Toys r us

it is not very expensive !!

hope this helps !x

xxx