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Title - Dramatic Play-Law Enforcement
By - Anna
Primary Subject - Social Studies
Secondary Subjects - Social Studies, Art, Language Arts, Other
Grade Level - Preschool

SUPPLIES
    prop box
    play badges
    old uniforms/hats
    pre-made paper bag uniforms
    pre-made sentence strip hats
    blue vests from thrift shop
    old cowboy dress up boots/shoes
    belts
    flashlights
    blue revolving light from auto store
    flashing blue tire plugs to put on bike tires
    stick-horse for horse patrol
    "boat" for police boat
    binoculars
    cardboard box painted blue and white or other appropriate color with an "emblem" or "to Protect and serve"
    black washable ink pad
    fingerprint kits(perhaps donated by local law enforcement)
    photo ID
    bicycles or tircyles decorated with blue ribbons and a horn added or flashing blue "walkers" safety light
    small tan coat for investigators
    dress up and purses/wallets
    stop light or red and green flags
    orange cones for emergency
    orange light sticks for traffic control
    orange vest
    stop sign for crosswalk guard/gloves/hat
    If outside, bikes, wagons, playground equipment, picnic tables, gazebo, etc.
CIRCLE TIME
    Policeman songs, introduce a book such as Off goes Officer Pat or other age appropriate book on police officers or related.
    Ask what is a police Officer?
    Can a Police Officer be a girl?
    What do police officers do?
    and other open-ended questians.
DRAMATIC PLAY

You may want to take dramatic play outdoors as you can utilize bikes, porch area, gazebo, designate certain areas for different events.

KITCHEN
Where the police officers have lunch/coffee

DRESSUP:
Where police get ready for work, other children can dress up and be playing and dialing 9-1-1 if they need help.

9-1-1 DISPATCHER:
telephones, fax machines, paper and pencils, headsets, old computer keyboards, flip cards for different types of emergency(use old magazine cutouts)

BOOKING:
black ink washable pad and fingerprint cards, index or posterboard
camera
small blackboard

TRANSPORTION:
tricycles
other:wagons, horse sticks, boat, use cardboard boxes and decorate as cars or helecopter

CRIME PREVENTION TEAM:
have coloring sheets prepared, practice how to dial 9-1-1, stranger danger, how to treat your baby-never shake a baby, Show your friends how to get along with each other so that you don't have to dial 9-1-1,
You could also add a sketch artist to draw a picture to help solve the "crime"

Show children where the centers are and what you will be doing there. Select children who are interested in certain centers and promote play.

The children should have many things to do in a busy police station.

They may want to do this for an entire week and you could put these in your lesson plans throughout the week.

Try
theideabox.com for a stoplight snack along with other websites

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